• International Trade

• Resource-based development

2007 Ph.D. in Economics (Syracuse University, NY, USA)

2001 M.S. in Statistics (Miami University, OH, USA)

1998 M.A. in Economics (Miami University, OH, USA)

1997 B.A. in Economics (International University, Kyrgyzstan)

since 2005 research economist at Institute for the World Economy

• Innovation, Technology Diffusion and Climate Policy
• The Resource Curse
• Trade and Development

• Lücke, M., Trofimenko, N. (2007). Whither Oil money? Redistribution of oil revenue in Azerbaijan. In: Boris Najman, Richard Pomfret, Gael Raballand (eds), The Economics and Politics of Oil in the Caspian Basin. Routledge
• Markusen, J., Trofimenko, N. (2009). Teaching Locals New Tricks: Foreign Experts as a Channel of Knowledge Transfers. Journal of Development Economics, 88 (1), 120-131.
• Trofimenko, N. (2008). Learning by Exporting: Does It Matter Where One Learns?. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 56 (4), 871-894.