Tommie Shepherd provides economic analysis and econometric modeling of tax policy
and economic development issues. He also conducts feasibility studies related to the
development/redevelopment of local government assets and public-private partnerships.
Prior to joining the Institute for Government, he served as an agribusiness economist
and business development specialist in the University of Georgia’s Center for Agribusiness
and Economic Development and Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics. He
has served as an economist with the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, where he
was responsible for policy analysis and price forecasting. He has also served as an
economist in the insurance industry, banking industry, and has taught microeconomics,
macroeconomics, statistics, and finance.
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