ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TEAM

Patrick Barkey, Director

Patrick Barkey, Ph.D., has served as director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research since 2008. An economist with more than 26 years of experience in regional forecasting in both the public and private sector, Dr. Barkey is the author of several well-known studies on Montana’s energy and coal industries. He holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of Michigan. As a research economist for American Electric Power, he developed and maintained large scale models of residential and industrial energy demand.

CONTACT

Patrick Barkey, Director
Natural Resources and Energy Research
406.243.5113