Greg Burge
Professor of Economics at the University of Oklahoma
Greg Burge is a Professor and Department Chair of Economics at the University of Oklahoma (Norman). He specializes in applied micro-econometric analysis, focusing primarily on urban, public, labor, education and housing economics.
Burge's dissertation considered the various causes and consequences of development impact fee programs related to housing affordability and the supply of new housing. He is interested in topics related to infrastructure and local public finance. He has explored other topics as well and has published papers in the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Labor Economics, the Journal of Regional Science, the Journal of the American Planning Association, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, the National Tax Journal, and many others.
After earning his Ph.D. from Florida State University, Burge has served at OU for the last 17 years, beginning service as Department Chair in early 2021. He has taught large lectures (500+ students), introductory Principles classes up to Doctoral seminars, and essentially every level.