David Porter is an Assistant Professor at the Economics Department. He has obtained his PhD degree in Economics from the University of Georgia, USA.
In January 2021, he joined Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU ) in Fort Myers, Florida and taught numerous sections of ECO 2023 Microeconomics, both in-person and online, to more than 600 students as a Visiting Instructor. Since 1999, Dr. Porter has been employed in the energy sector as electricity load forecaster, tariff rate forecaster (Enron Energy Services), real-time electricity trader (Enron and Nextera), financial trader (Nextera) and proprietary speculative trader for numerous firms. He has an extensive background in Financial Economics and Monetary Economics dealing with foreign exchange, option pricing, swaps, collars and derivatives.
Dr. Porter joined KIMEP University from the Spring 2023 semester, he is currently teaching “Monetary Economics”, “Money and Banking” and “Financial Management Institutions” courses.
Scholarly Research Papers Published in Peer-reviewed Journals
The Demand for residential, industrial and total electricity, 1973-1998. Kamerchen, D.R. and Porter, D.V., Energy Economics, 26 (1), p.87-100, Jan 2004
- Peer reviewed journal article I co-authored has been used in MIT Graduate Energy Economics course since 2007.
- https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/economics/14-44-energy-economics-spring-2007/readings/
- 266 citations according to Google Scholar.
Market Structure in the US Electricity industry: A long-term perspective. Kamerschen, D.R., Klein, P.G. and Porter, D.V., Energy Economics, 27 (5), p.731-751, Sep 2005
Contact information: d.porter@kimep.kz