Mark L. Burton

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Senior Industry and Innovation Fellow

Ph.D., University of Tennessee

Research Interests

  • Transportation
  • Telecommunications
  • Regional Economics

About

Mark Burton was awarded a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Tennessee in 1991.  His professional career has included both academic and consulting activities in the areas of transportation, telecommunications, and regional economics.  In addition to authoring various articles and monographs, Dr. Burton has provided testimony in connection with federal and state-level legislative, judicial and regulatory proceedings. In August 2004, Dr. Burton was named the Director of Transportation Economics at the University of Tennessee’s Center for Transportation Research, a position he held until his retirement from UT in 2020.