Certifications

Professional Economics Certifications

About Certifications

Gillory & Associates offers a structured portfolio of professional economics certifications designed for economists, researchers, analysts, and policy professionals seeking advanced, rigorous credentials grounded in modern economic analysis.

These certifications are developed to meet the standards expected by universities, research institutes, policy organizations, and economic think tanks, emphasizing analytical depth, methodological clarity, and real-world applicability.

The certification framework spans the full breadth of modern economics—microeconomics, macroeconomics, monetary theory, capital and investment analysis, institutional economics, political economy, and economic methodology—while maintaining a unified and coherent analytical foundation.

Purpose and Orientation

The certifications at Gillory & Associates are designed to:

Validate professional-level competence in economics
Provide theory-grounded, institutionally aware economic analysis
Bridge academic economics and applied economic reasoning
Prepare economists for roles in:
- Higher education
- Policy research
- Think tanks
- Strategic and institutional advisory settings

Rather than emphasizing narrow technical specialization alone, these certifications cultivate comprehensive economic reasoning, with particular attention to time, capital structure, institutional constraints, and decision-making under uncertainty.

Certification Scope

Gillory & Associates certifications collectively cover:

Microeconomic and macroeconomic theory
Monetary systems and financial institutions
Capital formation, investment, and time
Market structure and coordination
Institutional and political economy
Economic methodology and research standards
Applied economic and policy analysis

Each certification is structured around clear analytical standards, formal assessment, and demonstrable mastery, ensuring credibility and transferability across professional and academic contexts.

Commitment to Excellence

Gillory & Associates is committed to advancing serious economic scholarship and professional practice through certifications that emphasize clarity, rigor, and institutional realism.

These certifications reflect an economics practiced not as abstraction, but as a discipline concerned with human decision-making, time, capital, and real institutional constraints.

Our Certifications

The Certified Economist (CE) certifies

Comprehensive mastery of modern economics at a graduate–professional standard. It emphasizes rigorous economic reasoning, institutional analysis, capital theory, and real-world application grounded in action-based analysis.

Core Domains

Microeconomic Theory
Macroeconomic Theory
Capital, Investment, and Time
Institutions and Political Economy
Economic Methodology
Applied Economic Analysis

Certified Economist (CE)

The Certified Capital & Investment Economist (CCIE)

Certifies advanced professional competence in the economic analysis of capital formation, investment structure, and intertemporal coordination. The credential is designed for economists and analysts whose work centers on long-horizon capital allocation, investment evaluation, and the structural dynamics of growth and development.

The CCIE emphasizes capital as a time-structured economic process, rather than as a static financial quantity, and equips economists to evaluate investment decisions under conditions of uncertainty, institutional constraint, and evolving market structure.

Certified Capital & Investment Economist (CCIE)

The Certified Financial Economist (CFE)

Certifies advanced professional competence in financial economics, emphasizing the economic foundations of financial markets, asset pricing, capital allocation, and market structure. The credential is designed for economists whose work lies at the intersection of economic theory, finance, and institutional market analysis.

The CFE approaches finance as an extension of economic coordination, focusing on how financial systems transmit information, allocate capital, and shape real economic activity across time and uncertainty.

The Certified Financial Economist (CFE)

The Certified Economic Policy Analyst (CEPA)

Certifies advanced professional competence in the economic analysis of public policy, governance, and institutional design. The credential is designed for economists and analysts engaged in evaluating, advising on, and formulating economic policy across legislative, regulatory, and institutional environments.

The CEPA emphasizes policy analysis grounded in economic reasoning, institutional realism, and long-run consequences, equipping analysts to assess how policies affect incentives, capital formation, market coordination, and economic sustainability over time.

The Certified Economic Policy Analyst (CEPA)

Certified Econometrics Analyst (CEA)

The Certified Econometrics Analyst (CEA) certifies advanced professional competence in the use and interpretation of econometric methods for economic analysis. The credential is designed for economists and analysts who apply statistical and quantitative tools to economic questions while maintaining methodological clarity regarding the scope, limits, and assumptions of empirical modeling.

The CEA emphasizes econometrics as an analytical and interpretive discipline, supporting economic theory and institutional analysis rather than replacing them.

Certified Econometrics Analyst (CEA)

The Certified Econometrics Analyst (CEA)

Certifies advanced professional competence in econometric analysis, emphasizing the correct application, interpretation, and limitations of quantitative methods in economics. The credential is designed for economists and analysts who employ statistical tools in research, policy evaluation, and applied economic analysis while maintaining rigorous alignment with economic theory and institutional context.

The CEA treats econometrics as a supporting analytical discipline, used to evaluate economic relationships, test coherence, and illustrate theoretical claims—not as a substitute for economic reasoning.

The Certified Econometrics Analyst (CEA)

The Certified Macroeconomic Analyst (CMA–Macro)

Certifies advanced professional competence in macroeconomic analysis, with emphasis on the structural, monetary, and institutional forces that shape aggregate economic outcomes over time. The credential is designed for economists and analysts who evaluate growth, business cycles, inflation, employment, and macroeconomic policy within real-world institutional and financial systems.

The CMA–Macro approaches macroeconomics as the study of economy-wide coordination across time, rather than as a purely statistical or equilibrium-based abstraction.

The Certified Macroeconomic Analyst (CMA–Macro)

The Certified Microeconomic Analyst (CMA–Econ)

Certifies advanced professional competence in microeconomic analysis, emphasizing individual choice, firm behavior, price formation, and market coordination. The credential is designed for economists and analysts who study how economic decisions are made under constraints and how these decisions interact within markets and institutions.

The CMA–Econ approaches microeconomics as the analysis of decision-making and coordination, rather than as a purely mathematical or equilibrium-based abstraction.

The Certified Microeconomic Analyst (CMA–Econ)

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