Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Admissions & Application Information | Graduate Programs | Students | News | Environs | Student Resources

Vanderbilt University Economics Ph.D. Candidates 2008
Available for positions

placement officer: william.collins@vanderbilt.edu

PDF copy of VU CV packet

BESHKAR, MOSTAFA Primary Fields:
International Trade, Microeconomics

CV Dissertation Title: Essays on Institutions of International Trade

mbeshkar@purdue.edu Job Market Paper: "On the Design and Implementation of Trade Agreements in the Presence of a Quasi-Legal Dispute Settlement System"

(w) 765-496-6694
(cell) 615-522-1775 Advisor: Eric Bond

CARTER, LINDA Primary Fields:
Economics of Education, Economic History, Labor Economics

CV Dissertation Title: Essays on the Education and Work of Children and Young Adults in Low-Income Families, 1870-2005

l.carter@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper: "A Hard Day’s Night: Evening Schools and Child Labor in the United States, 1870-1910"

(w) 615-322-2411
(cell) 918-408-4307 Advisor: William Collins

DAVIS, SCOTT Primary Fields: International Macroeconomics

CV Dissertation Title: Globalization and the Business Cycle

jonathan.s.davis@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper: "The Effects of Globalization on International Business Cycle Co-Movement: Is All Trade and Finance Created Equal?"

(w) 615-322-2410
(cell) 502-550-2509
Advisor: Mario Crucini

FERRER, ROSA Primary Fields: Law and Economics, Industrial Organization

CV Dissertation Title: Essays on the Litigation Incentives of Lawyers with Career Concerns and on the Economic Analysis of Law Enforcement

rosa.ferrer@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper: "The Effect of Lawyers’ Career Concerns on Litigation"

(w) 615-322-2411
(cell) 615-498-0274
Advisors:
Andrew Daughety/Jennifer Reinganum (co-chairs)

ÖNDER, ALI SINA Primary Fields: Public Economics

CV Dissertation Title:
Fiscal and Monetary Competition: Their Interactions and Effects

alisina.onder@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper:
"Competing for Inflation Tax Revenue"

(w) 615-936-7256
(cell) 615-473-0258
Advisor: John Conley

WU, JISONG Primary Fields: Econometrics

CV Dissertation Title: Distributions of Treatment Effects in Switching Regimes Models: Partial Identification, Confidence Sets, and an Application

jisong.wu@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper: "Partial Identification of the Distribution of Treatment Effects in Switching Regimes Models and Its Confidence Sets"

(w) 615-322-2411
(cell) 615-243-4670
Advisor: Yanqin Fan

YILMAZKUDAY, HAKAN Primary Fields: International Trade and Finance, Monetary Economics

CV Dissertation Title:
Monetary Policy, Trade Patterns, and Price Dispersion: The Role of Trade costs

hakan.yilmazkuday@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper:
Please see personal webpage for separate papers on international macro, trade, and monetary economics.

(w) 615-343-2472
(cell) 615-500-8962
Advisor: Mario Crucini

ZHANG, BINGYU Primary Fields: Microeconometrics, Industrial Organization

CV Dissertation Title:
Affiliation, Endogenous Entry, and Reserve Price Policy in First-Price, Sealed-Bid Auctions

bingyu.zhang@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper:
"Affiliation and Entry in First-Price Auctions with Heterogeneous Bidders"

(w) 615-322-0715
(cell) 615-243-2239
Advisor: Tong Li

Graduate Home Page | Economics Home Page | Vanderbilt Home Page| next page

Vanderbilt University Economics Ph.D. Candidates 2008 Available for positions

Vanderbilt University Economics Ph.D. Candidates 2008
Available for positions