VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY ECONOMICS PH.D. CANDIDATES 2007
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BESHKAR, MOSTAFA Fields:

[Primary] International Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics

CV Dissertation Title: "Enforcement of Trade Agreements: The Role of International Institutions"
mostafa.beshkar@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper: "Trade Skirmishes and Safeguards: A Model of the WTO Dispute Settlement Process"
(w) 615-322-2411
(cell) 615-522-1775
Advisor: Eric Bond
  Other References: Andrew Daughety, Jennifer Reinganum, Quan Wen

FRISVOLD, DAVID Fields:

[Primary] Health Economics, Labor Economics
[Secondary] Public Economics, Economics of Education

CV Dissertation Title: "Behavioral Responses to Education Investments"
frisvold@umich.edu Job Market Paper: "Expanded Exposure: Can Increasing the Daily Duration of Head Start Reduce Childhood Obesity?"
(w) 734-936-5347
(cell) 615-476-5184
Advisor: James Foster
  Other References: Kathryn Anderson, William Collins, Richard Hirth

HAMMOND, ROBERT Fields: [Primary] Industrial Organization, Econometrics
[Secondary] Experimental Economics, Economic History
CV Dissertation Title: "Three Essays on Auctions and Posted-Price Selling"
robert.g.hammond@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper: "A Structural Model of Competing Sellers: Auctions and Posted Prices"
(w) 615-322-2411
(cell) 615-517-0823
Advisor: Tong Li
  Other References: Andrew Daughety, Jennifer Reinganum, Mikhael Shor

HAN, LIHONG Fields: [Primary] Money & Finance, Macroeconomics, Technology Transfer, Applied Econometrics
[Secondary] International Macroeconomics, Industrial Organization
CV Dissertation Title: "Essays on Technology, Finance, and Macroeconomics"
lihong.han@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper: "Technological Distance, Q, and the Propensity to Merge"
(w) 615-322-0715
(cell) 615-585-9217
Advisor: Peter Rousseau
  Other References: Kevin Huang, Robert Driskill, James Foster

PARK, SANG SOO Fields:

[Primary] Partially Identified Econometric Models, Evaluation of Treatment Effects, Economic Growth and Development, Theory of Income Distribution

CV Dissertation Title:

"Inference on Partially Identified Parameters – With Applications to the Evaluation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects"

esesp.park@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper: "Confidence Sets for Some Partially Identified Parameters"
(w) 615-322-2411
(cell) 615-498-2808
Advisor: Yanqin Fan
  Other References: James Foster, Tong Li, Bryan Shepherd

SHAN, PINGPING Fields: [Primary] Money and Finance, Industrial Organization [Secondary] Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics
CV Dissertation Title:

"Essays on Banking Regulatory Reforms and Banking Industry Operation"

pingping.shan@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper:

"Regulatory Reforms and Market Discipline: An Empirical Analysis"

(cell) 615-243-8526
Advisor: Peter Rousseau
  Other References: Mark Cohen, Ben Eden, Benjamin Zissimos

VASHCHILKO, ALEKSANDR Fields: [Primary] International Trade, Applied Microeconomics
[Secondary] Econometrics, Industrial Organization
CV Dissertation Title: "Essays on Trade Liberalization with Firm Heterogeneity"
aleksandr.vashchilko@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper: “Short-Run Effects of Trade Liberalization in The Presence of Firm Heterogeneity”
(w) 615-322-0715
(cell) 814-308-4581
Advisor: Eric Bond
  Other References: Mario Crucini, Benjamin Zissimos, Kevin Huang

WANG, CHIH-WEI Fields: [Primary] International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics, Commodity Price Dynamics, Econometrics
[Secondary] Money & Finance, Growth & Development
CV Dissertation Title: "Commodity Prices: Evidence, Theory and Monetary Policy Implications"
chih-wei.wang@vanderbilt.edu Job Market Paper: “Commodity Price Dynamics: A Three-Country Stochastic Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis”
(w) 615-322-0715
(cell) 615-585-9218
Advisor: Mario Crucini
  Other References: Kevin Huang, Cliff Huang, Peter Rousseau
 
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