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Check out our Job Market Candidates 2007-2008!

Check out our MA Candidates for 2007!

JOB MARKET CANDIDATES 2007-2008!

Name

Christine Cooper

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ccooper

CV
Fields of Studies Economic Development, Institutional Economics, International Macroeconomics, General Equilibrium Modeling, Economics of Sustainability
Thesis Title Institutional Innovations in Community-Led Natural Resource Management: Seeking a Win-Win-Win
Solution
References Jeffrey Nugent, Samar Datta, Jennifer Wolch
Contact

ccooper@usc.edu
 

Name

Jihad Dagher

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~dagher/

CV
Fields of Studies International Economics and Finance, Macroeconomics
Development Economics, Applied Econometrics
Thesis Title Essays in International Economics
References

Vincenzo Quadrini, Caroline Betts,

Pablo Andres Neumeyer, Robert Dekle
Contact dagher@usc.edu
 

Name

Rahul Giri

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~rgiri/

CV
Fields of Studies International Economics, Macroeconomics
Thesis Title Explaining the Cross-section Distribution of Law of One Price Deviation
References Caroline Betts, Vincenzo Quadrini, Doug Joines, Guillaume Vandenbroucke, Richard Easterlin
Contact rgiri@usc.edu
 

Name

Subha Mani

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~smani/

CV
Fields of Studies Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Thesis Title Essays in Human Capital Accumulation-Health and Education
References John Strauss, Jeffrey Nugent, John Hoddinott
Contact smani@usc.edu
 

Name

Ladan Masoudie

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~masoudie/

CV
Fields of Studies Finance, Contract Theory, Labor Economics, Industrial Organization
Thesis Title Empirical Analysis of Gender Differences in Risk Behavior of Top-Level Executives in Compensation and Decision Making
References Fernando Zapatero, Jeffrey Nugent
Contact masoudie@usc.edu
 

Name

Alexey Ravichev

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ravichev/

CV
Fields of Studies Applied microeconomics, Industrial organization, Finance
Thesis Title Online Auctions: timing and information
References Guofu Tan, Svetlana Pevnitskaya, Rakesh Niraj
Contact ravichev@usc.edu
 

Name

Guillaume Roger

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~roger/

CV
Fields of Studies

Industrial Organisation, Mechanism Design
Thesis Title Two-sided markets with imperfections
References Guofu Tan, Juan Carrillo, Simon Wilkie
Contact roger@usc.edu
 

Name

Francesco Sobbrio

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~sobbrio/

CV
Fields of Studies Applied Microeconomic Theory, Political Economy, Public Economics, Industrial Organization
Thesis Title Essays in Political Economy
References Juan Carrillo, Guofu Tan, Andrea Mattozzi, Simon Wilkie
Contact sobbrio@usc.edu
 

Name

Pawel Szerszen

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~szerszen/

CV
Fields of Studies Financial Econometrics, Empirical Asset Pricing, Bayesian Analysis, Value at Risk Analysis, Derivative Pricing
Thesis Title Bayesian Analysis of Stochastic Volatility Models with Levy Jumps
References Michael Magill, Christopher Jones, Jaksa Cvitanic
Contact szerszen@usc.edu
 

Name

Rubina Verma

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~rubinave/

CV
Fields of Studies Macroeconomics; International Economics; Economic Growth and Technological Change
Thesis Title Growth, Trade and Structural Transformation in Low Income Industrializing Economies
References Caroline Betts, Robert Dekle, Guillaume Vandenbroucke
Contact rubinave@usc.edu
 

Name

Engin Volkan

http://www-scf.usc.edu/~volkan/

CV
Fields of Studies International Finance, Financial Economics, Macroeconomics
Thesis Title Topics on Emerging Markets
References Vincenzo Quadrini, Robert Dekle, Fernando Zapatero
Contact volkan@usc.edu
 

 

PEPP

Name

Ximena V. Del Carpio

CV
Fields of Studies Development Economics and Poverty
Job Market Paper Does Child Labor Always Decrease with Income?
References Jeffrey Nugent,Francisco Ferreira, Karen Macours
Contact dc_trans@yahoo.com

 

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