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Placement History

Placement of University of Virginia Ph.D. Students

Year Student's Name Initial Job Thesis Title
2009 Daniel Becker Federal Trade Commission Non-Wage Job Characteristics and the Case of the Missing Margin
2009 Daniel Carroll Federal Reserve Bank Three Essays on the Political Economy of Progressive Income Taxation
2009 Eric Fesselmeyer National University of Singapore, Department of Economics (post doc)
A Structural Learning Model of Retail Product Select with Information Spillovers
2009 Sarah Hastedt National Center for Education Statistics Essays on the Economics of Education
2009 Tarun Jain Indian School of Business, Hyderabad Institutions and Incentives in Developing Countries
2009 Jurate Liaukonyte Cornell University Empirical Models of Advertising Content
2009 Young-Joon Park Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) Essays on Household Finance and Macroeconomy
2009 Uma Radhakrishnan Center for Economic Studies, US Census Bureau A Dynamic Structural Model of Contraceptive Use and Employment Sector Choice For Women in Indonesia
2009 Bo Sun Federal Reserve Board Asset Returns and Executive Compensation Under Earnings Management
2009 Jonathan Williams University of Georgia Excess Capacity, Exclusionary Behavior, and Welfare: A Dynamic Model of Competition in the Airline Industry
2008 Juan Carlos Bisso NERA - National Economic Research Associates, Madrid Three Essays on the Economic Incentives of Law and Contracts
2008 AJ Bostian Univ. of New South Wales, Australian School of Business, Center for Energy & Environmental Markets (post doc) Essays on Learning and Utility in Two Experiments
2008 Maria Fitzpatrick Stanford University, Institute for Economic Policy Research (post doc) Early Start:  The Economics of Early Childhood Education
2008 Kien T. Le University of Virginia, Weldon-Cooper Center  Essays on the Agricultural Household Model and Applied Econometrics
2008 Angela Moore Smith James Madison University, VA An Experimental Study of Exclusive Contracts
2008 Jing Yin PriceWaterhouseCoopers Esays on Dynamic Macroeconomics
2008 Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy Iowa State University A Bad Peace or a Good War:  A Structural Estimation Model of Spousal Conflict and Divorce
2007 Kyungsoo Cha Korea Energy Economic Institute (KEEI) Understanding the Effects of Stochastic Fiscal Policy Shocks on Business Cycle Fluctuations
2007 Scott E. Davis CNA Corporation A Structural Model of the Effects of Housing Vouchers on Housing Consumption and Labor Supply
2007 Jose M. Fernandez University of Louisville, KY A Dynamic Empirical Model of Patient Learning and Experimentation using Clinical Trial Data
2007 Chunwei Lai Hong Kong Polytechnic University Essays on International Trade and Human Capital
2007 Catherine Tyler Mooney The University of Oklahoma Market Power in the Media: A Structural Empirical Anlaysis of the Radio Broadcasting Industry, 1998-2003
2007 Richard Nelson University of Utah Is the Best Offense a Good Defense? Theory and Evidence of Trade-Induced Defensive Innovation in Developing Countries
2007 Panayiotis M. Pourpourides Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales Essays on Wages and Wage Inequality Over the Business Cycle
2007 Marc Santugini HEC Montreal, Institure of Applied Economics Observational Learning in the Motion Picture Market
2007 Sarah Simmons Rhodes College, TN Welfare (to School?) to Work: How Welfare Reform Affects Collegiate Attainment
2006 Naoko Akashi California State University, Fullerton The Effects of Insurers' Hospital Choice Restrictions on the Demand for Health Care
2006 Erhan Artuc Koc University Essays on Trade Policy and Labor Mobility
2006 Keith Brand Federal Trade Commission A Structural Model of Health Insurance Choice and Health Care Demand in the Medicare Managed Care Program
2006 Paul Carrillo George Washington University An Equilibrium Search Model for Buyers and Sellers and an Empirical Application for the Real Estate Market
2006  Levent Celik CERGE-EI Essays on the Economics of Informative Advertising with Applications to the Television Industry
2006 Ufuk Devrim Demirel University of Colorado at Boulder Essays on Macroeconomic Policies and Stabilization
2006 Sangyeon Hwang Samsung Economic Research Institute Essays on Exchange Rates and Optimal Monetary Policy
2006 Jayani Jayawardhana Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies, Medical University of South Carolina Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Welfare: A Structural Model of Consumers and Firms in the Market for Prescription Drugs
2006 Bilgehan Karabay Central Bank of Turkey Essays on International Trade and Political Economy: The Importance of Incentives, Information, and Globalization
2006 Serguey Khovansky Mount Saint Mary College Effects of Expected Utility Maximization on Composition and Pricing of Financial Derivatives
2006 Ken-Shih Lin Fannie Mae Essays on Asset Allocation and Option Returns
2006 Fangzhou(Carrie) Na Fannie Mae Derivative Pricing and Portfolio Choice under Flexible Non-Linear Return Dynamics
2006 Esen Onur UC Davis (postdoc) The Role of Asymmetric Information Among Investors in the Foreign Exchange Market
2006 Ganesh Seshan Georgetown School of Foreign Service Assessing the Distributional Impact of Trade Liberalization in a Developing Country
2006 Ki Eun Shim SK Research Institute for SUPEX Management Border Effects and FDI: Can FDI Explain the Border Puzzle?
2005 William Craighead < Miami University of Ohio Real Rigidities and Exchange Rate Dynamics
2005 Christina Rennhoff St. Joseph's University Employee Choice of Health Plan and Consumption of Health Care under Employer-Provided Plans
2005 Loren Smith Federal Trade Commission A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of Demand for New and Used Commercial Aircraft
2005 Sangwon Suh Bank of Korea-Inst. for Monetary and Economic Res. Orthogonal Polynomials in Pricing Options by the PDE and Martingale Approaches
2005 Steve Trost US International Trade Commission Issues in Corporate Philanthropy
2005 Ken Wilbur USC Marshall School of Business (Marketing Dept) Not All Eyeballs are Created Equal: A Structural Equilibrium Model of Television Advertisers, Networks, and Viewers
2005 Yutaka Yoshino World Bank Testing Pollution Havens Inside and Outside Regional Trading Blocs
2004 Craig Edwards State Street Global Advisors Option Pricing with Continuous-time Markov Chain Regime Switching
2004 Beth Freeborn College of William and Mary An Equilibrium Search Model of the Retail Cocaine Market and Drug Law Enforcement
2004 Hyejoon Im POSCO Research Institute Trading Blocs and Foreign Direct Investment: Theory and Empirics
2004 Sadayuki Ono University of York Essays on the Term Structure of Interest Rates and the Pricing of Equity Options
2004 Paul Sullivan University of Michigan (postdoc) A Dynamic Analysis of Educational, Occupational, and Inter-firm Mobility Decisions
2004 Haimanot Teferra International Monetary Fund Essays in Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth
2003 David Arseneau Board of Governors The Time Consistency Problem of Monetary Policy in the Open Economy: Theory and Evidence
2003 Kristin Adams Fink James Madison University Regime-Switching in the Term Structure of Interest Rates
2003 Jason Fink James Madison University Essays on Option Hedging and Estimation When Volatility is Stochastic
2003 Jessica S. Howell California State University at Sacramento A Structural Equilibrium Model of the Market for Higher Education: Assessing the Impact of Eliminating Affirmative Action
2003 Yun-Kwong Kwok Deakin University (Australia) Essays on Global Factor Trade and New Open Economy Macroeconomics
2003 Kara Olson American University The Consequences of U.S. Antidumping Laws
2003 Julia Rongying Qiu Citigroup Corp. Put Warrants: How They Hare are Valued and How They Affect Managerial Incentives
2003 Adam Rennhoff Drexel University A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of Slotting Allowances in the Grocery Industry
2002 David Byrne Federal Reserve Board An Empirical Equilibrium Search-Matching Model of Unemployment
2002 Michelle Goeree Universiteit van Amsterdam Informative Advertising and the US Personal Computer Market: A Structural Empirical Examination
2002 Yong Joe Fannie Mae Market Liquidity and Volatility Forecasting
2002 Ben Keen Texas Tech University A Theoretical and Empirical Examination of the Liquidity Effect
2002 Andre Kurmann University of Quebec-Montreal New Keynesian Price and Cost Dynamics: Theory and Evidence
2002 Richard Ruble Michigan State University Imperfect Competition between Buyers and Sellers
2002 John Turner University of Georgia-Athens The Patent Renaissance
2002 Yanchun Zhang San Francisco State University Essays on Current Account Dynamics
2001 Joe Attia Econ One, Inc. Financial and Economic Performance of Private Firms: The Case of Egypt
2001 Hua Fang Lukens Consulting Group, Inc. Jumps with Stochastic Rate: An Alternative Option Pricing Model
2001 Ben Keen Washington & Lee University A Theoretical and Empirical Examination of the Liquidity Effect
2001 Brian McManus Olin Business School at Washington University of St. Louis Nonlinear Pricing in an Oligopoly Market: The Case of Specialty Coffee
2001 Neil Seftor Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Private Schools and the Market for Education: An Analysis of Objectives, Equilibria, and Responses to Government Policies
2001 Michelle Sheran UNC-Greensboro The Career and Family Choices of Women: a Dynamic Analysis of Labor Force Participation, Schooling, Marriage, and Fertility Decisions
2000 Spencer Graf Charles River Associates Research and Development Competition and the Persistence of Market Power: Theory and Evidence from the Chemical Industry
2000 Monica Hartmann University of St. Thomas An Examination of Airline Safety in a Structural Model of the Airline Industry
2000 Dan Jubinski College of William & Mary Equity Trading Volume and Volatility: An Investigation of fractional Integration and Cointegration
2000 Ellen Merry Federal Reserve The Effect of the Mortgage Interest Deduction on Mortgage Debt and Housing Demand
2000 James Weston Rice University Essays in Empirical Market Microstructure
1999 Thorsten Beck Young Professionals Program at World Bank Essays in International Trade and Financial Development
1999 Larry Kochard McIntire School of Commerce Option Pricing and Higher Order Moments of the Risk-Neutral Probability Density Function
1999 Steve Lange Fannie Mae Essays on Volatility and Comovement
1999 Yu-Li Wang National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan What Moves the Exchange Rate before a Monetary Union?
1998 C. Monica Capra University of Arkansas Noisy Expectation Formation in One-Shot Games.
1998 Jose Canals-Cerda University of Colorado at Boulder
Equilibrium Models of the Labor Market: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation.
1998 Laura L. Clauser U.S. Department of Treasury A Dynamic, General Equilibrium Analysis of Flood Insurance, Floodplain Development, and Sea Level Rise.
1998 Kevin H. McIntyre Regional Financial Associates,  Inc. Three Essays in International Business Cycles.
1998 Jorge A. Raygoza  Universidad Iberoamericana The Distribution of Benefits of Site-and-Services Programs
in Developing Countries: Does Mexico's National Solidarity Program Have an Urban Bias.
1998 Julia K. Thomas Carnegie Mellon University Nonconvexities, Discrete Individual Choices and the Business Cycle.
1997 Tim R. Adam Hong Kong University of 
Science & Technology
Dynamic Corporate Risk Management.
1997 Mikel R. Ham Economic Analysis Corp. Rental-Car Service Tenure and Downstream Vertical Integration in the Automobile Industry.
1997  Fredrick M. Holt Census Bureau The Family's Decision to Migrate: A Dynamic Analysis.
1997 Allison M. Ivory Joint Committee on Taxation
(U.S. Congress)
The Effect of the 1986 Tax Reform Act on Labor Supply and Tax Payer Compliance.
1997 Fidel Perez-Sebastian Public University of Navarra Invention and Use: Two Models of Technology Adoption.
1996 Robert T. Burrus Kenyon College Demand Abatement, Supply Reduction and Legalization: A Theoretical Analysis of Drug Policy. 
1996 Anthony W. Cheng Social Security Administration Estimating the Market Value of Deposit Insurance for Savings and Loans. 
1996 Eric P. Eller UNC-Greensboro Tariff Barriers, Liberalization, and Economic Growth. 
1996 Jeffrey R. Havsy Chicago Board of Trade A Model of Improved Option Pricing Through Theoretical Volatility Determination. 
1996 Neeta Sinha Bristol, Myers, and Squibb Estimation of the Effects of Alternate Food Subsidies on Nutrition Levels. 
1996 Todd R. Stinebrickner University of Michigan
(Post-doc)
A Dynamic, Discrete Choice Model of Teacher Attrition. 
1996 Christopher A. Swann University of Michigan
(Post-doc)
A Dynamic Analysis of Marriage, Labor Force Participation, and Participation in the AFDC Program. 
1996 Alexander R. Wolman Richmond Federal Reserve Four Essays on Monetary Economics. 
1995 Lisa R. Anderson American University Information Cascades.
1995 Peter M. Bearse University of Tennessee  Essays on the Economics of Crime.
1995 Michelle L. Canfield William & Mary  Speculative Attacks and a Balance of Payments Crisis: An Optimizing Approach. 
1995 Jessica B. Horowitz  Putnam, Hayes, & Bartlett, Inc. Are Team Owners in the National Football League Profit Maximizers? 
1995 Thomas D. Jeitschko Texas A&M University  The Role of Information in Sequential Auctions. 
1995 Gladys C. Lopez ITAM (Mexico) Equilibrium Behavior in Posted Price Markets. 
1995 Maria A. Mabry UNC-Asheville The Effects of State Incentives to Business on Location and Factor Usage. 
1995 Roger R. Rodriguez  J.W. Wilson Consulting (D.C.) The Buying Option for Electric Utilities: New Regulatory Policies in Electricity Generation. 
1995 Benjamin P. Scafidi NYU Law School  Neighborhood, Housing and School Choice. 
1994 Amy D. Crews Syracuse Self-Selection and Administrative Selection in the Estimation of the Effects of In-Kind Transfers. 
1994 Dirk W. Early Southwestern College Causes of Homelessness: An Empirical Analysis Using Choice-Based Sampling. 
1994 John R. Elder Bryant College The Effects of Monetary Policy Uncertainty: A Heteroskedastic Vector Autoregression Analysis. 
1994 Thomas Kinnaman Bucknell Three Essays on the Economics of Household Solid Waste Disposal and the Effect of Unit-Based Pricing. 
1994 Richard McGrath William & Mary Saving Differences Among Generations or Over Time? An Investigation of the Saving Slowdown of the 1980's. 
1994 Catherine O'Connor Ohio State Early-Out Incentives: A Case Study of the U.S. Army's VSI/SSB Programs. 
1994 Debra M. Patterson Trinity University-Texas General Equilibrium Models of Eastern European Transition. 
1993 David Chesser Univ. of Missouri at Columbia An Empirical Analysis of the Implications of the Sticky- and Flexible-Price Assumptions. 
1993 Andrew J. Holliday Washington & Lee Univ. The Measurement of Antitrust Enforcement. 
1993 Charles F. Kramer International Monetary Fund Macroeconomic Uncertainty And Asset Markets: Perspectives On The Size And January Anomalies. 
1993 Debbie Mullin Marietta College  The Porous Umbrella of the AFL: Evidence from Late Nineteenth-Century State Labor Bureau Reports on the Growth of American Unions. 
1993 R. David Mullin Marietta College  Enhancing Taxpayer Compliance: Experimental Evidence on Alternative Policies. 
1993 Zhenhui Xu William & Mary  The Chinese Economy in the 1980's. 
1993 Daniel Zabinski Agency for Health Care Policy and Research The Inefficiency of the Tax Preference for Employer-Provided Health Insurance. 
1992 Gregory Hopper Philadelphia Federal Reserve Three Essays in International Finance. 
1992 Regis Renault Univ. of Cergy-Pontoise (France)  Strategic Behavior in Long Term Relationships. 
1992 Francisco Ruge-Murcia Cambridge Univ., UK (post doc) Essays On Credibility, Fiscal Reform and Inflation Stabilization. 
1991 Eric Engen UCLA Precautionary Saving, Consumption, and Taxation in a Life-Cycle Model with Stochastic Earnings and Mortality Risk
1991 Derek Neal Univ. of Chicago Sources of Inter-Industry Wage Differentials. 
1991 Michael Palumbo Univ. of Houston Health Uncertainty Near the End of the Life Cycle. 
1991 D. Keith Sill  Philadelphia Federal Reserve Money in the Cash-in-Advance Model: An Empirical Implementation. 
1991 Mitchell Stern Univ. of Tennessee Estimation & Testing of the Poisson Jump-Diffusion Model for Option on Stocks. 
1991 Harold York Exxon Corporation A General Equilibrium Model of International Tax Competition. 

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