American Economic Association
Doctoral Dissertations in Economics One-Hundred-Third Annual List
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Doctoral
Dissertations in Economics
Annual
One-Hundred-Third
List
The list below specifies doctoral degrees conferred by U.S. and Canadian universities during
academic year July 2005 to June 2006. Lists of degree recipients and subject classifications are
provided by the university. Note: Dissertations without classifications may be found under
"Y Miscellaneous Categories."
B Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology
FARUKERAY,DUZENLI,Ph.D. University of Notre Dame
2006. Re/Presenting Labor: Economic Discourse,
Value, Ethics
PETER,Ph.D. Universityof Maryland2005. Essays
GRAJZL,
on Comparative Institutional Economics
OLSEN,ERIK,Ph.D. University of Massachusetts 2005.
Economy and Society: Class Relations and the Process
of Economic Growth
C Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
GEETESH,Ph.D. Rutgers University 2006.
BHARDWAJ,
Essays in Prediction and Specification Analysis
Ph.D. Boston University 2006.
CIAPANNA,
EMANUELA,
Strategic Assignment, Matching and Bargaining
COLES,PETER,Ph.D. Stanford University 2005. Essays on
Matching
Ph.D. University of Maryland
DELPIANO,
JULIOCACERES,
2005. TestingEconomic Models and Household Resource
Allocation
EKMEKCI,
MEHMET,Ph.D. Princeton University 2006.
Essays on Dynamic Games
Ph.D. StanfordUniversity2006. Robust
ESPONDA,
IGNACIO,
Equilibrium Analysisin Games with Uncertainty
Ph.D. Yale University2006. Economic
HADDOCK,
JOANNA,
Forecasting with End-of-Sample Tests
Ph.D. Rice University 2006. Econometric
HAN,HEEJOON,
Analysis of ARCH Models with Persistent Covariates
Ph.D. North Carolina State University
HAN, SANGGOHN,
2006. Inference RegardingMultiple StructuralChanges
in Linear Models Estimated via Two Stage Least
Squares
Hsu, MING,Ph.D. CaliforniaInstitute of Technology2007.
Three Correlated Essays on the Neural Foundations of
Economic Decision Making
IRIBERRI,
NAGORE,Ph.D. University of California, San
Diego 2006. Essaysin BehavioralGame Theory:Auctions,
Hide and Seek, and Coordination
Ph.D. North Carolina State University
JANA,KALIDAS,
2005. Canonical Correlations and Instrument Selection
in Econometrics
JUN, SUNGJAE,Ph.D. Brown University 2006. Quantile
Models and Weak Identification
Ph.D. University of California, Los AnVITALI,
KALESNIK,
geles 2006. Essays on Repeated Games in Continuous
Time
Ph.D.TexasA&MUniversity2006. EsKIM,JINWOONG,
says on Empirical Time Series Modeling with Causality
and StructuralChange
KIM,KYoo IL, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 2006. Semiparametric Estimation of Signaling
Games
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
KoUTRIS,ANDREAS,
and State University 2006. Testing for Structural
Change: Evaluation of the Current Methodologies, a
Misspecification Testing Perspective and Applications
Ph.D. University of North Carolina 2005.
LEE,JOON-SUK,
on
Essays Applications of Game Theory
Ph.D. Yale University 2006. General
LEE, YOONSEOK,
Approaches to Dynamic Panel Modelling and Bias
Correction
LIN, XUN, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2006. Essays on
Theories and Applications of Spatial Econometrics
Models
LIU, HUI, Ph.D. University of Ottawa 2006. Three Essays on Unit Root Tests and Cointegration: Theory and
Applications
of California,RiverLONG, XIANGDONG,Ph.D. University
side 2005. Multivariate Garch Models Using Copula,
Nonparametric, and Semiparametric Methods
MARCUCCI,
JURI,Ph.D. Universityof California,San Diego
2005. Essays on Financial Econometrics
Ph.D. University of Maryland 2005.
MATHUR,
APARNA,
Essays in Spatial Econometrics
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
NA, SUNGHYUN,
2005. Three Essays on Game Theory
1167
Doctoral Dissertations
OH, KUMHWA,Ph.D. University of Washington 2006.
Essays on the Beveridge-Nelson Decomposition and
Unobserved Components Model
Ph.D. Boston University 2006. TrendWADA, TATSUMA,
OKUI,RYO,Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 2005. Instrumental Variable Estimation with Many Moment
Conditions with Applications to Dynamic Panel Data
Models
Applications
XI, JING,Ph.D. Washington State University 2005. Full
Bayesian BootstrapAnalysisof Simultaneous Equations:
Extensions and Applications
Ph.D. Boston University 2006. Essays
YABU,TOMOYOSHI,
on Theoretical and Empirical Aspects of Structural
Break Models
DESHENG,Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2005.
OUYANG,
Nonparametric Estimation of Econometric Models
with Categorical Variables
Ph.D. Duke University 2006.
ALESSANDRO,
PALANDRI,
Sequential Conditional Correlations: Inference and
Evaluation
F., Ph.D. Binghamton UniverPARMETER,CHRISTOPHER
sity 2006. Two-Tier Frontier and Generalized Kernel
Estimation of Hedonic Price Indices
Ph.D. Ohio State University
RICHARD,
PERCY,EDWARD
2006. Corrected LM Goodness-of-Fit Tests
KAI,Ph.D. University of California, Santa
POMMERENKE,
Cruz 2005. Cooperation with Rivals
ARTEM,Ph.D. Michigan State University
PROKHOROV,
2006. Three Essays on Generalized Method of Moments
Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005.
PROKOPOVYCH,
PAVLO,
on
Essays
Repeated Games
Ph.D. Purdue University 2005.
DANIELA,
PUZELLO,
Matching and Anonymity
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of TechnolMAREK,
PYCIA,
ogy 2006. Essays on Economic Design and Coalition
Formation
Ph.D. University of Toronto
KONSTANTIN,
RYBAKOV,
2005. Essays on Matching:N-Lateral Matching with KDecisions and Matching with Coordination Frictions
SCHMIDT-DENGLER,PHILIPP,Ph.D. Yale University 2005.
Empirical Analysis of Dynamic Models
SEMYKINA,ANASTASIA,Ph.D. Michigan State University
2006. Estimating Panel Data Models with Endogeneity
and Selection
Ph.D. StanfordUniversity2006. Inference
SHAIKH,
AZEEM,
for PartiallyIdentified Econometric Models
Ph.D. North CarolinaState University
SHIN, CHANGMOCK,
2005. EntrophyBased Moment Selection in Generalized
Methods of Moments
Cycle Decompositions Allowing StructuralChanges and
Outliers: Econometric Analysis and Macroeconomic
YANG,KE,Ph.D. Oregon State University2005. Finite Sam-
ple Performance of Nonparametric Regression Estimators: the Case of Additive and Parametric Covariance
Models
Ph.D. University of California, Riverside
YANG,
WEIPING,
2005. Essays on Causality in Quantiles and Comparing
Economic Theory Models
YANG,YANG,Ph.D. University of California, Riverside
2005. Bagging Predictors for Time Series
YILDIZ,NESE, Ph.D. Stanford University 2005. Essays on
Estimationof Discrete Choice Models with Endogeneity
OZGUR,Ph.D. University of Rochester 2006. EsYILMAZ,
on
says Real-Life AllocationProblems and Game Theory
Ph.D. StanfordUniversity2006. Two Essays
Yu, XINGHUA,
on Duration Models
D Microeconomics
Ph.D. RutgersUniversity2006. Bayesianand
ABAZI,
ARNISA,
ClassicalInference of Riskwith Applicationsto Financial
and Energy Economics
AL-HAMDI,MOHANED,Ph.D. Kansas State University
2005. Power and Plenty under the Shadow of Conflict
APARICIO,
FRANCISCO
J., Ph.D. George Mason University
2006. Campaign Finance Law, Electoral Competition,
and Economic Policy
Ph.D. Iowa State University2006. Essays
ASINSKI,
DZMITRY,
on Private Informationand Choice
ATLAMAZ,MURAT, Ph.D. University of Rochester 2006.
Auctions, Incentives, and Indivisibilities
AZUMA,
MISuzu,Ph.D. Universityof Wisconsin2005. Essays
on IntergenerationalTransfersin Older Families
Ph.D. Ohio State University 2006.
SUNG,HANKYOUNG,
Essays on Veto Bargaining Games
TARNG,CHWU-SHIUN, Ph.D. YorkUniversity 2006. Third
Order Likelihood Based Inference for the Log-Normal
and the Weibull Models
BAI, JINHUI, Ph.D. Yale University 2006. Monetary
Equilibrium with Heterogeneous Agents and Complete
Financial Markets:Theory and Computation
BENJAMIN, DANIEL J., Ph.D. Harvard University 2006.
Psychology, Preferences, and Markets
VAN HASSELT, MARTIJN, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Columbia University 2006.
BRINDISI,
FRANCESCO,
Essays on Information and Coordination Failures
Brown University
2006.
Many Instruments, Sample Selection and Treatment
Effects in Econometrics
Ph.D. Universityof Western Ontario 2005.
VOIA,MARCEL,
Models with Heterogeneity and Selection
BYUN,CHONGHYUN,Ph.D. University of California,River-
side 2005. Essays on Habit Formation and Catching Up
with the Joneses: Theory and Evidence
1168
Journal of Economic Literature
Ph.D. Universityof WesternOntario
CHAN,TAKYAN(ALAN),
2005. Three Essays on Contract Damages
FUKUTOMI,
IKKO,Ph.D. University of Iowa 2005. Three
Essays on the Household Formation
Ph.D. Michigan State University
CHANG,CHEONG-SEOK,
2006. Three Essays on Policies towards Risk
GURNEY,
DEREK,Ph.D. Stanford University 2006. Externalities, Market Power, and Public Policy
Ph.D. Purdue University 2005.
CHATTERJEE,
PRIYABROTO,
Uncertainty, Risk Aversion and Optimal Licensing
Mechanisms
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2006.
HAMEED,
FARHAN,
Two Essays on Institutional Transparencyand One on
Inflation Expectations
CHENG, BERYLY., Ph.D. Fordham University 2005.
Greater Access to Consumer Credit: Who Benefits and
How?
HAN,JAEJOON,Ph.D. University of Texas2006. Essays on
Rational Behavior in Incomplete Information
CHIN, WILLIAM,Ph.D. IowaStateUniversity2005. Esti-
matingand TestingIntertemporalPreferences:A Unified
Frameworkfor Consumption, Work and Savings
Ph.D. New YorkUniversity 2006. Essays
CHOI,SYNGJOO,
on Bounded Rationality and Individual Heterogeneity
FUAD,Ph.D. Universityof Texas2005. ResidenHASANOV,
tial Housing, Household Portfolio, and Intertemporal
Elasticity of Substitution
Ph.D. StanfordUniversity2006. Research
HENRY,
EMERIC,
Incentives, Disclosure of Results and Aggregation of
Information
COSCIA,CARLF., Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2005.
Three Essays on Government Formation
COTTI,CHAD,D., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2006. Essays on Applied Microeconomics Issues:
Smoking Bans, Labor Market, and Casinos
Ph.D. HarvardUniversity2006. Essays
HOLDEN,
RICHARD,
in the Economics of Information
Ph.D. University of Connecticut 2005.
DASGUPTA,BASAB,
HWANG,YUN-JAE,Ph.D. Ohio State University 2006.
Three Essays on Economics and Risk Perception
VINIT,Ph.D. Michigan State University2005. AlJAGDISH,
lowing Others to Learn: Essays on Bayesian Updating
in Environments of Asymmetric Information
Three Essays on AsymmetricInformationand Imperfect
Credit Markets
DANNY
M., Ph.D. Universityof North Carolina2006.
DAVIS,
Mechanism Design in Procurementwith Subcontracting
Price Signals
DE LAROSA,LEONIDAs
E., Ph.D. University of California,
Berkeley 2006. Overconfidence in the Principal-Agent
Framework
Ph.D. Boston University2006. Political
DOGAN,M. KADIR,
Moral Hazard
ERTAC,SEDA,Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 2006. Essays on Self-Perception and Information
Revelation
Ph.D. University of Chicago
ESTEVEZ
RIos, VALENTIN,
2005. Liberals, Conservativesand YourTaxReturn:Partisan Politics and the Enforcement Activities of the IRS
FAKHAR,
AHLAM,Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University
2006. Essays on Household Behaviorunder Uncertainty
and Trust
FELKEY,AMANDA,Ph.D. Cornell University 2006. Essays
on the Household: Formation, Resource Allocation and
Consequences for the Labor Market
FERNANDEZ,
JUANV., Ph.D. American University2005. Income Distribution and Aggregate Demand in the U.S.
Economy: An Empirical Investigation
FIGUEROA,NICOLAS,Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2006.
Two Essays on Mechanism Design
FINAN, FREDERICO, Ph.D. University of California,
Berkeley 2006. Political Patronage, Corruption, and
Local Development
Ph.D. Universityof Houston 2006. EsHRYSHKO,
DMYTRO,
on
Income
Processes,Household Consumption
says Risky
and Risk Aversion
JOHNJ., Ph.D. Universityof Missouri,KansasCity
JUMARA,
2005. A Case Study of the Influence of Organization
Theory on OrganizationalChange
JUNG,JINHAN,Ph.D. Duke University 2006. Essays in
Contracts and Enforcement
KAMENICA,
EMIR,Ph.D. HarvardUniversity 2006. Essays
in Applied Microeconomics
Ph.D. Universityof
KILENTHONG, (TEE)WEERACHART,
Chicago 2006. Essays On General Equilibrium with
Limited Commitment
XI, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh 2006. An ExKUANG,
perimental MarketInvestigation of the Effectiveness of
An Optimal Agency Contract
Ph.D. City Universityof New York2006.
KUSUDA,YASUYUKI,
DynamicContractModel under AsymmetricInformation
LAI, MUN SIM,Ph.D. University of Hawaii 2006. Intergenerational Transfers:Lessons from Taiwan
Ph.D. Princeton University 2006.
LUDMER,SEBASTIAN,
Essays on Self-Control and General Equilibrium
Ph.D. StanfordUniversity2006. Essays
MALIN,BENJAMIN,
on Dynamic General Equilibrium Economies
MARUYAMA,TETSUYA,Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
2005. Communication and Contracts in Organization
DAVID,Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of TechnolMATSA,
ogy 2006. The Impact of Financial Incentives on Firm
Behavior
Doctoral Dissertations
TODDA., Ph.D. North Carolina State University
MCFALL,
2005. Creating the Hot Hand Effect with a Grand Prize
Ph.D. University of Wyoming
CHRISTOPHER,
MCINTOSH,
2006. Essays on Incentives and Behavior under Risk
ALIN,Ph.D. University of Maryland 2005.
MIRESTEAN,
Decision Making under Uncertainty and Bounded
Rationality
Ph.D. Princeton University2006. EsDAISUKE,
NAKAJIMA,
says on Auctions and the War of Attritionwith the Allais
Paradox
Ph.D. Duke University2006. Dynamic
KURIBKO,
NATALIYA,
Models in Microeconomic Theory
Ph.D. University of CaliAUGUSTO,
NIETOBARTHABURU,
fornia, San Diego 2006. Essays on Microeconomics and
Statistical Decision Making
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
OLIVEROS,SANTIAGO,
2006. Strategic Acquisition and Use of Information in
Committees
ONUR, ILKE, Ph.D. University of Texas 2005. Essays on
Internet Auctions
1169
Ph.D. Southern Methodist University
SARKAR,
JAYANTA,
2006. Essays On Endogenous Lifetime Economic
Growth and Income Inequality
TODD DANIEL,Ph.D. Boston University 2006.
SARVER,
Regret and Contemplation
Ph.D. University of Kansas2006. Monte
SECK,OUSMANE,
Carlo Experiments and Consumer Demand Modelling
SEWERYN,REBECCA,Ph.D. Arizona State University
2005. Does Voting Matter? Modeling Endogenous
Trade Policy with Reelection Concerns
Ph.D. Yale University 2006. Essays on
DMITRY,
SHAPIRO,
Evolution, Reputation and Rationality
Ph.D. Arizona State University2005.
SILVERS,
RANDOLPH,
on
Essays
Principal-Agent Models with Moral Hazard
and Incomplete Information
Ph.D. Harvard University 2006. Essays
SMYTH,
SEAMUS,
on the Life Cycle
SONG,JOON,Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
2006. ContractualMatching:Limits of Decentralization
OZCAN,RASIM,Ph.D. Boston College 2005. Essays on
Auctions Theoretical and Empirical Investigations
SYDNOR,
JUSTIN,Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
2006. Risk Aversions in Markets
Ph.D. University of Maryland
CRISTIAN
PARDO,
ROBERTO,
2005. Risk-Aversion, Private Information and Real
Fluctuations
SHINO,Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2006.
TAKAYAMA,
Essays on Asymmetric Information
Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005.
PARK,MYUNG-HO,
Essays on Stochastic Intertemporal Household Choice
Ph.D. Texas A&M UniverERNESTO,
PERUSQUIA-CORRES,
sity 2006. Household Income Pooling and the Demand
for Food: Does Family Financial Structure Matter?
Ph.D. Universityof Texas2006. Three EsMARK,
POCOCK,
says on the Household: Time, Money, and Future Time
and Money
Ph.D. University of Maryland2005. IsRANGER,
MARTIN,
sues in Matching: An Auction with Externalities and
Unraveling Matching Mechanisms
REINSTEIN, DAVIDA., Ph.D. University of California,
Berkeley2006. EmpiricalStudies on Consumer Demand
and Philanthropy
DE LARA,Ph.D. University of
RESENDE,
JOSEGUILHERME
Two
2005.
Essays on Uncertainty
Chicago
TAKEOKA,
NORIO,Ph.D. University of Rochester 2006.
Intertemporal Decision Making under Subjective
Uncertainty
Ph.D. HarvardUniversity2006. Essays
TREBBI,
FRANCESCO,
on InstitutionalDesign
Ph.D. Universityof Arkansas
JULIESTROUD,
TRIVITT,
2007. The Unintended Consequence of Policy: How
Households and Hospitals Respond to Incentives
Ph.D. University of Virginia2006. An ExTROST,
STEVEN,
amination of Corporate Charitable Contributions: Evidence from Firm, Managerial,and Community Factors
Ph.D. University of Chicago
TSENG,HSIN-YU(SAMUEL),
2006. Three Essayson EmpiricalApplicationsof Contract
Theory
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh 2006. Three
Tu, ZHIYONG,
in
Auctions
Essays
RODRIGUES
Ph.D. University of
NETO, Josi~ ALVARO,
Wisconsin 2005. Three Essays in Microeconomics
Ph.D. Georgetown University 2006.
TUNG,YUNG-NIAN,
The Essays on Special Interest Voting Blocs
Ph.D. West Virginia University 2005.
RoY, SURYADIPTA,
Trade and Special Interest Politics, Enforcement Policy
and Illegal Drugs: Three Essays
GAUHAR
Ph.D. UniverTURMUHAMBETOVA,
AKYLBEKOVNA,
sity of Chicago 2005. Decision Making in an Economy
With Endogenous Information
SANTADARSHAN, Ph.D. University at Albany
2006. The Impact of Dowry Remittances on Family
Consumption, Labor Supply and Asset Accumulation
Ph.D. Cornell University 2005.
VANBERG,
CHRISTOPH,
Essay on Campaign Finance Reform
SADHU,
Ph.D. StanfordUniversity2006. Essays
SAOUMA,RICHARD,
in OrganizationalDesign and Control
VISSER,MICHAELSCOTT,Ph.D. University of Oregon
2005. Seemingly Unrelated Essays: Experiments on
Market Behavior
1170
Journal of Economic Literature
Woo, YEN LEE,Ph.D. City University of New York2006.
COHEN-COLE, ETHAN, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Income Inequality and Racial Segregation: Jurisdictional Fragmentation or ExclusionaryZoning Laws
CONRARIA,LUIs, Ph.D. Cornell University 2006. Indeter-
Ph.D. West Virginia
YAKOVLEV,
PAVELALEXANDROVICH,
2006. Essays in Empirical Economics
University 2006. Three Essays on Political Regimes,
Military Spending, and Economic Growth
Ph.D. Princeton University 2006. Essays
YUN,JEONGSUN,
on Contract Theory
minacy, Economic Fluctuations, Bubbles and Empirical
Sunspots
ESPADA,
CORTES
JOSUEF., Ph.D. University of California,
Los Angeles 2006. Essays on Optimal Fiscal Policy and
International Business Cycles
ZANG,HAILING,Ph.D. TexasA&M University2005. Essays
COULIBALY,
BRAHIMA,Ph.D. Universityof Michigan 2005.
on Empirical Analysis of Multi-unit Auctions-Impacts
of Financial Transmission Rights on the Restructured
S., Ph.D. University of Kansas 2005.
DALKIR, MEHMET
Electricity Industry
ZHANG,
YUE,Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh2006. The Effects of Perceived Fairness and Communication on
Honesty and Collusion in a Multi-agent Setting
E Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
ADAMOPOULOS,
ANASTASIOS,Ph.D. University of Toronto
2005. Essays in Macroeconomics and Development
ALIAGA-DIAZ,ROGER
A., Ph.D. North Carolina State University 2006. Essays on the Macroeconomics of Banking
AMIN,WALID,Ph.D. Kansas State University 2005. Taylor
Rules and Interest Rate Dynamics in Emerging Market
Economies
ARSLAN,M. MESUT,Ph.D. University of Houston 2006.
Essays on the Monetary Policy, Sticky Prices, and Sticky
Information
HAZIM
AYDEDE,
YIGIT,Ph.D. Universityof Delaware 2006.
Saving, Public Social Security and Life-Cycle Theory:
New Evidence from an Emerging Country (Turkey)
Ph.D. Ohio State University 2006. Three
BAE,YOUNGSOO,
Essays on Nonlinear Nonstationary Econometrics and
Applied Macroeconomics
BARBOSAFILHO, FERNANDO,Ph.D. New York University
2006. Three Essays on the Macroeconomics of Labor
Markets
Essays in Macroeconomicsand InternationalEconomics
Synchronization of Economies: A Dynamical Systems
Approach Essays in Synchronization of Economic
Aggregates
EKICI,TUFAN, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2006. An Investigation of Credit Card Debt: The Effect of Price and
Income Expectations and the Impact of Consumption
Ph.D. Columbia University 2005.
FELETTIGH,ALBERTO,
Essays in Dynamic Macroeconomics
GAGNON,ETIENNE, Ph.D. Northwestern University 2006.
Consumer Price Setting and Inflation
GAROSI,
JUSTIN,Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005. Aggregate Responses to Fiscal Policies
GHWEE,JUSTENRENE KOKLYE,Ph.D. University of Texas
2005. Essays on Intermediation, the Payments System
and Monetary Policy Implementation
GIVENS, GREGORYE., Ph.D. University of North Carolina
2005. On the Design and Estimation of Optimal Monetary Policy in an Economy with Nominal Rigidities
GRAMINHO,FLAVIAMOURAO,Ph.D. University of Califor-
nia, Los Angeles 2006. Essays on Business Cycles and
Corporate Governance
GREEN, TINAR., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
2006. Essays on the Political Economy of Fiscal Policy
Ph.D. Princeton University 2006.
FRANCESCO,
BELVISO,
Essays on Macroeconomics
BENNETT,HERMAN,Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology 2006. Essays in Macroeconomics
GRIFFIN,NAOMI,Ph.D. University of Maryland 2005.
Labor Reallocation, Productivity and Output Volatility
in Japan
GUERRIERI,VERONICA,Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
Technology 2006. Essays on the Macroeconomics of the
Labor Markets
BRADY, RYAN ROBERT, Ph.D. University of California,
HERNANDEZ-ARREORTUA,
KOLVER, Ph.D. Boston
Davis 2005. Consumer Credit Growth and the Efficacy
of Monetary Policy
CHASAMPOULLI,ANTRI, Ph.D. University of Maryland
2005. Job Competition over the Business Cycle
CHIEN,YI-LI,Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
2006. Optimal Fiscal Policy under Limited Commitment
Ph.D. Universityof Western
CHIU,HING-LUN(JONATHAN),
Ontario 2005. Essays on Intermediation and Monetary
Policy
CHOI, YONGJAE,Ph.D. Michigan State University 2006.
Three Essays on Business Cycle and Monetary Policy
Col-
lege 2005. State-Department Nominal Rigidities and
Economic Fluctuations
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
HWANG,YOUNGJIN,
Technology 2006. Essays on Aggregate and Individual
Consumption Fluctuations
ICHIUE,HIBIKI,Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
2005. Essays on the Yield Curve, Its Predictive Power
and Monetary Policy
IossIFov, PLAMEN, Ph.D. University of Delaware 2005.
Estimation of U.S. Money Demand Functions Using
Longitudinal Family-Level Data
Doctoral Dissertations
Ph.D. West VirginiaUniversity
LILLIAN
TAHREEN,
KAMAL,
2006. Predicting Inflation, and the Relationship between Financial Integration, Financial Development
and Economic Growth
KARNIZOVA,
LILIA,Ph.D. University of British Columbia
2005. The Role of Expectations and Expectation Errors
in Business Cycles
SHERIF,Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2006.
KHALIFA,
Economic Fluctuations in a Labor Market with Heterogeneous Agents
Ph.D. Universityof Michigan2005. Essays
KIM,DAEHAENG,
on Growth, Stabilization,and the Business Cycle
KIM,HYESUN,Ph.D. Rutgers University 2006. The Role
of Econometrics in Policy Evaluations: The Liquidity
Trap Case
Ph.D. Universityof Maryland2005. VolatilKIM,NAMSUK,
ity of Economy and Its Effect on Firm and Government
Investment in U.S.
Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis
KING,THOMAS,
2005. StructuralChange, Productivity,and Labor-Market
Dynamics
KNOTEK,
EDWARD,Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005.
Price Dynamics, Convenience, and Money
Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
TAKUSHI,
KUROZUMI,
2005. Essays on Monetary Policy: Parameter Uncertainty, Policy Sustainability,and Expectational Stability
LAW,PEYRON,Ph.D. Stanford University 2005. Macro
Factors and the Yield Curve
LI, YANG,Ph.D. University of Mississippi 2005. Essays In
Macroeconomics and Econometrics
Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2005. Essays
LIU, DANDAN,
on Macroeconomics and Forecasting
Ph.D. KansasState University 2005. The
LUEA,HEATHER,
of
Impact Housing Cost Fluctuations on Non-housing
Consumption
Ph.D. University at Albany 2005.
MANDAL,KUMARJIT,
Essays in Monetary Policy Rule
FEDERICO
MANDELMAN,
SAMUEL,
Ph.D. Boston College
2006. Business Cycles:A Role for Imperfect Competition
in the Banking System
FERNANDO
MARTIN,
M., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
2005. Essays on Fiscal Policy and Government Debt
1171
Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005.
MILLAR,
JONATHAN,
Three Paperson CapitalGestationLagsand Their Effects
on Investment and the Value of Capital
Ph.D. University of California,
GEORGE,
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Monetary Policy and Financial Intermediation in Cash
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NOSBUSCH,
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2006. Taxes, Transfersand Time Use: Fiscal Policy in a
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TAL,Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
REGEV,
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RENDINA,
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RODRIGUES,
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Business Cycles and Monetary Policy under Imperfect
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SAYGILI,
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Firm's Demand for Money: FEENSTRA Equivalence,
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MASCHEK,
MICHAEL,
Applicationsof EvolutionaryLearningin Macroeconomic
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Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 2005.
CHIARA,
SCOTTI,
A Multivariate Bayesian Analysis of Policy Rates: Fed
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MAZOY,
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VIRGILIU
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DUMITRU,
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Demand, Structural Drift, and Equity Returns
STIMEL,DEREKSCOTT,Ph.D. University of California,
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ULUC,Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2006.
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Bank Balance Sheets and Exchange Rate Regimes in
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SUFANA,RAZVAN,Ph.D. University of Toronto 2006. Mod-
BALDERAS,JUVENTINOULSES, Ph.D. University of Col-
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BORNALI,
BHANDARI,
Essays on Foreign Direct Investment and Income Inequality, and Cross-Price Effects in the U.S. Trade
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SUSTEK,
ROMAN,
Essays on Aggregate Fluctuations
TAS, BEDRI KAMIL ONUR, Ph.D. Boston College 2005.
Asymmetric Information, Stock Returns and Monetary
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ERIC,Ph.D. University of Missouri, Kansas
TYMOIGNE,
City 2006. Central Banking, Asset Prices and Financial
Fragility:What Role for a Central Bank?
VERA, DAVID, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
2005. Essays on the Monetary Transmission Mechanism, Changes in the U.S. Banking Systems and Small
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Vu, TAMBANG,Ph.D. University of Hawaii 2006. Four
Essays in Macroeconomics
WANG,JIAN,Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2006. Three
Essays in International Finance
WANG,LIAN,Ph.D. Binghamton University 2006. The
Welfare Cost of Inflation in Generalized General
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WING,TEO,Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2005. Optimal Monetary Policies and Business Cycles in Small
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Ph.D. University of British Columbia 2006.
WONG,JACOB,
Imperfect Information and Macroeconomics
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on Uncertainty in Macroeconomics
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Ph.D. American University 2006. The
AHN, HYUNG-IK,
Sources of CurrentAccount Fluctuations in Small Open
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Capital Controls and External Debt Term Structure
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BOMBARDINI,MATILDE,
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CALISKAN,AHMET,Ph.D. TexasA&M University 2006. In-
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CEBI,PINAR,Ph.D. Georgetown University 2005. Essays
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CHANEY, THOMAS, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
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CHUN, BONGGEUL, Ph.D. Michigan State University
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CHUNG, JAEHUN,Ph.D. Cornell University 2006. Model-
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JESSE
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Surges, Steel, and Safeguards: Essays on International
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Free Evaluationof Directional Predictabilityin Foreign
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ARNAUD,Ph.D. Princeton University 2005.
COSTINOT,
Three Essays on International Trade and Institutions
CRAIGHEAD,WILLIAM,Ph.D. University of Virginia 2006.
Real Rigidities and Exchange Rate Dynamics
DAVID,HARRY
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Ph.D. Rutgers University 2006. Essays on
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DEGUZMAN,
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GITTENS,
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GOLIC,NARSID,
Cointegration and Dynamic Specification of Exchange
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GONZALEZ,
PABLO,Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2006.
Nominal Exchange Rate Pegging, Escape Clauses and
Targeting of the Real Exchange Rate
GUERSON,
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GUMus,INCI,Ph.D. University of California,Los Angeles
2006. Essayson Default, ExchangeRatesand Institutional
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GUZIK,ERIK,Ph.D. University of Massachusetts 2006.
State Power, World Trade, and the Class Structure of a
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HAMMEL, ELIZAJANE,Ph.D. Harvard University 2006.
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YU-NING,Ph.D. University of Washington 2006.
HWANG,
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Financial Liberalizationand Its DistributionalOutcome:
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KAMARA,LUSENI, Ph.D. Fordham University 2006.
Human Capital, Foreign Direct Investment and Wage
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KANDILOV,
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KEMEGUE,FRANCIS,Ph.D. Kansas State University 2005.
Effects of Neighbors of Host Countries on the United
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KHAN, MUHAMMADWASIQURR., Ph.D. Indiana University
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Three Essays in International Trade
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KIM, MYEONG HWAN, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate University 2006. The WTO Does Promote Trade:Aggregate
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KIM,SuYI,Ph.D. University at Buffalo 2005. Essays on
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KOVYRYALOVA,
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Three Essays in International Economics
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LEBLEBICIOGLU,
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Essays on Financial Liberalization
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Essays on the World Trade Organization
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RAPPOPORT,
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REIDEL,DEMIAN,Ph.D. HarvardUniversity 2006. Essays
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Colonel Blotto Game with Applicationsto the Economic,
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SAGLAM,
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SAYGILI,
MESUT,Ph.D. University of Washington 2005.
Essays on International Trade
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SENSES,MINE,Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005. Three
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SHIN, HYUNG-CHEOL,
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SHIN,JONG-HYUP,
Essays on International Economics and Exchange
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SHIN, JOONGBEOM,
What Factors Differentiate the GrowthEffect of Capital
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The Balassa-Samuelson Effect in Europe's Southern
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VASUDEVAN,
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VATTUONE, SANTIAGO ESTEBAN, Ph.D.
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International Financial Institutions' Aid
VERDELHAN,ADRIEN, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2005.
A Habit-Based Explanation of the Exchange Rate Risk
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VOLOSOVYCH,VADYM, Ph.D. University of Houston
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Essays in Sovereign Default and Emerging Economies
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The Internal Structure of the Domestic Banking Industryunder InternationalCompetition: Evidence from
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Three Essays on International Trade and Factor Flows
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GOURIO,FRANCOIS,
Putty-Clay Technology and Asset Pricing
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Former Politicians and Corporate Boards
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HUANG, HAIBO,Ph.D. University of Texas2005. Essays in
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Model of Bond and Stock Prices: Theory and Evidence
HUANG,HUI, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario 2005.
Two Theoretical Studies of Insider TradingRegulations
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DEMYANYK,
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Macroeconomic Effects of U.S. Banking Deregulation
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A Comparison of Value at Risk Approaches and a New
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Sectional Tests of Multifactor CCAPMS
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Ownership Structure and Firm Valuation: Post-crisis
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Macroeconomic Implications of Financial Frictions
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LIPTON,AMYF., Ph.D. Lehigh University 2006. Survival
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Modeling and Forecasting Daily Stock Return Volatility
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Essays in Financial Economics: (1) Stock Warrantsand
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(3) Shutting the Pearly Gates: The Determinants and
Performance Implications of Mutual Fund Closures
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Profitability of Technical Trading Rules in US Futures
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PARK,KI YOUNG,Ph.D. University of Chicago 2006. A
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RACIC,STANKO,
Acquirer and the Performance of Targets in PartialAcquisitions: The Case of Japanese Acquisitions in the
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Measuring Event Impacts Using Thinly Traded Stocks:
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News and Large Exchange-Rate Movements: Through
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Behaviour in the IPO Pricing Process
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Doctoral Dissertations
Predicting Returns with ManagerialDecision Variables:
Is there a Small Sample Bias?
TERMOS,
ALI,Ph.D. North CarolinaState University2005.
Banking Structureand the Effect of MonetaryPolicy on
Bank Lending
Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005.
ANDERSON,
NATHAN,
Taxationwithout Representation:Three Essays in Local
Public Finance
AYSAN,AHMET,Ph.D. University of Maryland 2005. Redistribution and Institutions
TSAI,CHUN-LI,Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2005. Why
Are Dividends Sticky?
WIN, Ph.D. University of Missouri
UDOMRACHTAVANICH,
2005. Bank Portfolio Management, Monetary Policy,
Economic Uncertainty: The Observations on Million
Banks
CAMACHO
Ph.D. University of Texas
PABLO,
-GUTIERREZ,
2005. Essays on Mexican Fiscal Federalism: A Positive
WALENTIN,KARL,Ph.D. New YorkUniversity2005. Essays
FALK,JUSTINR, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
2006. Essays in Political Economy and Public Finance
GHOSH,SOMA,Ph.D. Clark University 2006. Strategic Interaction among Local Governments: A Spatial Analysis of Spillover of Public Goods
on Financial Frictions
WALKER,TODD,Ph.D. Universityof Iowa 2006. Information
in Asset Prices:Theory and Application
WANG,XUELIAN,Ph.D. University at Albany 2005. Essays
on Risk Management and Dependence across Stock
Markets
XIE,XIAOYING,Ph.D. Stanford University 2006. Essays on
Empirical Financial Economics
XU, YIPING,Ph.D. Simon Fraser University 2005. Essays
on Artificial Stock Market Methods
XUAN,YUHAI,Ph.D. Harvard University 2006. Essays in
Financial Economics: (1) Empire-Building or BridgeBuilding? Evidence from New CEOs' Internal Capital
Allocation Decisions; (2) The Role of Venture Capitalists in the Acquisitionof PrivateCompanies;(3) Shutting
the Pearly Gates: The Determinants and Performance
Implications of Mutual Fund Closures
Ph.D. Universityof Texas2006. Essaysin FiYANG,XIAOLOU,
Analysis
CHANG,SHAO-JUNG,Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2005.
Tax Policies, Vintage Capital, and Exit and Entry of
Plants
GURLEY,
TAMI,Ph.D. University of Tennessee 2005. Tax
Policies and Entrepreneurship: Relative Tax Rates and
Health Insurance Deductibility
HALLORAN,MATTHEWA., Ph.D. Indiana University 2006.
Essays on Institutions for Facilitating Cooperation in
the Provision of Public Goods
KAZI,Ph.D. University of Washington2006. Essays
IQBAL,
on Intergenerational Allocation of Public Spending,
Growth and Optimal Taxation
JARAMILLO,CHRISTIAN, Ph.D.
University
of Michigan
2005. Three Essays in Public Economics
KANG,SUNGWON, Ph.D. Rutgers University 2006. The
Political Economy of Social Security Expansion: From
1935-1983
nancialPropogandaand CorporateInventoryInvestment
MARIA, Ph.D. University of Washington
KOZHEVNIKOVA,
YOSHIDA,KOTARO,Ph.D. Duke University 2006. A Theory
2005. Explicit and Implicit Contracts and the Problem
of Quality in Government Procurement
LECLAIRE,
JOELLE
J., Ph.D. Universityof Missouri,Kansas
2006.
The
United
States Federal Budget Reversals
City
of 1998 and 2001
of Zombie Lending and Its Macroeconomics Impact
YU, NAIPING, Ph.D. Fordham University 2005. Comparing and Combining Public Corporate Default Risk
Measures: An Empirical Approach
Yu, YANG,Ph.D. University at Buffalo 2005. The Fundamental Uncertainties and Firm-Level Stock Volatilities
ZERILLI,PAOLA,Ph.D. Boston College 2005. Essays in
Asset Pricing
ZHU, LIYE,Ph.D. Southern Methodist University 2006.
Essays on the US Health Insurance Market
ZIA,BILAL, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2006. Essays on Firms, Banks, and Access to Finance
H Public Economics
ALZUA,MARIALAURA,Ph.D. Boston University 2006.
Fiscal Decentralization and Labor Market Dualism in
Developing Countries
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
ANANAT,ELIZABETH,
Technology 2006. Essays in Public Finance and Labor
Economics
LUITEL, HARI SHARAN, Ph.D. West Virginia University
2005. Essays on Value Added Tax Evasion and Tax
Amnesty Program
MIRANDA,ROGERIO,Ph.D. University of Maryland 2006.
Discretionary Federal Resources Distribution in Brazil
TODDM., Ph.D. West VirginiaUniversity2005. EsNESBIT,
says on Excise Taxation:Cross-Border Effects, Quality
Substitution, and Tax Earmarking
NIEMANN, PAUL LEON, Ph.D. University of California,
Santa Barbara2006. Essays on the Allocation of Public
and Private Goods
NIK-KHAH, EDWARDM., Ph.D. University of Notre Dame
2005. Designs on the Mechanism: Economics and the
FCC Spectrum Auctions
PANG, GAOBO,Ph.D. University of Maryland 2006. Essays
in Public Finance
1178
Journal of Economic Literature
PICCININI,KRISTY,Ph.D. Universityof California,Berkeley
COE, NORMA,Ph.D. MassachusettsInstitute of Technology
2006. Essays in Public Finance
RATHBONE,
ANNE,Ph.D. George Mason University 2006.
The Political Economy of Terrorism: An Institutional
and Strategic Analysis with a Case Study of Al-Qaeda
2005. Long-Term Care and the Elderly
COELLI,MICHAELB., Ph.D. Universityof BritishColumbia
2005. Leading Determinants of Education Attainment
TAN,JIJUN,Ph.D. University of Texas 2006. Essays on
Economics of Taxation
2006. Essays on the Economics of Education
COOLEY,JANEC., Ph.D. Duke University 2006. Essays in
the Economics of Education
BAYAR,Ph.D. Georgia State University
TUMENNASAN,
2005. Fiscal Decentralization and Corruption in the
Public Sector
ANDRES
VARGAS,
JOSE,Ph.D. Universityof Texas2006. The
Labor Market Impacts of Social Security Contributions:
Lessons from Colombia
Ph.D. Texas Tech University 2006.
WIGMANS,
FARINAZ,
Demographic Transitions and Social Security: The
Case of Italy
WILLIAMS,DEEDGRA WASHINGTON,Ph.D. Florida State
University 2006. The Impact of Population Density
and Racial Composition on Municipal Government
Expenditures
ZHANG, LI, Ph.D. Georgia State University 2005. Two
Essays on Government Behaviors
I Health, Education, and Welfare
ALMEYDA-DURAN,REGINA, Ph.D.
Columbia
University
2006. Three Essays on Health and Health Systems
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
ANDERSON,
MICHAEL,
Technology 2006. Essays in Public Health and Early
Education
ARIIZUMI, HIDEKI, Ph.D. University of Western On-
tario 2006. Essays on Physicians Contracts, Health and
Unemployment and Long-Term Care Insurance
TINNA, Ph.D. University of Miami 2006.
ASGEIRSDOTTIR,
The Economics of Health: The Case of Iceland
COLLIER,TREVOR,Ph.D. Southern Methodist University
COOMBS,CHRISTOPHER,Ph.D. Louisiana State University
2005. Three Essays in Labor and Health Economics
CSEH, ATTILA,Ph.D. University of Kentucky2006. Mental
Health and the Labor Market
CURS, BRADLEYRUSSEL,Ph.D. Universityof Oregon 2005.
Pay Your Money, Take Your Choice: Three Essays on
the Changing Need-Merit Mix of Financial Aid and the
College Choice of Low-Income Students
DECICCA,PHILIP,Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005.
Essays in Health Economics and Labor Economics
DAVIDE., Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2006.
FRISVOLD,
Behavioral Responses to Educational Investments
Ph.D. University of Chicago 2006. The
GAY,SEBASTIEN,
Impact of the Default Legislation on Cadaveric Organ
Donations
GHUSHCHYAN,VAHRAM, Ph.D. University of Colorado
2006. Econometric Methods for Estimating Health
Utility and a Catalogue of Preference-Based Scores for
Chronic-Disease
GRAFOVA,IRINA, Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005.
Health Behaviors, Health Knowledge, and Economic
Well-Being
GRECU,ALEX,Ph.D. Clemson University 2005. Spare the
Rod and Other Essays in Economics of Education
RITESH,Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2005.
BANERJEE,
in
Essays Macroeconomics
ANASUA, Ph.D. University of ConnectiBHATTACHARYA,
cut 2006. Essays on Managed Care Expenditure and
Prevention
HERMAN, DOUGLAS A., Ph.D. University of California,
BOSWORTH,RYANCOLE, Ph.D. Universityof Oregon 2006.
HOUSE,DONALDREED, Ph.D. Texas A&M University
2005. The Cost of Dying on Medicare: An Analysis of
Expenditure Data
Demand for Public Health Policies
Ph.D. Universityof California,Berkeley
BRACHET,
TANGUY,
2006. Essays on the Effects of MaternalSmoking
CELLINI, STEPHANIERIEGG, Ph.D. University of Califor-
nia, Los Angeles 2006. The Economics of Two-YearEducation on Community Colleges and Propriety Schools
DEL CAMPO,JUANCARLOS,Ph.D. Cornell
CHAVEZ-MARTIN
University 2006. Three Essays on Poverty Analysis
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2005.
CHO,YOONYOUNG,
Three Essays in Public Economics
CLARK,
CHRIS,Ph.D. Universityof Kentucky2005. Do Peers
Matter?Evidence from the Sixth Grade Experiment
Santa Barbara2006. The Impact of the Business Cycle
on Educational Choices
HERNANDEZ,REYNALDO,Ph.D. Clemson University 2005.
Microeconomic Studies in Higher Education
HUSSEY,ANDREWJ., Ph.D. Duke University2006. The Ef-
fects of AdvancedEducationon LaborMarketOutcomes:
An Analysisof MBAs
JENA, ANUPAMBAPU, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2006.
Essays on the Economics of Health and Fertility
ALICEL., Ph.D. North Carolina State University
KASSENS,
2005. Do the Obese Respond to Adverse Health
Events?: A Behavioral and Bayesian Approach
KIM, BEOMSOO,Ph.D. University of Maryland2006. Leg-
islating Healthcare Quality
1179
Doctoral Dissertations
ANN,Ph.D. West Virginia University 2005.
KING,KERRY
Essays on the Publicness of Education and the Effects
of School Choice on Student Achievement
KING,KEVIN,Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
2005. Three Essays on Understanding Welfare Reform
KITMITTO,SAMITAYSEER,Ph.D. University of California,
Davis 2006. The Pell Grant Puzzle: An Inquiry into the
Program's Effects on College Enrollment and One
Explanatory Hypothesis
SALLY
KWAK,
Y., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley
2006. Essays on the Economic Implications of Educational Policy
Ph.D. NorthwesternUniversity2006. The EfLURIE,ITHAI,
fects of Three Public Interventionson Health Insurance
Coverage during the 1990's
Ph.D. Universityof Michigan 2005.
MATSUDAIRA,
JORDAN,
Three Essays in Education and Labor Economics
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine
MENDEZ, SAMUEL,
2006. Determinants of Industry R&D Funding at U.S.
Research Universities
MESSIER,JOHND., Ph.D. American University 2005.
Poverty Traps:A Nexus of Work, Credit and Vulnerability
MILLER,STEPHENC., Ph.D. George Mason University
2006. Three Essays on the Economics of Education
University of
Chicago 2005. Assessing the Validity and Sensitivity of
Structural Estimates: Evidence from a Food Stamp
Cash-Out Experiment
MULLEN, KATHLEEN JENNIFER, Ph.D.
MUSATTI,ANNA CATERINA,Ph.D. New York University
2006. Three Essays on the Welfare System, the EITC,
Asset Accumulation and Residential Location
University of
Chicago 2005. Understanding Schooling: Using Observed Choices to Infer Agent's Information in a Dynamic Model of Schooling Choice when Consumption
Allocation is Subject to Borrowing Constraints
NAVARRO-LOZANO, SALVADOR, Ph.D.
Ph.D. University of Toronto 2006.
NEILL,CHRISTINE,
Higher Education Policy, Education Outcomes and
Credit Constraints
Ph.D. University of California,
NEYMOTIN,
FLORENCE,
2006.
What
Berkeley
Happens in Schools to Affect Student Outcomes?
DENYS,Ph.D. Michigan State University 2006.
NIZALOV,
Three Essays on Regional Economic Development and
Local Determinants of Poverty
Ph.D. Cornell University 2005. TwoNUTTING,
ANDREW,
Year Colleges and the Transfer Function in the State
University of New YorkSystem
OSTER, EMILY,Ph.D. Harvard University 2006. Essays in
the Economics of Disease
PANTAL,MICHEL-ANGE,Ph.D. University of Missouri 2006.
Retaking the ACT: The Effect of a State Merit-Based
Scholarshipon Test-Taking,Enrollment, Retention, and
Employment
PLATT,
MAIA,Ph.D. Wayne State University 2006. Exploring Deductibles: Substance Abuse Parity Applications
RANGEL-GONZALEZ,
ERICK,Ph.D. Ohio State University
2005. Do MexicanAmericanshave a RelativeAdvantage
in Health?
Ph.D. Duke University 2006. Essays on
SALM,MARTIN,
Health and Household Finances
SCHROETER,CHRISTIANE,Ph.D. Purdue University 2005.
Determining the Impact of Food Price and Income
Changes on Body Weight
SFEKAS,ANDREW, Ph.D. Cornell University 2005. Physician Learning and Patient Outcomes: An Empirical
Analysis of Cardiac Surgical Procedures
SHIERHOLZ,HEIDI, Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005.
Three Essays on Poverty and Inequality in the U.S.
Ph.D. University of Chicago 2005.
STOLER, AVRAHAM,
Risk
and
Economic Behavior
Mortality
PETIA S., Ph.D. Louisiana State University
STOVTCHEVA,
2005. Health and Growth
VALENZUELA,ERNESTO, Ph.D. Purdue University 2006.
Entitled Poverty, Vulnerability and Trade Policy in
General Equilibrium
VALENZUELA,
JUAN PABLO,Ph.D. University of Michigan
2005. Essays in Economics of Education
WANG, XIAOCHUAN,Ph.D. University of Ottawa 2005.
Three Essays on Population Health and Public Health
Policy
WATANABE,YASUTORA,Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
2005. Bargainingand Learning in Medical Malpractice
Disputes
BRETTW, Ph.D. University of Texas 2006.
WENDLING,
Three Essays in Health Economics
AUDRAT, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
WENZLOW,
2005. A Slippery Slope: Essays On Income, Wealth, and
the Health Gradient
WHALLEY, ALEXANDER, Ph.D. University of Maryland
2006. Essays on the Economics of Education
WILSON, FERNANDO ALBERTO, Ph.D.
University of
Chicago 2006. Explaining the Growth of Child Obesity
in the U.S.
YAMAUCHI,CHIKAKO,Ph.D. University of California, Los
Angeles 2005. Evaluating Poverty Alleviation: Methodological and Empirical Evidence from Indonesia
YAU,YINGCHUNG PETER,Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 2005. Analyzing the Impact of School Vouchers and
Private Schooling on Student Achievement
YIN, WESLEY, Ph.D. Princeton
University
2005. Three
Essays on the Economics of Health and Development
1180
Journal of Economic Literature
You, WEN, Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2005. Parental
Time and Children's Obesity Measures: A Theoretical
and Empirical Investigation
ZHAO,LAN,Ph.D. University of Maryland2005. The Impact of Medical MalpracticeReforms on Obstetric Care
J Labor and Demographic Economics
Ph.D. Carleton University2006. Using
SOLOMON,
AKLILU,
Weather Variability and Sociopolitical Instability to
Measure the Response of Savings and Labour Supply
Ph.D. YaleUniversity2006. The Role of
SHAMENA,
ANWAR,
Statisticaland Taste Discriminationin RacialDisparities
PHILIP,Ph.D. University of California, San
BABCOCK,
Diego 2005. Essays On Human Capital Acquisition
MELISSA
RUBY,Ph.D. University of North CarBANZHAF,
olina 2005. Structural Differences in Job Turnover and
Wage Growth by Sex and Education
Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2005. On
BAR,MICHAEL,
Labor Force Participation of Married Women: The
Case of the U.S. since 1959
Ph.D. University of Maryland 2005.
BASTOS,FABIANO,
Flows
on
Essays
Job
Dynamics
ALENA,Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2005.
BICAKOVA,
On the Distribution of Earnings and Labor Force Status: The Case of France, the UK and the US at the End
of the 20th Century
BRENCIC,
VERA,Ph.D. Purdue University 2005. Essays on
Employers Search
BUCKLES, KASEY SHANNON, Ph.D.
Boston
University
2006. ChildbirthTechnologies and Women'sCareer and
Family Outcomes
Ph.D. University at Buffalo 2005.
BURNETTE,
JEFFREY,
Minimum
on
the
Wage
Essays
CHEN,JOYCE,Ph.D. Harvard University 2006. Parental
Preferences and Investments in Children's Human
Capital
CHUTUBTIM,PIYALUK,Ph.D. TexasA&M University 2005.
Human Capital Accumulation, Home-Based Work and
Women's Labor Force Participation
COMOLLI,RENZO, Ph.D. Yale University 2005. The Eco-
nomics of Sexual Orientation and Racial Perception
CRISTIA,
JUILIANPEDRO,Ph.D. University of Maryland
2006. Affecting Children and the Effect of Children
Ph.D. Clemson University2005. Does the
DE JURI,MARIA,
Effect of Young Children on Mothers' Labor Supply
Differ by Education and Race?
DEMIRLAP,
BERNA,Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2005.
The Implications of Occupational Self-Selection in a
Labor Market with Moral Hazard and Asymmetric
Information
DENG, XIAN, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine 2006.
Three Essays on the Relationships between Mothers'
Education and Employment Status and Children's
Outcomes
LINDA,Ph.D. University of Manitoba 2005.
DERIVIERE,
Three Essays on Women in the Economy
DIETTE,TIMOTHY
M., Ph.D. University of North Carolina
2005. The Algebra Obstacle: Access, Race, and the
Math Achievement Gap
EBERHARDT,
BJORN,Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2006. Essays on the Economics of Retirement
ELIAS,JULIOJORGE,Ph.D. University of Chicago 2005.
The Effects of Ability and Family Background on
Non-Monetary Returns to Education
Ph.D. Universityof Toronto2006. Essays
FAN,JIA-ZHUENG,
in the Economics of Aging
Ph.D. Ohio State University 2006. The
FENG,PEIHONG,
Impacts of Children's Disability on Mothers' Labor
Supply and Martial Status
KENNETH
NOBLE,Ph.D. Princeton University
FORTSON,
2005. Economic Analysis of Workplace Injuries
ANDREW
Ph.D. University of Chicago
MICHAEL,
FRANCIS,
2006. Two Essays on the Social Economics of Marriage
and Sexuality
Ph.D. New School for Social ReHUEBLER,
FRIEDRICH,
search 2006. Child Labor and School Attendance in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence from National
Household Surveys
FUENTES
OLGAMARIA,
Ph.D. Boston UniverCONTRERAS,
sity 2006. Empirical Studies on Investment Dynamics
and Wage Inequality
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of
GALLEGO,
FRANCISCO,
Technology 2006. Human Capital, Institutions, and
Incentives: Micro and Macro Perspectives
GARCIA,
LUIS,Ph.D. Georgetown University 2006. Essays
on Child Labor
GAVILAN
ANGEL,Ph.D. University of Chicago
GONZALEZ,
2005. Wage Inequality and Segregation by Skill in an
Assignment Model
NATALIE
GOODPASTER,
K., Ph.D. Duke University 2006.
Three Essays in Applied Labor Economics
GULDI, MELANIE ELAINE, Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2006. Teenage Fertility and Human Capital
Formation
C., Ph.D. Yale University 2006. The
MATTHEW
JOHNSON,
Structure of U.S. Wages: Occupational Choice and
Policy Implications
KIM,HISAM,Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2006. Three
Essays Using Longitudinal Sibling Data
Ph.D. Cornell University 2005. Gender
KOOLWAL,
GAYATRI,
Inequalities in Development: The Impact of Networks
and Labor Markets
KOSOVICH,STEPHENMICHAEL,Ph.D. University of Ore-
gon 2005. The Value of Job Displacements as a Signal
Doctoral Dissertations
of WorkerQuality:Layoffs, Lemons, and Labor Market
Conditions
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
APHICHOKE,
KOTIKULA,
2006. Essays in Female Childbearing and Labor Supply
Kuo, YU-CHEN,Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2005. Marriage, Fertility, and Labor Market Prospects in the
United States, 1960-2000
Ph.D. University of New Hampshire
KUTINOVA,
ANDREA,
2006. The Economics of Childbearing:Three Essays
Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2005.
LEE, SANGHOON,
Two Essays on Sorting
Ph.D. City Universityof New York2005. Some
LI, FANGJHY,
Factors Affecting Birth Rates in Taiwan:An Empirical
Study
Ph.D. Cornell University 2006. Essays on
LIM,YOUNGOK,
Asymmetric Information and the Child Care Market
Ph.D. University of Missouri 2006. MaritalLIU,YAU-JR,
Property Scheme, Marriage Promotion and Matching
Market Equilibrium
LJUNGE,MARTIN
JAN,Ph.D. University of Chicago 2006.
Half the Job is Showing Up: Returns to Work, Taxes,
and Sick Leave Choices
LOPEZDE LERIDAMILICIC,JIMENA,
Ph.D. Boston Uniof
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The
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Impact Multiple Births on Women's
and Men's Employment Outcomes
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MABLI,
JAMES,
Empirical Search Models of the Labor Market
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
MAKLER,
CHRISTOPHER,
2005. Essays on Local Matching
Ph.D. University of Colorado 2005.
MARTIN,
STEPHANIE,
on
the
Essays
Relationship between Public School
Salaries and Student Racial Characteristics
MCCORMICK,
ERIN,Ph.D. Temple University 2005. Differences in Academic Achievement between Men and
Women in Division IA Intercollegiate Athletics
MICHAELS,
GUY,Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2006. Essays in Labor Economics
MOORE,RICHARD
QUINN,Ph.D. University of Michigan
2005. Essays in Labor and Family Economics
Ph.D. Universityof Pennsylvania
MUKHOPADHYAY,
SANKAR,
2005. The Effects of the 1978 PregnancyDiscrimination
Act on Female Labor
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts
MULDER,
CATHERINE,
2006. Unions and the Strategy of Class Transformation:
The Case of the Broadway Musicians
NAVARRO,
LUCAS,Ph.D. Georgetown University 2005. Essays in EquilibriumUnemployment and Wage Inequality
NICHOLS,
AUSTIN,Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005. A
New Theory of the Economic Determinants of Fertility
OLENA,Ph.D. Michigan State University 2006.
NIZALOVA,
Three Essays in Labor Economics and Economics of
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1181
OH, MIN-HONG, Ph.D. University of Missouri 2005. A
Study on the Trade-Off between Supervision and
Wages: An Empirical Test of Efficiency Wage Theory
Ph.D. Binghamton University
ALEXANDRE,
OLBRECHT,
2005. The Impact of Athletic Participationon Earnings
and Life Choices
OMER,VALERIU
ALTAI,Ph.D. University of Minnesota
2005. Wage Growth, Search and Experience: Theory
and Evidence
PLAYER,
DANIEL,Ph.D. University of Washington 2006.
Monetary and Non-Monetary Returns to Ability in the
Market for Public School Teachers
PRIETOTOLEDO, ANA LORENA,Ph.D. Boston University
2006. Savings, Health and Labor Supply
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RUIz NU&EZ,FERNANDA,
2006. Infertility Treatments, Insurance Mandates and
Birth Rates in the United States
KATHLEENKENNY,Ph.D. Queen's University
RYBCZYNSKI,
2006. Gender Differences in Self-Employment: The
Contributionof Credit Constraintsand Risk Aversionto
Self-Employment Entry, Duration, and Earnings in
Canada
SAFRI, MALIHA,Ph.D. University of Massachusetts
2006. The Economics of Immigration: Household
and Employment Dynamics in the US
SCHIMMEL,
JODY,Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005. The
Effect of Health Insurance on the Health, Health Care,
and Labor Outcomes of the Near-Elderly: Evidence
from the Health and Retirement Study
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SINGH,MANISHA,
Labor Adjustment in an Evolving Marketplace
SMITH, CLAUDIA,Ph.D. Syracuse University 2006. Three
Essays on Immigration
Ph.D. Iowa State University2005. Four
SONG,MOOHOUN,
Essays on Technology Adoption and Returns to Skill in
the US
SPARBER,CHAD WILLIAM, Ph.D. University of Califor-
nia, Davis 2006. Racial Diversity and Macroeconomic
Productivity
Ph.D. University of Texas 2006. MarSPIVEY,
CHRISTY,
riage, Career, and the City: Three Essays in Applied
Microeconomics
SUMELL,ALBERTJOSEPH,Ph.D. Georgia State University
2005. The Role of Amenities in the Location Decisions
of Ph.D. Recipients in Science and Engineering
Ph.D. University of Texas 2006. Business
TASCI,MURAT,
Labor
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Market Reallocation
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TAUHEED,LINWOOD
F., Ph.D. University of Missouri,
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A PreliminaryCritical Institutional Dynamics Model of
the Interrelationship of Complementary and Limiting
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1182
Journal of Economic Literature
TIFREA,ANCA,Ph.D. Clemson University 2006. Pre and
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UREN,LAWRENCE,
on Heterogeneity in Labor Market Search
WALKER,
LINA,Ph.D. University of Michigan 2005. Three
Essays on Retirement Wealth
WANG,LE, Ph.D. Southern Methodist University 2006.
Essays on the Economics of Family
CASEYRYAN,Ph.D. Carleton University 2006.
WARMAN,
Labour Market Performance of Foreign-Born Workers in Canada, Evidence for Landed Immigrants and
Temporary Foreign Workers
Ph.D. University of MassachuJEANNETTE,
WICKS-LIM,
setts 2005. Mandated Wage Floors and the Wage Structure: Analyzing the Ripple Effects of Minimum and
Prevailing Wage Laws
Ph.D. University of Kentucky
WOOcK, CHRISTOPHER,
2006. CompensatingWorkersfor On-the-Job Injuryand
Illness
XIANG,JUN,Ph.D. Binghamton University 2006. How Institutions Affect Workers'Well-Being: An International
Studyof Differences in the Gender Pay Gap, Rates of Return to Education,and Workers'Incomplete Information
on Wages
YAMAGUCHI,SHINTARO,Ph.D.
University
of Wisconsin
2006. Three Essays in Labor Economics
YosIFOv,MARTIN,Ph.D. University of Delaware 2006.
Salary Determination and Contract Length in Major
League Baseball
K Law and Economics
ABRAMS,
DAVID,Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2006. Essays on the Economics of Law, Crime,
and Discrimination
Ph.D. Wayne State University
ALEXANDER,
BARFIELD,
2006. Peremptory Challenges: An Empirical Test of
Perceived Bias in Jury Selection
CARDEN, WILLIAM, Ph.D. Washington University in St.
Louis 2006. Institutions and Southern Development:
Lynching as a Signal of Insecure Property Rights
FREEBORN,
BETH,Ph.D. University of Virginia 2006. An
Equilibrium Model of the Retail Cocaine Market and
Drug Law Enforcement
Ph.D. Princeton University2006. Essays
RADHA,
IYENGAR,
on the CriminalJustice System:An Economic Approach
KAUPER,
DAVID,Ph.D. University of California, Riverside
2006. Corruption and Efficiency
LEE,YOON-HoALEX,Ph.D. Yale University2006. Two Essays on Economic Sociology of Education and Two Essays on the Economics of AntitrustLaw and Regulations
Ph.D. University of Chicago 2005.
PFAFF,JOHNFRANCIS,
The Continued Vitality of Structured Sentencing
Following Blakely: The Effectiveness of Voluntary
Guidelines
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Effects of Selection Processes and Private Information
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Airline Pricing and Capacity Behavior
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GAVAZZA,
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Essays in Political Economy and IndustrialOrganization
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GOCMEN,
Essays on Examining the Risk and Return Effects of
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GOLDSTEIN,
NATHAN,Ph.D. Stanford University 2006.
Dynamics and Organizational Form in a Network Industry: An Empirical Analysis of Post-Divestiture U.S.
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Energy Prices and Substitution in U.S. Manufacturing
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Price Collusion: Insights into Its Sustainability and
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Evolution of the Market for Corporate Executives
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Risk-Sharing and Consumption Insurance in Poor
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MAKSYMENKO,
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StructuralVector Autoregression Analysis of Economic
Growth and Fertility in Ukraine
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts
STANLEY,
MALINOWITZ,
2006. Decentralization, Participation, and Consumer
Services: A Case Study of Municipal Enterprises in
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PENG,SHENGPEN,
The Collection and Allocation of Seigniorage Revenues
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PERESS, MICHAEL,
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Carnegie
Mellon
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2006. Essays in Political Economy
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2005. High-Frequency Forecasting Models of National
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Chinese Agricultural Household Farming Efficiency
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Essays on Weak Instruments and Dynamic Panel Data
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Bio-economic Analysis of a Predator Control Program:
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TransboundaryWater Sharing Between an Upstream
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BRINKMAN,BLONDEL AVERIL, Ph.D.
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BUNYECHA,
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Evaluation of Soy Hulls as the Principal Ingredient in a
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CZASTKIEWICZ,CAROLINAWANDA, Ph.D. Universityof
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Urban and Suburban Farmers Markets in Illinois: A
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The Effects of Environmental Contamination on Commercial and IndustrialPropertyValues: Do Perceptions
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Modeling TransactionsCosts Band and Nonlinear Price
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Net Benefits of the Adoption of Tong-il Rice in Korea
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Agricultural Tariff-Rate Quotas: Impacts on Market
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Essays on the Economics of the Environment, Energy
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Alternative Public Land Management: Judging the
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CharterForest Experimenton the VallesCalderaNational
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LUDENA, CARLOSE., Ph.D. Purdue University 2005. Pro-
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2006. LNG World Trade Model
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2005. Public Preferences and Nonmarket Values for
the Management of Forest Ecosystem Services
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Uncertainty and Flexibility in Resource Valuation and
Extraction: A Real Options Analysis
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ROBALINO,JUANANDRES,Ph.D. ColumbiaUniversity2005.
Essays on Environmental Economics and Economic
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SETTLAGE,LATISHA,Ph.D. Purdue University 2005. Ex-
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VICTORIA,
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Three Essays on Pollution Regulationsand International
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2005. Technical Efficiency of South Carolina Shrimp
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WILLIAMSON,TIM,Ph.D. University of Alberta 2006. Ef-
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Benefits and Optimal Harvest Decisions Using RiskProgramming Models
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Three Essays on Rural Economic Growth
BAUM-SNOW, NATHANIEL,Ph.D.
University
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2005. Essays on the Spatial Distribution of Population
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BONNER,EMILY,Ph.D. Colorado State University 2006.
Risk and Return in Regional Development
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BOUSTAN,
Black Migration and White Flight: Essays on Northern
Housing and Labor Markets, 1940-1970
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FLORENCE,
BOUVET,
2006. Three Essays on European Union Regional Policy
BOWLES,DOUGLASHENRI, Ph.D. University of Missouri,
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BURGE,GREGORY
A Theoretical and Empirical Investigationof the Effects
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Homeowners' Associations and Their Impact on Local
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CHRISTIADI,FNU, Ph.D. West Virginia University 2005.
Three Essays on Migration: Its Interaction with Regional Wage Differentials and Occupational Choice and
Its Application in Different Discrete Choice Models
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Rethinking Municipal Privatization: A Marxian Class
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Rise and Decline of Cities
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
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MARTIN,
FARNHAM,
Essays in Aging, Taxation,and Residential Location
WANG,DABIN,Ph.D. Cornell University 2006. Price Risk
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2005. Optimal Sustainable Agricultural Technologies:
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Spatial Econometric Analysis of Highway and Regional
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Education and RuralEconomic Growth:Evidence from
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LIU, Yu, Ph.D. University at Buffalo 2005. Subcenter
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LUBRANO,JOHN, Ph.D. University of Texas 2005. The Mi-
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MILLER, STEVEN R., Ph.D. Oklahoma State University
2006. A Regional Policy Simulation and Forecast
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NANDA,ANUPAM,
Essays on the Determinants of Housing Prices
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The Dual Role of Housing as a Consumption and
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Essays in Political Economy: Theory and Empirics
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MOLTCHANOV,
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Essays on the International Local of Production and
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2005. Investigations in Land Use Modelling: Comparing Analytical Techniques, Data Volumes, and Policy
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SALON, DEBORAH, Ph.D. University of California, Davis
2006. Cars and the City: An Investigation of Transportation and Residential Location Choices in New York
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SILOS,PEDRO, Ph.D. University of Iowa 2005. Housing in
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Essays in Real Estate Economics and Finance
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2006. Casino Gambling and Economic Development
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YONEMOTO,KIYOSHI,
A Vintage Spatial Model Where History has Value
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An Evaluation of the Renaissance Zone Programs of
Michigan
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WEINSTEIN,
JONATHAN,
Technology 2005. Essays on Economic Theory
Z Other Special Topics
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2006. The Weakness of Strong Ties: The Economic
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Theoretical and Empirical Investigations on Social Interactions
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ROGERS,
BRIAN,Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
2006. Learning and Status in Social Networks
Ph.D. Ohio State University 2006. Two
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Essays on Social Interactions
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EHMKE,MARIAH
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