My Students*

Elias Albagli Elias Albagli
Ph.D. 2010, Harvard University (Department of Economics)
Job market paper: "Amplification of Uncertainty in Illiquid Markets" [pdf]
Placement: USC Marschall, Finance and Business Economics
Webpage: http://www.marshall.usc.edu/faculty/directory/albagli
William Shikani William Shikani
B.A. 2010, Yale University (Department of Economics)
Initial Placement: Macquarie Bank, Agricultural Commodities and Structured Products Trading
B.A. Thesis: "The Granular Origins of Economic Growth in China" [pdf]
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/wshikani/
Georgy Egorov Georgy Egorov
Ph.D. 2009, Harvard University (Department of Economics)
Placement: Kellogg School of Management (Department of Managerial Economics
     and Decision Sciences)
Ph.D. thesis: "Political Agency in Democracies and Dictatorships" [pdf]
Webpage: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/Faculty/Directory/Egorov_Georgy.aspx
Oleg Itskhoki Oleg Itskhoki
Ph.D. 2009, Harvard University (Department of Economics)
Placement: Princeton University (Department of Economics)
Dissertation distinctions: ReStud Tour, 2009
Ph.D. thesis: "International Trade and Labor Markets: Unemployment, Inequality and
     Redistribution" [pdf]
Webapge: http://www.princeton.edu/~itskhoki/
Leon Berkelmansleon Leon Berkelmans
Ph.D. 2008, Harvard University (Department of Economics)
Placement: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Ph.D. thesis: "Essays on Monetary Economics"
Webpage: http://www.federalreserve.gov/research/staff/berkelmansleonx.htm
Seamus Smyth Seamus Smyth
Ph.D. 2008, Harvard University (Department of Economics)
Initial placement: Goldman Sachs, Global Investment Research, US Economics Group
Ph.D. thesis: "Essays on Optimal Taxation and the Life Cycle" [pdf]
Matthew C. Weinzierl Matthew C. Weinzierl
Ph.D. 2008, Harvard University (Department of Economics)
Placement: Harvard Business School, BGIE Unit
Dissertation distinctions: ReStud Tour, 2008
Ph.D. thesis: "Essays in Optimal Taxation" [pdf]
Webpage: http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=ovr&facId=496493

Current Students*

Maxim Troshkin Maxim Troshkin
Ph.D. expected 2011, University of Minnesota (Department of Economics)
Ph.D. Thesis: "Essays in Optimal Fiscal Policy"
Webpage: http://troshkin.com
Kai Du Kai Du
Ph.D. expected 2012, Yale University (School of Management)
Placement: Penn State University (Smeal College of Business)
Ph.D. thesis: "Essays in Accounting Theory"
Webpage: http://students.som.yale.edu/phd/kd283
Lint Barrage Lint Barrage
Ph.D. expected 2013, Yale University (Department of Economics)
Ph.D. Thesis: "Essays on the Design and Impact of Environmental Regulation: Carbon Pricing"
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/lintbarrage/
Maximiliano Dvorkin Maximiliano Dvorkin
Ph.D. expected 2013, Yale University (Department of Economics)
Ph.D. Thesis: "The Macroeconomic Effects of Mobility and Reallocation Frictions"
Webpage: http://sites.google.com/site/maximilianodvorkin/
Melanie Morten Melanie Morten
Ph.D. expected 2013, Yale University (Department of Economics)
Ph.D. Thesis: "Migration and Risk Sharing in Village Economies"
Webpage: http://pantheon.yale.edu/~mem226
Kieran Walsh Kieran Walsh
Ph.D. expected 2013, Yale University (Department of Economics)
Ph.D. Thesis: "The Macroeconomics of Debt Limits and Financial Markets"
Webpage:
Nicholas Werquin Nicholas Werquin
Ph.D. expected 2014, Yale University (Department of Economics)
Ph.D. Thesis: "Essays in Dynamic Optimal Taxation"
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/nwerquin/
*Most of the research was supported by National Science Foundation CAREER Grant and National Science Foundation SES 0551175