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ANWAR, Shamena

Fields of Concentration: Labor economics, Public economics, Economics of discrimination

Dissertation Title: "The Role of Statistical and Taste Discrimination in Racial Disparities"

References: H. Fang, J. Altonji, P. Bayer

BAI, Jinhui

Fields of Concentration: Economic theory, Macroeconomics, Mathematical economics, Computational economics

Dissertation Title: "Monetary Equilibrium with Heterogeneous Agents and Incomplete Financial Markets:  Theory and Computation"

References: J. Geanakoplos, T. Smith, T. Bewley

BAZDRESCH, Santigo

Fields of Concentration: Macroeconomics, Financial economics

Dissertation Title: "Lumpy Firm Behavior:  Interactions Between Bankruptcy, Taxes, and Non-Convex Costs of Financing and Investment"

References: W. Brainard, E. Engel, G. Hall

HADDOCK, Joanna

Fields of Concentration: Econometrics, Financial economics, Applied econometrics

Dissertation Title: "Economic Forecasting With End of Sample Tests"

References: P. Phillips, D. Andrews, R. Fair, R. Bewley

JIA, Panle (Pam)

Fields of Concentration: Industrial organization, Applied econometrics, Microeconomics

Dissertation Title: "Entry and Competition in the Retail and Service Industries"

References: S. Berry, P. Goldberg, H. Fang, P. Haile

JOHNSON, Matthew

Fields of Concentration: Labor economics, Game theory and microeconomics, Financial economics

Dissertation Title: "The Structure of U.S. Wages:   Occupational Choice and Policy Implications"

References: M. Keane, J. Roemer, H. Fang

KALLOCK, Kevin

Fields of Concentration: Macroeconomics, Search theory, Labor markets

Dissertation Title: "Worker Preferences, Precautionary Savings, and Equilibrium Unemployment"

References: G. Moscarini, B. Bruegemann, G. Hall

LEE, Yoonseok

Fields of Concentration: Econometric theory, Applied econometrics, Financial economics

Dissertation Title: "Nonparametric Approaches to Dynamic Panel Modelling and Bias Correction"

References: P. Phillips, D. Andrews, Y. Kitamura, T. Guinnane, H. Fang

LI, Xia

Fields of Concentration: Labor economics, Public economics, Applied microeconomics

Dissertation Title: "Female Labor Supply and Gender Gaps: Roles of Childbearing and Home Responsibility"

References: J. Altonji, H. Fang, P. Schultz

LI, Xiangyang (Sean)

Fields of Concentration: Derivatives and financial engineering, Asset pricing, Financial econometrics, Empirical finance

Dissertation Title: "Option Pricing Puzzles"

References: J. Ingersoll, Z. Chen, C. Cao

LO, Pei-Yu

Fields of Concentration: Game theory, Microeconomic theory, Development economics

Dissertation Title: "Common Knowledge of Language and Iterative Admissibility in Cheap Talk Games"

References: S. Morris, D. Gerardi, B. Polak

NAFZIGER, Steven

Fields of Concentration: Economic history, Development economics, Applied microeconomics

Dissertation Title: "Communal Institutions, Resource Allocation, and Economic Growth in Russia, 1861–1905"

References: T. Guinnane, C. Moehling, B. Polak, C. Udry

NASSER, Farooq

Fields of Concentration: Development economics, Applied econometrics, Applied microeconomic theory

Dissertation Title: "Role of Markets and Community-based Institutions in Economic Development"

References: R. Evenson, M. Boozer, C. Udry

ROSTEK, Marzena

Fields of Concentration: Microeconomic theory, Game theory, Industrial orgaization

Dissertation Title: "Quantile Maximization in Decision Theory"

References: B. Polak, S. Morris, D. Gerardi

SCHNEIDER, Henry

Fields of Concentration: Applied microeconomics, Applied econometrics, Industrial organization, Experimental economics

Dissertation Title: "Empirical Studies of the Effects of Information Asymmetry"

References: F. Scott Morton, S. Berry, D. Karlan, D. Green

SHAPIRO, Dmitry

Fields of Concentration: Microeconomics, Game theory, Experimental economics, Behavioral finance

Dissertation Title: "Essays on Evolution, Reputation and Rationality"

References: S. Morris, B. Polak, S. Sundar, N. Barberis

SHARMA, Siddharth

Fields of Concentration: Development economics, Microeconomic theory

Dissertation Title: "Imperfect Capital Mobility and Regional Growth in India"

References: R. Pande, C. Udry, M. Rosenzweig

SURI, Tavneet

Fields of Concentration: Development economics, Applied econometrics

Dissertation Title: "Technology Adoption, Risk-Sharing and Child Labor in Sub-Saharan Africa"

References: M. Boozer, G. Ranis, P. Schultz, C. Udry

THIRUMURTHY, Harsha

Fields of Concentration: Development economics, Applied microeconomics

Dissertation Title: "The Economic Impact of AIDS Treatment and HIV Testing in Western Kenya"

References: C. Udry, P. Schultz, M. Boozer, J. Graff Zivin

WANG, Xiaotong (Vivian)

Fields of Concentration: Asset Pricing: pricing anomalies, inter-temporal behavioral of volatilities, Financial Accounting: dissemination of accounting information into asset prices, Market Microstructure: liquidity, volatility estimation using high frequency data, Probability and Statistics: stochastic control, quadratic variation measures and realized volatility

Dissertation Title: "Stock Return Dynamics under Earnings Management"

References: M. Spiegel, W. Goetzmann, P. Phillips, J. Ingersoll

WERETKA, Marek

Fields of Concentration: Economic theory, Finance

Dissertation Title: "Perfect Conjectural Equilibrium and Endogenous Market Power"

References: J. Geanakoplos, T. Bewley, D. Brown

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KORNIOTIS, George

Fields of Concentration: Empirical asset pricing consumption theory, Behavioral economics, Panel data, Applied time series

Dissertation Title: "Aggregate Consumption:  What U.S. States Have to Say"

References: G.Constantantinides, P. Schultz, S. Ludvigson