USC College Department of Economics

Check out our Job Market Candidates 2009-2010!

JOB MARKET CANDIDATES 2009-2010

Economics Ph.D. Students

Name	Laura Angelescu CV
Fields of Studies	Applied microeconomics, Subjective well-being, Development economics
Thesis Title	Essays on the Economics of Subjective Well-Being in Transition Countries
References	Richard Easterlin John Strauss John McArdle
Contact	angelesc@usc.edu

Name	Yong Chao CV
Fields of Studies	Industrial Organization(Theoretical and Empirical), Business Strategies, Applied Microeconomics Theory
Thesis Title	Essays on Bundling and Discounts
References	Guofu Tan Harrison Cheng Simon Wilkie
Contact	ychao@usc.edu

Name	Eleonora Granziera CV
Fields of Studies	Empirical Macroeconomics, Applied Economtrics, Monetary Economics
Thesis Title	Assessing the Importance of Learning Mechanism in the Post WWII US Economy
References	Hyungsik Roger Moon Robert Dekle Frank Schorfheide
Contact	granzier@usc.edu

Name	Huseyin Gunay CV
Fields of Studies	Financial Economics and Finance, Macroeconomics, International Macroeconomics and Econometrics
Thesis Title	Heterogeneous Expected Inflation and the Stock Market
References	Selahattin Imrohoroglu Christopher Jones Fernando Zapatero
Contact	gunay@usc.edu

Name	Hao-Chung Li
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Contact	haochunl@usc.edu

Name	Mehdi Majoubri CV
Fields of Studies	Development Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
Thesis Title	Against the Wind: Essays on Labor Force Participation of Women in Iran
References	John Strauss Jeffrey Nugent Levon Goukasian
Contact	majbouri@usc.edu

Name	Rahul Nilakantan CV
Fields of Studies	Industrial Organization, Media Economics and Labor Economics
Thesis Title	Program Content and Advertising Levels in Mixed Economy Television Broadcast Industry
References	Simon Wilkie Jeffrey Nugent Levon Goukasian
Contact	nilakant@usc.edu

Name	Brijesh Pinto CV
Fields of Studies	Applied Microeconomic Theory, Financial Markets
Thesis Title	Essays in Matching Theory
References	Michael J. P. Magill Simon Wilkie Harrison Cheng
Contact	brijeshp@usc.edu

Name	Murat Ungor CV
Fields of Studies	International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Economic Growth
Thesis Title	Structural Transformation and Globalization
References	Caroline Betts Ayse Imrohoroglu Robert Dekle Yong Kim
Contact	ungor@usc.edu

Name	Wan, Shui Ki CV
Fields of Studies	Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, Policy Analysis, Empirical Finance and Empirical IO
Thesis Title	Three Essays on Program Evaluation
References	Cheng Hsiao Hashem Pesaran Robert Dekle
Contact	shuiwan@usc.edu

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