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Ph.D. Job Candidates 2011-2012

For further information on our candidates, please feel free to contact John Cawley or any member of the placement committee.

Download CV Packet for All Cornell Job Candidates (updated November 14, 2011)

Placement Committee:

Chair, John Cawley johncawley@cornell.edu (607) 255-0952
John M. Abowd john.abowd@cornell.edu (607) 255-8024
Antonio Bento amb396@cornell.edu (607) 255-0626
Steve Coate sc163@cornell.edu (607) 255-1912
Claire Lim clairelim@cornell.edu (607) 255-3995
Richard Mansfield richard.mansfield@cornell.edu (607) 255-0395

Placement Coordinator: Eric Maroney em75@cornell.edu (607) 255-4893

Peter Brummund

Peter Brummund   web page  email

Focus: Development Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics

Job market paper: Variation in Monopsonistic Behavior Across Establishments: Evidence From the Indonesian Labor Market

References: Francine Blau, Ravi Kanbur, John Abowd

Stephen Ciccarella

Stephen Ciccarella   web page  email

Focus: Labor Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics

Job market paper: The Treatment Effect of Financial Sanctions on Low-Performing Schools: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

References: John Abowd, Ronald Ehrenberg, Claudio Lucarelli

Reginald Covington

Reginald Covington   web page  email

Focus: Labor Economics, Economic Demography, Applied Econometrics

Job market paper: Marital Separation and Women's Schooling Investment

References: Elizabeth Peters, Francine Blau, Michael Lovenheim, Daniel Lichter

Sonali Das

Sonali Das   web page  email

Focus: International Finance, Banking, Applied Econometrics

Job market paper: Interconnections in Banking, Systemic Risk, and Crisis

References: Assaf Razin, Eswar Prasad, Matthew Freedman, Kemal Dervis

Ram Dubey

Ram Dubey   web page  email

Focus: Microeconomic Theory, Social Choice Theory, Welfare Economics, Development Economics

Job market paper: Impatience for Weakly Paretian Orders: Existence and Genericity

References: Tapan Mitra, Kaushik Basu, David Easley, Jennifer Wissink

Emre Ekinci

Emre Ekinci   web page  email

Focus: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Organizational Economics, Industrial Organization

Job market paper: Bonus Payments in a Corporate Hierarchy: Theory and Evidence

References: Michael Waldman, Kevin Hallock, Francine Blau

José Gómez-González

José Gómez-González   web page  email

Focus: Financial Economics, Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics

Job market paper: The Cyclical Behavior of Bank Capital Buffers in an Emerging Economy: Size Does Matter

References: Karl Shell, Nicholas Kiefer, Levon Barseghyan

Simon Kwok

Simon Sai Man Kwok   web page  email

Focus: Time Series Econometrics, Finance, Statistics

Job market paper: A Nonparametric Test of Granger Causality in Continuous Time

References: Yongmiao Hong, Nicholas Kiefer, Robert Jarrow, Robert Strawderman

Joseph LeCates

Joseph LeCates web page  email

Focus: Industrial Organization, Health Economics,Applied Econometrics

Job market paper: Perception Spillovers Between Bundled Goods: A Model of Physician Learning from Chemotherapy Choice

References: Sean Nicholson, Don Kenkel, Claudio Lucarelli

Catherine Maclean

J. Catherine Maclean   web page  email

Focus: Health Economics, Labor Economics and Empirical Microeconomics

Job market paper: The Health Effects of Leaving School in a Bad Economy

References: Donald Kenkel, John Cawley, Kevin Hallock

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Samreen Malik   web page  email

Focus: International Finance, International Economics, Macroeconomics, Computational Economics

Job market paper: A Model of Risk-Sharing and Default in Emerging Economies

References: Nancy Chau, Viktor Tsyrennikov, Eswar Prasad

Eamon Molloy

Eamon Molloy web page  email

Focus: Health Economics and Labor Economics

Job market paper: This Ad's for You: Targeting and the Effect of Alcohol Advertising on Youth Drinking

References: Donald Kenkel, Michael Lovenheim, Alan Mathios, Dean Lillard

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Joerg Ohmstedt   web page  email

Focus: Economics of Innovation, Industrial Organization, Microeconomic Theory

Job market paper: The Market for Intellectual Property—Evidence from Traded Patent Portfolios

References: Robert Masson, Petra Moser, David Easley, Aaron Bodoh-Creed

Joseph Podwol

Joseph Podwol   web page  email

Focus: Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Auction Theory

Job market paper: Testing for Nonstandard Behavior in Auctions in the Presence of Unobserved Demand

References: Michael Waldman, Henry Schneider, Justin Johnson, Eva Parenti

Mario Ramirez Basora

Mario Ramírez Basora   web page  email

Focus: Applied Microeconomic Theory, Environmental Economics, Microeconomic Theory, Behavioral Economics

Job market paper: Optimal Price Instruments in Voluntary Emission Markets

References: Antonio Bento, Benjamin Ho, David Easley

Sarah Reynolds

Sarah Reynolds   web page  email

Focus: Development, Applied Microeconomics, Latin America

Job market paper: Intergenerational Intrahousehold Allocation: Teenage Mothers and Their Mothers in Salvador, Brazil

References: Kaushik Basu, Lourdes Benería, Daniel Benjamin

Jamie Rubenstein Taber

Jamie Rubenstein Taber   web page  email

Focus: Health Economics and Family Economics

Job market paper: The Effect of Health Insurance Mandates in Child Support Agreements on Children's Health Insurance Coverage

References: Elizabeth Peters, Kosali Simon, Francine Blau

Michael Strain

Michael Strain   web page  email

Focus: Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Applied Econometrics, Public Policy, Social Networks

Job market paper: Understanding Earnings Instability: Skills and Employers

References: John Abowd, Kevin Hallock, Ronald Ehrenberg, Erika McEntarfer, Simon Potter

Joo Yeon Sun

Joo Yeon Sun   web page  email

Focus: Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics

Job market paper: How Does Deregulation of the Airline Industry in Korea Affect Welfare?: The Impact of Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) Entry on Air Travel Demand and Welfare Gains

References: Robert Masson, George Jakubson, Jeffrey Prince

Xinli Wang

Xinli Wang   web page  email

Focus: International Finance, Applied Econometrics, Macroeconomics

Job market paper: Do Fund Managers Learn from Firm Managers When Going Abroad?

References: Andrew Karolyi, Yongmiao Hong, Eswar Prasad

Douglas Webber

Douglas Webber   web page  email

Focus: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Economics of Education

Job market paper: The Impact of Firm Market Power on the US Earnings Distribution

References: Ronald Ehrenberg, John Abowd, Francine Blau, Kevin Hallock

Jin Xu

Jin Xu   web page  email

Focus: Applied Microeconomic Theory, Behavioral Economics, Industrial Organization

Job market paper: Contracting with Inequity-Averse Workers with Heterogeneous Productivities

References: Daniel Benjamin, Ted O'Donoghue, Michael Waldman, Aaron Bodoh-Creed

Shuang Zhang

Shuang Zhang   web page  email

Focus: Development Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Education

Job market paper: Mother’s Education and Infant Health: Evidence from Closure of High Schools in China

References: Douglas Almond, Kaushik Basu, James Berry, Michael Lovenheim

Yu Zhang

Yu Zhang   web page  email

Focus: Monetary and Macroeconomics, Banking, International Economics

Job market paper: Bailouts and Bank Runs

References: Assaf Razin, Karl Shell, Viktor Tsyrennikov

At Cornell University economists are trained in many departments, schools and colleges, and as a part of multiple graduate fields. Ph.D. job candidates with training in economics can also be found on the following web sites: Field of Policy Analysis and Management and Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.


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