Economics
 

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Placement

We are pleased to present our 2009-2010 graduate student Ph.D. job market candidates.  For contact information, a curriculum vitae, and other information about a given student, click on the appropriate link below.

We also welcome inquiries addressed to:

 

Placement Co-Director
Professor Donna Gilleskie
Department of Economics
107 Gardner Hall, CB 3305
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3305
(919) 966-5372
donna_gilleskie@unc.edu  

Placement Co-Director
Professor Anusha Chari
Department of Economics
107 Gardner Hall, CB 3305
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3305
(919) 966-5346
achari@email.unc.edu  

Placement Assistant
Shirlene Garner
Department of Economics
107 Gardner Hall, CB 3305
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3305
(919) 966-2384
garner@email.unc.edu

Job Market Candidates 2009–2010

Candidate and
Fields of Specialization

Job Market Paper

References

Basak Altan

curriculum vita
altan@email.unc.edu
web site

Game Theory
Bargaining Theory
Economics of Information
Industrial Organization
 

 

Durable Goods Monopoly with Vertical Product Differentiation
PhD expected May 2010

 

Gary Biglaiser (Chair)
Peter Norman
Sergio Parreiras
Ralph Byrns (teaching)

Olesya Fomenko

curriculum vita
fomenko@email.unc.edu
web site

Labor Economics
Health Economics
Applied Econometrics
 

 

The Determinants of the Recent Fertility Decline in Russia
PhD expected May 2010

 

David Guilkey (Chair)
Donna Gilleskie
Barry Popkin
Helen Tauchen

 

Lauren Raymer Heller

curriculum vita
lraymer@email.unc.edu
web site

International Health Economics
Applied Microeconometrics
 

 

The Relationship between Location and Early Childcare Preventive Care Choice among Urban Residents of Bangladesh
PhD expected May 2010

 

John Akin (Chair)
David Guilkey
Peter Lance
Helen Tauchen
 

Zubeyir Kilinc

curriculum vita
zubeyir@email.unc.edu
web site

Macroeconomics
Monetary Policy
Labor Market Institutions
 

 

Labor Market Institutions and Business Cycles
PhD expected May 2010

 

Richard Froyen (Chair)
Neville Francis
Oksana Leukhina
Ralph Byrns (teaching)
Geetha Vaidyanathan (teaching)
 

Peter Malaspina

curriculum vita
malaspin@email.unc.edu
web site

Game Theory
Games with Reputation
Law and Economics
Intellectual  Property
 

 

Predatory Delays in Patent Litigation
PhD expected May 2010

 

Peter Norman (Chair)
Gary Biglaiser
Tracy Lewis

 

Codrin Nedita

curriculum vita
nedita@email.unc.edu
web site

International Economics
Development Economics
Applied Econometrics
 

 

IPRs, Innovation and Offshoring: The Case of the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry
PhD expected May 2010

 

Patrick Conway (Chair)


 

Amos Peters

curriculum vita
acpeters@email.unc.edu
web site

International Macroeconomics
Economic Development
 

 

Exchange Rate Targeting in an Estimated Small Open Economy
PhD expected May 2010

 

Stanley Black (Chair)
Anusha Chari
Patrick Conway
Neville Francis
 

Jeremy Petranka

curriculum vita
petranka@email.unc.edu
web site

Game Theory
Conflict Theory
Political Economics
Industrial Organization
 

 

A Conflict Theory of Voting
PhD expected May 2010

 

Gary Biglaiser (Chair)
Helen Tauchen
Peter Norman
Matthew Baker
Ralph Byrns (teaching)
 

Serban Ranca

curriculum vita
ranca@email.unc.edu
web site

Applied Microeconomic Theory
Industrial Organization
Psychology and Economics
Game Theory
Health Economics
 

 

Workaholism and Managerial Incentives
PhD expected December 2009

 

Sergio Parreiras (Chair)
Gary Biglaiser
Vijay Krishna

 

Tatevik Sekhposyan

curriculum vita
tatevik@email.unc.edu
web site

Macroeconomics
Monetary Theory
Bayesian Econometrics
Times Series Econometrics
 

 

Monetary Policy in a Currency Union: Is the Euro Good for All?
PhD expected May 2010

 

Neville Francis (Chair)
Michael Owyang
Barbara Rossi
Michael Salemi
Ralph Byrns (teaching)
 

Denise Whalen

curriculum vita
Denise.Whalen@unc.edu
web site

Health Economics
Labor Economics
Applied Econometrics
 

 

Disability, Employment Transitions and Wages: The Role of Employer and Occupational Tenure
PhD expected May 2010

 

Donna Gilleskie (Chair)
David Guilkey
Rachel Willis
Ralph Byrns (teaching)

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