Economics
 

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Placement

We are pleased to present our 2012-2013 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 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 Director
Professor Toan Phan
Department of Economics
107 Gardner Hall, CB 3305
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3305
(919) 966-5373
phantv@email.unc.edu  

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

Job Market Candidates 2012–2013

Candidate and
Fields of Specialization

Job Market Paper

References

Ryan Burk

curriculum vita
ryanburk@email.unc.edu
web site

Applied Microeconomics
Empirical Industrial Organization Game Theory
 

Technology Upgrading in Imperfectly Competitive Markets:  The Case of MRI


PhD expected May 2013

Brian McManus (Chair)
Gary Biglaiser
Donna Gilleskie


 
Stephen Goldberger

curriculum vita
sgoldber@email.unc.edu
web site

Financial Econometrics
Time Series Econometrics
 

Conditional Asset Pricing Models with Instruments Closer to Agent’s Information Sets


PhD expected May 2013

Eric Ghysels (Chair)
Saraswata Chaudhuri
Neville Francis
Jonathan Hill



 
Fatma B. Gunay

curriculum vita
gunay@email.unc.edu
web site

Industrial Organization
Game Theory
 

Incumbency Advantage in Markets with Network Externalities


PhD expected May 2013

Gary Biglaiser (Chair)
Vijay Krishna
Peter Norman

 

Matt Harris

curriculum vita
mattyh@live.unc.edu
web site

Health Economics
Labor Economics
Applied Microeconomics

 

What is the Full Cost of Body Mass In the Workplace?  A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Occupational Choice, Hours Worked, and Body Weight Over the Life Cycle


PhD expected May 2013

Donna Gilleskie (Chair)
David Guilkey
Brian McManus
Michael Salemi
Helen Tauchen



 
Gazi Kara

curriculum vita
gkara@email.unc.edu
web site

International Economics
 

 


PhD expected May 2013

Anusha Chari (Chair)
Gary Biglaiser
Richard Froyen
Peter Norman


 
Gregory McAtee

resume
curriculum vita
gmcatee@ad.unc.edu
web site

Applied Econometrics
Health Economics
Labor Economics

 

Estimating Demand with Attitude: How Feelings and Opinions Affect Consumer Choice


PhD expected May 2013

Donna Gilleskie (Chair)
David Guilkey
William Putsis



 
Racha Moussa

curriculum vita
rmoussa@email.unc.edu
web site

International Macroeconomics
 

Debt Denomination, Exchange Rate Regimes, and Sovereign Default 


PhD expected May 2013

Anusha Chari (Chair)
Riccardo Colacito
Patrick Conway
Lutz Hendricks



 
Jianfeng (Eric) Yao

curriculum vita
ericjyao@live.unc.edu
web site

Applied Microeconomics
Health Economics
Labor Economics

 

Maternal Nonagricultural Employment, Maternal Care and Child Health in Rural China: Policy and Behavior


PhD expected May 2013
John Akin (Chair)
Charles Becker
Richard Bilsborrow
Boone Turchi


 

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