University of Virginia Department of Economics



|UVA Department of Economics | |PhD Candidates, May 2018 |

|Placement Director: Simon Anderson | |Placement Assistant: C. Sage Bradburn |

|(434) 924-3861, simon@virginia.edu | |(434) 924-3179, cmb7y@virginia.edu |

|Name and Links |Education | Research /Teaching Fields |Job Market Paper |Supervisors (434 UVA area code) |

|Selcen Cakir |PhD expected May 2018 |Political Economy |Party Formation in Parliamentary |Steven Stern 631-632-1328 |

|wc4ue@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2012 |Labor |Democracies |John McLaren 924-3994 |

| |MA Econ, Koç University, 2011 |Applied Micro | |Leora Friedberg 924-3225 |

| |BA Econ, TOBB ETU, 2008 |Econometrics | | |

|Nicholas (Nick) Embrey |PhD expected May 2018 |Macro |Skill Loss and Search Assistance in |Eric Young 924-3811 |

|nle8ve@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2012 |Labor |General Equilibrium |Toshihiko Mukoyama 202-687-0956 |

| |BS Math Econ, Wake Forest, 2008 |Computational methods | |Zach Bethune 924-6746 |

|Guillermo Hausmann Guil |PhD expected December 2017 |Fiscal Policy |Essays on the Great Recession and the |Eric van Wincoop 924-3997 |

|gh4cc@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2012 |International |Austerity Period |Eric Young 924-3811 |

| |BA Econ & BA Law, U Carlos III, 2011 |Macro | |Daniel Murphy 924-9767 |

|Elliott Isaac |PhD expected May 2018 |Public |The Tax Treatment of Marriage and Its |Leora Friedberg 924-3225 |

|ewi2ht@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2013 |Labor |Impact on Family Formation and Labor |Amalia Miller 924-6750 |

| |BA Econ, Wake Forest, 2011 |Applied Micro |Supply |Jonathan Colmer 924-3525 |

|Benjamin T. Leyden |PhD Expected May 2018 |Industrial Organization |There's an App (Update) For That: |Simon Anderson 924-3861 |

|btl3yv@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2013 |Economics of Digitization |Understanding Product Updating under |Federico Ciliberto 924-6755 |

| |BA Econ & Math, UNC, 2012 |Applied Micro |Digitization |Gaurab Aryal 924-7662 |

|Tianshu Li |PhD, UVA, 2016 |Environmental Econ |Essays on Sustainability and Poverty |Peter Debaere 243-2339 |

|tl4bz@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2012 |Development Econ | |Sheetal Sekhri 982-4286 |

| |MA Econ, University of Tokyo, 2010 |Agricultural Econ | |Jay Shimshack 243‐7318 |

| |BA Econ, University of Tokyo, 2008 | | |Leora Friedberg 924-3225 |

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|UVA Department of Economics Placement Director: Simon Anderson | |PhD Candidates, May 2018 |

|(434) 924-3861, simon@virginia.edu | |Placement Assistant: C. Sage Bradburn |

| | |(434) 924-3179, cmb7y@virginia.edu |



|Name and Links |Education | Research /Teaching Fields |Job Market Paper |Supervisors (434 UVA area code) |

|Yubo Liu |PhD expected May 2018 |International Trade |Importing Migration? The Effects of |James Harrigan 243-8354 |

|yl2as@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2013 |Labor |Import Competition on Internal |John McLaren 924-3994 |

| |BS Econ, U of Minnesota, 2012 |Economic Geography |Migration Patterns in the United |Kerem Cosar 924-6754 |

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|Allison Oldham Luedtke |PhD expected May 2018 |Network Economics |Output on Production Networks |Eric Young 924-3811 |

|alo3ja@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2015 |Mathematical Econ | |Peter Troyan 924-7680 |

| |BA Math, William & Mary, 2013 |Macro | |Maxim Engers 924-3130 |

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|Aaron Phipps |PhD expected May 2018 |Education |Personnel Contracts under Production |Sarah Turner 982-2383 |

|arp5wc@virginia.edu |BS, Econ & Stats, Brigham Young, 2010 |Labor |Uncertainty: Testing Theories of |William Johnson 924-3251 |

| | |Econometrics |Teacher Performance Incentives |James Wyckoff, Curry/Batten Schools, 924-0842 |

| | |Micro | |Leora Friedberg 924-3225 |

|Meltem Poyraz |PhD expected May 2018 |Macro |The Effect of Volatility on the Hiring|Eric Young 924-3811 |

|mp5ba@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2011 |Labor |Decisions of Multi-Worker Firms |Toshihiko Mukoyama 202-687-0956 |

| |MA Econ, Koç University, 2009 |Computational Econ | |Sophie Osotimehin 924-7845 |

| |BS Bus Admin, Bilkent U, 2007 | | | |

|Niveditha Prabakaran |PhD expected May 2018 |Environmental Econ |Rural Perspectives in a  |James Harrigan 243-8354 |

|np7em@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2013 |International Trade |Global Economy |John McLaren 924-3994 |

| |BPhil Math-Econ, BA Politics & Philosophy, U of |Development Econ | |Kerem Cosar 924-6754 |

| |Pittsburgh, 2011 | | |Peter Debaere, Darden School, |

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|Jeffrey Schafer |PhD expected May 2018 |Macro |Asset Pricing in a Production Economy |Eric Young 924-3811 |

|jss5hm@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2012 |Computational Econ | |Toshihiko Mukoyama 202-687-0956 |

| |BA Econ & Stats, U of Florida, 2011 |Macrofinance | | |

|UVA Department of Economics Placement Director: Simon Anderson | |PhD Candidates, May 2018 |

|(434) 924-3861, simon@virginia.edu | |Placement Assistant: C. Sage Bradburn |

| | |(434) 924-3179, cmb7y@virginia.edu |

|Abiy Teshome |PhD expected 2018 |International Trade |Essays in International Trade |John McLaren 924-3994 |

|aat3ed@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2012 |Industrial Organization | |James Harrigan 243-8354 |

| |BA Econ, Stanford, 2011 |Micro | |Kerem Cosar 924-6754 |

| | | | |Marc Santugini 924-6756 |

|Yanchi Yu |PhD expected May 2018   |Empirical Industrial Organization |Market Structure and Product Pricing |Simon Anderson 924-3861 |

|yy5dp@virginia.edu |MA Econ, Duke, 2013 |Applied Micro |Dynamics: Evidence from the U.S. |Denis Nekipelov 924-7581 |

| |BA Econ, Zhejiang University, 2011 | |Brewing Industry |Andrew Kloosterman 924-3660 |

|Gang Zhang |PhD expected May 2018 |Macro Finance |Sectoral Comovement during the Great |Eric van Wincoop 924-3997 |

|gz5ud@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2017 |International Macro |Recession |Eric Young 924-3811 |

| |MA Econ, Duke, 2010 |Labor | |Toshihiko Mukoyama 202-687-0956 |

| |BA Econ, Zhejiang University, 2008 |International Finance | |Jun Nie, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, |

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|Jining Zhong |PhD expected May 2018   |International Trade |Tariffs, Wages, and  |James Harrigan 243-8354 |

|jz9en@virginia.edu |MA Econ, UVA, 2015 |Labor |Employment -Evidence from Chinese  |John McLaren 924-3994 |

| |BA Econ & BS Psych, Peking U, 2012 |Chinese Economy |Manufacturers |Kerem Cosar 924-6754 |

| | |International Macro | |Jae Won Lee 924-7581 |

|Zhe Zhu |PhD expected May 2018 |Macro |Accounting for Kuznets Curve through |Eric Young 924-3811 |

|zz5vc@virginia.edu |MA Econ, University of Iowa, 2011 |Labor |Structural Change |Toshihiko Mukoyama 202-687-0956 |

| |BA Econ & BS Math, Wuhan U, 2009                         |Development Econ | |Zach Bethune 924-6746 |

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