Job Market 2013-2014

Placement Director: Prof. Roger Lagunoff

Phone: (202) 687-1510

Graduate Program Coordinator: Barbara Kalabinski

Phone: (202) 687-6260

Welcome to the Placement website of the Department of Economics. I am pleased to provide information describing the Georgetown University Department of Economics Ph.D. candidates who are on the job market this year. Each candidate’s website includes a CV, research description, and links to papers. All will be attending the ASSA meeting in January 2014 and will be available for interviews. I am happy to provide any additional information.

Sincerely,

Roger Lagunoff, Placement Director

JOB MARKET CANDIDATES 2013-2014 SUMMARY PAGE:

Yang (Timothy) BIAN

Fields: Applied Macroeconomics, Real Estate Economics, Labor Economics

Dissertation Title: Essays on Housing Dynamics in China

Advisors: Prof. Pedro Gete, Prof. Behzad Diba, Prof. Matthew Canzoneri

Bledi CELIKU

Fields: Development Economics, Empirical Microeconomics, Empirical Macroeconomics

Dissertation Title: Essays in Empirical Economics

Advisors: Prof. William Jack, Prof. Arik Levinson, Prof. Martin Ravallion

Li LI

Fields: International Macroeconomics, Development

Dissertation Title: Growth Dynamics of Neoclassical Open Economies

Advisors: Prof. Behzad Diba, Prof. Matthew Canzoneri, Prof. Robert Cumby

James O’BRIEN

Fields: Environment, Public, and Development Economics

Dissertation Title: Age, Autos, and the Value of Life

Advisors: Prof. Arik Levinson, Prof. Garance Genicot, Prof. Matthew Harding

Natalie TIERNAN

Fields: Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Real Estate Economics, International Finance

Dissertation Title: Banking, Real Estate and Macroprudential Policy: Quantitative Studies and Empirical Support

Advisors: Prof. Pedro Gete, Prof.Rodney Ludema, Prof. Behzad Diba

Olga UKHANEVA

Fields: Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics

Dissertation Title: Universal Service in a Wireless World

Advisors: Prof. John Mayo, Prof. John Rust, Prof. Russell Pittman

Mauricio VILLAMIZAR

Fields: Monetary Policy. Econometrics, International Finance, Empirical Macroeconomics

Dissertation Title: Essays on Monetary Policy

Advisors: Prof. Guido Kuersteiner, Prof. Behzad Diba, Prof. Matthew Canzoneri