graduate program Economics 1 welcome to graduate economics
he Department of Economics at Boston growth path aimed at maintaining a top 25 ranking College is an exciting community of among U.S. economics departments. Recent T scholars from many countries who pursue hires include distinguished econometricians, applied and theoretical research on the pressing macroeconomists, economic theorists and applied economic and social issues that face the world in economists, adding to the established strength of the the 21st century. The doctoral program is designed department in these fields. to train economists for careers in teaching and The graduate program in economics is dedicated research by providing strong backgrounds in to training full-time Ph.D. students for careers economic theory, quantitative research methods in teaching and research. The program provides and applied fields. students with strong backgrounds in economic Boston College provides considerable intellectual theory, quantitative research methods and applied leadership to the economics profession. The fields. Requirements include course work, economics faculty includes 40 full-time positions comprehensive examinations, a doctoral dissertation and continues to grow. Faculty allocate their time and a one-year residence requirement. between research and teaching in undergraduate The program admits about 12 to 15 new students and doctoral programs as well as participating in per year. The size of the program permits the the wider intellectual life of the University, the department to offer a broad range of courses while Boston area and the world. at the same time enabling students to receive The Boston College Department of Economics significant individual attention. In addition to is ranked between 24th and 26th among U.S. core courses in economic theory and quantitative economics departments according to the Combes- methods, the program offers courses in advanced Linnemer worldwide rankings, and our Ph.D. micro and macro theory, econometric theory, program is ranked 25th in the U.S. News & World applied econometrics, international trade, empirical Report 2017 peer assessment survey. With international finance, topics in international University approval and support, we are on a macroeconomics, topics in international economic policy, monetary economics, labor economics, industrial organization, and finance.
Boston College’s proximity to Cambridge and Boston make it part of the area’s lively intellectual contents community. The Ph.D. program draws upon the rich Program of Study 2 academic resources of the area in addition to those Faculty 3 available within the Department of Economics and Courses 10 other departments and schools at Boston College. Outcomes 12 Research Facilities 15 We invite you to find out more at bc.edu/economics. Student Life & Campus Resources 16 Admission & Financial Information 18 program of study
Ph.D. Program DISSERTATION The third year of study is devoted to the formulation The requirements for the Ph.D. fall into four basic and development of a thesis topic. All students in the categories: course work, comprehensive examinations, third through fifth years are required to regularly attend the dissertation and a residence requirement. and actively participate in the department’s Thesis Workshop, which meets weekly during the academic COURSE WORK year. Students are required to make one presentation The course requirements consist of a seven-course core each semester of their third, fourth and fifth years. Each curriculum and eight electives. The standard program for Ph.D. student must have a dissertation abstract and a meeting these requirements is: dissertation proposal on file with the department. Both Year 1 the abstract and the proposal must be signed by two faculty members. The approved abstract must be on Fall Spring file no later than April 1 of the third year. The approved Microeconomic Theory I Microeconomic Theory II proposal must be on file no later than October 1 of the Macroeconomic Theory I Macroeconomic Theory II fourth year. Math for Economists Econometric Methods Statistics The thesis is written under the supervision of Year 2 a committee comprising at least three faculty, a Fall Spring chairperson and two members. The thesis is approved when it is successfully defended before the committee 4 Electives 4 Electives in an oral examination. As with any Ph.D. program, the ultimate time to completion varies considerably. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS The department expects every student to be well All students are required to pass written comprehensive prepared to enter the job market in January of the fifth examinations in microeconomic theory, macroeconomic year of full-time study. theory and two of the following fields:
Advanced Macro and Monetary Economics Although there are exceptions, students should anticipate spending a minimum of four years of Advanced Micro Theory full-time study to complete the degree. Econometrics Finance RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT Each Ph.D. student must spend at least one academic Industrial Organization year as a full-time student at Boston College. International Finance and Macroeconomics
International Trade and Political Economy Labor Economics
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james anderson christopher f. baum Professor Professor of Economics and Social Work Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Ph.D., University of Michigan [email protected] [email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS • International Economics • Applied Econometrics • Economic History • Public Health • Financial Economics RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Transitional Growth and Trade with Frictions: A Structural RECENT PUBLICATIONS Estimation Framework” (with M. Larch and Y.V. Yotov). The “Impact of State-level Changes on Maternal Mortality: A Economic Journal (February 2020, online). Population-based, Quasi-experimental Study” (with S. Hawkins, “Dark Costs, Missing Data: Shedding Some Light on Services M. Ghiani, S. Harper and J. Kaufman). American Journal of Trade” (with I. Borchert, A. Mattoo and Y.V. Yotov). European Preventive Medicine 58(2) (2020): 165-74. Economic Review 105 (2018): 193-214. “State-Level Changes in Firearm Laws and Workplace Homicide “GEPPML: General Equilibrium Analysis with PPML” (with Rates: United States, 2011 to 2017” (with E. Sabbath and S. M. Larch and Y.V. Yotov). The World Economy 41(10) (2018): Hawkins). American Journal of Public Health 110(2) (2020): 230-36. 2750-82. “Innovation Strategies, External Knowledge and Productivity “Gravity with Scale Economies” (with M. Vesselovsky and Y.V. Growth” (with H. Lööf and P. Nabavi). Industry and Innovation Yotov). Journal of International Economics 100 (2016): 174-93. 26(3) (2019): 348-67. “Terms of Trade and Global Efficiency Effects of Free “Associations Between Gun Laws and Suicides” (with M. Trade Agreements, 1990-2002” (with Y.V. Yotov). Journal of Ghiani and S. Hawkins). American Journal of Epidemiology 188(7) International Economics 98 (2016): 279-98. (2019): 1254-61. “Advice on Using Heteroskedasticity-based Identification” (with susanto basu A. Lewbel). Stata Journal 19(4) (2019): 757-67. Professor Ph.D., Harvard University ryan chahrour Associate Professor [email protected] Ph.D., Columbia University RESEARCH INTERESTS [email protected] • Macroeconomics • Monetary Economics RESEARCH INTERESTS • Productivity • Macroeconomics • Monetary Economics RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Are Price-Cost Markups Rising in the United States? A RECENT PUBLICATIONS Discussion of the Evidence.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 33 “Intersectoral Linkages, Diverse Information, and Aggregate (Summer 2019): 3-22. Dynamics” (with M. Atolia). Review of Economic Dynamics 36 “Uncertainty Shocks in a Model of Effective Demand” (with (2020): 270-92. B. Bundick). Econometrica 85(3) (2017): 937-58. “Good News is Bad News: Leverage Cycles and Sudden Stops” “Allocative and Remitted Wages: New Facts and Challenges (with O. Akinci). Journal of International Economics 114 (2018): for Keynesian Models” (with C. House). In Handbook of Mac- 362-75. roeconomics, Volume 2A, eds. J.B. Taylor and H. Uhlig. North “News or Noise? The Missing Link” (with. K. Jurado). American Holland, 2016. Economic Review 108(7) (2018): 1702-36. “Some Evidence on the Importance of Sticky Wages” (with “Public Communication and Information Acquisition.” A. Barattieri and P. Gottschalk). American Economic Journal: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 6(3) (2014): 73-101. Macroeconomics 6(1) (2014): 70-101. “A Model-Based Evaluation of the Debate on the Size of the “Are Technology Improvements Contractionary?” (with Tax Multiplier” (with S. Schmitt-Grohe and M. Uribe). American M.S. Kimball and J.G. Fernald). American Economic Review 96 Economic Journal: Economic Policy 4(2) (2012): 28-45. (2006): 1418-48.
3 lucas coffman mehmet ekmekci Assistant Professor Professor Ph.D., Harvard University Ph.D., Princeton University [email protected] [email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS • Applied Microeconomics • Game Theory • Behavioral Economics • Mechanism Design • Development Economics RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Manipulated Electorates and Information Aggregation” (with “Liquidity Affects Job Choice: Evidence from Teach For S. Lauermann). The Review of Economic Studies 87(2) (2020): America” (with J. Conlon, C. Featherstone, and J. Kessler). The 997-1033. Quarterly Journal of Economics 134(4) (2019): 2203-36. “Reputation in the Long-Run with Imperfect Monitoring” “Moral Perceptions of Advised Actions” (with A. Gotthard- (with A. Atakan). Journal of Economic Theory 157 (2015): 553-605. Real and P.U. Javierana). Management Science 65(8) (2019): “Auctions, Actions and the Failure of Information 3469-70. Aggregation” (with A. Atakan). The American Economic Review “The Size of the LGBT Population and the Magnitude of 104(7) (2014): 104-07. Anti-Gay Sentiment are Substantially Underestimated” (with K. “Bargaining and Reputation in Search Markets” (with A. Coffman and K. Marzilli-Ericson). Management Science 63(10) Atakan). The Review of Economic Studies 81(1) (2014): 1-29. (2017): 3168-86. “Reputation in Long-Run Relationships” (with A. Atakan). The “Assessing the Rate of Replications in Economics” (with J. Review of Economic Studies 79(2) (2012): 751-80. Berry, R. Gihleb, D. Hanley and A. Wilson). American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 107(5) (2017): 27-31. hanno foerster “Can Social Information Affect What Job You Choose and Assistant Professor Keep?” (with C. Featherstone and J. Kessler). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9(1) (2017): 96-117. Ph.D., University of Mannheim RESEARCH INTERESTS donald cox • Labor Economics Professor • Economics of the Family • Applied Microeconometrics Ph.D., Brown University [email protected] RECENT PUBLICATIONS “A Structural Analysis of Vacancy Referrals with Imperfect RESEARCH INTERESTS Monitoring and Sickness” (with G. Van Den Berg and A. • Economics of Intergenerational Transfers Uhlendorff). CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series (2019). • Labor Economics “The Impact of Post-Marital Maintenance on Dynamic RECENT PUBLICATIONS Decisions and Welfare of Couples.” CRC TR 224 Discussion “Paternal Provisioning Results from Ecological Change” (with Paper Series (2019). I. Alger, P. Hooper, J. Stieglitz and H. Kaplan). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (forthcoming, 2020). peter gottschalk “The Evolution of Altruistic Preferences: Mothers Versus Research Professor Fathers” (with I. Alger). Review of Economics of the Household Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 11(3) (2013): 421-46. “Intergenerational Transfers.” In Encyclopedia of Life Course [email protected] and Human Development, eds. M.E. Hughes, A. Pienta and R. RESEARCH INTERESTS Crosnoe. Macmillan Reference USA, 2009. • Labor Economics “Extended Family and Kinship Networks: Economic Insights • Applied Econometrics and Evolutionary Directions” (with M. Fafchamps). In Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4, eds. T.P. Schultz and J. RECENT PUBLICATIONS Strauss. North Holland, 2008. “Some Evidence on the Importance of Sticky Wages” (with A. “Biological Basics and the Economics of the Family.” Journal Barattieri and S. Basu). American Journal of Macroeconomics 6(1) of Economic Perspectives 21 (2007): 91-108. (2014): 70-101.
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“Trends in the Transitory Variance of Male Earnings: Methods “Estimating Dynamic Equilibrium Models with Stochastic and Evidence” (with R. Moffitt). Journal of Human Resources Volatility” (with J. Fernandez-Villaverde and J. Rubio-Ramirez). 47(1) (2012): 204-36. Journal of Econometrics 185 (2015): 216-29. “Are Earnings Inequality and Mobility Over-stated? The “Supply-Side Policies and the Zero Lower Bound” (with J. Impact of Non-Classical Measurement Error” (with M. Hyunh). Fernandez-Villaverde and J. Rubio-Ramirez). IMF Review 62 The Review of Economics and Statistics 92(2) (2010): 302-15. (2014): 248-59. “The Rising Instability of U.S. Earnings” (with R. Moffitt). “Frequentist Inference in Weakly Identified DSGE Models” Journal of Economic Perspectives 23(4) (2009): 3-24. (with A. Inoue and L. Kilian). Quantitative Economics 4 (2014): 197-229. michael d. grubb Associate Professor peter n. ireland Ph.D., Stanford University Professor [email protected] Ph.D., University of Chicago [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS • Behavioral Industrial Organization RESEARCH INTERESTS • Industrial Organization • Macroeconomics • Applied Microeconomic Theory • Monetary Economics RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Overconfident Consumers in the Marketplace.”Journal of “Targeting Constant Money Growth at the Zero Lower Economic Perspectives 29(4) (2015): 9-36. Bound.” International Journal of Central Banking 14 (2018): 159- “Failing to Choose the Best Price: Theory, Evidence, and 204. Policy.” Review of Industrial Organization 47 (3) (2015): 303-40. “Money and Output: Friedman and Schwartz Revisited.” “Cellular Service Demand: Biased Beliefs, Learning, and Bill Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 48 (2016): 1223-66. Shock” (with M. Osborne). American Economic Review 105(1) “Monetary Policy, Bond Risk Premia, and the Economy.” (2015): 234-71. Journal of Monetary Economics 76 (2015): 124-40. “Consumer Inattention and Bill-Shock Regulation.” Review of “The Barnett Critique After Three Decades: A New Keynesian Economic Studies 82(1) (2015): 219-57. Analysis. Journal of Econometrics 183 (2014): 5-21. “Dynamic Nonlinear Pricing: Biased Expectations, “On the Welfare Cost of Inflation and the Recent Behavior of Inattention, and Bill Shock.” International Journal of Industrial Money Demand.” American Economic Review 99 (2009): 1040-52. Organization 30(3) (2012): 287-90. shakeeb khan pablo a. guerron Professor Professor Ph.D., Princeton University Ph.D., Northwestern University [email protected] [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS • Econometrics • Macroeconomics • Applied Econometrics • International Finance RECENT PUBLICATIONS • Time Series “Exclusion Restrictions in Dynamic Binary Choice Panel Data RECENT PUBLICATIONS Models: Comment on Semiparametric Binary Choice Panel “Fiscal Volatility and Economics Activity” (with J. Fernandez- Data Models Without Strictly Exogenous Regressors” (with S. Villaverde, K. Kuester and J. Rubio-Ramirez). American Chen and X. Tang). Econometrica 87 (2019): 1781-85. Economic Review 105(11) (2015): 3352-84. “Information Structure and Statistical Information in “Nonlinear Adventures at the Zero Lower Bound” (with J. Discrete Response Models” (with D. Nekipelov). Quantitative Fernandez-Villaverde, G. Gordon and J. Rubio-Ramirez). Journal Economics 9 (2018): 995-1017. of Economic Dynamics and Control 57 (2015): 182-204.
5 “Discussion of Simple Estimators for Invertible Index tzuo law Models” (with E. Tamer). Journal of Business Economics and Assistant Professor Statistics 36 (2018): 11-15. Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania “On The Informational Content of ‘Special Regressors’ in Heteroskedastic Discrete Response Models” (with S. Chen and [email protected] X. Tang). Journal of Econometrics 193 (2016): 162-82. “Semiparametric Estimation of Program Impacts on RESEARCH INTERESTS Dispersion of Potential Wages” (with S.H. Chen). Journal of • Macroeconomics Applied Econometrics 29 (2014): 901-19. RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Identifying Equilibrium Models of Labor Market Sorting” hideo konishi (with M. Hagedorn and L. Manovskii). Econometrica 85(1) (2017): Professor 29-65. “Risks, Jumps and Diversification” (with T. Bollerslev and G. Ph.D., University of Rochester Tauchen). Journal of Econometrics 144 (2008): 234-56. [email protected]
RESEARCH INTEREST arthur lewbel • Applied Microeconomic Theory Professor RECENT PUBLICATIONS Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology “International Trade and Income Inequality” (with T. [email protected] Furusawa and D. Tran Lam Anh). Scandinavian Journal of Economics (forthcoming). RESEARCH INTERESTS “Partisan and Bipartisan Gerrymandering” (with C.-Y. Pan). • Econometrics Journal of Public Economic Theory (forthcoming). • Consumer Demand “Silent Promotion of Agendas: Campaign Contributions and • Household Economics Ideological Polarization” (with C.-Y. Pan). Public Choice 183 RECENT PUBLICATIONS (2020): 93-117. “The Identification Zoo—Meanings of Identification in “Consumer Referrals” (with M. Arbatskaya). International Econometrics.” Journal of Economic Literature 57(4) (2019): Journal of Industrial Organization 48 (2016): 34-58. 835-903. “Household Formation and Markets” (with H. Gersbach and “Unobserved Preference Heterogeneity in Demand Using H. Haller). Economic Theory 59 (2015): 461-507. Generalized Random Coefficients” (with K. Pendakur).Journal of Political Economy 125(4) (2017): 1100-48. danial lashkari “Sharing Rule Identification for General Collective Assistant Professor Consumption Models” (with L. Cherchye, B. De Rock and F. Vermeulen). Econometrica 83(5) (2015): 2001-41. Ph.D, Harvard University “Estimating Consumption Economies of Scale, Adult Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Equivalence Scales, and Household Bargaining Power” (with M. [email protected] Browning and P.A. Chiappori). Review of Economic Studies 80 (2013): 1267-1303. RESEARCH INTERESTS “Children’s Resources in Collective Households: Identification, • Growth Estimation and an Application to Child Poverty in Malawi” (with • Innovation G. Dunbar and K. Pendakur). American Economic Review 103 • International Trade (2013): 438-71. RECENT PUBLICATIONS “A Generative Probabilistic Model and Discriminative Ex- tensions for BrainLesion Segmentation—With Application to Tumor and Stroke” (with B.H. Menze, K. Van Leemput, T. Rik- lin-Raviv, E. Geremia, E. Alberts, P. Gruber, S. Wegener. M.-A. Weber, G. Székely, N. Ayache and P. Golland). IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging 35 (2016): 933-46. “Structural Change with Long-Run Income and Price Effects” (with D. Comin and M. Mestieri). National Bureau of Economic Research (2015): Working Paper 21595.
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julie holland mortimer charles murry Professor Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D., University of Virginia [email protected] [email protected]
RESEARCH INTEREST RESEARCH INTERESTS • Industrial Organization • Industrial Organization • Applied Microeconomics RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Copyright Enforcement: Evidence from Two Field RECENT PUBLICATIONS Experiments” (with H. Luo). Journal of Economics and “The Effect of Retail Competition on Relationship-specific Management Strategy 26(2) (2017): 499-528. Investments: Evidence from New Car Advertising.” International “Empirical Evidence on Conditional Pricing Practices” (with Journal of Industrial Organization 59 (2018): 253-81. B. Genchev). Anti-trust Law Journal 81(2) (2017): 343-70. “Copyright Infringement in the Market for Digital Images” jaromir nosal (with H. Luo). American Economic Review—Papers and Assistant Professor Proceedings 106(5) (2016): 140-45. “Demand Estimation Under Incomplete Product Availability” Ph.D., University of Minnesota (with C. Conlon). American Economic Journal—Microeconomics [email protected] 5(4) (2013): 1-30. “The Use of Full-line Forcing Contracts in the Video Rental RESEARCH INTERESTS Industry” (with J. Ho and K. Ho). American Economic Review • International Macroeconomics 102(2) (2012): 686-719. • Macroeconomics RECENT PUBLICATIONS robert murphy “The Trade-Comovement Puzzle” (with L. Drozd and S. Kolbin). Associate Professor American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (forthcoming). “Investor Sophistication and Capital Income Inequality” (with Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology M. Kacperczyk and L. Stevens). Journal of Monetary Economics 107 [email protected] (2019): 18-31. “Uncertainty as Commitment” (with G. Ordoñez). Journal of RESEARCH INTERESTS Monetary Economics 80 (2016): 124-40. • Macroeconomics “Understanding International Prices: Customers as Capital” • International Economics (with L.A. Drozd). American Economic Review 102(1) (2012): 364-95. RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Can the Phillips Curve Explain Inflation Over the Past Half theodore papageorgiou Century?” International Advances in Economic Research 25(2) Assistant Professor (2019): 137-149. Instructor’s Resources for use with Macroeconomics by N.G. Ph.D., Yale University Mankiw. Worth (10th edition), 2019. [email protected] “Rational Bias in Inflation Expectations” (with A. Rohde). Eastern Economic Journal 44 (2018): 153-71. RESEARCH INTERESTS “Explaining Inflation in the Aftermath of the Great • Labor Economics Recession.” Journal of Macroeconomics 40 (2014): 228-44. • Macroeconomics Instructor’s Resources for use with Macroeconomics and the RECENT PUBLICATIONS Financial System by N.G. Mankiw and L. Ball. Worth, 2011. “Geography, Transportation, and Endogenous Trade Costs” (with G. Brancaccio and M. Kalouptsidi). Econometrica 88(2) (2020): 657-91. “A Guide to Estimating Matching Functions in Spatial Models” (with G. Brancaccio and M. Kalouptsidi). International Journal of Industrial Organization 70 (2020): 1020533. “Large Firms and Within Firm Occupational Reallocation.” Journal of Economic Theory 174 (2018): 184-223. “Firm Learning and Growth” (with C. Arkolakis and O. Timoshenko). Review of Economic Dynamics 27 (2018): 146-68. “Learning Your Comparative Advantages.” Review of Economic Studies 81(3) (2014): 1263-95.
7 joseph quinn uzi segal Professor Professor Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D., Hebrew University [email protected] [email protected]
RESEARCH INTERESTS RESEARCH INTERESTS • Economics of Aging • Decision Theory • Public Policy • Distributive Justice • Microeconomics RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Preferences and Social Influence” (with C. Fershtman). “The Retirement Income Security Outlook for Older Workers: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 10 (2018): 124-42. Causes for Concern and Reasons for Optimism” (with K. Cahill). “Skewed Noise” (with D. Dillenberger). Journal of Economic In Current and Emerging Trends in Aging and Work, eds. S. Czaja, Theory 169 (2017): 344-64. J. Sharit and J. James. Springer, 2019. “Transitive Regret Over Statistically Independent Lotteries” “Transitions From Career Employment Among Public- and (with S. Bikhchandani). Journal of Economic Theory 152 (2014): Private-Sector Workers” (with K. Cahill and M. Giandrea). Journal 237-48. of Pension Economics & Finance 18(4) (2019): 529-48. “Utilitarianism and Discrimination” (with A. Harel). Social “The Relative Effectiveness of the Minimum Wage and the Choice & Welfare 42 (2014): 367-80. Earned Income Tax Credit as Anti-Poverty Tools” (with K. Cahill). “On the Likelihood of Cyclic Comparisons” (with A. In Growing Apart: Religious Reflections on the Rise of Economic Rubinstein). Journal of Economic Theory 147 (2012): 2483-91. Inequality, eds. K. Ward and K. Himes. MDPI Books, 2019. “Challenges and Opportunities for Living and Working tayfun sönmez Longer” (with K. Cahill). In How Persistent Low Returns Will Shape Professor Saving and Retirement, eds. O. Mitchell, R. Clark and R. Maurer. Oxford University Press, 2018. Ph.D., University of Rochester “The New World of Retirement Income Security in America” [email protected] (with K. Cahill). The American Psychologist 71(4) (2016): 321-33. RESEARCH INTERESTS • Microeconomic Theory fabio schiantarelli • Theory and Practice of Matching Professor • Market Design Ph.D., London School of Economics RECENT PUBLICATIONS [email protected] “Incentivized Kidney Exchange” (with U. Ünver and M. Bumin Yenmez). American Economic Review (forthcoming). RESEARCH INTERESTS “Efficient and Incentive-Compatible Liver Exchange” (with H. • Macroeconomics Ergin and U. Ünver). Econometrica (forthcoming). • Applied Econometrics “Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise RECENT PUBLICATIONS of Boston’s Walk Zones” (with U. Dur, S.D Kominers and P.A. “Bank Quality, Judicial Efficiency and Borrower Runs: Loan Pathak). Journal of Political Economy 126(6) (2018): 2457-79. Repayment Delays in Italy” (with P. Strahan and M. Stacchini). “School Admissions Reform in Chicago and England: The Journal of Finance (forthcoming). Comparing Mechanisms by Their Vulnerability to Manipulation” “Internal Capital Markets in Times of Crisis: The Benefit of (with P. Pathak). American Economic Review 103(1) (2013): 80-106. Group Affiliation in Italy” (with R. Santioni and P.E. Strahan). “Matching with (Branch-of-Choice) Contracts at the United Review of Finance (forthcoming). States Military Academy” (with T. Switzer). Econometrica 81(2) “Culture: Persistence and Evolution” (with F. Giavazzi and I. (2013): 451-88. Petkov ). Journal of Economic Growth 24(2) (2019): 117-54. “Financial Markets, Banks’ Cost of Funding, and Firms’ Decisions: Lessons from Two Crises” (with P. Balduzzi and E. Brancati). Journal of Financial Intermediation (36) (2018): 1-15. “Culture, Policies and Labor Market Outcomes” (with F. Giavazzi and M. Serafinelli). Journal of the European Economic Association 11(6) (2013): 1256-89.
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richard l. sweeney “Incentivized Kidney Exchange” (with T. Sönmez and M. Assistant Professor Yenmez). American Economic Review (forthcoming). “Two-Sided Matching via Balanced Exchange” (with U. Mert Ph.D., Harvard University Dur). Journal of Political Economy 127(3) (2019): 1156-77. [email protected] “Dual-Donor Organ Exchange” (with H. Ergin and T. Sönmez). Econometrica 85(5) (2017): 1645-71. RESEARCH INTERESTS “Incentive Compatible Allocation and Exchange of Discrete • Environmental Economics Resources” (with M. Pycia). Theoretical Economics 12(1) (2017): • Energy Policy 287-329. • Industrial Organization • Applied Microeconomics rosen valchev RECENT PUBLICATIONS Assistant Professor “The Role of Sales Agents in Information Disclosure: Evidence from a Field Experiment” (with H.Alcott). Management Ph.D., Duke University Science 63(1) (2017): 1-278. [email protected] “The SO2 Allowance Trading System and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990: Reflections on 20 Years of Policy RESEARCH INTERESTS Innovation” (with G. Chan, R. Stavins and R. Stowe). National • Macroeconomics Tax Journal 65(2) (2012): 419-52. • International Finance and Economics “The Incidence of U.S. Climate Policy: Alternative Uses of • Financial Economics Revenues from a Cap-and-Trade Auction” (with D. Burtraw and • Open Economy Macroeconomics M. Walls). National Tax Journal 62(3) (2009): 497-518. RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Paralyzed by Fear: Rigid and Discrete Pricing Under Demand robert ulbricht Uncertainty” (with C. Ilut and N. Vincent). Econometrica Assistant Professor (forthcoming). “Bond Convenience Yields and Exchange Rate Dynamics.” Ph.D., University of Munich American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 12(2) (2020): [email protected] 124-66.
RESEARCH INTERESTS • Macroeconomics zhijie xiao • Labor Economics Professor • Political Economy Ph.D., Yale University RECENT PUBLICATIONS [email protected] “A Quantitative Theory of Political Transitions” (with L. Buchheim). Review of Economic Studies (forthcoming). RESEARCH INTERESTS “Endogenous Second Moments: A Unified Approach to • Econometrics Fluctuations in Risk, Dispersion, and Uncertainty” (with L. • Empirical Finance Straub). Journal of Economic Theory 183 (2019): 625-60. RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Optimal Delegated Search.” Theoretical Economics 11(1) “What Does Mean Impacts Miss? Distributional Effects of (2016): 253-78. Corporate Diversification” (with L. Xu).Journal of Econometrics 213(1) (2019): 92-120. m. utku ünver “Efficient Estimation of Nonparametric Regression in The Professor Presence of Dynamic Heteroskedasticity” (with O. Linton). Journal of Econometrics 213(2) (2019): 608-31. Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh “Hybrid Quantile Regression Estimation for Time Series [email protected] Models with Conditional Heteroscedasticity” (with Y. Zheng, Q. Zhu and G. Li). Journal of the Royal Statistical Societ—Series B RESEARCH INTERESTS 80(5) (2018): 975-93. • Microeconomic Theory “The Reluctant Analyst” (with D. Bernhardt and C. Wan). • Mechanism and Market Design Journal of Accounting Research 54(4) (2016): 939-1230. RECENT PUBLICATIONS “Right Tail Information in Financial Markets.” Econometric “Efficient and Incentive-Compatible Liver Exchange,” (with Theory 30(1) (2014): 94-126. H. Ergin and T. Sönmez). Econometrica (forthcoming).
9 courses m. bumin yenmez he combined and varied interests of the faculty, Professor T as indicated in the faculty profiles, ensure that Ph.D., Stanford Graduate School of Business the department offers a wide range of graduate course [email protected] electives. While the number and content of the graduate electives vary from year to year, the following courses RESEARCH INTERESTS • Market Design are illustrative of the range offered. • Mechanism Design • Choice Theory FALL 2020 RECENT PUBLICATIONS Math for Economists Ireland “Incentivized Kidney Exchange” (with T. Sonmez and U. Microeconomic Theory I Konishi Unver). American Economic Review (forthcoming). Macroeconomic Theory I Schiantarelli “Common Enrollment in School Choice (with M. Ekmekci). Theoretical Economics 12(4) (2019): 1237-70. Statistics Xiao “How to Control Controlled School Choice” (with F. Theories of Distributive Justice Segal Echenique). American Economic Review 105(8) (2015): 2679-94. Time Series Econometrics Xiao “School Choice with Controlled Choice Constraints: Hard Industrial Organization I Mortimer Bounds vs. Soft Bounds.” (with L. Ehlers, I.E. Hafalir, and M.A. Advanced Macroeconomics Chahrour Yildirim). Journal of Economic Theory 153 (2014): 648-83. “Incentive Compatible Matching Mechanisms: Consistency Monetary Economics I Ulbricht with Various Stability Notions.” American Economic Journal: Monetary Economics II Schiantarelli Microeconomics 5(4) (2013): 120-41. Labor Economics I Papageorgiou International Trade Lashkari International Finance I Valchev Game Theory and Applications Ekmekci Advanced Microeconomic Theory Sönmez Topics in Economic Theory Kahn
SPRING 2021 Microeconomic Theory II Segal, Unver Macroeconomic Theory II Basu Econometric Methods Lewbel Mechanism Design Yenmez, Unver Applied Econometrics Baum Topics in Econometrics Khan Industrial Organization II Grubb, Murry Empirical Methods in Applied Micro Sweeney, Murry Empirical Methods in Macro/Finance Guerron International Macro Nosal Labor Economics II Foerster Topics International Economic Policy Anderson Experimental Economics Coffman
10 editorial and elected positions
embers of the Department of Economics hold editorial board positions on many of the M profession’s leading journals and are fellows of the Econometric Society.
James Anderson Peter Ireland Tayfun Sönmez Associate Editor, Review Editorial Board, Economic Inquiry Fellow, Econometric Society of International Economics Advisory Editor, Journal of Economic Associate Editor, Econometrica Dynamics and Control Susanto Basu Utku Ünver Executive Committee, American Editorial Advisory Board, Journal Associate Editor, Economic Association of Economic Studies Theoretical Economics Associate Editor, Journal of Money, Associate Editor, Journal Christopher F. Baum Credit and Banking Associate Editor, of Mathematical Economics Computational Economics Hideo Konishi Associate Editor, Review Associate Editor, International Associate Editor, Social Choice of Economic Design and Welfare Journal of Computational Economics M. Bumin Yenmez and Econometrics Associate Editor, Economics Bulletin Associate Editor, Associate Editor, Stata Journal Associate Editor, Journal Mathematical Social Sciences Editor, Journal of Statistical Software of Public Economic Theory Zhijie Xiao Ryan Chahrour Arthur Lewbel Co-Editor, China Journal Associate Editor, Journal Co-Editor, Econometric Theory of Economic Research of Money, Credit and Banking Fellow, Econometric Society Associate Editor, Econometric Michael Grubb Julie Holland Mortimer Theory Board of Editors, Advisory Board, Journal of Industrial Associate Editor, Economics Letters American Economic Review Economics Associate Editor, Associate Editor, Board of Directors, Industrial Organization Society Economics Bulletin RAND Journal of Economics Associate Editor, Journal Co-editor, Journal of Economics and Associate Editor, of Time Series Econometrics Management Strategy Journal of Industrial Economics Associate Editor, Journal Editorial Board, Review of Industrial of Risk and Financial Pablo Guerron Organization Management Associate Editor, International Editorial Board, Journal Economic Review of Economic Literature Associate Editor, Economia Associate Editor, Latin American Uzi Segal Economic Review Associate Editor, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty Associate Editor, Theoretical Economics Associate Editor, Economic Letters Fellow, Econometric Society
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Recent Ph.D. Ekin Watson, “Essays on Fiscal Policy” Tristan Potter, “Essays on the Search-Theoretic Approach to Solvejg Andrea Wewel, “Essays Dissertations Macroeconomics” in Household Economics and 2019 Econometrics” Yat Fung Wong, “Consumer Search and Its Implications for Market Dominique Brabant, “Essays in Penglong Zhang, “Essays in Competitions” International Economics” International Trade” Michael Connolly, “Essays in Empirical Tao Yang, “Three Essays in Micro- Finance and Macroeconomics” 2017 Econometrics” Pierre De Leo, “Essays in Zulma Barrail, “Expansion Wen Zhang, “Globalization, Monetary Macroeconomics” of the Middle Class, Consumer Credit Policy and Labor Market Dynamics” Markets, and Volatility in Emerging Nicholas Diebel, “Empirical Countries” 2015 Investigations of Contracting in Intermediate Markets” Laura Bonacorsi, “Essays in Orhan Aygun, “Three Essays on International Trade” Matching with Contracts” Krastina Dzhambova, “Macroeconomic Implications of Fiscal Policy in a Small Alexander Eiermann, “Essays in Inacio Bo, “Essays in Matching Theory Open Economy” Macroeconomics and Asset Pricing” and Mechanism Design” Mehmet Ezer, “Essays in Sylvia Hristakeva, “Essays in Applied Tamas Briglevics, “Essays on Money Macroeconomic and Macroprudential Industrial Organization” and Credit” Policies” Igor Karagodsky, “Essays in Corporate Jinghan Cai, “Essays in Financial Marco Ghiani, “Essays in Applied Finance” Economics” Health Economics” Ana Lariau, “Essays in Macro-Labor” Jin-Young Choi, “Two-Stage Semiparametric Estimators for Deeksha Kale, “Essays on the Impact Choon Sung Lim, “Essays in Labor Limited Dependent Variables and Its of Credit Policies in Developing Economics” Countries” Applications” Michael Smith, “The Effects of Filippo DeMarco, “Banks, Sovereign Zafer Kanik, “Networks in Mandatory Disclosure on Product Debt and Capital Requirements” Macroeconomics and Finance” Quality, Prices, and Competition” Francis Georges, “Two Essays in John Lindner, “Empirical Evidence Ethan Struby, “Essays on Information Applied Microeconomics” on the Labor Market Impacts of U.S. in Macroeconomics and Finance” Social Insurance Programs” Zhaochen He, “On the Existence of a Francesca Toscano, “Essays in Behavioral Component to the Business Tomohide Mineyama, “Essays in Empirical Corporate Finance” Monetary Economics” Cycle” 2016 Jonathan Hoddenbagh, “Essays in 2018 Rossella Calvi, “Essays on Health and International Macroeconomics and Vitor Baisi Hadad, “Essays in Family Economics in India” Finance” Econometrics and Dynamic Kidney Giacomo Candian, “Essays on Shoghik Hovhannisyan, “Growth Matching” Information and Financial Frictions in Implications of Immigration: Evidence Jinyong Jeong, “Essays in Matching Macroeconomics” from U.S. Industries” and “Emigration Theory” by Educational Attainment and Growth: Rosalia Greco, “Essays in Political Cross-Country Evidence” Mashfiqur Khan, “Social Security and Economy of Redistribution and Labor Supply of Older Workers and the Immigration” Junghyun Kwon, “Essays in Health and Disabled” Labor Economics” Naijing Huang, “Essays in Time Series Hieu Duc Luu, “Essays on the Analysis” Marco Macchiavelli, “Essays in Industrial Organization of Mortgage Macroeconomics and Finance” Gohar Minasyan, “Essays in Markets” International Macroeconomics” Chen-Yu Pan, “Essays on Public Jacob Penglase, “Essays on Family Economics and Political Economy” Ivan Petkov, “Essays on Local Economics in Developing Countries” Determinants of Economic Growth” Bertan Turhan, “Essays in Market Lauren Hoehn Velasco, “Essays on the Design” Economic Causes and Consequences of Public Health”
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Scholarly Publications Recent Lewis and Clark College University of Alicante Liaoning University University of Bordeaux Our recent graduates have been successful Placements London School of (postdoctoral) in terms of scholarly output. Their papers Economics University of Bristol ACADEMIC PLACEMENTS have appeared in the following journals: Louisiana Tech University UCLA Anderson School Australian National Loyola University, Maryland of Management American Economic Review University Mount Holyoke College University College Dublin American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Babson College Nanyang Technological University of Delaware Bahçe ehir University, Antitrust Law Journal University, Singapore University of Durham Istanbul Applied Economics Letters ş National University University of Frankfurt, Bilkent University B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics of Singapore Germany Bocconi University North Carolina State University of Georgia Canadian Journal of Economics Bogazici University University University of Glasgow Econometrica Brandeis University Northeastern University University of International Economic Journal Bryn Mawr College Northwestern University Business and Economics, Economics Letters California State University, Oregon State University Beijing Fullerton University of Lausanne Empirical Economics Pompeu Fabra University Calvin College Paul Smith’s College University of Leicester Energy Economics Carleton College Randolph Macon College University of Liverpool European Journal of Finance Carleton University Rice University University of Maryland Games and Economic Behavior Central University of Renmin University University of New South Finance and Economics, International Economic Review Wales China Sabançi University Journal of Applied Econometrics University of Padova Claremont McKenna San Diego State University University of Pittsburgh Journal of Business and Economic Statistics College Santa Clara University University of Quebec Journal of Comparative Economics Clark University Shandong University University of Scranton Journal of Economics and Business Colgate University Shanghai University of University of Sheffield College of William and Finance and Economics Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Mary Simmons College University of Tennessee Journal of Economic Literature Concordia University Stanford University (SIEPR University of Texas, San Antonio Journal of Finance Davidson College Postdoctoral Fellows) University of Wisconsin- Journal of Financial Risk Management Drexel University Stonehill College Whitewater Southwestern University Journal of International Economics Elon University of Finance and Economics, University of York Florida State University Journal of Monetary Economics China Washington State Florida State University Journal of Money, Credit and Banking Suffolk University University Law School SUNY Albany Wayne State University Journal of Political Economy Fordham University SUNY Plattsburgh Wayne State University, Journal of Social Policy and Aging Gettysburg College Mike Ilitch School of Sun Yat-sen University, Macroeconomic Dynamics HEC Montreal Business China INSPER, Centro de Wellesley College Monthly Labor Relations Review Temple University Pesquisas Wissenschaftszentrum Monthly Labor Review Tilburg University Instituto Tecnológico Berlin TOBB Economics and Quarterly Journal of Economics Autónomo de México Wuhan University Technology University, Review of Economic Dynamics (ITAM) Turkey ZEW–Leibniz Centre Johns Hopkins University Review of Economics and Statistics for European Economic School of Advanced Trent University Review of International Economics International Studies Tsinghua University Research, University of Mannheim Southern Economic Journal Koc University University of Adelaide The Manchester School The Oxford Handbook of Retirement
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he oldest and largest of the University’s eight The department plays a prominent role in the RePEc T schools and colleges, the Morrissey College (Research Papers in Economics) initiative, which provides of Arts and Sciences offers graduate programs free access to working papers, journal citations and in the humanities, social sciences and natural software and contact information. The Boston College Working Papers in Economics are downloadable and sciences, leading to the degrees of Doctor of searchable via RePEc’s user services at repec.org. Philosophy, Master of Arts and Master of Science. In addition, numerous dual-degree options are Seminars and Workshops offered in cooperation with the Carroll School of Management, the Boston College Law School, Department faculty organize an active seminar series in microeconomic theory, macroeconomics and financial the Lynch School of Education andHuman economics, econometrics, applied microeconomics Development and the School of Social Work. and industrial organization, international trade, and With approximately 800 students and over international economic policy, with weekly presentations by noted economists. Students also present their work 400 full-time faculty, the Graduate School is in the department’s weekly Dissertation Workshop, as small enough to know you as a person, but well as lunch seminars and reading groups organized in large enough to serve you and prepare you for various fields. The schedule is posted on the department’s a rewarding life and satisfying career. home page at bc.edu/economics.
Research Facilities BOSTON AREA CONSORTIUM The Boston Area Consortium allows graduate students to Graduate students in economics may utilize the cross-register for courses at Boston University, Brandeis department’s Apple Macintosh OS X workstations, University and Tufts University. eight of which are located in departmental facilities dedicated to graduate student use. These Intel-based Unix BOSTON COLLEGE LIBRARIES workstations run Mathematica, MATLAB, Stata, TeXShop The University is home to eight libraries, containing and Microsoft Office applications and provide access to 2.95 million volumes; more than 700 manuscript internet resources. The department also participates in collections, including music, photos, art and artifacts; the University’s High Performance Computing initiative, 625,000 e-books; and more than 600 electronic which provides a powerful multiprocessor facility for databases. O’Neill Library, Boston College’s main library, computationally demanding faculty and student research. offers subject-specialist librarians to help with research, to set up alerts to publications in areas of interest and to Online access to many economic and financial databases answer any research- and library-related questions. is provided through WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services). Boston College is a member of the THE BOSTON LIBRARY CONSORTIUM InterUniversity Consortium for Political and Social The Boston Library Consortium allows Boston College Research (ICPSR), which makes a number of large students access to millions of volumes and other services at economic databases available without charge. 19 area institutions in addition to the world-class resources available through the Boston College Library System. Boston College also participates in the JSTOR project, providing online access to the entire run of leading economics journals.
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oston College is located on the edge of one of The University the world’s most vibrant cities. Just six miles B Boston College is a Jesuit university with 14,400 students, from downtown Boston—an exciting and dynamic 821 full-time faculty and nearly 180,000 active alumni. place to live and learn—Boston College is an easy Since its founding in 1863, the University has known car or “T” ride away from a booming center for extraordinary growth and change. From its beginnings trade, finance, research and education. as a small Jesuit college intended to provide higher education for Boston’s largely immigrant Catholic Home to some of New England’s most prestigious population, Boston College has grown into a national cultural landmarks, including the Museum of institution of higher learning that is consistently ranked Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, among the top universities in the nation. Boston College Boston Symphony Hall and the Freedom Trail, is ranked 37th among national universities by U.S. News Boston provides a rich environment for those & World Report. passionate about art, music and history. For sports Today, Boston College attracts scholars from all 50 states fans, Boston hosts a number of the country’s and over 80 countries, and confers more than 4,000 greatest sports teams: the Celtics, Patriots, Bruins degrees annually in more than 50 fields through its eight and, of course, Fenway Park’s beloved Red Sox. schools and colleges. Its faculty members are committed Found within a short drive from Boston are some to both teaching and research and have set new marks for of New England’s best recreational sites, from the research grants in each of the last 10 years. The University is committed to academic excellence. As part of its most excellent skiing in New Hampshire to the pristine recent strategic plan, Boston College is in the process beaches of Cape Cod. of adding 100 new faculty positions, expanding faculty Boston also offers a wide range of family friendly and graduate research, increasing student financial aid and widening opportunities in key undergraduate and attractions, including the Children’s Museum, graduate programs. New England Aquarium, Franklin Park Zoo and the Museum of Science. There are roughly The University is comprised of the following colleges and 50 universities located in the Boston area, and schools: Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences, Carroll the large student population adds to the city’s School of Management, Connell School of Nursing, intellectually rich and diverse community. Events, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Woods College of Advancing Studies, Boston College lectures and reading groups hosted by world- Law School, School of Social Work and School of renowned scholars abound on area campuses, Theology and Ministry. providing abundant opportunities to meet and network with other graduate students and faculty throughout the Boston area. General Resources HOUSING While on-campus housing is not available for graduate students, most choose to live in nearby apartments. The Office of Residential Life maintains an extensive database with available rental listings, roommates and helpful local real estate agents. The best time to look for fall semester housing is June through the end of August. For spring semester housing, the best time to look is late November through the beginning of the second semester. Additionally, some graduate students may live on campus as resident assistants. Interested students should contact the Office of Residential Life.
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JOHN COURTNEY MURRAY, S.J., GRADUATE learning and academic life; assists graduate students in STUDENT CENTER developing teaching portfolios; and provides class visits One of only a handful of graduate student centers and teaching consultations, upon request. Through around the country, the Murray Graduate Student Center these and other activities, the Connors Family Learning is dedicated to the support and enrichment of graduate Center plays an important role in enhancing the quality student life at Boston College. Its primary purpose is to of academic life at Boston College. build a sense of community among the entire graduate student population and cultivate a sense of belonging to MARGOT CONNELL RECREATION CENTER the University as a whole. Its amenities include study The Margot Connell Recreation Center redefines the rooms, a computer lab, two smart televisions, kitchen, future of fitness and recreation at Boston College. The deck and patio space, complimentary coffee and tea, and 244,000-square-foot, four-story structure offers our more. Throughout the year, the center hosts programs community an inspired space to play, pursue sports, organized by the Office of Graduate Student Life and gather with friends and work out. This facility includes a graduate student groups. The Murray Graduate Student fitness center, rock climbing wall, jogging track, aquatics Center also maintains an active job board (available center, wood-floor basketball courts, tennis courts, multi- electronically), listing academic and non-academic activity courts, multi-purpose rooms for spin, yoga and opportunities for employment both on and off campus. fitness classes, and so much more.
MCMULLEN MUSEUM OF ART BOSTON COLLEGE CAREER CENTER Serving as a dynamic educational resource for the The Boston College Career Center works with graduate national and international community, the McMullen students at each step of their career development. Museum of Art showcases interdisciplinary exhibitions Services include self-assessment, career counseling, that ask innovative questions and break new ground in various career development workshops, resume and the display and scholarship of the works on view. The cover letter critiques, and practice interviews. In addition McMullen regularly offers exhibition-related programs, to extensive workshop offerings, Career Center staff including musical and theatrical performances, films, members are available throughout the year for one-on- gallery talks, symposia, lectures, readings and receptions one advising about any aspect of the career path. The that draw students, faculty, alumni and friends together Career Resource Library offers a wealth of resources, for stimulating dialogue. Located on the Brighton including books, periodicals and online databases. campus, the McMullen Museum is free to all visitors.
CONNORS FAMILY LEARNING CENTER Working closely with the Graduate School, the Connors Family Learning Center sponsors seminars, workshops and discussions for graduate teaching assistants and teaching fellows on strategies for improving teaching effectiveness and student learning. Each fall, the Learning Center and the Graduate School hold a “Fall Teaching Orientation” workshop designed to help students prepare for teaching. The center also hosts ongoing seminars on college teaching, higher
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Admission Requirements undergraduate courses and undergraduate statistics and econometrics. Teaching fellows receive $24,000 The application deadline for fall admission is January 2. for teaching their own sections of introductory Please visit bc.edu/gsas for detailed information on how undergraduate courses. In addition, all doctoral students to apply. receive a full tuition scholarship to cover the cost of all approved coursework. Application requirements include: Application Form: Submitted online, via the GSAS An appointment as a teaching assistant or teaching website. fellow requires fluency in English. Students who enter Application Fee: $75, non-refundable. the program with a financial award can expect continued assistance through five years of study, provided their work Abstract of Courses A concise overview of background in the program is satisfactory. Satisfactory performance Form: and related courses completed in an intended field or proposed is generally defined as a B+ average in course work and area of study. appropriate progress toward the degree. Official Transcripts: Demonstrating coursework completed/degree conferral from FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID all post-secondary institutions Graduate students can apply for federal financial aid using attended. the FAFSA. The loans that may be available to graduate GRE General Test: Official score report students are the Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford (recommended only). Loan and Perkins Loan, based on eligibility. If additional Three Letters of From professors or supervisors. funds are needed, student may apply for a Grad Plus Recommendation: It is highly advisable that at least Loan. For more information, see the Graduate Financial one letter be from an academic Aid website at bc.edu/gradaid or contact the Graduate source. Financial Aid Office at 617-552-3300 or Statement of Purpose: A brief (1-2 page) discussion of 800-294-0294. an applicant’s preparation, motivation and goals for his/her OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS proposed course of study. The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) assists both Proof of English Official TOEFL/IELTS score reports faculty and graduate students in finding sources of Proficiency accepted. external funding for their projects and provides advice in (International only) the development of proposals. OSP maintains a reference library of publications from both public and private sectors listing funding sources for sponsored projects. Financial Assistance In the recent past, graduate students have received DEPARTMENT FUNDING research support from prominent agencies, corporations The Department of Economics annually awards and organizations such as the Fulbright Commission, approximately 25 graduate assistantships to first- and the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science second-year Ph.D. students, and 40 teaching positions Foundation, the American Political Science Association, to third-, fourth- and fifth-year students. Graduate the American Chemical Society and the American assistants are exempted from tuition and receive Association of University Women. stipends of $23,200. Assistants are responsible for up to 10 hours per week of research assistance or grading for individual faculty members while carrying full academic loads. Teaching assistants are paid $23,500 and supervise discussion sessions in introductory
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