UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS PH.D. CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014 PLACEMENT CHAIR: David Card Class of 1950 Professor of Economics Phone: 510-642-5222 Email: [email protected] PLACEMENT COORDINATOR: Patrick G. Allen Graduate Advisor Phone: 510-642-0824 Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: UC Berkeley Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, # 3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 PLACEMENT WEBSITE: https://econ.berkeley.edu/grad/job-market-candidates Department of Economics University of California, Berkeley Graduate Placement Office This roster contains all Curriculum Vitae for the 2012-2013 candidates available for positions in the 2013-2014 academic year. It will not be revised in the event that additions, deletions, or modifications are made to individual vita. For updated candidate information, please visit our Job Market web site at https://econ.berkeley.edu/grad/job-market-candidates starting on October 29, 2012. 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CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Expected Primary Desired Research and Date of References Name/Degree Teaching Fields of Interest Dissertation Title Completion (*Supervisor) ALMUNIA, MIGUEL Public Finance “Essays in Public Economics” May 2013 *Emmanuel Saez B.A. (Economics), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Development Economics Alan Auerbach M.P.A/ID (International Development) Harvard Kennedy Frederico Finan School of Government Edward Miguel CHODOROW-REICH, GABRIEL Macroeconomics "Macroeconomic Lessons from the Great Recession: May 2013 *Christina Romer A.B. magna cum laude (Social Studies), Harvard College Financial Economics Evidence using Microeconomic Methods" Yuriy Gorodnichenko Atif Mian David Romer FRIEDMAN, WILLA Development Economics "Essays in development economics in East Africa" May 2013 *Edward Miguel A.B. cum laude ( Social Studies), Harvard College Health Economics Ernesto Dal Bo Frederico Finan Justin McCrary GERARD, FRANCOIS Public Economics “Essays in Public Economics and Development” May 2013 *Emmanuel Saez Maîtrise summa cum laude (Economics), Development Economics David Card Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) Environmental Economics Frederico Finan Edward Miguel HAUSMAN, JOSHUA Economic History "Fiscal Policy, Auto Sales and Macroeconomic May 2013 *Barry Eichengreen B.A. with high honors (Economics), Swarthmore College Macroeconomics Volatility: The U.S. in the 1930s" Brad DeLong Christina Romer Noam Yuchtman HERR, DR. JANE Economic Demography “Fertility Effects on Women's Career Paths” May 2008 *David Card A.B. with honors (Chemistry), Harvard University Labor Economics *Ron Lee M.P.P. (Public Policy), University of California, Berkeley Family Economics Jesse Shapiro Ph.D. (Economics), University of California, Berkeley Public Policy HUANG, XING Finance "Essays in Behavioral Finance" May 2013 *Ulrike Malmendier B.A. (Finance), Guanghua School of Management, Peking University Psychology and Economics *Stefano DellaVigna B.S. (Statistics), School of Mathematical Sciences, Peking University Terrance Odean M.A. (Finance), Guanghua School of Management, Peking University Nancy Wallace LEE, INSOOK Public Economics "Essays in Public Economics" May 2013 *Emmanuel Saez B.A. summa cum laude (Anthropology), Seoul National University Political Economy Alan Auerbach M.P.P (Public Policy), KDI School of Public Policy & Management Applied Microeconomics Gerard Roland M.A. (Statistics), University of California, Berkeley Labor Economics 1 of 3 SUMMARY LISTING OF PH.D. CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Expected Primary Desired Research and Date of References Name/Degree Teaching Fields of Interest Dissertation Title Completion (*Supervisor) LLERAS, DR. JUAN SEBASTIAN Decision Theory “Decision Theory Models of Information May 2011 David S. Ahn B.S. (Mathematics and Economics), University of Maryland Microeconomic Theory and Consideration” Chris Shannon M.A. (Economics), University of California, Berkeley Behavioral Economics Luca Rigotti Ph.D. (Economics), University of California, Berkeley MAHESHRI, DR. VIKRAM Applied Microeconomics "Essays on Special Interest Politics" May 2010 Patrick Bayer S.B. (Mathematics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Urban Economics David Card S.B. (Economics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Public Economics Ernesto Dal Bo Ph.D. (Economics), University of California, Berkeley MERGO, TEFERI Demographic and Labor Economics "Economics of International Migration" December 2012 *Ronald Lee B.A. (Economics), Addis Ababa University International Movement of Factors *David Card M.A. (Economics), Middle Tennessee State University Health Economics Alain de Janvry AEA Summer Program, Duke University Economic Growth and Development Design of Experiments NAYEEM, OMAR Microeconomic Theory “Incentives and Information in Multiagent Settings” May 2013 *David Ahn B.A. magna cum laude (Computer Science and Mathematics), Political Economy Benjamin Hermalin Cornell University John Morgan NOGUERA, DR. GUILLERMO International Trade "Essays on Trade and Production Sharing" May 2011 *Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Licentiate (Economics), Universidad del Cema, Argentina International Macroeconomics Maurice Obstfeld Ph.D. (Economics), University of California, Berkeley Jonathan Vogel POIRIER, ALEXANDRE Econometrics “Identification and Estimation under May 2013 *James Powell B.Sc. (Mathematics and Economics), Université de Montréal Applied Econometrics Independence Restrictions” Bryan Graham M.A. (Statistics), University of California, Berkeley Demian Pouzo ROMEM, ISRAEL Real Estate "Essays in Microeconomics" May 2013 *Enrico Moretti B.A. magna cum laude (Economics), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Urban and Regional Economics David Card M.A. magna cum laude (Economics), The Hebrew University, Labor Economics Barry Eichengreen Jerusalem, Israel Robert Helsley 2 of 3 SUMMARY LISTING OF PH.D. CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2013-2014 ACADEMIC YEAR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS Expected Primary Desired Research and Date of References Name/Degree Teaching Fields of Interest Dissertation Title Completion (*Supervisor) ROSATO, ANTONIO Microeconomic Theory “The Role of Reference-Dependent Preferences in May 2013 *Matthew Rabin B.A. (Economics), Università di Napoli “Federico II” Psychology and Economics Auctions and Negotiations” Benjamin Hermalin M.A. (Economics), Università di Pisa Industrial Organization Botond Kőszegi SERAFINELLI, MICHEL Labor Economics “Essays in Labor Economics” May 2013 *David Card B.A. (Economics), Bocconi University Urban Economics *Enrico Moretti M.A. (Economics), Bocconi University Patrick Kline Bronwyn Hall SEVERNINI, EDSON Urban Economics "Essays in Applied Microeconomics" May 2013 *David Card B.A. summa cum laude (Economics), University of São Paulo (USP), Environmental Economics Patrick Kline Brazil Applied Econometrics Enrico Moretti M.A. (Economics), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Labor Economics (PUC-Rio), Brazil WIELAND, JOHANNES Macroeconomics "Macroeconomic Implications of Financial Frictions and May 2013 *Yuriy Gorodnichenko B.A. with honors (Economics), University of Cambridge Financial Economics the Zero Lower Bound" Olivier Coibion MPhil with distinction (Economics), University of Oxford Maurice Obstfeld David Romer WU, LEMIN Economic History "Economic Growth in the Very Long Run" May 2013 *Brad DeLong B.S. (Economics), Tsinghua University Macreconomics Ronald Lee Development Economics Gerard Roland Pranab Bardhan ZUBERI, JAMES Development Economics “Essays on Economic Development in South Asia” May 2013 *Gerard Roland B.A. with high honors (Mathematics and Economics), Political Economy Yuriy Gorodnichenko University of California, Berkeley Atif Mian 3 of 3 CROSS LISTING BY PRIMARY FIELDS UC BERKELEY ECONOMICS PH.D. 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