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Note: (*) indicates members of student's dissertation committee.
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Jeffrey Begun Laura Berlinghieri Giedrius Blazys
Juyoung Cheong Sebastian Fossati Michael Hanlon
Richard Johnston Seong Tae Kim Murat Koyuncu
Serpil Tekin Li-Chuan Tsai Jin Sung Yoo
Jelena Zurovac

To obtain additional information on any of the candidates, please contact the Economics Department at the address or phone below, or contact the candidate directly.

Department of Economics
University of Washington
Box 353330
Seattle, WA 98195-3330

Placement Officer:
    Richard Hartman- rhartman@u.washington.edu ; phone: (206) 685-1630
Placement Assistant:
    econadv@u.washington.edu; phone: (206) 685-1384


Jeffrey Begun
Email jbegun@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Webpage http://students.washington.edu/jbegun
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Macroeconomics; SECONDARY - International Economics, Economic Growth
Job Market Paper Title Initial Conditions and Heterogeneity in Cross-Country Growth: An Iterative Bayesian Model Averaging (IBMA) Analysis | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title A Bayesian Analysis of Model Uncertainty and Development | Abstract
References
Laura Berlinghieri
Email laurab6@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Webpage http://students.washington.edu/laurab6
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Macroeconomics; SECONDARY - Monetary Economics
Job Market Paper Title House Prices and Mortgage Credit Availability: Is the Relationship Reinforcing? | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title Essays on the Macroeconomic Implications of Credit Availability and House Price Dynamics
References
Candidate Update Laura Berlinghieri has accepted an Assistant Professor position at University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.
Giedrius Blazys
Email giedrius@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Labor Economics; SECONDARY - Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper Title Child Support Payments and Noncompliance Cost: Does it Matter Whether Money Comes from the Wallet or from the Purse? | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title Essays in Family Economics | Abstract
References
Candidate Update Giedrius Blazys accepted a Researcher position at Uppsala University in Sweden.
Juyoung Cheong
Email jycheong@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - International Economics; SECONDARY - Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper Title Free Trade Area and Welfare Change: Is a Bigger Trade Diversion More Detrimental? | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title Three Essays on Economic Integration
References
Candidate Update Juyoung Cheong has accepted a tenure-track Lecturer position at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
Sebastian Fossati
Email sfossati@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Webpage http://students.washington.edu/sfossati
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Econometrics; SECONDARY - International Finance
Job Market Paper Title Unit Root Testing with Stationary Covariates and a Structural Break in the Trend Function | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title Unit Root Tests, Structural Change, and Stationary Covariates
References
Michael Hanlon
Email hanlonm@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Webpage http://students.washington.edu/hanlonm/
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Microeconomics
Job Market Paper Title The Influence of Transaction Costs and Legal Regimes on Divorce | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title The Influence of Transaction Costs on Marriage, Divorce and Intrahousehold Exchange
References
Richard Johnston
Email pascal@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Economic History; SECONDARY - Industrial Organization, Microeconomics
Dissertation Title A Monastic Monopsony: The Cistercian Order and the Lay Brotherhood
References
Seong Tae Kim
Email stkim2@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Webpage http://students.washington.edu/stkim2
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Macroeconomics; SECONDARY - Econometrics, Finance, International Finance
Job Market Paper Title Stock Return Predictability in the Presence of Structural Breaks | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title Essays on Empirical Macroeconomics and Finance
References
Candidate Update Seongtae Kim accepted a Research Fellow position at the Korea Development Institute in Seoul.
Murat Koyuncu
Email murat@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Webpage http://www.muratkoyuncu.com
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Macroeconomics; SECONDARY - Economic Growth, Open Economy Macroeconomics
Job Market Paper Title Can Progressive Taxation Explain Cross-Country Variation in Labor Supply? | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title Progressive Taxation and Income Inequality -- Economic Growth Tradeoff
References
Candidate Update Murat Koyuncu accepted an Assistant Professot position at Bogazici University, Istanbul
Serpil Tekin
Email tekins@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Webpage http://students.washington.edu/tekins/
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - International Economics; SECONDARY - Economic Development, Open Economy Macroeconomics
Job Market Paper Title A Small Open Economy with a Borrowing Constraint: Does Foreign Aid Help Reduce Income Inequality or Exacerbate it? | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title Foreign Aid and Income Inequality in a Two-Sector Developing Economy
References
Candidate Update Serpil Tekin has accepted a Research position at Intellectual Ventures in Bellevue.
Li-Chuan Tsai
Email lctsai@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Finance; SECONDARY - Macroeconomics
Job Market Paper Title Asset Pricing and Emotive Influences at the Moment of Decision Making | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title Asset Pricing and Emotive Influences at the Moment of Decision Making
References
Candidate Update Li-Chuan Tsai has accepted an Assistant Professor position at WISE, Xiamen University in China
Jin Sung Yoo
Email jsyoo@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Labor Economics; SECONDARY - Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper Title The Earnings Gap Among Foreign-Born Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans in the U.S. Labor Market | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title Essays on Earnings Differences in the U.S.
References
Candidate Update Jin Sung Yoo accepted a Researcher position at SK Research Institute in Seoul
Jelena Zurovac
Email jzurovac@u.washington.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Fields of Concentration PRIMARY - Health Economics; SECONDARY - Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics
Job Market Paper Title The Effect of Father's Heavy Drinking on Children's Health in Russia | Abstract | Download Job Market Paper
Dissertation Title Essays in Health Economics
References
Candidate Update Jelena Zurovac accepted a Researcher position at Mathematica Policy Research in Princeton, NJ.

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