Ph.D. Program Alumni

Our graduates have taken a wide variety of jobs in recent years. Here is a selection of them. If any information is out of date, please let us know.

Name

(year graduated)

Dissertation Title (Adviser)

Most recent position known

Yan Shu

(2008)

Essays on Exchange Rate Economics (P. Bidarkota).

Associate Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. 

Ramon Gonzalez-Hernandez

(2008)

Essays in Open Economy Macroeconomics (C. Karayalcin)

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Lake Forest College

Claudia Wehbe

(2008)

The Political Economy of Inequality and Growth: Essays on Sovereign Debt, Democracy and Saving (C. Karayalcin)

 

Jeffrey Czajkowski

(2007)

Essays on Environmental Economic Valuation and Decision Making in the Presence of an Environmental Disaster (P. Thompson)

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Austin College

Yuanyuan Peng

(2007)

Essays on Firm Behavior and Firm Performance (P. Thompson)

Statistician, Affinion Group, Norwalk, CT.

Ioana Popovici

(2007)

The Effects of Intellectual Property Rights on Knowledge Spillovers and Innovation: An Empirical Investigation (P. Thompson)

Senior Research Associate, Health Economics Research Group, University of Miami

Prasad Bhattacharya

(2005)

Essays on International Macroeconomics and Conflict Analysis (C. Karayalcin)

Lecturer, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

Monica Escaleras

(2003)

Essays on the Determinants of Private Investment: The Effects of Relative Price Uncertainty (D. Thomakos)

Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University

Li Wang

(2003)

On the Fundamentals of Research and Development Spillovers in Competitive Markets (S. Roy)

Visiting Assistant Professor, Vassar College

Susan Bell

(2002)

The Effects of Government Disability Benefits, Accessibility Laws and Rehabilitation on Employment Choices by Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries (M. Willumsen)

 

Hsu-Min Lien

(2001)

Essays on Financial Crises (T. Wang)

Assistant Professor, Chienkuo Technology University, Taiwan

Mehmet Ulubasoglu

(2001)

Essays on the Political Economy of Trade Policy and Economic Development (D. Mitra and D. Thomakos)

Senior Lecturer, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

Qiang Xiao

(2001)

Three Essays on Trade and Investment (C. Syropoulos)

Noel Gray

(2000)

Non-Traded Goods, Product Differentiation and Integration of Factor Markets (C. Syropoulos)

 

Diego Mendez-Carbajo

(2000)

Essays on Openness, Economic Integration, and Growth (C. Karayalcin)

Assistant Professor, Illinois Wesleyan University

Annick Trottier

(2000)

Pollution Generation in the Carajas Region of Brazil: An Extended Input-Output Approach (M. Willumsen)

Principal, Global Macroeconomics, Lexington, MA

Julio Andujar

(1999)

Essays on the Political Economy of the Dominican Reform Process (D. Mitra)

Consultant, Monetary Programming Department,

Central Bank of the Dominican Republic

Ulises Hernandez

(1999)

Social Service Provision, Efficiency Labor, and Economic Development (D. Mitra)

 

Kathryn McCollister

(1999)

The Political Economy Of Sovereign Debt (C. Karayalcin)

Research Assistant Professor

Dept. of Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Miami

Pierre Alexandre

(1998)

On the Accuracy of Nonsurvey Regional Input-Output Multipliers: An Empirical Study  (M. Willumsen)

Assistant Professor

School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.

Yuna Chen

(1997)

Closing the Productivity Gap and Trade Policy (C. Karayalcin)

Associate Professor, South Georgia College

Giyas Gokkent

(1997)

Theory of Foreign Portfolio Investment (M. Wilkins)

Head, Research Department, National Bank of Abu Dhabi

Sreedhar Iyer

(1997)

Empirical Study of Exchange Rates in Brazil, Canada and the Caribbean (I. de Alonso)

 

Carlos Moslares

(1997)

Financial Constraints on Research and Development (C. Karayalcin)

Professor, Faculty of Economics, IQS Barcelona

Hernan Ocampo Solarte

(1997)

The Effects of Domestic Credit in the Economic Development Process (A. Jorge)

Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Colombia

Javier Stanziola

(1997)

Measuring the Arts: The Case of Dade County Nonprofit Arts Organizations (I. de Alonso)

Head of Research & Evidence, Museums, Libraries, and Archives Council, London

Bala Veeramacheneni

(1997)
 

Essays on Investment, Growth and Income Distribution  (D. Mitra)

Assistant Professor, History, Economics and Politics Department, SUNY Farmingdale

Rafael Amiel-Saenz

(1996)

Exchange Rate Overvaluation Under Hyperinflation: The Case of Peru (B. Kelley)

Economist, Latin America Service, Global Insight Inc.

Ekanayake Ekanayake

(1996)

The Impacts of Trade Policy Reforms on the Sri Lankan Economy (M. Willumsen)

Adjunct Instructor, Rollins College.

Ali Kocyigi

(1996)

The International Impact of Productivity Shocks (C. Karayalcin)

Assistant Professor

Malatya University, Turkey

Francsico Larios

(1996)

An Evaluation of Exchange Rate Policy and Economic Adjustment in Nicaragua, 1993-1995 (M. Willumsen)

 

Richard Vogel

(1996)

Regional Growth, Structural Change, and Natural Disaster (M. Willumsen)

Associate Professor, History, Economics and Politics Department, SUNY Farmingdale

Eugenio J. Alemán

(1995)

Inflation, Currency Substitution and Dollarization: The Case of Argentina (J. Salazar-Carillo)

Senior Economist, Wells Fargo Economics, Minneapolis, MN.

Xiaowei Xu

(1995)

Macroeconomic Policies and Exchange Rate Regimes: A Simulation Approach (C. Karayalcin)

 

Gi-shian Su

(1994)

Technological Change and the Dynamics of Efficiency Dispersion in Industries

Associate Professor, Department of International Business, Southern Taiwan University of Technology

Bernadette West

(1994)

Consumer Theory and the Demand for Local Public Goods