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Economics PhD Job Candidates

The following PhD candidates are seeking full time employment. For more information on any of these students, please contact either the students directly or Yuanyuan Wan (Placement Officer).

Anubha Agarwal

Dissertation title: Essays in Macroeconomics
Dissertation committee: Diego Restuccia, Murat Celik, Gueorgui Kambourov
Contact: anubha.agarwal@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 647-979-5363
Website: https://www.anubhaagarwal.com

Alex Ballyk

Dissertation title: Experimental Investigations of Strategic Interactions
Dissertation committee: Yoram Halevy, Tanjim Hossain, Anne-Katrin Roesler
Contact: alexandra.ballyk@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 647-927-1190
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/alexballyk

Heather Bone

Dissertation title: Topics in the Economics of Crime
Dissertation committee: Arthur Blouin, David Price, Kory Kroft
Contact: heather.bone@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 613-700-9848
Website: https://heatherbone.com

Marc-Antoine Chatelain

Dissertation title: Essays in the Economics of Education
Dissertation committee: Robert McMillan, Philip Oreopoulos, Roman Zarate
Contact: marc.chatelain@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 438-938-5239
Website: https://www.marcchatelain.com/

Mohaddeseh Heydari Nejad

Dissertation title: Essays in Industrial organization
Dissertation committee: Victor Aguirregabiria, Avi Goldfarb, Yanyou Chen
Contact: moh.heydarinejad@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 647-675-2374
Website: https://www.mohaddesehheydarinejad.com

Nasir Hossein

Dissertation title: Essays in Economic Growth
Dissertation committee: Diego Restuccia, Laurent Cavenaile, Murat Celik
Contact: nasir.hossein@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 647-618-4555
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/nasirhosseindad/

Hugo Hsieh

Dissertation title: Risk Preference and Time Preference
Dissertation committee: Yoram Halevy, Colin Stewart, Tanjim Hossain
Contact: hugo.hsieh@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-837-3497
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/yi-tsung-hsieh

Myeongwan Kim

Dissertation title: Essays in International Trade and Innovation
Dissertation committee: Daniel Trefler, Peter Morrow, Alberto Galasso
Contact: myeongwan.kim@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 437-985-4183
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/myeongkim

James Macek

Dissertation title: Essays in the Economics of Housing Affordability and Regulation
Dissertation committee: Nathaniel Baum-Snow, William Strange, Kevin Lim, Joseph Steinberg
Contact: james.macek@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 647-458-9797
Website: https://jamesmacek.github.io/

Duc Nguyen

Dissertation title: Essays in Economic Growth and Development
Dissertation committee: Diego Restuccia, Gueorgui Kambourov, Margarida Duarte
Contact: ducm.nguyen@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-716-4960
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/ducmnguyen

Alvaro Pinzon Giraldo

Dissertation title: Innovation in the Presence of Distortions
Dissertation committee: Diego Restuccia, Laurent Cavenaile, Murat Celik
Contact: alvaro.pinzon@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 437-987-1293
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/alvaropinzon

Annabel Thornton

Dissertation title: Essays in Labour and Education Economics
Dissertation committee: Michael Baker, Dwayne Benjamin, Philip Oreopoulos
Contact: annabel.thornton@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 250-217-6736
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/annabelthornton/home

Stephen Tino

Dissertation title: Essays in Labor Economics and the Economics of Immigration
Dissertation committee: Kory Kroft, Ismael Mourifié, Carolina Arteaga
Contact: s.tino@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 4162759894
Website: https://stephentino.github.io/

Xiner Xu

Dissertation title: Essays in Labour Economics
Dissertation committee: Michael Baker, Kory Kroft, Peter Morrow
Contact: xiner.xu@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 416-457-8471
Website: https://www.xiner-xu.com

Job Candidates affiliated with the Department

The following candidates, affiliated with the Department, are also seeking full-time employment. For more information on any of them, please contact the student(s) or their supervisor(s) directly.

Sepideh Hosseini

Job market paper(s): Privacy and data collection, evidence from Apple’s App Tracking Transparency
Faculty contacts: Matthew Mitchell, Avi Goldfarb, and Heski Bar-isaac
Contact: sepideh.hosseini@rotman.utoronto.ca
Phone: +1 437-972-1372
Website: https://www.sepidehhosseini.com/

Carmen Quezada

Job market paper(s): Assessing the Family-Wide Impact of Delayed Primary School Enrollment: The Effects of an Additional Year Without Childcare
Faculty contacts: Elizabeth Dhuey, Carolina Arteaga, and Laura Derksen
Contact: carmen.quezada@mail.utoronto.ca
Phone: 1-647-687-6653
CV: Carmen Quezada
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/carmenquezada/

Farhang Shamsoddin

Job market paper(s): Heterogeneity, Productivity and Reallocation: Evidence from the U.S. Cement Industry
Faculty contacts: Matthew Osborne, Heski Bar-isaac, and Amabrish Chandra
Contact: farhang.shamsoddin@rotman.utoronto.ca
Phone: 647-787-1739

Ruiqi Sun

Job market paper(s): Blocking the Giants: Theory and Evidence from the Great Firewall
Faculty contacts: Daniel Trefler, Xiaodong Zhu, Kevin Lim, and Heski Bar-isaac
Contact: ruiqi.sun@rotman.utoronto.ca
Phone: 437-989-0196
CV: Ruiqi Sun
Website: https://www.ruiqisun.com/

Junhui Yang

Job market paper(s): Land Use Regulation as a Barrier to Entry: Evidence from Minimum Parking Requirements in Retail and Local Services
Faculty contacts: Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Stephan Heblich, and William C. Strange
Contact: junhui.yang@rotman.utoronto.ca
Phone: 437-333-2459
CV: Junhui Yang
Website: https://junhui-yang.com

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Economics PhD Job Candidates

Job Candidates affiliated with the Department