Campbell, Connor
(Essays in Industrial Organization, Econometrics, and Technology,
supervisor Martin Burda and Yao Luo)
Initial employment: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (post-doc)
Chippin, Daniel Gerard
(Essays in Financial Economics,
supervisor Jordi Mondria)
Fok, Cheok In
(Essays in Industrial Organization,
supervisor Yao Luo)
Initial employment: Competition Bureau Canada
Guo, Elaine
(Economics of Mental Health,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: Cornerstone Research
Liu, Hui
(Essays in Industrial Organization and Housing,
supervisor Yao Luo)
Initial employment: Tianjin University
Shen, Qingyang
(Essays on Transportation and Housing,
supervisor Nathaniel Baum-Snow and Shari Eli)
Initial employment: University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus
Somani, Aly Farhad
(Essays in Labour Economics and Political Economy,
supervisor Kory Kroft)
Initial employment: Bedrock AI
Taylor, Alison Kathleen
(Essays in Climate Change and Financial Economics,
supervisor Peter Cziraki)
Initial employment: Smith School of Business, Queen's University
Zhu, Ruizhi
(Targeting, advertising and privacy,
supervisor Xianwen Shi and Sridhar Moorthy)
Initial employment: D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University (post-doc)
Zou, Jiaqi
(Essays in empirical microeconomics,
supervisor Loren Brandt)
Initial employment: Corvinus University
Jaccard, Torsten Sochting
(Essays in International Trade,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia (after post-doc at Dartmouth)
Masson-Makdissi, Etienne
(Dissertation on Same-Sex and Different-Sex Relationship and their Interaction with Location Choice,
supervisor Aloysius Siow and Ismael Mourifié)
Initial employment: Institute of Advanced Studies, Hitotsubashi University (post-doc)
Miloucheva, Boriana
(Essays in Health Economics,
supervisor Shari Eli and Dwayne Benjamin)
Initial employment: Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto (after post-doc at Princeton)
Shaikh, Hammad
(Essays in Economics of Education,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: Business School, University of Stavanger
Sinha, Dhruv
(Essays in Environmental and Energy Economics,
supervisor Adonis Yatchew)
Initial employment: FutureProof
Uguccioni, James
(Essays in Intergenerational Income Transmission,
supervisor Shari Eli and Kory Kroft)
Initial employment: Statistics Canada
Wagner, Jessica
(Essay in the Economics of Education,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: Annenberg Institute, Brown University (post-doc)
2021
Belisle, Louis
(Essays on Banking Regulations and Financial Risk Modelling,
supervisor Martin Burda)
Initial employment: Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)
Herzog, Ian
(The Economic Effects of Transportation Policy,
supervisor Nathaniel Baum-Snow)
Initial employment: Huron University College at Western University
Lim, Paul
(Essays in Industrial Organization and Banking,
supervisor Victor Aguirregabiria)
Initial employment: Brattle Group
Rachapalli, Swapnika Reddy
(Topics in International Trade and Technology Diffusion,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
Orr, Patrick Scott
(Essays on International Trade and Industrial Organization,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
Zhang, Haofei
(Essays in Financial Economics: Empirical Corporate Finance,
supervisor Jordi Mondria)
Initial employment: Nankai University, School of Finance
2018
Daviet, Remi
(Methods for Statistical Analysis and Prediction of Discrete Choices,
supervisor Martin Burda and Christian Gourieroux)
Initial employment: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (post-doc)
Devereux, Kevin
(Essays in Interpersonal Economics,
supervisor Aloysius Siow)
Initial employment: University College Dublin
Fang, Limin
(Three Essays in Industrial Organization,
supervisor Victor Aguirregabiria)
Initial employment: Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
Habib, Ashique
(Essays on Financial Institutions, Information Frictions, and Macroeconomics,
supervisor Diego Restuccia)
Initial employment: International Monetary Fund
Lee, Soomin
(Essays on Technology in Finance and Market Design,
supervisor Xianwen Shi and Jordi Mondria)
Initial employment: Central European University
Stockley, Lisa
(How Do Expectations Influence Labour Supply? Evidence from Framed Field Experiments,
supervisor Gustavo Bobonis)
Initial employment: Charles River Associates
Current employment: Associate Principal, Charles River Associates
Xie, Erhao
(Essays on Identification and Estimation of Empirical Games Without Equilibrium Assumption,
supervisor Victor Aguirregabiria)
Initial employment: Bank of Canada
Lavecchia, Adam
(Essays in Public Economics,
supervisor Michael Smart)
Initial employment: University of Ottawa
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, McMaster University
Liu, Mengxiao
(Essays on Global Supply Chains,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: Syracuse University
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Marcoux, Mathieu
(Essays on the identification and the estimation of empirical games,
supervisor Victor Aguirregabiria)
Initial employment: Université de Montréal
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Université de Montréal
Morales, Juan Sebastian
(Essays in the Economics of Violence and Conflict,
supervisor Gustavo Bobonis)
Initial employment: Collegio Carlo Alberto
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Collegio Carlo Alberto, and Research Fellow, University of Turin
Murphy, Joshua
(Costs, Benefits, and Efficiency of Air Quality Regulation,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: Natural Resources Canada
Tang, Lei
(Improving Student Achievement,
supervisor Aloysius Siow)
Initial employment: Shaanxi Normal University, Center for Experimental Economics
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Center for Experimental Economics, Shaanxi Normal University
Ali, Ayesha
(The Impact of Electricity Outages on Households,
supervisor Dwayne Benjamin and Gustavo Bobonis)
Initial employment: Lahore University of Management Sciences
Current employment: Assistant Professor - Tenure Track, Department of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Beattie, Robert Graham
(Media Coverage of Climate Change,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: University of Pittsburgh (post-doc)
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Loyala Marymount University
Cao, Jie
(Essays in Macroeconomics,
supervisor Xiaodong Zhu)
Initial employment: Kellogg School of Management (Senior research associate)
Current employment: Senior Research Associate, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Chan, Jeffrey Mark
(Essays in International Trade,
supervisor Peter Morrow)
Initial employment: Wilfrid Laurier University
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Economics, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Cimon, David
(Essays in Market Microstructure,
supervisor Andreas Park)
Initial employment: Bank of Canada
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Finance, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Desgagnés, Hélène
(Financial intermediaries, regulation, and macroeconomic stability,
supervisor Margarida Duarte)
Initial employment: Bank of Canada
Current employment: Principal Economist, Bank of Canada
Karimova, Alfia
(Three Essays in Health Economics,
supervisor Michael Baker)
Initial employment: University of Michigan, Population Studies Center
Current employment: Assistant Research Scientist, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan
Messacar, Derek Robert James
(Essays on the Behavioural Economics of Retirement Savings,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: Statistics Canada
Current employment: Research Analyst, Adjunct Professor, Social Analysis and Modelling Division, Department of Economics, Statistics Canada, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Petronijevic, Uros
(Incentives and Productivity in the Economics of Education,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: York University
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, York University
Yang, Qiao
(Bayesian Nonparametric Methods in Financial Econometrics,
supervisor John Maheu and Martin Burda)
Initial employment: ShanghaiTech University
Current employment: Assistant Professor, School of Entrepreneurship and Management, ShanghaiTech University
Yuan, Zhe
(Essays on Network Competition in the Airline Industry,
supervisor Victor Aguirregabiria)
Initial employment: Wuhan University
Current employment: Economist, Alibaba
Zhang, Shiny
(Three Essays in Financial Economics,
supervisor Varouj A. Aivazian and Peter Cziraki)
Initial employment: Oliver Wyman
Current employment: Senior Consultant, Oliver Wyman
Zhao, Xin
(Essays on Information Acquisition, Auction Design, and Persuasion,
supervisor Martin J. Osborne)
Initial employment: University of Technology, Sydney (post-doc)
Current employment: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Economics Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
2015
Brolley, Michael
(Essays in Market Microstructure,
supervisor Andreas Park and Ekaterina Malinova)
Initial employment: Wilfrid Laurier University
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Finance, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dimitropoulos, Dimitrios
(Three Essays in Industrial Organization and Energy Economics,
supervisor Adonis Yatchew)
Initial employment: NERA Economic Consulting
Current employment: Associate, The Brattle Group
Ding, Ding
(Essays on Market Conditions and Corporate Investment Decisions,
supervisor Xiaodong Zhu and Varouj A. Aivazian)
Initial employment: Australian National University
Current employment: Lecturer in Finance, Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Statistics, Australian National University
Halmrast, Nathan
(Inter-marketplace competition,
supervisor Andreas Park)
Initial employment: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Current employment: Policy Economist and Senior Quantitative Specialist, Supervision and Regulation Risk Specialist Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Li, Li
(Three Essays in Sovereign Default, Self-control and Policy Implications,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: Shanghai University of Economics and Finance
Mak, Ho Nam
(Three Essays on Youth Maturation,
supervisor Aloysius Siow)
Initial employment: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Takahashi, Hidenori
(Essays in Procurement Auction,
supervisor Victor Aguirregabiria)
Initial employment: University of Mannheim
Current employment: Associate Professor (tenure-track), Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University
Tavares, Brian
(Three Essays in Macroeconomics,
supervisor Gueorgui Kambourov)
Initial employment: Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
Xiong, Hui
(Human Capital and Occupational Mobility,
supervisor Diego Restuccia and Gueorgui Kambourov)
Initial employment: Sichuan University
Current employment: Associate Research Fellow, School of Economics, Sichuan University
2014
Boik, Andre
(Essays on Uniform Pricing and Vertical Contracts in Two-Sided Markets,
supervisor Kenneth Corts)
Initial employment: University of California, Davis
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Davis
Found, Adam
(Essays in Municipal Finance,
supervisor Adonis Yatchew)
Initial employment: C. D. Howe Institute
Current employment: Manager of Corporate Assets, City of Kawartha Lakes
Karapanagiotidis, Paul
(Essays in Financial and Macro Econometrics,
supervisor Christian Gourieroux)
Initial employment: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Current employment: Machine learning/statistical alpha researcher, WorldQuant
Karasik, Leonid
(Three Essays in International Trade,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Current employment: Senior Transfer Pricing Economist, Transfer Pricing, Deloitte
Lewis, Joshua
(The Impact of Technological Change within the Home,
supervisor Mark Stabile and Aloysius Siow)
Initial employment: University of Montreal
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Montreal
Priyo, Asad Karim Khan
(Essays on Macroeconomics and Finance,
supervisor Xiaodong Zhu)
Initial employment: North South University, Bangladesh
Current employment: Assistant Professor, School of Business and Economics, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Spanos, Grigorios
(Essays in International Trade,
supervisor Gilles Duranton)
Initial employment: Aix-Marseille School of Economics
Current employment: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Département d'Histoire, Economie et Société, University of Geneva
2013
Bento, Pedro
(Competition, Innovation, and Regulation: Accounting for Productivity Differences,
supervisor Diego Restuccia)
Initial employment: West Virginia University
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University
Bird, Andrew
(Taxation and Financial Decisionmaking,
supervisor Michael Smart)
Initial employment: Carnegie Mellon University
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Accounting, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University
Boskovic, Branko
(Air Quality, Externalities, and Decentralized Environmental Regulation,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: University of Alberta
Current employment: Senior Data Scientist, Wealthsimple
Couture, Victor
(Three Essays in Urban Economics.,
supervisor Gilles Duranton and Matthew Turner)
Initial employment: University of California, Berkeley (Haas School of Business)
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Real Estate, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Dusha, Elton
(Political economy frictions and macroeconomic outcomes,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: Universidad de Chile
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad Diego Portales
Pivovarova, Margarita
(Three Essays in Economics of Education,
supervisor Dwayne Benjamin)
Initial employment: Arizona State University
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Economics, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
Ranasinghe, Ashantha
(Idiosyncratic distortions, misallocation and TFP losses,
supervisor Diego Restuccia)
Initial employment: University of Manitoba
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta
Sun, Ling
(Essays on Money, Business Cycles and Household Formation,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: Brock University
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Brock University
Wagner, Peter A.
(Essays on Learning and Strategic Investments,
supervisor Martin J. Osborne)
Initial employment: University of Bonn (post-doc)
Current employment: Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of York
Wang, Luhang
(Three Essays on Chinese Economy,
supervisor Loren Brandt)
Initial employment: Xiamen University
Current employment: Associate Professor, School of Economics and Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University
Yang, Nathan
(Economic Spillovers and Learning from Others,
supervisor Victor Aguirregabiria)
Initial employment: Post-doctoral Associate and Lecturer, Yale University School of Management
Current employment: Assistant Professor in Marketing, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University
2012
Dippel, Christian
(Essays in international political economy,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: UCLA, Anderson School of Management
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Economics, Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles
Jin, Xin
(Three Essays in Bayesian Financial Econometrics,
supervisor John Maheu)
Initial employment: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Current employment: Associate Professor, School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Mallory, Julie
(Financial Markets as a Mechanism for Environmental Overcompliance,
supervisor Varouj A. Aivazian and Andreas Park)
Initial employment: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Toronto
Current employment: Portfolio Manager, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Shen, Leilei
(Multi-Product Firms and Trade Liberalization: A Dynamic Model of Entry, Exit, and Investment,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: Kansas State University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Kansas State University
2011
Capatina, Elena
(Life-cycle Effects of Health Risk,
supervisor Gueorgui Kambourov)
Initial employment: University of New South Wales
Current employment: Lecturer, Research School of Economics, Australian National University
Dan, Ioana
(Gender and Occupational Riskiness,
supervisor Aloysius Siow and Gueorgui Kambourov)
Initial employment: Charles River Associates
Current employment: Principal, Antitrust and Competition Practice, Charles River Associates
Doda, Baran
(Three Essays on Macroeconomics,
supervisor Diego Restuccia)
Initial employment: Postdoc at LSE (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change)
Current employment: Senior Project Manager, Adelphi
Hachem, Kinda
(Essays on Banking, Institutions, and Macroeconomic Activity,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Current employment: Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia
Hoffmann, Florian
(Estimating Models of Earnings and Mobility Dynamics using Administrative Data,
supervisor Philip Oreopoulos and Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: University of British Columbia
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia
Hong, Qing
(International Taxation and Income-shifting Behaviour of Multinational Corporations,
supervisor Michael Smart)
Initial employment: Bank of Canada
Current employment: Tax Policy Officer, Intergovernmental Tax Policy, Evaluation and Research Division, Tax Policy, Finance Canada
Kapoor, Sacha
(Three Essays in Personnel Economics,
supervisor Dwayne Benjamin)
Initial employment: Postdoc at University of Chicago, then Erasmus University
Current employment: Associate Professor of Economics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Lai, Tat-kei
(Essays on the Economics of Organization,
supervisor Arthur J. Hosios)
Initial employment: Copenhagen Business School
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics & Quantitative Methods, IÉSEG School of Management
Macartney, Hugh
(The Dynamic Effects of Educational Accountability,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: Duke University
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Duke University
Magesan, Arvind
(Essays on Empirical Dynamic Games,
supervisor Victor Aguirregabiria)
Initial employment: University of Calgary
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary
Song, Yong
(Modelling Financial Markets in a Bayesian Framework,
supervisor John Maheu)
Initial employment: University of Technology, Sydney
Current employment: Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
Tombe, Trevor
(Dual-Economy Trade and Income Differences,
supervisor Xiaodong Zhu)
Initial employment: Wilfred Laurier University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary
Tsuyuhara, Kunio
(Essays on Dynamic Contracts,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: University of Calgary
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Calgary
Ye, Mingxiao
(Essays in Industrial Organisation: market performance,
supervisor Frank Mathewson)
Initial employment: Department of Health, Bermuda
Current employment: Data Scientist, Data Science Lead, CIB, JPMorgan Chase & Co
2010
Blit, Joel
(R&D satellites as a medium for sourcing remote knowledge,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: George Washington University
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo
Forand, Jean Guillaume
(Essays in Political Economy and the Economics of Organisations,
supervisor Martin J. Osborne)
Initial employment: University of Waterloo (after postdoc at Wallis Institute, Univ of Rochester)
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo
Rempel, Max
(Three Essays in Industrial Organization and Labor Economics,
supervisor Aloysius Siow)
Initial employment: Pressehaus Bintz-Verlag, then Geschäftsführer [CEO] of Mittelhessische Druck- & Verlagsgesellschaft
Current employment: Executive Director, Mittelhessische Druck- und Verlagshaus GmbH & Co.
Ritter, Moritz
(Essays on Money, Trade and the Labour Market,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: Temple University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Economics, Temple University
Swee, Eik Leong
(Three Essays in Empirical Development Economics,
supervisor Dwayne Benjamin)
Initial employment: University of Melbourne
Current employment: Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
Wang, Hui
(Essays on Applied Microeconomics,
supervisor Aloysius Siow)
Initial employment: Peking University
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University
Ward, Courtney
(Public health and public policy: lessons for respiratory health,
supervisor Dwayne Benjamin and Mark Stabile)
Initial employment: Dalhousie University
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto
Zhou, Simiao
(Debt Financing, Bankruptcy Reorganizations and Corporate Investment,
supervisor Varouj A. Aivazian)
Initial employment: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Current employment: Director of Research, PW Portfolio Analytics (PWPA) Inc.
2009
Chan, Ping Ching Winnie
(School Choice, Competition, and Public School Performance,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: Statistics Canada
Current employment: Research Economist, Social Analysis Division, Statistics Canada
Gomez Albert, Alonso
(Essays in Market Integration and Economic Forecasting,
supervisor Angelo Melino)
Initial employment: CPP Investment Board
Current employment: Senior Portfolio Manager, CPP Investment Board
He, Zhongfang
(Structural Breaks and Forecasting in Empirical Finance and Macroeconomics,
supervisor John Maheu)
Initial employment: Bank of Canada
Current employment: Director, ALM Quantitative Analytics, RBC
Li, Zhe
(Environmental Policies, Heterogeneous Firms and Labor Market Dynamics,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Current employment: Associate Professor, School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
McCaig, Brian
(Empirical Essays on Poverty, Inequality, and Social Welfare,
supervisor Loren Brandt)
Initial employment: Australian National University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Rahaman, Mohammad
(Managerial Discretion, Corporate Financial Flexibility, and Investment Dynamics,
supervisor Varouj A. Aivazian)
Initial employment: Sobey School of Business, St Mary's University, Halifax
Current employment: Associate Professor of Finance (with tenure), Sobey School of Business, St Mary's University
Zhang, Min
(Unemployment Insurance Eligibility and the Dynamics of the Labor Market,
supervisor Miquel Faig)
Initial employment: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Current employment: Associate Professor, School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
2008
Ahiabu, Stephen Eli
(Essays on Money, Search and the Underground Economy,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: Ernst & Young, San Jose
Current employment: Executive Director, Transfer Pricing, Ernst and Young
Chia, Yee-Fei
(Essays in Childhood Obesity,
supervisor Mark Stabile)
Initial employment: Cleveland State University
Current employment: Director, Criminal Justice & Immigration Research Directorate, Research & Statistics Divis, Ministry of Home Affairs Singapore
Joanis, Marcelin
(Essays on the Political Economy of the Centralized Provision of Local Public Goods,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: University of Sherbrooke
Current employment: Professor, Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
Kim, Hankook
(Three Essays on Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Development,
supervisor Johannes Van Biesebroeck)
Initial employment: Industry Canada
Current employment: Senior Project Leader, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Liu, Qing
(Essays on International Economics,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: Tsinghua University, China
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Tsinghua University
Mendes, Rhys
(Information, Central Bank Communication, and Aggregate Fluctuations,
supervisor Michelle Alexopoulos)
Initial employment: Bank of Canada
Current employment: Managing Director, International Economic Analysis Department, Bank of Canada
Sun, Hongfei
(Essays On Money, Banking and Payments,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: Queen's University
Current employment: Associate Professor, RBC Fellow, Department of Economics, Queen's University
Xu, Peng
(Nontradable Market Index and Its Derivatives,
supervisor Christian Gourieroux)
Initial employment: Finance department, École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales
Current employment: Associate Academic Director of Master in Finance, ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific
Xu, Zhaoxia
(Dynamic Adjustment of Financial Policy,
supervisor Laurence Booth)
Initial employment: Bank of Canada
Current employment: Senior Lecturer, School of Banking and Finance, University of New South Wales
Zhang, Lijun
(Essays on Global Sourcing with Intermediate Goods,
supervisor Johannes Van Biesebroeck)
Initial employment: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Current employment: Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Economics, University of Victoria
2007
Eid, Jean
(Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization,
supervisor Frank Mathewson)
Initial employment: Wilfrid Laurier University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Hanna, Emily
(Marital Status Decisions and Canadian Social Assistance Policy,
supervisor Michael Baker)
Initial employment: Allied Properties REIT
Current employment: Vice President, Investments, Crown Realty Partners
Hashmi, Aamir Rafique
(Essays on Market Structure, Innovation, Institutions & Technology Adoption,
supervisor Diego Restuccia)
Initial employment: National University of Sinagpore
Current employment: Instructor (Tenure Track), Department of Economics, University of Calgary
Huangfu, Xiuhua Stella
(Three Essays on Monetary Search Model,
supervisor Miquel Faig)
Initial employment: University of Sydney
Current employment: Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, Unversity of Sydney
Leo, Teng Wah
(Three Essays on the Impact of Child Custody Laws on Child Educational Attainment,
supervisor Aloysius Siow)
Initial employment: St. Francis Xavier University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, St. Francis Xavier University
Liu, Chun
(Modelling Volatility in Financial Markets,
supervisor John Maheu)
Initial employment: Tsinghua University, China
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Tsinghua University
Liu, Runjuan
(The Impact of Globalization on Firms and Workers,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: University of Alberta
Current employment: Alexander Hamilton Associate Professor, Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta
Liu, Wei
(Analysis of Risk Measures and Multi-Dimensional Risk Dependence,
supervisor Christian Gourieroux)
Initial employment: Fisk Trading, New York
Current employment: Risk Quant, DoubleLine Group LP
Martinez Gorricho, Silvia
(Essays in the Economics of Information Competition,
supervisor Ettore Damiano)
Initial employment: Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Economics, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
Morin, Louis-Philippe
(The Effects of the 1997 Ontario Secondary School Reform on Human Capital Accumulation, Academic Performance & the Youth Labour Market,
supervisor Robert McMillan)
Initial employment: University of Ottawa
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa
Mulraine, Millan
(Macroeconomic Dynamics in Open Economies,
supervisor Jack L. Carr)
Initial employment: TD Bank (Economics)
Current employment: Chief Economist, Economics Group, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Ng, Ka Ho Travis
(Essays on Outsourcing and Hold-up,
supervisor Martin J. Osborne)
Initial employment: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong
O'Gorman, Melanie
(Accounting or Disparity: Essays on Agricultural Development & Racial Earnings Inequality,
supervisor Shouyong Shi)
Initial employment: University of Winnipeg
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Winnipeg
Rosell, Carlos
(Essays in the Economics of Technology and Innovation, and Development Economics,
supervisor Diego Puga)
Initial employment: Berenblut Consulting
Current employment: Senior Economist, Finance Canada
2006
Fan, Jia-Zhueng
(Essays in the Economics of Aging,
supervisor Michael Baker)
Initial employment: Australian National University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University
Neill, Christine
(Higher Education Policy, Education Outcomes & Credit Constraints,
supervisor Michael Baker)
Initial employment: Wilfred Laurier University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Assistant Chair of Department of Economics, Department of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Ozawa, Noriko
(Corporate Governance & Investment Incentives of Japanese Firms,
supervisor Arthur J. Hosios)
Initial employment: University of British Columbia
Current employment: Senior Instructor, Economics, Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus
Sufana, Razvan
(Modelling Multivariate Risk: Applications to Term Structure & Derivative Pricing,
supervisor Christian Gourieroux)
Initial employment: York University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, York University
Xiao, Junji
(A Study of the U.S. Digital Camera Market,
supervisor Frank Mathewson)
Initial employment: Shanghai University of Finance & Economics
Current employment: Associate Professor, UTS Business School, Economics Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
2005
Angyridis, Constantine
(Essays on Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Small Open Economy,
supervisor Xiaodong Zhu)
Initial employment: Ryerson University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Director of the International Economics and Finance Program, Ryerson University
Essaji, Azim
(Three Essays on Regulatory Protectionism,
supervisor Susan Horton)
Initial employment: Wilfred Laurier University
Current employment: Associate Professor, MABE Program Director, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
Kantarevic, Jasmin
(Three Essays in Labour Economics,
supervisor Aloysius Siow)
Initial employment: Ontario Medical Association
Current employment: Senior Director, Economics, Ontario Medical Association
Lileeva, Alla
(Essays in International Trade and Foreign Direct Investment,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: York University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, York University
No, Joung Yeo Angela
(Technology Externalities,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: Carnegie-Mellon University
Current employment: School of Economics, Yonsei University
Nunn, Nathan
(Domestic Institutions, International Trade and Economic Development,
supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: University of British Columbia
Current employment: Frederic E. Abbe Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University
Rybakov, Konstantin
(Essays on Matching: N-Lateral Matching with K-Decisions & Matching with Coordination Frictions,
supervisor Carolyn Pitchik)
Initial employment: University of Windsor
Current employment: Manager, Ernst & Young
2004
Deri, Catherine
(Essays in Immigrant Health and Health Service Utilization in Canada,
supervisor Michael Baker)
Initial employment: University of Ottawa
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa
Ge, Ying
(Three Essays in Regional Development and Urban Growth in China,
supervisor Gordon Anderson)
Initial employment: University of International Business & Economics, China
2003
Gu, Xinhua
(Essays on Search Models of the Capital Market, and Real Investment Options with Financing Constraints,
supervisor Varouj A. Aivazian)
Initial employment: Nanjing University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Head of Department of Finance and Business Economics, Department of Finance and Business Economics, University of Macau
Han, Seungjin
(Robust Equilibrium Allocations and Efficiency in Two-Sided Economic Problems,
supervisor Martin J. Osborne)
Initial employment: McMaster University
Current employment: Professor, Chair of Research Committee, Department of Economics, McMaster University
Qiu, Jiaping
(Essays on Portfolio Choice and Corporate Investmen,
supervisor Varouj A. Aivazian)
Initial employment: Wilfrid Laurier Business School
Current employment: Professor of Finance, CIBC Chair in Financial Markets, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
Yang, Jun
(Empirical Estimation of Default-free and Defaultable Term Structure of Interest Rules,
supervisor Angelo Melino)
Initial employment: Bank of Canada
Current employment: Financial Markets, Market Risks and Vulnerabilities, Bank of Canada
2002
Georgopoulos, George
(Essays on Applied Monetary Economics,
supervisor Jack L. Carr)
Initial employment: Scarborough College, University of Toronto
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, York University
Laszlo, Sonia
(Household Education and Earnings: Evidence from Rural Peru,
supervisor Dwayne Benjamin)
Initial employment: Ryerson University
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, McGill University
Lee, Yiu-Fat
(Labor Supply and Family Planning in Rural China,
supervisor Dwayne Benjamin)
Initial employment: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Santor, Eric
(Essays in Development Economics: Evaluating Solutions to Asymmetric Information in Credit Markets,
supervisor Dwayne Benjamin)
Initial employment: Bank of Canada
Current employment: Managing Director, Canadian Economic Analysis Department, Bank of Canada
Sun, Yiguo
(Essays on Semiparametric Efficient Adaptive Estimation and an Empirical Analysis of Catastrophe-lined Security,
supervisor Adonis Yatchew)
Initial employment: University of Guelph
Current employment: Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph
Yang, Xian
(An Investigation of Asset Pricing Puzzles with Cyclical Risk Aversion and Intertemporal Substitution,
supervisor Angelo Melino)
Initial employment: Financial Engineer, Algorithmics
Current employment: Senior Manager, Head of Model Validation Team, Algorithmics IBM Canada
Zheng, Mingli
(Essays on Applied Economics,
supervisor Michael Peters)
Initial employment: University of Macau
Current employment: Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Macau
2001
Milligan, Kevin
(Empirical Essays on Behavioural Responses to Taxation,
supervisor Jack Mintz)
Initial employment: University of British Columbia
Current employment: Professor of Economics, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia
Tsiakas, Ilias
(Bayesian Empirical Applications of Stochastic Volatility Models,
supervisor Angelo Melino)
Initial employment: University of Warwick
Current employment: Professor of Finance, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph
Berezin, Peter
(supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: Economist, International Monetary Fund
Current employment: Chief Global Strategist, BCA Research
Gagnon, Gregory
(Essays on Economic Dynamics,
supervisor Miquel Faig)
Lai, Huiwen
(supervisor Daniel Trefler)
Initial employment: SAS Institute
Current employment: Associate Professor, School of Accounting & Finance, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Grant, Mary Lela
(Immigration in Canada: Context, Assimilation and Labour Market Impacts,
supervisor Michael Baker)
Initial employment: Immigration Canada
Sen, Anindya
(An Empirical Assessment of Canadian Highway Traffic Laws,
supervisor Sam Rea)
Initial employment: Bureau of Competition Policy, Ottawa
1997
Campolieti, Michele
(Bayesian Estimation of Discrete Duration Models,
supervisor Dale J. Poirier)
Initial employment: University of Toronto
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Management, University of Toronto, Scarborough
Dhami, Sanjit
(Three Essays in the Formation and Evolution of Fiscal Policy Under Uncertainty and Asymmetric Information,
supervisor Jack Mintz)
Initial employment: Essex University
Current employment: Professor, Department of Economics, University of Leicester
Gendron, Pierre-Pascal
(Essays on Corporate Taxation and the Firm,
supervisor Gordon Anderson)
Initial employment: Ernst & Young
Current employment: Professor, Humber College
Ibbott, Peter
(Intergenerational Changes in the Distribution of Canadian Living Standards,
supervisor Gordon Anderson)
Initial employment: University of Waterloo
Current employment: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Business and Mathematics, King's University College, Western University
Shiell, Michael
(Equity, Efficiency and the Second Best in Dynamic Policy Analysis,
supervisor David M. Nowlan)
Initial employment: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Current employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa
