2023 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Health, Education, and Social Media
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University

Addison (Spencer) Perry, Arizona State University - Department of Economics
"Dynamic (In)efficiencies in Public Insurance Provision: Evidence from the Medicaid Expansion"
Kairon Garcia, Washington State University - School of Economic Sciences
"How Did School Closures Affect High School Seniors?"
Rachel Nesbit, University of Maryland at College Park - Department of Economics
"Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System: The Effect of Mandating Treatment for Convicted Individuals"
Xhulio Uruci, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
"Animus, Beliefs, and Social Media in Uncertain Times"

Group #2 | Empirical Political Economy
Advisor: Justin Cook, Tulane University

Pierre Biscaye, University of California, Berkeley - Agricultural and Resource Economics
"Agricultural Shocks and Conflict in the Short- and Long-Term: Evidence from Desert Locust Swarms"
Ernesto Tiburcio Manon, Tufts University - Economics Department and The Fletcher School
"The Local Reaction to Unauthorized Mexican Migration to the US"
Reem Zaiour, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
"Violence in Mexico, Return Intentions and Integration of Mexican Migrants in the US"
Sakina Shibuya, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Agricultural and Applied Economics
"Understanding the Costs of Hiring Women in Pakistan"

Group #3 | Topics in Applied Microeconomics
Advisor: D. Mark Anderson, Montana State University

Tanner Eastmond, University of California, San Diego - Department of Economics
"How Does Where You Live Change What You Think? Evidence From Volunteer Missionaries"
Eli Kochersperger, West Virginia University - Department of Economics
"Quantifying the Effects of Fentanyl Exposure Misinformation on Opioid Mortality"
Jhih-Yun Liu, University of Minnesota - Department of Applied Economics
"The Dust Bowl and Occupational Persistence in Agriculture"
Fabiola Alba-Vivar, Teachers College, Columbia University - Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis
"Opportunity Bound: Transport and Access to College in a Megacity"

Group #4 | Microeconomic Analyses and Public Policy
Advisor: Lawrence J. White, New York University

Pearl Li, Stanford University - Department of Economics
"Value Pricing or Lexus Lanes? Winners and Losers from Dynamic Toll Pricing"
Philip Economides, University of Oregon - Department of Economics
"Unconventional Protectionism in Containerized Shipping"
C. Adam Pfander, University of Colorado, Boulder - Department of Economics
"Trade and the Competition for Transport"
Nayul Kim, Ohio State University - Department of Economics
"Dynamic Evaluation of Preference Program in Public Procurement Market"

2022 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 - Health and Education
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University

Elise Marifian, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics
Selling College: The Effects of Advertising on Enrollment at Less-Selective Colleges
James Flynn, University of Colorado Boulder - Department of Economics
Can Expanding Access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives Reduce Adverse Infant Health Outcomes?
Opinder Kaur, University of California, Riverside - Department of Economics
Intergenerational Health Effects of Adult Literacy Programs: Evidence from India
Parker Rogers, University of California at San Diego - Department of Economics
Regulating the Innovators: Approval Costs and Innovation in Medical Technologies

Group #2 - Crime, Conflict, Health, and Labor
Advisor: Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado, Boulder

Roman Rivera, Columbia University - Department of Economics
The Effect of Electronic Monitoring on Defendant Outcomes
Livia Alfonsi, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Meet Your Future: Job Search Efforts and Aspirations of Young Jobseekers
Mohammad Ahmad, Tufts University - Department of Economics
Historical Conflict & Contemporary Economic Preferences
Kattya Quiroga-Velasco, University of Maryland - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Broken Trust: Forced Sterilizations in Peru

Group #3 - Applied Micro
Advisor: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming

Osaretin Olurotimi, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Does Conflict Harm Learning Outcomes? Evidence from Uganda
Christopher Malloy, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
The Socioeconomic Consequences of Wildfire Liability: Evidence from PSPS Events in California
Molly Elder, Tufts University - Department of Economics
Calculating the Social Cost of Wildfire Emissions
Aldo Gutiérrez Mendieta, University of Maryland - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
A Tale of Two Goods: The Role of Environmentally Friendly Products in Consumer Choice and Public Policy

Group #4 - Public Policy
Advisor: Justin Cook, University of California, Merced

Xinle Pang, Pennsylvania State University - Department of Economics
Moving into the Floodplains: The Spatial Implications of Federal Disaster Relief Policies
Maria Victoria Barone, University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics
Sick Pay and Labor Supply
Minseon Park, University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics
Sorting, Commuting, and School Choice
Hadar Avivi, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
One Land, Many Promises: Heterogeneous Childhood Location Effects

2021 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Education, Health, and Labor
Advisor: Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado, Boulder

Fernanda Rojas-Ampuero, University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics
Sent Away: Long-term Effects of Forced Displacements
Ilaria D'Angelis, Boston College - Department of Economics
Are We There? The Search for Amenities and the Early Career Gender Wage Gap among Highly Educated Workers
Kaitlyn Sims, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Seeking Safe Harbors: Emergency Domestic Violence Shelters and Family Violence
Luis Armona, Stanford University - Department of Economics
Redesigning Federal Student Aid in Higher Education

Group #2 | Economics of Education, Health, and the Household
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University

Nikolai Boboshko, Cornell University - Department of Economics
The Effect of Tenure Laws on Students: Evidence from the Implementation of Tenure Systems in the 20th Century
Arian Seifoddini, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
How Does the Earned Income Tax Credit Affect Household Expenditures for Single Female Heads of Households?
Ernest Dorillas, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
Distance and Quality Tradeoff: The Tale of US Rural Mothers

Group #3 | Applied Micro for Policy
Advisor: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming

Karen Ortiz-Becerra, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Land Concentration and Rural Labor Markets: Theory and Evidence from Colombia
Eleanor Wiseman, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Trade, Informality and Corruption: evidence from small-scale traders in Kenya
John Moorehouse, University of Oregon - Department of Economics
Carbon Taxes in Spatial Equilibrium
Alexander Cardazzi, West Virginia University - Department of Economics
Nudging and Driving: An Analysis of Dynamic Message Signs in Virginia

Group #4 | Dan's Applied Micro Group
Advisor: Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado, Denver

Maggie Shi, Columbia University - Department of Economics
The Costs and Benefits of Monitoring: Evidence from Medicare Audits
Arkadev Ghosh, University of British Columbia - Department of Economics
Religious Divisions, Production Technology and Firm Productivity: Experimental Evidence from India
Robel Alemu, Tufts University - Department of Economics
Long-term Impacts of Micronutrient Deprivation on Education Attainment: Evidence from Wartime Disruption of Iodized Salt in Ethiopia
Julieth Santamaria, University of Minnesota - Department of Applied Economics
When a Stranger Shall Sojourn with Thee: The Impact of the Venezuelan Exodus on Colombian Labor Markets

2020 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Development & Labor
Advisor: Francisca M. Antman, University of Colorado, Boulder

Maria Caballero, Carnegie Mellon University - Department of Economics
The Impact of Destination Immigration Policies on Origin-Country Human Capital Investment
Eduardo Cenci, University of Wisconsin, Madision - Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics
Internal Migration and the Spread of Long-Term Impacts of Historical Immigration in Brazil
Grant Graziani, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
Provider Practice Styles and Patient Race: Evidence from Primary Care
Ezra Karger, University of Chicago - Department of Economics
The Long-Run Effect of Public Libraries on Children: Evidence from the Early 1900s

Group #2 | Health, Labor and Welfare Economics
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University

Anne Burton, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Smoking Bans in Bars and Restaurants, Alcohol Consumption, and Social Welfare
Luciana Etcheverry, University of Oregon - Department of Economics
Work Half-Time, Receive Full-Time Pay: Effect of Novel Family Policy on Female Labor Market Outcomes
Alexa Prettyman, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
Happy 18th Birthday, Now Leave: The Hardships of Aging Out of Foster Care
Siddhartha Sanghi, Washington University, St. Louis - Department of Economics
Health Inequality: Role of Insurance and Technological Progress

Group #3 | Games, Experiments & Rationality
Advisor: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming

Jefferson A. Arapoc, University of Newcastle, Australia - Department of Economics
Impacts of Wealth Distribution Systems on Individual Trust
Chelsea Pardini, Washington State University - Department of Economic Sciences
Game-Theoretic Analysis of US Settlement Allowing for Coercion and Activism
Yuxin Su, Claremont Graduate University - Department of Economics
How to Improve Motivation Using Pro-social Bonuses: An Experiment

Group #4 | Dan's World of Applied Micro
Advisor: Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado, Denver

Nicolas Carollo, University of California, Los Angeles - Department of Economics
The Effect of Occupational Licensing and Certification Policies on Wage and Employment Dynamics
Christina Kent, Stanford University - Department of Economics
When A Town Wins the Lottery: Evidence from Spain
James Sayre, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
Make Avocados not Drugs: Export Opportunities, Criminal Organizations, and Rural Development in Mexico
Katherine Wen, Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis & Management
Influenza Vaccination Requirements in Nursing Homes: Impacts on Elderly Hospital Events and Mortality

2019 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Social Welfare Outcomes of Federal and State Policies
Advisor: Maureen Pirog, Indiana University

David Arnold, Princeton University - Industrial Relations Section
The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Labor
Zachary Bleemer, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
Affirmative Action, Percent Plans, and the Return to Postsecondary Selectivity
Amrita Kulka, University of Wisconsin, Madison - Department of Economics
Sorting into Neighborhoods and Schools: The Role of Minimum Lot Sizes
Cody Tuttle, University of Maryland, College Park - Department of Economics
Racial Discrimination in Federal Sentencing: Evidence from Drug Mandatory Minimums

Group #2 | Health Economics
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University

Will Davis, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
Should Kids Have Their School Lunch and Eat It Too? Estimating the Effect of Universal Free School Meals on Child Health
Angela Denis, University of Chicago - Department of Economics
Health Depreciation Uncertainty and Working Decisions of Older Individuals
Krisztina Horvath, Boston College - Department of Economics
Adverse Selection and Switching Costs in Health Insurance Marketplaces: Using Nudges to Fight the Death Spiral
Shuqiao Sun, University of Michigan - Department of Economics
Dynamic Complementarities Very Early in Life: Family Planning, Early Childhood Education, and Lifetime Human Capital

Group #3 | Applied Micro
Advisor: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming

Matthew Gammans, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Information and Adaptation: Time Use Response to Weather Forecasts
Alohi Nakachi, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Indigenous Knowledge and the Tragedy of the Commons
Cory Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics
Land Concentration and Long-run Development: Evidence from the Frontier United States
Jason Somerville, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Choice-Set-Dependent Preferences and Salience: An Experimental Test

Group #4 | Domestic and International Macro
Advisor: Scott Schuh, West Virginia University

Sylverie Herbert, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Strategic Communication with Heterogeneous Beliefs
Karam Jo, University of Maryland, College Park - Department of Economics
Defensive Innovation and Firm Growth in the U.S.: Impact of International Trade
Yang Li, Simon Fraser University - Department of Economics
Time-Varying Fear, Trading Volume, and The Great Recession
Jiannan Zhou, University of Colorado Boulder - Department of Economics
Survey Evidence on Habit Formation

2018 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Macroeconomics, Development & International Finance
Advisor: Nancy Jianakoplos, Colorado State University

Isha Agarwal, Cornell University - Department of Economics
The Bank Lending Channel and the Exchange Rate Disconnect
Alex Xi He, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics
Rent-Extracting Mergers
Jonathan Malacarne, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
The Farmer and The Fates: Perceptions of Self-Efficacy, Learning and Investment in a Stochastic Production Process

Group #2 | Policy Effectiveness in Education, Energy, Environment & Development
Advisor: Maureen Pirog, Indiana University

Katy Bergstrom, Stanford University - Department of Economics
The Targeting Benefit of Conditional Cash Transfers
Matthew Butner, University of Colorado Boulder - Department of Economics
Gone with the Wind: Consumer Surplus from Renewable Generation
Jongwook Lee, University of Minnesota- Department of Applied Economics
The Effect of Early Childhood Malnutrition on Human Capital Development in Ethiopia

Group #3 | Applied Micro Analysis: Labor, Environment & Education
Advisor: Daniel Rees, University of Colorado Denver

Sarah Bana, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
Identifying Vulnerable Displaced Workers: The Role of State-Level Occupation Conditions
Maulik Jagnani, Cornell University - Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Sunset-Induced Reallocations of Time and Human Capital Production
Nicholas Wright, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
Need-Based Financing Policies, College Decision-Making and Labor Market Behavior
Karen Ye, University of Chicago - Department of Economics
Peer Effects in College Application Interventions

Group #4 | Labor Market Issues & Behavioral Economics
Advisor: Jane Ruseski, West Virginia University

Panka Bencsik, University of Sussex - Department of Economics
Stress and Behavioral Effects of Neighborhood Crime: Evidence from the UK
Chang Hyung Lee, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
Minimum Wage Policy and Community College Enrollment Patterns
Ding Xuan Ng, Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
Technological Unemployment and Occupational Mobility
Siobhan O'Keefe, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
Baby's Gone: The Effects of Increased Sentencing Severity on Fertility and Family Formation

2017 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Credit, Debt Collection, Public Health, Local Impacts
Advisor: John Cawley, Cornell University

Janjala (Pom) Chirakijja, Northwestern University - Department of Economics
The Local Economic Impacts of Prisons
Julia Fonseca, Princeton University - Department of Economics
Access to Credit and Financial Health: Evaluating the Impact of Debt Collection
Lauren Hoehn Velasco, Boston College - Department of Economics
Human Capital Formation and the Childhood Disease Environment: Evidence from a Rural Public Health Investment in the US
Yi Xin, Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
Asymmetric Information, Reputation, and Welfare in Online Credit Markets

Group #2 | Networks, Reputation, Media Personality & Political Premium
Advisor: Tim Brennan, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Vesall Nourani, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Social Network Effects of Technology Adoption: Investing with Family, Learning from Friends & Reacting to Acquaintances
Harry Di Pei, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics
Reputation Effects under Interdependent Values
Heyu Xiong, Northwestern University - Department of Economics
Media Personality and Its Political Premium

Group #3 | Immigration, Migration, Crime & Minimum Wage
Advisor: Nancy Jianakoplos, Colorado State University

Christine Braun, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
Crime and the Minimum Wage
Oleg Firsin, Cornell University, School of Applied Economics and Management
Low-Skilled Immigration and Offshoring Effects on Native Wages
Chen Liu, University of California, San Diego - Department of Economics
Quantifying the Impacts of a Skill-based US Immigration System Reform
Ruben Rojas Valdes, University of California, Davis - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
The Dynamic Migration Game: A Structural Econometric Model and Application to Rural Mexico

Group #4 | Inequality, ACA & Risky Sex, SNAP & Obesity
Advisor: Maureen Pirog, Indiana University

Augustine Denteh, Georgia State University - Department of Economics
The Effect of SNAP on Obesity in the Presence of Endogenous Misreporting
Nick Tsivanidis, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Commuting Technologies, City Structure and Urban Inequality: Evidence from Bogota's TransMilenio
Barton Willage, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Ex Ante and Ex Post Moral Hazard: Lessons from the ACA and Risky Sex

2016 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Empirical Investigations in Education and International Trade
Advisor: Nancy Jianakoplos, Colorado State University

Barbara Biasi, Stanford University - Department of Economics
Unions, Salaries, and The Market for Teachers: Evidence from Wisconsin
Felix L. Friedt, University of Oregon - Department of Economics
Trade Policy Effectiveness in the Presence of Integrated Bilateral Transport Costs: The Importance of the Backhaul Problem to the Determination of Trade
Sharat Ganapati, Yale University - Department of Economics
Globalized Sourcing, Scale Economies, and Local Market Power: The Modern Wholesaler
Lester R. Lusher, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
College Better: Parimutuel Betting Markets as a Commitment Device and Monetary Incentive

Group #2 | Education, Labor Markets, Healthcare and Culture
Advisor: Maureen Pirog, Indiana University

Brenda Samaniego de la Parra, University of Chicago - Department of Economics
How Much is Formality Worth? Evidence from Mexico's Labor Market
Atul Gupta, Stanford University - Department of Economics
Quality Incentives, Hospital Responses and Patient Health
Ciprian Domnisoru, Carnegie Mellon University - School of Public Policy and Management
Overeducation, Choice of College Major and Parental Background
James V. Marrone, University of Chicago - Department of Economics
Culture as a Habit: Assimilation and Language Learning Over the Lifecycle

Group #3 | Programs and Policies Affecting Human Capital, Child Development, Hospital Stays and Consumer Behavior
Advisor: Brian Duncan, University of Colorado

Teresa Molina, University of Southern California - Department of Economics
Pollution, Ability and Gender-Specific Investment Responses to Shocks
Victor A. C. Ronda, Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
Maternal Mental Health and Child Development
Liam Rose, University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics
The Effects of Skilled Nursing Facility Care: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Medicare
Rebecca L. Taylor, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics
Giving Plastic Bags the Sack: The Non-Monetary Costs of Changing Consumption

Group #4 | Health, Education and Welfare
Advisor: Bruce McGough, University of Oregon

Serena Canaan, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
Parental Leave, Intra-Household Specialization and Children's Well-Being
Peter Hull, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics
Hospital Quality and Choice: Evidence from Ambulance Referral Patterns
Lindsey K. Novak, University of Minnesota - Department of Applied Economics
School of Thought: The Role of Formal Education in Shifitng Opinions of Female Genital Cutting in Burkina Faso
Evan Riehl, Columbia University - Department of Economics
Mismatch and Complementaries: Admission Exams and the Allocation of College Quality

2015 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Economics of Health
Advisor: John Cawley, Cornell University

Diane Alexander, Princeton University, Department of Economics
Do Doctors Engage in Risk Selection? Unintended Consequences of Paying Doctors to Reduce Costs
Benjamin David Ukert, Georgia State University, Department of Economics
The Effect of Smoking Cessation on Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Ariell Zimran, Northwestern University, Department of Economics
Does Sample-Selection Bias Explain the Industrialization Puzzle? Evidence from Military Enlistment in the Ninetheenth-Century United States
Jennifer E. Muz, University of California, Irvine, Department of Economics
The Impact of the Business Cycle on Fertility Decisions among Dual Earner Couples

Group #2 | Programs and Policies Affecting Education and Fertility
Advisor: Brian Duncan, University of Colorado, Denver

Nazmul Ahsan, University of Southern California, Department of Economics
Do Parents Selectively Time Birth Relative to Ramadan? Evidence from Matlab, Bangladesh
Ricardo Espinoza, University of Maryland, Department of Economics
Quality Information Disclosure and College Choice Decision: Evidence from an Accreditation Program
Michel Z. Grosz, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics
The Returns to Community College Health Programs: Evidence from California
Jenna E. Stearns, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Economics
The Effects of Paid Maternity Leave: Evidence from Temporary Disability Insurance

Group #3 | Addressing Economic Issues with Data from Diverse Economies
Advisor: Nancy Jianakoplos, Colorado State University

Ellen McCullough, Cornell University, School of Applied Economics and Management
Understanding Agricultural Labor Exits in Sub-Saharan Africa
Obie C. Porteous, University of California, Berkeley, College of Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
High Trade Costs and Their Consequences: An Estimated Model of African Agricultural Storage and Trade
Aine Seitz McCarthy, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics
His and Her Fertility Preferences: An Experimental Evaluation of Differential Information in Family Planning
Joseph Briggs, New York University, Department of Economics
Wealth and Portfolio Risk: Evidence from Swedish Lotteries

Group #4 | Telephones, School Testing, Public Health, and Wages
Advisor: Maureen Pirog, Indiana University

Robert M. Gonzalez, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Economics
Social Monitoring and Electoral Fraud: Evidence from a Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design in Afghanistan
Sarah A. G. Komisarow, The University of Chicago, Department of Economics
Public Health Regulation and Mortality: Evidence from Early 20th Century Milk Laws
Na'ama Shenhav, University of California, Davis, Department of Economics
The Power of the Purse: Linking Changes in the Wage Structure, the Gender Gap and Family Outcomes
Michael J. Thacker, University of Oregon, Department of Economics
A Bayesian Estimator of State-Space Time-Varying-Parameter Logit Models: An Evolutionary Model of Telephony Demand

2014 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Education, Human Capital, Health & Labor Market
Advisor: Brian Duncan, University of Colorado, Denver

Stefanie Fischer, University of California, Santa Barbara - Department of Economics
The Differential Effect of Classroom Composition on Men's and Women's STEM Persistence: Evidence from General Chemistry
Gizem Kosar Karaca, John Hopkins University - Department of Economics
The Effect of the EITC on Human Capital Formation
Elira Kuka, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
Unemployment Insurance and Health
Ben Zou, University of Maryland - Department of Economics
The Local Economic Spillover Effects of Military Personnel Contractions

Group #2 | Econometric Investigations in Joint Consumption: Education, Networks, Climate, and Drug Coverage in Health Insurance
Advisor: Greg Hunter, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Michael Gechter, Boston University - Department of Economics
Extrapolating the Results of Social Experiments: Identification of Predicted Average Treatment Effects and Evidence from Two Education Experiments in India
Denise Hammock Clayton, University of California, San Diego - Department of Economics
The Effect of Prescription Drug Coverage on Mortality: Evidence from Medicaid
Michael Leung, Stanford University - Department of Economics
A Random-Field Approach to Inference in Large Network Models
Benjamin Miller, University of California, San Diego - Department of Economics
Does Validity Fall from the Sky? Observant Farmers, Exogenous Rainfall, and Climate Change

Group #3 | Effects of Young Children and Older Juveniles
Advisor: Nancy Jianakoplos, Colorado State University

Gulcan Cil, University of Oregon - Department of Economics
The Effects of Posted Point-of-Sale Warnings on Alcohol Consumption during Pregnancy and on Birth Outcomes
Ankita Patnaik, Cornell University - Department of Economics
Reserving Time for Daddy: The Short and Long-Run Consequences of Fathers' Quota
Kevin Shih, University of California, Davis - Department of Economics
The Impact of International Students on U.S. Graduate Education
Megan Stevenson, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Breaking Bad: Social Influence and the Path to Criminality in Juvenile Jails

Group #4 | Bank Lending, Credit, and Debt
Advisor: Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College

Filippo De Marco, Boston College - Department of Economics
Bank Lending and the Sovereign Debt Crisis
Benjamin Hebert, Harvard University - Business School
Moral Hazard and the Optimality of Debt
Ji Huang, Princeton University - Department of Economics
Banking and Shadow Banking
Xuyang Ma, New York University, Stern School of Business - Department of Finance
Safe Harbor or Automatic Stay? A Model of Repo Runs

2013 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Topics in Liquidity, Information, and Trade
Advisor: Ellis W. Tallman, Oberlin College

Daniel J. Grodzicki, Stanford University
Competition and Price Dispersion in the Credit Card Market
Philip A. Luck, University of California, Davis
Intermediate Good Sourcing, Wages and Inequality: From Theory to Evidence
Jacopo Magnani, University of California, Santa Cruz
Financial Circuit Breakers: Theory and Experiments
Alvaro Pedraza, University of Maryland, College Park
Strategic Information Revelation and the Misallocation of Capital
Qi Sun, University of Southern California
A Model of Corporate Liquidity Management

Group #2 | Applied Micro and Experimental Economics
Advisor: Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado, Denver

Richard B. Baker, Boston University
From the Field to the Classroom: The Boll Weevil’s Impact on Education in Rural Georgia
Joseph R. Cummins, University of California, Davis
The Use and Misuse of Child Height-for-Age Z-score in the Demographic and Health Surveys
Deborah Goldschmidt, Boston University
State Abortion Restriction and Children’s Living Circumstances
Guojun He, University of California, Berkeley
The Health Effects of Air Pollution: Evidences from the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Malgorzata Switek, University of Southern California
Internal Migration and Life Satisfaction: Well-Being Effects of Moving as a Young Adult

2012 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Labor, Experimental Economics, and Health
Advisor: Daniel I. Rees, University of Colorado, Denver

Ciril Bosch-Rosa, University of California, Santa Cruz
Surveying Annoyance in the Lab
Christopher J. Cronin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Annual Health Insurance Decisions, Uncertain Health Transitions, and within Year Medical Care Consumption
Lisa J. Dettling, University of Maryland, College Park
Opting Back In: Home Internet Use and Female Labor Supply
John Michael Ian S. Salas, University of California, Irvine
Evaluating the Impact of a Disruption in Publicly-Provided Contraception Supply on Fertility Outcomes in the Philippines

Group #2 | Macroeconomics, Finance, Markets, and the Environment
Advisor: William S. Neilson, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Chiara Farronato, Stanford University
Sale Mechanisms in Online Markets: What Happened to Internet Auctions?
Kate Foreman, University of California, Berkeley
Does Congestion Pricing Decrease Traffic Volumes and Travel Times? Evidence from Bay Area Toll Charges
Weishi Grace Gu, Cornell University
Jobless Recoveries: Employment Benefit Cost and Financial Frictions
Gazi Ishak Kara, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
International Competition and Coordination for the Regulation of Systematic Risk
Stephen J. Terry, Stanford University
A Whale of A Tale: The Economics of Subsistence Hunts

2011 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Advisor: Jeffrey T. LaFrance, Washington State University, Pullman

Jing Cai, University of California, Berkeley
Determinants of Microinsurance Takeup: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in China
Kate B. Fuller, University of California, Davis, Julian M. Alston, University of California, Davis, and Jim Sanchirico, University of California, Davis
Spatial Externalities and Vector-Borne Plant Diseases: Pierce’s Disease and the Blue-Green Sharpshooter in the Napa Valley
David Haim, Oregon State University
Three Essays on the Economics of Climate Change, Land Use and Carbon Sequestration
Matthew J. Niedzwiecki, University of California, San Diego
Estimating the Income Elasticity of Demand of Medical Care
Byoung Hoon Seok, University of Rochester
Growth, Undervaluation, and Global Imbalances: The Role of Learning-by-Exporting

Group #2 | Advisor: Gordon B. Dahl, University of California, San Diego

Brad Hershbein, University of Michigan
Worker Signals among New College Graduates: The Role of Selectivity and GPA
Ernest Boffy-Ramirez, University of California, Santa Barbara
Explaining Changes in Immigrant Educational Attainment
Mohsen Javdani, Simon Fraser University
Glass Ceilings or Glass Doors? The Role of Firms in Male-Female Wage Disparity in Canada
Meryl Motika, University of California, Irvine
Planning Prosperity and Wealth: An Investigation of Retirement Saving Behavior
Denis Tkachenko, Boston University, and Zhongjun Qu, Boston University
Identification and Frequency Domain QML Estimation of Linearized DSGE Models

2010 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Advances in Modeling Dynamic Processes
Advisor: Gautam Gowrisankaran, University of Arizona

Diether Beuermann, University of Maryland, College Park
The Role of Local Governments’ Efficiency in Decentralized Public Service Delivery: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Rural Russia
Tim A. Graciano, Washington State University
The Timing of Fixed Costs to Trade
Joanne W. Hsu, University of Michigan
Re-dividing Labor within the Household: Ability, Human Capital, and Financial Decision Making in Older Couples

Group #2 | Policy Issues for Developing Countries
Advisor: Jeffrey B. Nugent, University of Southern California

Gabriel Lara-Ibarra, University of Maryland, College Park
Pension Reforms and the Incentives to Save: Lessons from Mexico
Donghyun Lee, University of Oregon
Essays in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions and Technology
Todd Pugatch, University of Michigan
Essays on Labor Markets, Education and Migration in Developing Countries

2009 Selected Students and Workshop Groups

Group #1 | Macro/Trade
Advisor: Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College

Hirokazu Ishise, Boston University
Trade Dynamics
Brian Kovak, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Essays on Trade Policy, Local Labor Markets, and Inequality
Tatevik Sekhposyan, University of North Carolina
Inflation and Output Growth Differentials in the Euro Area: The Role of Monetary Policy
Greg Wright, University of California, Davis
Offshoring Costs and Worker Response to the Changing Distribution of Tasks

Group #2 | Applied Micro
Advisor: Ronald L. Oaxaca, University of Arizona, Tucson

Moriah Bellenger, Oregon State University
Essays on Environmental Productivity
Sera Linardi, California Institute of Technology
Expected Information (EI): An Environment Sensitive Measure for Information Aggregation
Maria Canon, University of Rochester
The Role of Schools in the Production of Achievement
Byron Lee, University of Toronto
The Impact of Labour Market Experience on Employment Outcomes for High School Graduates: Evidence from British Columbia