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Contact Information
Placement Director:
Neil Wallace
814-863-3805
neilw@psu.edu
placement@econ.psu.edu

Graduate Secretary &
Placement Assistant:
Lynn Sebulsky
814-865-1458
placement@econ.psu.edu

Penn State University
Department of Economics
608 Kern Graduate Bldg.
University Park, PA 16802

CANDIDATE: Gaurab Aryal, gxa914@psu.edu
PRIMARY FIELDS: Empirical Industrial Organization
THESIS TITLE: "Essays in Structural Estimation of Multidimensional Screening Models"
THESIS ADVISORS: Professor Isabelle Perrigne
                                 Professor Quang Vuong

CANDIDATE: Ivan Cherkashin, icherkas@psu.edu
PRIMARY FIELDS: International Trade
THESIS TITLE: "Essays in International Trade"
THESIS ADVISOR: Professor Kala Krishna

CANDIDATE: Sascha Claudius, sascha@psu.edu
PRIMARY FIELDS: Applied Econometrics
THESIS TITLE: "Essays in Applied Econometrics"
THESIS ADVISORS: Professor Edward J. Green
                                 Professor Herman J. Bierens

CANDIDATE: Kerem Cosar, cosar@psu.edu
PRIMARY FIELDS: International Trade, Macroeconomics
THESIS TITLE: "Essays on International Trade, Human Capital and Labor Markets"
THESIS ADVISORS: Professor Andres Rodriguez-Clare
                                 Professor James R. Tybout

CANDIDATE: Alexey Kushnir, aik116@psu.edu
PRIMARY FIELDS: Microeconomic Theory, Market Design, Matching Markets, Auctions
THESIS TITLE: "Essays in Market Design"
THESIS ADVISORS: Professor Vijay Krishna,
                                      Professor Marek Pycia

CANDIDATE: Byung Soo Lee, byungsoolee@psu.edu
PRIMARY FIELDS: Game Theory
THESIS TITLE: "Essays in Game Theory"
THESIS ADVISOR: Professor Edward J. Green

CANDIDATE: Koichi Miyazaki, kxm448@psu.edu
PRIMARY FIELDS: Macroeconomics, Public Economics
THESIS TITLE: "Essays on Public Economics"
THESIS ADVISOR: Professor Edward J. Green

CANDIDATE: Sarah Polborn, polborn@psu.edu
PRIMARY FIELDS: Environmental Economics, Political Economy
THESIS TITLE: "Essays in Environmental Economics"
THESIS ADVISOR: Professor Barry W. Ickes

CANDIDATE: Andrew Rice, abr127@psu.edu
PRIMARY FIELDS: Applied Microeconometrics
THESIS TITLE: "Essays in Applied Microeconometrics"
THESIS ADVISOR: Professor Edward J. Green

CANDIDATE: Hanjoon Michael Jung, hanjoon@lums.edu.pk
PRIMARY FIELDS: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Industrial Organization
THESIS TITLE: “Essays in Game Theory and Political Economy”
THESIS ADVISOR: Professor James Jordan