2024
- Austin Knies, Abt Associates, “Information Frictions in Health Care and Transportation,” Chair: Emerson Melo, Committee: Kosali Simon, Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Seth Freedman, Stefan Weiergraeber.
- Jon Leslie, Senior Economist at MITRE, “Essays in Macroeconomics, Health Care, and Machine Learning,” Chair: Bulent Guler, Committee: Christian Matthes, Gerhard Glomm, Rupal Kamdar.
- Byung Goog Park, Bank of Korea, “Essays on International Macroeconomics,” Chair: Christian Matthes, Committee: Yoosoon Chang, Rupal Kamdar, Laura Liu.
- Hyeyun Cho, Analysis Group, “Essays on Human Capital Accumulation: Labor Market Implications and Perspectives on an Aging Economy,” Chair: Bulent Guler, Committee: Todd Walker, Christian Matthes, Rupal Kamdar.
- Chao Wang, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, “Essays in Industrial Organization,” Co-Chairs: Ruli Xiao, Stefan Weiergraeber, Committee: Andrew Butters, Haizhen Lin.
- Cesar Salinas Depaz, Universidad del Pacífico, “Essays in Macroeconomics, Financial Markets, and Epidemics,” Chair: Bulent Guler, Committee: Christian Matthes, Todd Walker, Laura Liu
2023
- Guo Yan, University of Melbourne, “Three Essays on the Econometrics of Machine Learning,” Co-Chairs: Joon Park, Yoosoon Chang, Committee: Ke-li Xu, Volodymyr Lugovskyy.
- Kelin Lu, Huazhong University, “Essays on Behavioral Macroeconomics,” Chair: Daniela Puzzello, Committee: Christian Matthes, Ala Avoyan, Rupal Kamdar.
- Rong Fan, Morgan Stanley, “Three Essays on Technology and Human Capital,” Co-Chairs: Bulent Guler, Todd Walker, Committee: Rupal Kamdar, Laura Liu.
- Myong Jong Shin, JPMorgan Chase, “Three Essays on Model Comparisons in Finance and Macroeconomics,” Chair: Ke-li Xu, Committee: Ruli Xiao, Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Laura Liu.
- David Terner, NERA Economic Consulting, “Essays in International Trade and Network Economics,” Chair: Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Committee: Santo Fortunado, Yong-Yeol Ahn, Ahmad Lashkaripour, Emerson Melo.
- Matthew Bush, US Customs and Border Control, “Essays in Labor and Macroeconomics,” Chair: Bulent Guler, Committee: Christian Matthes, Rupal Kamdar, Laura Liu, Gerhard Glomm.
2022
- Marcos Cardozo, Purdue University, “Essays in Coordination Games,” Chair: Daniela Puzzello, Committee: James Walker, Ala Avoyan, Volodymyr Lugovskyy.
- Kairong Chen, Goldman Sachs, “Essays on International Trade,” Co-Chairs: Mostafa Beshkar, Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Committee: Todd Walker, Ke-li Xu.
- Siying Ding, University of International Business and Economics, “Trade, Banking, and Taxation”, Co-Chairs: Ahmad Lashkaripour, Volodymyr Lugovskyy. Committee: Guler Bulent, Ruli Xiao.
- Yuting Gao, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, “Essays on Trade Policy and Rent-Seeking,” Chair: Mostafa Beshkar, Committee: Lee Alston, Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Stefan Weiergraeber.
- Seok Il Kang, Bank of Korea, “Essays on Computation and Empirical Macroeconomics,” Co-Chairs: Todd Walker, Eric Leeper, Committee: Christian Matthes, Laura Liu.
- Seunghee Lee, Korea Development Institute, “Three Essays in Economic Mobility and Inequality,” Co-Chairs: Yoosoon Chang, Joon Park, Committee: Youngjoo Cha, Ruli Xiao.
- Hameed Marie, Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, “Essays on Banking and International Trade”, Co-Chairs: Volodymyr Lugovskyy, Daniel Carvalho, Committee: Matt Billett, Ahmad Lashkaripour.
- Joe Seidel, Discover Financial Services, “Experimental Assets Markets and Financial Decision Making,” Chair: Daniela Puzzello, Committee: Ala Avoyan, Volodymyr Lugovskyy, James Walker.
- Shirley Song, Morgan Stanley, “Labor Market Heterogeneity: Implications for Labor Market Dynamics and Macroeconomic Policy,” Chair: Yoosoon Chang, Committee: Christian Matthes, Joon Park, Ruli Xiao.
- Joseph Westenberg, ACES, “Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics,” Chair: Gustavo Torrens, Committee: Gerhard Glomm, Stefan Weiergraeber, Volodymyr Lugovskyy.
2021
- WonSuk Chung, Bank of Korea, “Essays on Housing and Credit Market,” Chair: Bulent Guler, Committee: Rupal Kamdar, Christan Matthes, Todd Walker.
- Geeta Garg, JPMorgan Chase, “Essays in Fiscal and Monetary Policy,” Chair: Todd Walker, Committee: Eric Leeper, Christian Matthes, Gerhard Glomm.
- Fabio Gómez-Rodriguez, Lehigh University, “Essays on Functional Time Series: Nonstationary Models,” Co-Chairs: Joon Park, Yoosoon Chang, Committee: Christian Matthes, Joshua Bernstein.
- Peng Chen, School of Business at the Macau University of Science and Technology, “Essays in Automobile Defect Investigations and Applied Econometrics,” Chair: Ke-li Xu, Committee: Vivek Astvansh, Ruli Xiao, Stefan Weiergraeber.
2020
- Central University of Finance and Economics
- Citibank, NA
- Colby College
- East China Normal University
- Federal Reserve Board
- Grinnell College
- Penn State University, School of Public Policy
- U.S. Government Accountability Office
- University of Akron
- University of Georgia
- Wells Fargo
2019
- Ashland University
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- CORE at UCLouvain
- Fudan University
- International Monetary Fund
- Korea Labor Institute (KLI)
- Maastricht University
- Policy Research Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
- Stephen F. Austin State University
- T. Rowe Price
- Trinity University
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- Universidad Católica del Uruguay (Catholic University of Uruguay)
2018
- Bank of Japan
- Bank of Korea
- Congressional Budget Office - Macroeconomic Analysis Division
- Nanjing Audit University
- Nankai University (School of Finance)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand
- University of La Verne
- University of Oklahoma
2017
- Amherst College
- Peking University
- Renmin University of China
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand
- Sabançi University
- School of Management and Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
- The College of William and Mary
- University of Sydney
- Vassar College
2016
- Bank of Canada
- Martin-Luther Universität Halle–Wittenberg
- National Taiwan University
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- Xi’an Jiaotong University
- Xiamen University
2015
- Bank of Canada
- National University of Singapore
- Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
- Saint Louis University
2014
- College of Wooster
- Korea Development Institute
- National Exchange Carrier Association
- Nazarbayev University
- Renmin University of China
- Texas State University (San Marcos)
- The College of William and Mary
- Toulouse School of Economics
2013
- Clarion University of Pennsylvania
- Goethe University
- Korea Capital Market Institute
- Microsoft Corporation
- Nanjing University
- Occidental College
- Oklahoma State University
- University of South Dakota
- Washington and Lee University
2012
- Auburn University
- Bank of Canada
- Bucknell University
- California State University, Fullerton
- California State University, Northridge
- Chinese Academy of Finance and Development, Central University of Finance and Economics
- Federal Reserve Board
- Health Management and Policy Department, University of Iowa
- Korea Insurance Research Institute
- Research Associate J-PAL (Poverty Action Lab, MIT, India Office)
- School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
- Shanghai Jiaotong University
- Weber State University
The College of Arts