Job Market Candidates 2025-26

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Alonso Ahumada

Fields: Organizational Economics, Economic History, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Can Protective Tariffs Induce Industrial Consolidations? Theory and Evidence from the Great Merger Movement
CV | Website | alonsoa@bu.edu
References: Andrew Newman, Martin Fiszbein, Robert Margo

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Ariel Akerman

Fields: Macroeconomics, Development, Economic History
Job Market Paper: Deforestation and the Demographic Transition: Lessons from Brazil
CV | Website | ariaker@bu.edu
References: David Lagakos, Martin Fiszbein, Robert Margo

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Anastasiia Arbuzova

Fields: Political Economy, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Fraud and Legitimacy: The Economics of Autocratic Elections
CV | Website | arbuzova@bu.edu
References: Raymond Fisman, Benjamin Marx, Martin Fiszbein, Mahesh Karra

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Byeo Rhee Bak

Fields: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Health Economics
Job Market Paper: Parental Absences, Children, and Their Children
CV | Website | brbak@bu.edu
References: Kevin Lang, Iván Fernández-Val, Daniele Paserman, Pauline Mourot

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Franco Maldonado Carlin

Fields: International Economics, Macroeconomics, Public Policy
Job Market Paper: Trade Policy Uncertainty and Exporter Dynamics
CV | Website | framaca8@bu.edu
References: Stefania Garetto, Kevin P. Gallagher Joaquín Blaum

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Elizabeth Casano

Fields: Macroeconomics, Labor Economics
Job Market Paper: The Welfare Implications of Inequality
CV | Website | ecasano@bu.edu
References: Stephen Terry, David Lagakos, Pascual Restrepo

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Qingyuan Chai

Fields: Labor Economics, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Housing Prices, Internal Migration, and Intergenerational Mobility
CV | Website | qchai@bu.edu
References: Kevin Lang, Daniele Paserman, Raymond Fisman

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Peter Deffebach

Fields: Development, Urban, Macroeconomics
Job Market Paper: Labor Market Churn, Development, and Quits: Evidence from Urban Ghana
CV | Website | peterwd@bu.edu
References: David Lagakos,Yuhei Miyauchi, Masao Fukui

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Katarina Fedorov

Fields: Economic History, Labor, Gender
Job Market Paper: Beyond the Broom: The Decline of Women in Domestic Service
CV | Website | fedorovk@bu.edu
References: Robert Margo, James Feigenbaum, Martin Fiszbein

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Xuchao Gao

Fields: Labor, Development
Job Market Paper: Do Men and Women Hold Different Standards on Spouses: Evidence on Mating Preferences in China
CV | Website | xcgao@bu.edu
References: Kevin Lang, Daniele Paserman, Benjamin Marx

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Qifan Han

Fields: Quantitative Marketing, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: The Impact of Banning Online Gambling Live Streams: Evidence from Twitch.tv
CV | Website | qfhan@bu.edu
References: Hiroaki Kaido, Marc Rysman, Andrey Simonov

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Yosuke Higashiyama

Fields: International Trade, Macroeconomics, Development
Job Market Paper: The China Shock Revisited: Firm Effects of Import Competition in India
CV | Website | hiyosuke@bu.edu
References: Yuhei Miyauchi, Stefania Garetto, Natalia Ramondo

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Justin J. Hong

Fields: Development Economics, Political Economy, Public Economics
Job Market Paper: The Costs of Leader Biases: Evidence from Superstitious Chinese Mayors
CV | Website | hjihao@bu.edu
References: Raymond Fisman, Dilip Mookherjee, Martin Fiszbein, Benjamin Marx

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Matthew Hong

Fields: Econometrics, Labor Economics, Health Economics
Job Market Paper: Heterogeneous Treatment Effects Analysis through Distribution Regression based Changes-in-Changes
CV | Website | hongmatt@bu.edu
References: Iván Fernández-Val, Hiroaki Kaido, Jean-Jacques Forneron

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Elaine Kiiru

Fields: Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Labor Economics
Job Market Paper: Growth, Inequality, and Nonprofit Contributions
CV | Website | ewiss@bu.edu
References: David Lagakos, Stephen Terry, Pascual Restrepo, Masao Fukui

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Zixian Liu

Fields: Mechanism Design, Game Theory, Micro Theory
Job Market Paper: Contextual Bandit Mechanism: Optimal Delegation in the Experimentation Cycle
CV |Website | zxjq@bu.edu
References: Juan Ortner, Albert Ma, Bart Lipman, Marshall Van Alstyne

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Yan Liu

Fields: Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Robust Counterfactual Analysis for Nonlinear Panel Data Models
CV | Website | yanliu@bu.edu
References: Hiroaki Kaido, Iván Fernández-Val, Jean-Jacques Forneron

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Elijah Locke

Fields: Labor Economics, Economic History
Job Market Paper: Ethnic-Occupational Niches: Evidence from the Age of Mass Migration
CV | Website | elocke@bu.edu
References: Martin Fiszbein, Daniele Paserman, Robert Margo, Dilip Mookherjee

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Lei Ma

Fields: Real Estate/Urban Economics, Industrial Organization, Household Finance
Job Market Paper: Build What and for Whom? The Distributional Effects of Housing Supply
CV | Website | leim@bu.edu
References: Adam Guren, Marc Rysman, Kevin Lang, Jihye Jeon

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Siyi Song

Fields:Empirical IO, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Dynamic Demand Under Stockouts: Toilet Paper Run in the US
CV | Website |sson7449@bu.edu
References: Marc Rysman, Dilip Mookherjee, Kevin Lang

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Peiran Xiao

Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Mechanism Design, Information Economics
Job Market Paper: Incentivizing Agents through Ratings
CV | Website | pxiao@bu.edu
References: Barton Lipman, Juan Ortner, Krishna Dasaratha

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Yuzhao Yang

Fields: Microeconomics Theory, Behavioral Economics
Job Market Paper: An Axiomatic Model of Cognitive Dissonance
CV | Website | allenyyz@bu.edu
References: Barton Lipman, Jawwad Noor, Larry Epstein, Marciano Siniscalchi

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Liang Zhong

Fields: Econometrics, Labor Economics, Digital Economics, Optimization
Job Market Paper: Unconditional Randomization Tests for Interference
CV | Website | samzl@bu.edu
References: Hiroaki Kaido, Jean-Jacques Forneron, Daniele Paserman, Kevin Lang

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Tyera Zweygardt

Fields: Decision Theory, Behavioral Economics
Job Market Paper: Revealed Preference over States of the World
CV | Website | tyeraz@bu.edu
References: Jawwad Noor, Barton Lipman, Todd Idson, Juan Ortner

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Danrong Chen

Fields: Health Economics, Applied Economics
Job Market Paper: School Closure Policies and Infectious Diseases
CV | Website | dchen14@bu.edu
References: Randall P Ellis, Daniele Paserman, Marc Rysman, Astha Singhal

 

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Xinyuan Chen

Fields: Political Economy, Empirical Microeconomics, Applied Economic Theory
Job Market Paper: Peer Effects in Political Participation among First-Time Voters
CV | Website | xyc@bu.edu
References: Kevin Lang, Randall P Ellis, James Feigenbaum, Dilip Mookherjee

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Junhao Chen

Fields: Public Economics, Education, Political Economy, Economics of Digitization
Job Market Paper: Life-saving Fundraising: Is Donor Generosity Merit-based or Need-based?
CV | Website | chenjh@bu.edu
References: Daniele Paserman, Raymond Fisman, Siddharth George, James Feigenbaum

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Vikram Dixit

Fields: Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Asset Pricing
Job Market Paper: Firm Risk Networks
CV | Website | vdixitk@bu.edu
References: Tarek Hassan, David Lagakos, Stephen Terry

 

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Eric Donald

Fields: Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Energy & Environmental Economics
Job Market Paper: Spillovers and the Direction of Innovation: An Application to the Clean Energy Transition
CV | Website | ericdon@bu.edu
References: Pascual Restrepo, David Lagakos, Yuhei Miyauchi

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Matteo Francesco Ferroni

Fields: Political Economy, Experimental Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Election Results and Democratic Discontent: Expectations, Extremism, and Democratic Values in Post-Election Brazil
CV | Website | mferroni@bu.edu
References: Raymond Fisman, Stefanie Stantcheva, Martin Fiszbein

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Maximiliano Garcia

Fields: Development Economics, Environmental, Political Economy
Job Market Paper: Governing the Privatized Commons: Evidence from the introduction of Water Boards
CV | Website | maxgar@bu.edu
References: Raymond Fisman, Martin Fiszbein, Kevin Lang

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Eric Hardy

Fields: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics
Job Market Paper: Inflation as an Outcome of Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy
CV | Website | ehardy@bu.edu
References: Robert King, Paul Willen, Stephen Terry

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Sophie Li

Fields: Economic History, Labor Economics, Economics of Gender
Job Market Paper: The Effect of a Woman-Friendly Occupation on Employment: U.S. Postmasters Before World War II
CV | Website | ywl242@bu.edu
References: James Feigenbaum, Robert Margo, Johannes Schmieder

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Nayeon Lim

Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: The Impact of Early Public Childcare on Child Penalties
CV | Website | nayeon@bu.edu
References: Johannes Schmieder, Daniele Paserman, Patricia Cortes

 

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Michele Marcaletti

Fields: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics
Job Market Paper: The pass-through of direct central bank lending to banks: Evidence from the ECB
CV | Website | mmarcale@bu.edu
References: Adam Guren, Robert King, Stephen Terry

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Patrick Power

Fields: Empirical Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics
Job Market Paper: The Right to Counsel at Scale
CV | Website | ppower1@bu.edu
References: Iván Fernández-Val, Hiroaki Kaido, Kevin Lang

 

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Siyi Song

Fields: Development Economics, Empirical IO
Job Market Paper: Big Crunch after Big Bang: Household Income Effects of China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
CV | Website | sson7449@bu.edu
References: Dilip Mookherjee, Marc Rysman, Kevin Lang

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Yajie Tang

Fields: Empirical Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Network Externalities and Spatial Spillovers of Entry: A Dynamic Analysis of Investment in Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in the U.S.
CV | Website | yjtang@bu.edu
References: Marc Rysman, Jihye Jeon, Randall P Ellis

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Xunkang Tian

Fields: Econometrics, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Estimation of Determinants of Network Formation in Rural Indian Villages
CV | Website | xktian@bu.edu
References: Hiroaki Kaido, Jean-Jacques Forneron, Iván Fernández-Val

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Rubaiyat Alam

Fields: Empirical Industrial Organization, Health Economics
Job Market Paper: Quality Choice with Reputation Effects: Evidence from Hospices in California
CV | Website | ralam@bu.edu
References: Marc Rysman, Jihye Jeon, Randall Ellis

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Marshall Drake

Fields: Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Labor Economics, Public Economics
Job Market Paper: Wage Differentials and the Price of Workplace Flexibility
CV | Website | mhdrake@bu.edu
References: Ray Fisman, Linh Tô, Jawwad Noor

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César Garro-Marín

Fields: Labor Economics, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: The Geography of Women’s Opportunity: Evidence from Indonesia
CV | Website | cesarlgm@bu.edu
References: Daniele Paserman, Kevin Lang, Linh Tô

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Shomik Ghosh

Fields: Labor Economics, Gender Economics, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Bridging the Gap: The Effect of Licensing and Professional Certification on the Gender-Wage Gap
CV | Website | shomikg@bu.edu
References: Daniele Paserman, Kevin Lang, Linh Tô

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Nicolas Guida-Johnson

Fields: Development Economics, Labor Economics, Political Economy
Job Market Paper: Informality and Development: The Role of Transportation Infrastructure in Reducing Self-Employment
CV | Website | guidaj@bu.edu
References: Daniele Paserman, Patricia Cortes, Martin Fiszbein

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Masyhur Hilmy

Fields: Development Economics, Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Political Economy
Job Market Paper: Remittances, Economic Development, and Education Investment
CV | Website | mhilmy@bu.edu
References: Samuel Bazzi, Daniele Paserman, Joshua Goodman

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Chuqing Jin

Fields: Industrial Organization, Finance, Applied Econometrics
Job Market Paper: Does Competition Between Experts Improve Information Quality? Evidence from the Security Analyst Market
CV | Website | cjin@bu.edu
References: Marc Rysman, Jihye Jeon, Lucy White, Mark Egan, Hiroaki Kaido

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Heechul Jung

Fields: Macroeconomics, Corporate Finance
Job Market Paper: The Rise of Intangibles and Financing Frictions
CV | Website | hcjung@bu.edu
References: Stephen Terry, Tarek Hassan, Robert King

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Aakash Kalyani

Fields: Macroeconomics, Finance, Labor Economics
Job Market Paper: The Creativity Decline: Evidence from US Patents
CV | Website | aakashk@bu.edu
References: Tarek Hassan, Pascual Restrepo, Nick Bloom, Josh Lerner

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Nils Haakon Lehr

Fields: Macroeconomics, Economic Growth
Job Market Paper: R&D Return Dispersion and Growth
CV | Website | nilslehr@bu.edu
References: Stephen Terry, Pascual Restrepo, Tarek Hassan, David Lagakos

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Chenyue Lei

Fields: Macroeconomics, Finance, International Economics
Job Market Paper: Financial Frictions, Debt Tax Shield, and the Macroeconomy
CV | Website | cylei@bu.edu
References: Stephen Terry, David Lagakos, Tarek Hassan

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Duoxi Li

Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Organizational Economics
Job Market Paper: Relationship Building under Market Pressure
CV | Website | duoxili@bu.edu
References: Dilip Mookherjee, Juan Ortner, Andrew Newman, Johannes Schmieder

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Yuheng Zhao

Fields: Development Economics, Labor Economics, Economic History
Job Market Paper: The Long-term and Distributional Effects of School Consolidations: Evidence from China
CV | Website | zhaoyh@bu.edu
References: Dilip Mookherjee, Kevin Lang, Siddharth George

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Beixi Zhou

Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory
Job Market Paper: Optimal Disclosure Windows
CV | Website | bzhou@bu.edu
References: Barton Lipman, Chiara Margaria, Juan Ortner

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Liqun Zhuge

Fields: Labor Economics, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Bargaining over Marriage Payments: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications
CV | Website | zhuge@bu.edu
References: Kevin Lang, Daniele Paserman, Martin Fiszbein

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Yiming Cao

Fields: Development Economics, Political Economy, Economic History
Job Market Paper: The Social Costs of Patronage Ties: Lessons from the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake
CV | Website | yiming@bu.edu
References: Raymond Fisman, Dilip Mookherjee, Siddharth George, Samuel Bazzi, Nathan Nunn

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Shuowen Chen

Fields: Econometrics, Empirical Industrial Organization, Economics of Innovation
Job Market Paper: An Indirect Fixed Effects Estimator for Nonlinear Panel
CV| Website | swchen@bu.edu
References: Ivan Fernandez-Val, Hiroaki Kaido, Jean-Jacques Forneron

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Enrico De Magistris

Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Mechanism Design
Job Market Paper: Choice of Outside Options in a Bargaining Model
CV | Website | enricodm@bu.edu
References: Bart Lipman, Juan Ortner, Chiara Margaria

 

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Mengqi Deng

Fields: Applied Microeconomic Theory, Law and Economics, Political Economy
Job Market Paper: Biased Medias, a Bayesian Persuasion Analysis
CV | Website | mdeng@bu.edu
References: Juan Ortner, Andrew Newman, Alex White

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Vittoria Dicandia

Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics
Job Market Paper: Technological Change and Racial Disparities
CV | Website | dicandia@bu.edu
References: Kevin Lang, Daniele Paserman, Joshua Goodman

 

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Chen Gao

Fields: Empirical Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Bargaining and Merger in Vertical Relationships: Empirics of Packaged Food with Limited Data
CV| Website | cgao14@bu.edu
References: Marc Rysman, Jihye Jeon,  Albert Ma, Jordi Jaumandreu(Teaching)

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Pablo Guzman-Pinto

Fields: Labor Economics, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Unemployment Insurance with Individual Savings Accounts
CV| Website | pguzmanp@bu.edu
References: Johannes Schmieder, Kevin Lang, Daniele Paserman

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Alex Hoagland

Fields: Health Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics
Job Market Paper: An Ounce of Prevention or a Pound of Cure? The Value of Health Risk Information
CV | Website | alcobe@bu.edu
References: Randall Ellis (co-advisor), Tal Gross (co-advisor), Marc Rysman, Jihye Jeon

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Md. Deen Islam

Fields: International Economics, Development Economics, Macroeconomics
Job Market Paper: The Geography of Automation
CV | Website | mdislam@bu.edu
References: Stefania Garetto, Pascual Restrepo, Yuhei Miyauchi

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Miaoqing Jia

Fields: Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization
Job Market Paper: The demand uncertainty of medicine consumption with policy implication
CV| Website | jiam@bu.edu
References: Albert Ma, Randall Ellis, Marc Rysman

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Sung-Yup Jung

Fields: Regional Economics, Urban Economics, Empirical Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Industrial Parks and Regional Development: Evidence from South Korean Industrial Park Policy
CV| Website | sungyup@bu.edu
References: Yuhei Miyauchi, Siddarth George, Robert G King

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Enjar Lkhagvajav

Fields: Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Economics of Innovation
Job Market Paper: Exploitative Innovation and Growth
CV | Website | enjar@bu.edu
References: Stephen Terry, Pascual Restrepo, Adam Guren, Michael Meurer

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Max McDevitt

Fields: Economic, History Political Economy, Applied Econometrics
Job Market Paper: Between the Board Room and Parliament: Special Legislation, Capital Investment, and Railway Directors in Parliament, 1854-1901
CV | Website | mjmcd@bu.edu
                        References: Robert Margo, Martin Fiszbein, James Feigenbaum

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Ian Meeker

Fields: Industrial Organization, Quantitative marketing
Job Market Paper: Does Peter Piper Pick a Package of Pepper Inattentively? The Consumer Response to Product Size Changes
CV| Website | imeeker@bu.edu
References: Marc Rysman, Andrey Fradkin, Jihye Jeon

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Thomas Pearson

Fields: Labor Economics, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: U.S. Immigration Enforcement and Mexican Labor Markets
CV| Website | tpearson@bu.edu
References: Samuel Bazzi, Daniele Paserman, David Lagakos

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Stefano Pica

Fields: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Household Finance
Job Market Paper: Housing Markets and the Heterogeneous Effects of Monetary Policy Across the Euro Area
CV | Website | stpica@bu.edu
References: Adam Guren, Stephen Terry, Robert G King

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Alden Porter

Fields: Labor Economics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics
Job Market Paper: On the Incomplete Ordering of Skills: A Study of Occupational Mobility and the Careers of Young Men
CV | Website | porteraw@bu.edu
References: Pascual Restrepo, Johannes Schmieder, Kevin Lang

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Anlong Qin

Fields: Econometrics, Time Series Econometrics, Financial Econometrics
Job Market Paper: Modeling Regime Switching in High Dimensional Data with Applications to U.S. Business Cycles
CV| Website | qal@bu.edu
References: Zhongjun Qu,  Pierre Perron, Hiroaki Kaido

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Hanna Schwank

Fields: Economic History, Labor Economics, Gender Economics
Job Market Paper: Disruptive Effects of Natural Disasters: The 1906 San Francisco Fire
CV | Website | hschwank@bu.edu
References: Samuel Bazzi, James Feigenbaum, Johannes Schmieder, Robert Margo

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Martin Shu

Fields: Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Labor Economics
Job Market Paper: Selection, Structural Transformation, and the Cost Disease of Services
CV| Website | syshu@bu.edu
References: David Lagakos (co-advisor), Pascual Restrepo (co-advisor), Kevin Lang

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Joseph Simmons

Fields: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Industrial Organization
Job Market Paper: Real Rigidities Strike Back: Retailers, Sticky Basket Prices, and Monetary Non-Neutrality
CV | Website | jrsimmon@bu.edu
References: Adam Guren (co-advisor), Stephen Terry (co-advisor), Pascual Restrepo

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Dongling Su

Fields: Macroeconomics, Finance
Job Market Paper: Fiscal and Monetary Policy Interactions in a Model with Low-Interest Rates
CV | Website | dlsu@bu.edu
References: Jianjun Miao, Adam Guren, Stephen Terry

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Jingye Wang

Fields: International Finance, International Macroeconomics, Asset Pricing
Job Market Paper: Currency Risk and Capital Accumulation
CV| Website | wjytx@bu.edu
References: Tarek Hassan, Stephen Terry, Andrea Vedolin, Thomas Mertens

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Meng Wu

Fields: Political Economy, Development Economics and Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Ownership, Partisanship, and Media Slant: Evidence from the U.S. Media during the Sino-U.S. Trade Conflict
CV| Website | wumeng@bu.edu
References: Raymond Fisman, Martin Fiszbein, Dilip Mookherjee

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Fangning Yan

Fields: Empirical Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics, Economics of Digitization 
Job Market Paper: Freewheeling: A Spatial Structural Analysis of the Bike-Sharing Industry
CV| Website | riyan@bu.edu
References: Marc Rysman, Jihye Jeon, Randall Ellis, Andrey Fradkin

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Guangzhi Ye

Fields: Macroeconomics, Corporate Finance
Job Market Paper: The Macro Impact of the Recovery Rate
CV| Website | gye@bu.edu
References: Stephen Terry, Adam Guren, Robert G King

 

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Victor Yifan Ye

Fields: Computational Economics, Public Finance, Urban Economics
Job Market Paper: Simulating Endogenous Global Automation
CV| Website | victor@yifanye.com
References: Laurence Kotlikoff, Seth Benzell, David Altig, Charles Becker

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Yoshifumi Yokota

Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Information Economics, Behavioral Economics
Job Market Paper: The Limits of Robust Information Design
CV| Website | yyokota@bu.edu
References: Bart Lipman, Larry Epstein, Juan Ortner

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Kewei Zhang

Fields: Development Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy
Job Market Paper: Finding Credit at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Chinese State Lending and Corporate Investment in Impoverished Areas
CV| Website | zhangkw@bu.edu
References: Raymond Fisman, Dilip Mookherjee, Siddharth George, Martin Fiszbein

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Kexin Zhang

Fields: Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: The Long-run Impact of Higher Education: Evidence from the Gaokao (NCEE) Reinstatement in China
CV| Website | kz628@bu.edu
References: Samuel Bazzi, Daniele Paserman, Dilip Mookherjee, Mahesh Karra

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Luke Zinnen

Fields: Macroeconomics, Banking, Financial Engineering
Job Market Paper: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nomura? Remedies for Fraud with Market-Level Consequences
CV| Website | lzinnen@bu.eduw
References: Robert G King, Pascual Restrepo, Christophe Chamley

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Undral Byambadalai

Fields: Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Identification and Inference for Welfare
C.V. | Website | undral@bu.edu
References: Hiroaki Kaido, Ivan Fernandez-Val, Albert Ma, Jean-Jacques Forneron

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Lester Chan

Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization
Job Market Paper: Weight-Ranked Divide-and-Conquer Contracts
C.V.| Website | lctlabc@bu.edu
References: Albert Ma, Bart Lipman, Alex White

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Pablo Cuellar Tapia

Fields: Applied Microeconomic Theory, Law and Economics
Job Market Paper: Voluntary disclosure of evidence in plea bargaining
C.V. | Website | pcuel@bu.edu
References: Juan Ortner, Bart Lipman, Dilip Mookherjee

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Taosong Deng

Fields: Econometrics, Quantitative Macroeconomics, Empirical Finance
Job Market Paper: Inference in Predictive Regressions with Persistent Predictors
C.V.| Website | tsdeng@bu.edu
References: Zhongjun Qu, Pierre Perron, Jean-Jacques Forneron

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Gerard Domenech Arumi

Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics, Political Economy
Job Market Paper: Neighborhoods, Perceived Inequality and Preferences for Redistribution: Evidence from Barcelona
C.V. | Website | domenech@bu.edu
References: Daniele Paserman, Ray Fisman, Johannes Schmieder

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Thomas Gautier

Fields: Empirical Industrial Organization, Applied microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Bargaining and Merger in Vertical Relationships: Empirics of Packaged Food with Limited Data
C.V.| Website | cgao14@bu.edu
References: Marc Rysman, Jihye Jeon, Jordi Jaumandreu

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Youming Liu

Fields: Industrial Organization, Environmental Economics, Chinese Economy
Job Market Paper: Competition for Exclusivity and Customer Lock-in
C.V. | Website | yorkliu@bu.edu
References: Marc Rysman, Shanjun Li, Jihye Jeon, Panle Jia Barwick

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Sophia Ying Liu

Fields: Health Economics, Economic History, Empirical Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Re-evaluating the Effects of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Human Capital Development: The Role of the Great Depression
C.V. | Website | yliu0518@bu.edu
References: Robert Margo, Daniele Paserman, Randall Ellis, Jay Zagorsky

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Enkhjargal Lkhagvajav

Fields: Macroeconomics, Economic Growth, Economics of Innovation
Job Market Paper: The Effect of Patent Disclosure on Firm Innovation and Growth
C.V. | Website | enjar@bu.edu
References: Stephen Terry, Pascual Restrepo, Adam Guren, Michael Meurer

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Yang Ming

Fields: Macroeconomics, Economics of Innovation, Applied Econometrics
Job Market Paper: Good Dispersion in Bad Times: A Story of R&D Heterogeneity
C.V. | Website | mingyang@bu.edu
References: Christophe Chamley, Stephen Terry, Jianjun Miao, Robert G. King

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Julio Ortiz

Fields: Macroeconomics, Econometrics
Job Market Paper: Spread too Thin: The Impact of Lean Inventories
C.V. | Website | jlortiz@bu.edu
References: Stephen Terry, Adam Guren, Pascual Restrepo

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Cheonghum Park

Fields: Political Economy, Behavioral Finance, Labor Economics
Job Market Paper: Investor Attention to Firm versus Market-wide Information Shocks: Evidence from North Korean Missile Tests
C.V. | Website | chpark@bu.edu
References: Ray Fisman, Daniele Paserman, Sam Bazzi

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Fernando Payro Chew

Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Decision Theory, Behavioral Economics
Job Market Paper: Mixture-Dependent Preference for Commitment
C.V. | Website | fpayro@bu.edu
References: Larry Epstein, Jawwad Noor, Bart Lipman

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Anlong Qin

Fields: Econometrics, Time Series Econometrics, Financial Econometrics
Job Market Paper: Modeling Regime Switching in High Dimensional Data with Applications to U.S. Business Cycles
C.V. | Website | qal@bu.edu
References: Zhongjun Qu, Pierre Perron, Hiroaki Kaido

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Zhouxiang Shen

Fields: Macroeconomics, Finance
Job Market Paper: Production of private safe assets and macroprudential policy
C.V. | Website | zxshen@bu.edu
References: Jianjun Miao, Stephen Terry, Adam Guren

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Chenlu Song

Fields: Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: What Saves More: Coinsurance or Copayment?
C.V. | Website | csong@bu.edu
References: Randall Ellis, Albert Ma, Robert Margo

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Lisa Tarquinio

Fields: Development Economics, Political Economy, Environmental Economics
Job Market Paper: The Politics of Drought Relief: Evidence from Southern India
C.V. | Website | LTarq@bu.edu
References: Dilip Mookherjee, Tarek Hassan, Ray Fisman

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Silvia Vannutelli

Fields: Public Economics, Political Economy, Labor Economics
Job Market Paper: From Lapdogs to Watchdogs: Random Auditor Assignment and Municipal Fiscal Performance in Italy
C.V. | Website | svann@bu.edu
References: Ray Fisman, Daniele Paserman, Ilyana Kuziemko, Johannes Schmieder

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Shuang Wang

Fields: Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconometrics
Job Market Paper: Price Competition with Endogenous Entry: The Effects of Marriott & Starwood’s Merger in Texas
C.V. | Website | shuangw@bu.edu
References: Marc Rysman, Hiroaki Kaido, Jihye Jeon, Jacob LaRiviere

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Anna Weber

Fields: Labor Economics, Public Economics
Job Market Paper: The Big House Far From Home: Spatial Distance and Criminal Recidivism
C.V. | Website | eaweber@bu.edu
References: Kevin Lang, Daniele Paserman, James Feigenbaum

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Meng Wu

Fields: Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, Political Economy
Job Market Paper: Readers vs owner? What drives media attention on China in the United States during the Sino-US trade conflict
C.V. | Website | wumeng@bu.edu
References: Raymond Fisman, Martin Fiszbein, Dilip Mookherjee

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Dongwei Xu

Fields: Macroeconomics, Asset Pricing, International Economics
Job Market Paper: Labor Adjustment Cost: Implications for Asset Prices
C.V. | Website | xud@bu.edu
References: Marianne Baxter, Stephen Terry, Andrea Vedolin

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Guang Zhang

Fields: Econometrics, Empirical Finance
Job Market Paper: Quasi Monte Carlo Kalman Filter for Nonlinear and Non-Gaussian State Space Models
C.V. | Website | gzhang46@bu.edu
References: Zhongjun Qu, Pierre Perron, Jean-Jacques Forneron

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Nan Zhao

Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Contract Theory
Job Market Paper: Dynamic Incentive Provision When Evaluation Takes Time
C.V. | Website | zhaonan@bu.edu
References: Bart Lipman, Juan Ortner, Chiara Margaria

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Xiaoxi Zhao

Fields: Health Economics, Industrial Organization
Job Market Paper: The Effect of Medical Loss Ratio Regulation on Insurers’ Pricing
C.V. | Website | xiaoxiz@bu.edu
References: Randall Ellis, Marc Rysman, Leila Agha, Christopher Whaley

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Calvin Ackley

Fields: Health Economics, Industrial Organization
Job Market Paper: Equilibrium Effects of Tiered Cost Sharing in the Market for Medical Care
C.V. | Website | ackleycb@bu.edu
References: Randall Ellis, Tal Gross, Marc Rysman

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Fatima Aqeel

Fields: Development Economics, Labor Economics
Job Market Paper: Educational Investment and Marriage Success: Evidence from Pakistan
C.V. | Website | faqeel@bu.edu
References: Samuel Bazzi, Dilip Mookherjee, Daniele Paserman

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Seth Benzell

Fields: Economics of Digitization, Public Economics
Job Market Paper: Multi-Sided Platform Strategy, Taxation, and Regulation: A Quantitative Model and Application to Facebook
C.V. | Website | sbenzell@mit.edu
References: Laurence Kotlikoff, Erik Brynjolfsson, Marshall Van Allstyne, Pascual Restrepo

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Chelsea Carter

Fields: Urban and Regional Economics, Economic History, Empirical Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Forts and the Frontier: The US Army and the Spatial Distribution of Population
C.V. | Website | cecarter@bu.edu
References: Robert Margo, James Feigenbaum, Megan MacGarvie

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Jacob Fabina

Fields: Labor Economics, Macroeconomics
Job Market Paper: The Effect of Federal Oversight on For-Profit Colleges
C.V. | Website | jfabina@bu.edu
References: Adam Guren, Daniele Paserman, Simon Gilchrist

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Xiangyu Feng

Fields: Macroeconomics, Finance, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: Growth in China: the Role of Capital Upgrading
C.V. | Website | xyfeng@bu.edu
References: Stephen Terry, Pascual Restrepo, Robert King

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Thea How Choon

Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Political Economy
Job Market Paper: Biased Campaign Advice: Cheap Talk and Bayesian Persuasion
C.V. | Website | theahow@bu.edu
References: Dilip Mookherjee, Bart Lipman, Juan Ortner

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Yeseul Hyun

Fields: Labor Economics, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Does Intrafamily Time Allocation Respond to Economic Shocks? The Role of Gender Norms
C.V. | Website | yhyun@bu.edu
References: Daniele Paserman, Samuel Bazzi, Johannes Schmieder

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Gedeon Lim

Fields: Development Economics, Political Economy, Economic History
Job Market Paper: Why Pay the Chief? Political Selection & Economic Development in Indonesia
C.V. | Website | gedeonl@bu.edu
References: Samuel Bazzi, Dilip Mookherjee, Robert Margo

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Giovanna Marcolongo

Fields: Political Economy, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Organized Crime, Earthquakes and Local Public Procurement: Evidence from Italy
C.V. | Website | gio@bu.edu
References: Dilip Mookherjee, Ray Fisman, Pascual Restrepo

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Julian Richers

Fields: Macro Finance, Asset Pricing, Macroeconomics
Job Market Paper: UIP Violations and the Cost of Capital: Firm-level Evidence
C.V. | Website | richersj@bu.edu
References: Tarek Hassan, Simon Gilchrist, Stephen Terry, Andrea Vedolin

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Gianluca Russo

Fields: Political Economy, Economic History, Development Economics
Job Market Paper: Mass Media and Cultural Homogenization: Broadcasting the American Dream on the Radio
C.V. | Website | russog@bu.edu
References: Robert Margo, James Feigenbaum, Daniele Paserman, Martin Fiszbein

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Chenlu Song

Fields: Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Job Market Paper: What Saves More: Coinsurance or Copayment?
C.V. | Website | csong@bu.edu
References: Randall Ellis, Ching-to Albert Ma, Robert Margo

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Wendy Xu

Fields: Applied Microeconomic Theory, Behavioral Economics, Organizational Economics
Job Market Paper: Optimal Screening of Multi-Period Discrete Choice
C.V. | Website | wendyx@bu.edu
References: Chiara Margaria, Ching-to Albert Ma, Jawwad Noor

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Manni Yu

Fields: Macroeconomics, Public Finance
Job Market Paper: The Rich Save More: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
C.V. | Website | yumanni@bu.edu
References: Laurence Kotlikoff, Adam Guren, Pascual Restrepo

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