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Job Market Candidates

Placement Chair
Martin Uribe (212) 851-4008

Committee Members:
Yeon-Koo Che (Spring) (212) 854-8276
Gregory Cox (212) 854-5489
François Gérard (212) 854-0486
Tobias Salz (Fall)

Placement Coordinator:
Amy Devine (212) 854-6881

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2018-2019 Job Market Candidates

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Candidates

Fields

Job Market Papers

Sponsors

Christopher Cotton

Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

The Inflation Target and the Equilibrium Real Rate

Jón Steinsson
Michael Woodford

Candidate Name:
Christopher Cotton

Field(s):
Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

Paper Title:
The Inflation Target and the Equilibrium Real Rate

Sponsor(s):
Jón Steinsson
Michael Woodford

Agnieszka Dorn

Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

The Cyclicality of Wages and Match Quality

Andres Drenik
Jon Steinsson

Candidate Name:
Agnieszka Dorn

Field(s):
Labor Economics, Macroeconomics

Paper Title:
The Cyclicality of Wages and Match Quality

Sponsor(s):
Andres Drenik
Jon Steinsson

Christopher Gibson

Behavioral & Experimental, Finance, Microeconomics, Political Economy

The role of confidence over timing of investment information

Qingmin Liu
Pietro Ortoleva

Candidate Name:
Christopher Gibson

Field(s):
Behavioral & Experimental, Finance, Microeconomics, Political Economy

Paper Title:
The role of confidence over timing of investment information

Sponsor(s):
Qingmin Liu
Pietro Ortoleva

Jiayin Hu

Finance, Macroeconomics

Regulating Shadow Banks: Financial Innovation versus Systemic Risk

Patrick Bolton

Candidate Name:
Jiayin Hu

Field(s):
Finance, Macroeconomics

Paper Title:
Regulating Shadow Banks: Financial Innovation versus Systemic Risk

Sponsor(s):
Patrick Bolton

Yoon J. Jo

International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics

Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in the United States

Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé

Candidate Name:
Yoon J. Jo

Field(s):
International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics

Paper Title:
Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in the United States

Sponsor(s):
Stephanie Schmitt-Grohé

Andrew Kosenko

Behavioral & Experimental, Microeconomics

Mediated Persuasion

Navin Kartik

Candidate Name:
Andrew Kosenko

Field(s):
Behavioral & Experimental, Microeconomics

Paper Title:
Mediated Persuasion

Sponsor(s):
Navin Kartik

Xuan Li

Behavioral & Experimental, Development Economics, Health and Education, Labor Economics

The Costs of Workplace Favoritism: Evidence from Promotions in Chinese High Schools

W. Bentley MacLeod

Candidate Name:
Xuan Li

Field(s):
Behavioral & Experimental, Development Economics, Health and Education, Labor Economics

Paper Title:
The Costs of Workplace Favoritism: Evidence from Promotions in Chinese High Schools

Sponsor(s):
W. Bentley MacLeod

Misaki Matsumura

Finance, International Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

What Price Index Should Central Banks Target? An Open Economy Analysis

Michael Woodford
David E Weinstein

Candidate Name:
Misaki Matsumura

Field(s):
Finance, International Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

Paper Title:
What Price Index Should Central Banks Target? An Open Economy Analysis

Sponsor(s):
Michael Woodford
David E Weinstein

Andy Pham

Finance, International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

Intermediary Based Asset Pricing and the Cross-Sections of Exchange Rates

Richard Clarida
Jennifer La'O

Candidate Name:
Andy Pham

Field(s):
Finance, International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

Paper Title:
Intermediary Based Asset Pricing and the Cross-Sections of Exchange Rates

Sponsor(s):
Richard Clarida
Jennifer La'O

Manuel Puente

Behavioral & Experimental, Microeconomics

Disentangling Experimental Evidence on Higher Order Rationality

Alessandra Casella
Navin Kartik

Candidate Name:
Manuel Puente

Field(s):
Behavioral & Experimental, Microeconomics

Paper Title:
Disentangling Experimental Evidence on Higher Order Rationality

Sponsor(s):
Alessandra Casella
Navin Kartik

Qiuying Qu

Development Economics, Finance, Political Economy

Zombie Firms and Political Influence on Bank Lending in China

Eric Verhoogen

Candidate Name:
Qiuying Qu

Field(s):
Development Economics, Finance, Political Economy

Paper Title:
Zombie Firms and Political Influence on Bank Lending in China

Sponsor(s):
Eric Verhoogen

Anurag Singh

International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics

Clustered Sovereign Defaults

Martín Uribe

Candidate Name:
Anurag Singh

Field(s):
International Macroeconomics, Macroeconomics

Paper Title:
Clustered Sovereign Defaults

Sponsor(s):
Martín Uribe

Danyan Zha

Development Economics, Microeconomics

Schooling Expansion and Marriage Market: Evidence from Indonesia

Pierre-André Chiappori
Bernard Salanié

Candidate Name:
Danyan Zha

Field(s):
Development Economics, Microeconomics

Paper Title:
Schooling Expansion and Marriage Market: Evidence from Indonesia

Sponsor(s):
Pierre-André Chiappori
Bernard Salanié

Qing Zhang

Development Economics, Political Economy, Urban Economics

Sunlight, Urban Density and Information Diffusion

W. Bentley MacLeod
Suresh Naidu

Candidate Name:
Qing Zhang

Field(s):
Development Economics, Political Economy, Urban Economics

Paper Title:
Sunlight, Urban Density and Information Diffusion

Sponsor(s):
W. Bentley MacLeod
Suresh Naidu

Weijie Zhong

Microeconomics

Optimal Dynamic Information Acquisition

Yeon-Koo Che
Navin Kartik

Candidate Name:
Weijie Zhong

Field(s):
Microeconomics

Paper Title:
Optimal Dynamic Information Acquisition

Sponsor(s):
Yeon-Koo Che
Navin Kartik

Oskar Zorrilla

Behavioral & Experimental, Macroeconomics

Deeper Habits

Michael Woodford

Candidate Name:
Oskar Zorrilla

Field(s):
Behavioral & Experimental, Macroeconomics

Paper Title:
Deeper Habits

Sponsor(s):
Michael Woodford

2018-2019 Columbia School of International and Public Affairs Job Market Candidates