Ph.D.
Job Market Candidates

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

2018-2019 Job Market Candidate CV Packet

View past placement

2018-2019 Job Market Candidates

Click on the candidate’s name to be taken to their website, where you can find their CV, research, and teaching experience. Click on their job market paper to read their paper or abstract.

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

Regulating Shadow Banks: Financial Innovation versus Systemic Risk

Patrick Bolton

Candidate Name:
Jiayin Hu

Field(s):
Finance

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