UC San Diego Department of Economics
Job Market Candidates 2007-08
Placement Director
Professor Graham Elliott
grelliott@ucsd.edu
858-534-4481
Graduate Program Coordinator
Rebecca Franco
refranco@ucsd.edu
858-822-3502
Candidates
James R. Brennan, CV
Abstract: Contracting with Reading Costs
Job Market Paper: "Characterization of Reading Investment with Applications to Enforcement of Standardized Contracts"
Field: Contract Theory, Applied Game Theory, Law and Economics
Adviser: Joel Watson
Andra Ghent, CV
Abstract: Essays in Monetary Economics
Job Market Paper: "Sticky Housing and the Real Effects of Monetary Policy"
Fields: Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Asset Pricing, Forecasting (secondary), Time Series Econometrics (secondary)
Advisers: Graham Elliott and Valerie Ramey
Munechika Katayama, CV
Abstract: Research Summary
Job Market Paper: "Declining Effects of Oil-price Shocks"
Fields: Macroeconomics, Empirical Econometrics, Japanese Economy
Adviser: James D. Hamilton
Dong Jin Lee, CV
Abstract: Essays on Optimal Tests for Parameter Instability
Job Market Paper: "Asymptotically Efficient Tests for Parameter Instability in General Models with Unknown Error Distribution"
Fields: Econometric Theory, Applied Macroeconomics, Financial Econometrics
Adviser: Graham Elliott
Jose Martinez, CV
Abstract: Mexican Migration to the U.S.: Patterns and the Role of Remittances, Networks & Globalization
Job Market Paper: "Globalization and its Impact on Migration in Agricultural Communities in Mexico"
Fields: Labor, Applied Microeconomics, Mexico-U.S. Migration
Adviser: Julie Cullen
Radu Munteanu, CV
Abstract: Three Essays on Licensing University Inventions
Job Market Paper: "University Research and Technology Transfer: Analyzing the Quality of Inventions"
Fields: Industrial organization (primary), Applied Microeconomics (secondary)
Adviser: Michael Noel
Augusto Nieto Barthaburu, CV
Abstract: Decision Based Approaches to Event Forecasting
Job Market Paper: "Optimal Binary Prediction for Group Decision Making"
Fields: Microeconomics, Statistical Decision Theory, Forecasting
Adviser: Ross M. Starr
Seth Pruitt, CV
Abstract: Dissertation Synopsis
Job Market Paper: "When Data Revisions Matter to Macroeconomics"
Fields: Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Forecasting
Adviser: James D. Hamilton
Jose Gonzalo Rangel, CV
Abstract: Research Synopsis
Job Market Paper: "The Factor-Spline-GARCH Model for High and Low Frequency Correlations"
Fields: Financial Econometrics, Time Series Econometrics, Empirical Market Microstructure
Adviser: Robert F. Engle
Christopher Reicher, CV
Abstract: Summary of Research
Job Market Paper: "Labor Matching, Bargaining Shocks and the Great Depression: Estimates from Historical Data"
Fields: Macroeconomics (primary), Monetary Economics (secondary), Corporate Finance (teaching), Time-Series Econometrics (secondary)
Adviser: Garey Ramey
Karmen Suen, CV
Abstract: Essays on the Economics of Immigration and Education
Job Market Paper: "Labor Returns to Home Country Education Quality for Immigrants"
Fields: Labor and Public Economics, Economics of Immigration, Economics of Education, Applied Econometrics
Adviser: Julian Betts
Ruojun (Rosalin) Wu, CV
Abstract: Synopsis on Research Papers
Job Market Paper: "Stock Return Vvariability, Forecast Revisions, and Investors' Learning"
Fields: Finance, Econometrics, Macroeconomics
Adviser: Allan Timmermann