Recent Ph.D. Dissertations in Economics


-2000-


Silvia Ardagna, "Essays on Fiscal Adjustments" (advisor: Fabio Schiantarelli)

Oriana Bandiera, "Economic Institutions in Developing Countries" (advisors: James E. Anderson and Richard J. Arnott)

Benoit Durand, "On the Efficiency of Vertical Territorial Restraints" (advisor: Frank M. Gollop)

Emanuela Galasso, "Essays on the Welfare of Children in Developing Countries" (advisor: Richard J. Arnott)

Michael L. Hansen, "College Graduates in Non-College Jobs: Theory and Evidence" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Martin K. Konan, "Labor Hoarding and Unemployment in Central and Eastern Europe (1981-1995)" (advisor: Frank M. Gollop)

Gurkan S. Oguz, "Investment, Money, and Stock Prices: Empirical Studies" (advisor: Harold Petersen)


-1999-


Minh Huynh, "The Labor Supply Decision of Transfer Recipients" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Carol Kallman Kane, "State Mandates for Maternity Leave: Impact on Wages, Employment and Access to Leave" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

David N. Mishol, "The Medicaid Reimbursement Program and Reported Nursing Care in the Massachusetts Long-Term Industry" (advisor: W. Bentley MacLeod)

Ayla Ogus, "Three Essays on Accidental Oil Spills" (advisor: Richard Arnott)

Srikanth Seshadri, "Essays on Governance, Fiscal Policy and Growth" (advisor: Richard Arnott)

Gregory P. Swinand, "From Total Factor Productivity to Total Resource Productivity: Incorporating Trends in Pesticide Pollution into Productivity Growth Measures in U.S. Agriculture" (advisor: Frank M. Gollop)


-1998-


Mustafa Caglayan, "Essays in Macroeconomics" (advisor: Fabio Schiantarelli)

Kelly Chaston, "Productivity Measurement in the Presence of Externalities: An Example from the Electic Power Industry" (advisor: Frank M. Gollop)

Carol J. Kallman, "State Mandates for Maternity Leave: Impact on Wages, Employment, and Access to Leave" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Neslihan Ozkan, "Three Essays in Macroeconomics" (advisor: Christopher F. Baum)

Steven D. Pizer, "Essays on the Causes of Increased Earnings Inequality" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)


-1997-


Wenjie Fan, "Derivative Pricing with a Garch Model" (advisor: Robert A. Taggart Jr.)

James J. Fetzer, "Three Essays on Households in Developing Countries" (advisor: Don Cox)

S. Gurcan Gulen, "A Multifaceted Analysis of the World Crude Oil Market" (advisor: Christopher F. Baum)

John S. Jordan, "Managers' Personal Trading of Their Firm's Shares; Is It Compensation for Risk-Taking? A Case Study of the Banking Industry" (advisor: Joe Peek)


-1996-


Meral Karasulu, "Essays on the European Exchange Rate Target Zone" (advisor: Christopher F. Baum)

Kathleen M. Lang, "The Incidence of an Employer Mandate: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

David P. Richardson, "A Dynamic Analysis of the Effects and Treatment of Fiscal Policy in a Federalist System" (advisor: Richard Arnott)

Michael P. Salve, "Effects of the EPA's Acid Rain Program on the Market for KWhs" (advisor: Frank M. Gollop)

Kristian Uppenberg, "Inflation in Post-Socialist Economies" (advisor: Robert G. Murphy)


Last updated: 07 August 2000