The 133nd commencement exercises of Boston College were held on 18 May 2009. Five economics students received the Ph.D. since the last commencement. They are listed with their thesis topics and advisors. Yingying Dong, "Microeconomic Models with Endogeneity--Theoretical and Empirical Studies" (Arthur Lewbel); Nicola Lostumbo, "Essays in Applied Macroeconomics" (Peter Ireland); Margarita Rubio, "Housing Markets, Business Cycles, and Monetary Policy" (Fabio Ghironi and Matteo Iacoviello); Baris Yörük, "Three Essays on the Economics of Charitable Giving: Implications for Fundraising and Public Policy Towards the Non-Profit Sector" (Donald Cox); and Natalia Zhivan, "The Employment of Older Workers" (Alicia Munnell).
Twelve students were awarded the M.A. at the commencement exercises: Tamás Briglevics, Kyle Buika, Tuan Dao, Marketa Halova, Devlin Hanson, Zeynep Kabukcuoglu, Chiu Yu Ko, Gohar Minasyan, Brian Oles, Meghan Skira, Wei Zhang and Chuanqi Zhu.
Our congratulations to all!
19 May 2009