The 135th commencement exercises of Boston College were held on 23 May 2011. Eight economics students received the Ph.D. since the last commencement. They are listed with their thesis topics and advisors. Matteo Cacciatore, "The macroeconomics of international trade, regulation and labor markets" (Fabio Ghironi); Wataru Hirata, "Financial market imperfections and aggregate fluctuations" (Susanto Basu); Nadezhda Karamcheva, "Essays on private pensions and workers' savings behavior" (Peter Gottschalk); Murat Mungan, "Optimal procedures in criminal law: Five essays" (Hideo Konishi); Luigi Pascali, "Essays in growth, development and international trade" (Fabio Schiantarelli); Shannon Phillips, "Essays on HIV, marriage and education in sub Saharan Africa" (Peter Gottschalk); Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, "Essays in labor economics" (Shannon Seitz); and Caglar Yurtseven, "Theoretical and empirical essays on strategic behavior in various industries" (Utku Ünver).
Twelve students were awarded the M.A. degree at the commencement exercises: Brent Bundick, Jinghan Cai, Jin-Young Choi, Krastina Dzhambova, Anthony Hannagan, Jonathan Hoddenbagh, Naijing Huang, Yuji Maruo, Michael Smith, Bertan Turhan, Yat Fung Wong and Esha Zaveri.
Among the undergraduate class of 2011, more students chose the economics major (277) than any other Arts and Sciences major. In comparison, the finance concentration in CSOM attracted 289 graduates, while communication and English awarded 265 and 179 degrees, respectively.
Our congratulations to all!
20 June 2011