The 136th commencement exercises of Boston College were held on 21 May 2012. Eight economics students received the Ph.D. since the last commencement. They are listed with their thesis topics and advisors. Alessandro Barattieri, "Essays in international economics and macroeconomics" (James Anderson, Susanto Basu, Fabio Ghironi); Isabella Blengini, "Essays in international economics" (Fabio Ghironi); Tatiana Farina, "Essays in consumer behavior" (Frank Gollop); Aaron Fix, "Essays in industrial organization" (Frank Gollop); Chiu Yu Ko, "Theory of menu auction and applications" (Hideo Konishi); Meghan Skira, "Essays on informal care, labor supply, and wages (Andrew Beauchamp); Madhavi Pundit, "Essays on business cycle models" (Susanto Basu, Fabio Ghironi); Dessislava Slavtcheva, "Financial development, exchange rate regimes, and productivity growth" (Fabio Ghironi).
Sixteen students were awarded the M.A. degree at the commencement exercises: Namsil Choi, Filippo De Marco, Rosalia Greco, Lauren Hoehn, Sylvia Hristakeva, Igor Karagodsky, Mashfiqur Khan, Junghyyun Kwon, Irina Manea, Akihiro Nakano, Viola Rudenko, Samuel Selikoff, Dimitar Simeonov, German Velasco, Tao Yang, and Wen Zhang.
Our congratulations to all!
18 June 2012