The 137th commencement exercises of Boston College were held on 20 May 2013. Eleven economics students received the Ph.D. since the last commencement. They are listed with their thesis topics and advisors. Kwok Ho Chan, "Essays on family economics" (Donald Cox); Xiaoping Chen, "A team-production approach to wages, employment and trade" (James E. Anderson); Tuan Dao, "Two essays on international asset market and macroeconomic dynamics" (Fabio Ghironi); Massimo Giovannini, "Essays on credit frictions and incomplete markets" (Peter Ireland); Markéta Hálová, "Essays on international asset portfolios and commodities trade" (Christopher F Baum and Fabio Ghironi); Isaiah Hull, "Essays in computational macroeconomics and finance" (Peter Ireland); Taesu Kang, "Essays in macroeconomics with frictions and uncertainty shocks" (Fabio Ghironi); Farooq Pasha, "Essays on business cycles in developing countries" (Peter Ireland); Radoslav Raykov, "Essays in applied microeconomic theory" (Utku Unver); Hongtao Zhou, "Three essays in financial economics" (Zhijie Xiao); and Chuanqi Zhu, "Essays on macroeconometrics" (Zhijie Xiao).
Thirteen students were awarded the M.A. degree at the commencement exercises: Laura Bonacorsi, Rossella Calvi, Giacomo Candian, Matthew Davis, Alexander Eiermann, William Hickman, Jinyong Jeong, Choon Sung Lim, Miguel Matamoros, Yong-Hyun Park, Ivan Petkov, David Schenck and Yubang Tian.
Our congratulations to all!
20 May 2013