The 138th commencement exercises of Boston College were held on 19 May 2014. Twelve economics students received the Ph.D. since the last commencement. They are listed with their thesis topics and advisors. Samson Alva, "Essays on matching theory and networks" (Utku Ünver); Rucha Bhate, "Essays in macroeconomics of emerging markets" (Fabio Ghironi, Christopher F Baum and Peter Ireland); Anna Blank, "Two essays on the long-term consequences of the EITC program" (Peter Gottschalk and Andrew Beauchamp); Kyle Buika, "Essays in applied microeconomics" (Julie H. Mortimer); Brent Bundick, "Monetary policy and the Great Recession" (Susanto Basu); Stacey Chan, "Unintended policy effects and youth crime" (Andrew Beauchamp); Mikhail Dmitriev, "Essays in international macroeconomics" (Susanto Basu and Fabio Ghironi); Lucrezio Figurelli, "Essays on pricing and consumer demand in the retail sector" (Julie H. Mortimer); Devlin Hanson, "Two essays on the interaction between marriage and policy" (Mathis Wagner); Chungliang Jiang, "Three essays in finance economics" (Zhijie Xiao); Federico Mantovanelli, "Essays in development economics" (Scott Fulford and Mathis Wagner); and John O'Trakoun, "Essays on conflict, corruption and international trade policies" (Fabio Ghironi).
Eleven students were awarded the M.A. degree at the commencement exercises: Zulma Barrail Halley, Smita Das, Nicholas Diebel, Mehmet Onur Ezer, Deeksha Kale, John Lindner, Tristan Nighswander, Jacob Penglase, Ethan Struby, Shunichi Yoneyama and Riccardo Zago.
Our congratulations to all!
19 May 2014