The 127th Commencement Exercises of Boston College were held on Monday, 19 May 2003, on the Chestnut Hill campus. Seven economics students were awarded the Ph.D., having completed all requirements for the degree since the 2002 commencement.
The latest members of BC Economics' community of scholars (and their advisors) include: Tiziana Brancaccio, "Essays in Labor Economics," (Peter Gottschalk); Michael D. Giandrea, "The Impact of Mergers on Productivity and Profits," (Frank Gollop); Kamer Karakurum Özdemir, "A Test of the Credibility-Enhancing Role of the IMF: The Case of Mexico," (Kit Baum); Rachida Ouysse, "Essays in Econometrics: Selection of Common Regressors in Large Panels and Finite Sample Analysis of Block Bootstrap in Nonlinear Models," (Jushan Bai); Özlem Sayinta, "Exchange Rate Risk, Contract Enforcement, and Trade-A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation," (Jim Anderson); Xiaomeng Yang, "Essays in International Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics," (Peter Ireland); and Eçe Yolas, "Essays on Bank Franchise Value and Small Business Lending" (Joe Peek).
In addition, masters' degrees were conferred on Monami Basu, Amrita Bhattacharyya, Tom Connelly, Roman Kutsak, Federico Mandelman, Megan McDonald, Witold Smolen, Oleksandr Talavera, and Eçe Yolas. Our congratulations to all!
20 May 2003