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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS PH.D. CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022 PLACEMENT CHAIR: Benjamin Handel Associate Professor Phone: (609) 240-5199 Email: [email protected] PLACEMENT COORDINATOR: Janene C. Vernard Asst. Director of Graduate Student Services Email: [email protected] Mailing Address: UC Berkeley Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, # 3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 PLACEMENT WEBSITE: https://econ.berkeley.edu/grad/job-market-candidates

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  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

    PH.D. CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS

    IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022

    PLACEMENT CHAIR: Benjamin Handel Associate Professor Phone: (609) 240-5199 Email: [email protected]

    PLACEMENT COORDINATOR: Janene C. Vernard Asst. Director of Graduate Student Services Email: [email protected]

    Mailing Address: UC Berkeley Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, # 3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    PLACEMENT WEBSITE: https://econ.berkeley.edu/grad/job-market-candidates

  • Department of Economics University of California, Berkeley

    Graduate Placement Office

    This roster contains all Curriculum Vitae for the 2020-2021 candidates available for positions in the 2021-2022 academic year. It will not be revised in the event that additions, deletions, or modifications are made to individual vita.

    For updated candidate information, please visit our Job Market web site at https://econ.berkeley.edu/grad/job-market-candidates starting on November 2, 2020.

  • SUMMARY LISTING OF UC BERKELEY ECONOMICS JOB MARKET CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR

    Name/Degree

    Primary Desired Research and Fields of

    Interest

    Dissertation Title

    Expected Date of

    Completion

    References

    (*Supervisor) Aoyagi, Jun B.A. (Economics), University of Tokyo M.A. (Economics), University of Tokyo

    Finance Financial Economics

    “Essays in Market Microstructure” May 2021 *Nicole Garleanu Terrence Hendershott Christine Parlour

    Baek, ChaeWon B.A. (Economics- Summa Cum Laude), Seoul National University M.A. (Economics), Seoul National University

    Macroeconomics Macro-Labor Economics

    "Essays in Macroeconomics: Business Cycles, Monetary Policy, and Labor Market" May 2021 *Yuriy Gorodnichenko David H. Romer Benjamin Schoefer

    Bleemer, Zachary B.A. (Economics, Mathematics, Philosophy), Amherst College

    Labor Economics Applied Econometrics

    "Essays in Labor Economics, Economic Mobility, and Higher Education" May 2021 *David Card Jesse Rothstein Christopher Walters Henry Brady

    Brown, Christina B.A. (Physics and Political Science), University of California, Los Angeles M.Ed. (Curriculum and Teaching), Boston University M.A. (Development Economics), Tufts University

    Development Economics Labor Economics

    “Essays on Personnel Economics in Low-Income Countries” May 2021 *Supreet Kaur Edward (Ted) Miguel Christopher Walters Asim Khwaja

    Campos, Christopher B.A., B.S. (Economics, Statistics), University of California, San Diego M.A. (Statistics), University of California, Berkeley

    Labor Economics Economics of Education

    "Essays on the Economics of School Choice" May 2021 *Christopher Walters David Card Jesse Rothstein Reed Walker

    Cohen, Isabelle B.A. (International Relations), William & Mary M.P.P. (Public Policy), William & Mary

    Development Economics Public Economics

    “Innovations in Service Delivery: Tax Compliance, Decentralization and International Aid”

    May 2021 *Frederico Finan Edward (Ted) Miguel Ernesto Dal Bó

    Dordal Carreras, Marc B.A. (Economics), Universitat Pompeu Fabra M.Sc. (Economics), Universitat Pompeu Fabra M. Res. (Economics), Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Macroeconomics International Economics

    "Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy: Theory, Evidence and Policy Prescriptions"

    May 2021 *Yuriy Gorodnichenko Andres Rodriguez-Clare Christina Romer

    Garcia-Lembergman, Ezequiel B.A. (Economics), Universidad de Buenos Aires M.A. (Economics), University of San Andres

    International Trade Urban Economics

    "Essays on Multi-regional Firms in Domestic and Foreign Markets" May 2021 *Benjamin Faber Andres Rodriguez-Clare Cecile Gaubert Stefano DellaVigna

    Gonzalez-Lira, Andres B.A. (Business, Economics), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile M.A. (Economics), Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

    Industrial Organization Applied Microeconomics

    “Competition under Incomplete Contracts and the Design of Procurement Policies” May 2021 *Steve Tadelis Kei Kawai Reed Walker

    Graziani, Grant B.A. (Economics- Statistics), Columbia University

    Behavioral Economics Labor Economics

    "Essays on Race and Health in the US" May 2021 *Hilary Hoynes David Card Ben Handel Jonathan Kolstad

    Holmes, Jonathan B.Soc. Sci. (Economics), University of Ottawa M.A. (Economics), Queen's University

    Public Economics Health Economics

    "Essays on Health Insurance Policy and Inequality in the United States" May 2021 *Ben Handel Jonathan Kolstad Danny Yagan

    Hou, Junyi B.A. (Economics), Nankai University M.Sc. (Economics & Mathematical Economics), London School of Economics

    Development Economics Political Economy

    “Essays in Development Economics and Political Economy" May 2021 *Gerard Roland Yuriy Gorodnichenko Andres Rodriguez-Clare

    Khan, Muhammad Yasir B.Sc. (Economics), Lahore University of Management Sciences M.P.P. (Public Policy), National University of Singapore M.P.A. (Public Administration), Columbia University

    Development Economics Personnel Economics Political Economy

    "Essays on the Incentives and Motivations of State Personnel" May 2021 *Ernesto Dal Bo *Edward Miguel Frederico Finan Noam Yuchtman

    McCrory, Peter B.A. (Economics, Philosophy), Covenant College

    Macroeconomics Public Policy

    "Essays in Macroeconomics" May 2021 *Yuriy Gorodnichenko Alan Auerbach Emi Nakamura David Romer

  • SUMMARY LISTING OF UC BERKELEY ECONOMICS JOB MARKET CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR

    Name/Degree

    Primary Desired Research and Fields of

    Interest

    Dissertation Title

    Expected Date of

    Completion

    References

    (*Supervisor) Messer, Todd B.A. (Economics, Mathematics), Rutgers University

    International Economics Macroeconomics

    "Essays in Macroeconomics and Trade" May 2021 *Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Benjamin Faber Christina Romer

    Panigrahi, Piyush B.Tech. (Mining Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur M.Sc. (Econometrics & Mathematical Economics), London School of Economics

    International Trade Economic Geography

    “Essays on Spatial Production Networks” May 2021 *Andres Rodriguez-Clare Dave Donaldson Thibault Fally Cecile Gaubert

    Pourbabaee, Farzad B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering), Sharif University of Technology M.A. (Mathematics), McMaster University M.A. (Statistics), University of California, Berkeley

    Economic Theory Finance

    "Essays in Venture capital, Reputation and Learning" May 2021 *Robert M. Anderson Gustavo Manso Chris Shannon

    Qiu, Wenfeng B.A. (Economics), Sun Yat-sen University M.S. (Economics), Tufts University

    Economic Theory "Essays in Microeconomic Theory" May 2021 *David Ahn Haluk Ergin Larry Karp Chris Shannon

    Roussille, Nina B.A. (Economics), Université Paris Dauphine M.A. (Economics), Polytechnique and Paris School of Economics

    Labor Economics Applied Econometrics

    "Essays in Labor Economics" May 2021 *Patrick Kline Hilary Hoynes Gabriel Zucman

    Sauzet, Maxime M.Eng. (Computer Science), INSA Lyon M.Sc. (Economics, Public Policy), SciencesPo Paris, École Polytechnique, ENSAE

    International Finance & Macroeconomics Finance (Asset Pricing) Macroeconomics

    "Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice in an International Context" May 2021 *Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Nicolae Garleanu Martin Lettau Hélène Rey Jón Steinsson

    Scot, Thiago B.A. (International Relations), Pontificia Universidad Catolica do Rio de Janeiro M.A. (Economics), Pontificia Universidad Catolica do Rio de Janeiro

    Development Economics Public Economics

    "Essays in Development Economics" May 2021 *Ernesto Dal Bó Frederico Finan Reed Walker Guo Xu

    Unrath, Matt B.A. (International Studies), Boston College M.P.P. (Public Policy), UC Berkeley

    Labor Economics Public Economics

    "Essays in Labor and Public Economics" May 2021 *Jesse Rothstein Hilary Hoynes Alexander Gelber

  • CROSS LISTING BY PRIMARY FIELDS UC BERKELEY ECONOMICS PH.D. CANDIDATES

    AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR

    APPLIED ECONOMETRICS

    Bleemer, Zachary Roussille, Nina

    APPLIED MICROECONOMICS

    Gonzalez-Lira, Andres

    BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS

    Graziani, Grant

    DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

    Brown, Christina Cohen, Isabelle Hou, Junyi Khan, Muhammad Yasir Scot, Thiago

    ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION

    Campos, Christopher

    ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

    Panigrahi, Piyush

    ECONOMIC THEORY

    Pourbabaee, Farzad Qiu, Wenfeng

    FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

    Aoyagi, Jun Sauzet, Maxime

    HEALTH ECONOMICS

    Holmes, Jonathan

    INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION

    Gonzalez-Lira, Andres

    INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS/TRADE

    Dordal Carreras, Marc Garcia-Lembergman, Ezequiel Panigrahi, Piyush Messer, Todd

    INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

    Sauzet, Maxime

    LABOR ECONOMICS

    Bleemer, Zachary Brown, Christina Campos, Christopher Graziani, Grant Roussille, Nina Unrath, Matthew

    MACROECONOMICS

    Baek, ChaeWon Dordal Carreras, Marc McCrory, Peter Messer, Todd Sauzet, Maxime

    MACRO- LABOR ECONOMICS

    Baek, ChaeWon

    PERSONNEL ECONOMICS

    Khan, Muhammad Yasir

    POLITICAL ECONOMICS

    Hou, Junyi Khan, Muhammad Yasir

    PUBLIC ECONOMICS/ FINANCE

    Aoyagi, Jun Cohen, Isabelle Holmes, Jonathan Pourbabaee, Farzad Scot, Thiago Unrath, Matthew

    PUBLIC POLICY

    McCrory, Peter

    URBAN ECONOMICS

    Garcia-Lembergman, Ezequiel

  • PHONE NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES OF REFERENCES FOR UC BERKELEY ECONOMICS JOB MARKET CANDIDATES

    AVAILABLE FOR POSITIONS IN THE 2021-2022 ACADEMIC YEAR

    References Email Anderson, Robert [email protected] Auerbach, Alan [email protected] Brady, Henry [email protected] Card, David [email protected] Dal Bo, Ernesto [email protected] Donaldson, David [email protected] Faber, Benjamin [email protected] Fally, Thibault [email protected] Finan, Frederico [email protected] Garleanu, Nicolae [email protected] Gaubert, Cecile [email protected] Gorodnichenko, Yuriy [email protected] Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier [email protected] Graham, Bryan [email protected] Handel, Benjamin [email protected] Hendershott, Terrence [email protected] Hoynes, Hilary [email protected] Jansson, Michael [email protected] Kaur, Supreet [email protected] Khwaja, Asim [email protected] Kline, Patrick [email protected] Kolstad, Jonathan [email protected] Lettau, Martin [email protected] Manso, Gustavo [email protected] Miguel, Edward [email protected] Nakamura, Emi [email protected] Parlour, Christine [email protected] Powell, James [email protected] Rey, Helene [email protected] Rodriguez-Clare, Andres [email protected] Roland, Gerard [email protected] Romer, Christina [email protected] Romer, David [email protected] Rothstein, Jesse [email protected] Schoefer, Benjamin [email protected] Shannon, Chris [email protected] Steinsson, Jon [email protected] Walker, Reed [email protected] Walters, Christopher [email protected] Yagan, Danny [email protected] Zucman, Gabriel [email protected]

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]

    Jun Aoyagi [email protected]

    https://sites.google.com/site/junaoyagi19900505/home

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS:

    PRIMARY SECONDARY Finance Market Microstructure Financial Economics Asset Pricing, FinTech

    DISSERTATION TITLE: “Essays in Market Microstructure”

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Nicolae Garleanu Other References: Professors Christine Parlour and Terrence Hendershott

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD

    The University of Tokyo M.A. 2015 Economics The University of Tokyo B.A. 2013 Economics

    PAPERS: 1. “Dark Side of Delaying Order Execution,” Job Market Paper 2. “Quality Uncertainty and Market Transparency with Decentralized Information Management” with D. Adachi 3. “Endogenous Information Cycles” 4. “Liquidity Provision by Automated Market Makers” 5. “Lean Against Bubbles vs. Clean Up After Bubble Collapses,” with T. Hirano (Univ. of London) and I. Masaru (Kansai) 6. Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology, (2020), Ch. 3 “Implications to the real economic transactions,” with D. Adachi, The German

    National Library

    REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATION (*presented by co-author): 2020: NFA Conference (Banff, Canada)/ Northeastern University Finance Conference (Boston)/ ES European Winter Meeting (planned) 2019: FRA Conference (Las Vegas)/ GSU-RFS FinTech Conference/ NYU-Stern Annual Microstructure Meeting/ NFA Conference (Vancouver,

    Canada)/ Southampton Cryptocurrency Research Conference* 2018: Junior Finance Conference (University of Tokyo)/ Wharton Innovation Doctoral Symposium/ ISER Moriguchi Prize Report Session (Osaka

    University)/ Summer Workshop in Economic Theory (Hokkaido University)

    RESEARCH POSITION: 2019: Summer Internship Program at IMF/ Research Assistant for Professor Christine Parlour (UC Berkeley) 2017 -18: Research Assistant for Professor Katsuhito Iwai (ICU) 2015 -16: Research Assistant for Professor Tomohiro Hirano (University of Tokyo)

    TEACHING ASSISTANT: Department of Economics, UC Berkeley

    Wage Theory and Policy (2016)/ Introduction to Mathematical Economics (2015) Department of Economics, University of Tokyo

    Macroeconomics I, II (graduate level; 2014, 2015)/ Proactive seminar in macroeconomics (2015)/ Corporate Finance (2014)

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, UC Berkeley 2019 FRA Travel Grant/ Ripple Blockchain Initiative Award 2018 The 2018 Moriguchi Prize, ISER Osaka University 2016-18 The Japan-IMF Scholarship, IMF 2015-20 The Nakajima Foundation Fellowship 2015 The First Year Fellowship, UC Berkeley/ JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1)

    OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English (fluent), Japanese (native) Citizenship: Japan (visa status: J-1)

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

    PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez [email protected]

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    ChaeWon Baek [email protected]

    http://sites.google.com/view/100cwbcw

    RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Macroeconomics International Economics Macro-labor Economics Macro-econometrics

    FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Macroeconomics, Monetary Policy

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Macroeconomics: Business Cycles, Monetary Policy, and Labor Market" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko Other References: Professors David H. Romer and Benjamin Schoefer

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Seoul National University M.A. 2015 Economics Seoul National University B.A., Summa Cum Laude 2013 Economics

    PAPERS: ● Good Jobs and Bad Jobs over the Business Cycle: Implications for Inclusive Monetary Policy (Job Market Paper) ● A Guide to Single Equation Regressions for Impulse Response Estimations (with Byoungchan Lee), submitted ● Estimating the Effects of Central Bank Communications (with Nick Sander)

    PUBLICATIONS: ● Unemployment Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders: Evidence from High Frequency Claims Data (with Peter McCrory, Todd

    Messer, and Preston Mui), Review of Economics and Statistics (Accepted)

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Graduate Student Researcher

    Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Summers 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020) Research Assistant

    Jae-Young Kim, Department of Economics, Seoul National University (2013-2015) TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2015- Spring 2020)

    Macroeconomic Theory for Yuriy Gorodnichenko (Graduate), Macroeconomic Theory for Jón Steinsson (Graduate), International Monetary Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics (Regular and Honors)

    Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Seoul National University (Fall 2013- Fall 2015) Introductory Statistics for Economists (Graduate), Dynamic Economics (Graduate), Time Series Econometrics

    FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS: 2021 Spring Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Dissertation Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2020/21 Berkeley Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2019 Research Grant, Clausen Center for International Business and Policy 2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (awarded to top 10% of GSIs) 2019 Graduate Assembly Travel Award, U.C. Berkeley 2017 Princeton Initiative: Macro, Money and Finance 2015-2020 Doctoral Study Abroad Fellowship, Kwanjeong Educational Foundation 2014 Full Scholarship for a Meritorious Student, Gwanak Corporation 2010-2013 Full Scholarship for a Meritorious Student, Altwell Mincho Scholarship Foundation 2009 Scholarship for Superior Academic Performance, Seoul National University

    REFERREEING: Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics

    OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English, Korean Programming: Matlab, fortran, Python, Stata Citizenship: South Korea

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

    PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez [email protected]

    ZACHARY BLEEMER [email protected]

    http://zacharybleemer.com BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Labor Economics Economic History Applied Econometrics Economics of Education

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Labor Economics, Economic Mobility, and Higher Education"

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor David Card Other References: Professors Jesse Rothstein, Christopher Walters, and Henry Brady

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD

    Amherst College B.A. 2013 Economics, Mathematics, Philosophy

    PAPERS: ● Top Percent Policies and the Return to Postsecondary Selectivity. Job Market Paper. ● Affirmative Action, Mismatch, and Economic Mobility after California’s Proposition 209. ● Will Studying Economics Make You Rich? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of the Returns to College Major, with

    Aashish Mehta. Conditionally Accepted, AEJ: Applied Economics. ● Human Capital Formation and Regional Recovery from the Great Depression, with Sarah Quincy.

    PUBLICATIONS: Metrics that Matter: Student Life in the Quantified University, with coauthors. Forthcoming, Johns Hopkins University Press. “Echoes of Rising Tuition in Student Borrowing, Educational Attainment, and Homeownership”, with Meta Brown, Donghoon

    Lee, and Wilbert van der Klaauw. Forthcoming, Journal of Urban Economics. “Long-Run Net Distributionary Effects of Federal Disaster Insurance: The Case of Hurricane Katrina,” with Wilbert van der

    Klaauw. 2019. Journal of Urban Economics 110: 70-88. “Intended College Attendance: Evidence from an Experiment on College Returns and Costs,” with Basit Zafar. 2018. Journal

    of Public Economics 157: 184-211.

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant to David Card (2016) and Henry Brady (2016-2017). Senior Research Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2013-2015).

    TEACHING: Supervisor, ECON 199: Independent Study in Research (2016-2020): 28 students, avg. 2.5 semesters each. Graduate Student Instructor, ECON 100: Intermediate Microeconomics (Fall 2016).

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 Best Paper Award, 2020 Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG) Conference 2020 Center for Equitable Growth Fellowship; IRLE Dissertation Fellowship; O-Lab Labor Science Grant 2019 National Academy of Education / Spencer Dissertation Fellowship 2018 UCHRI Residential Research Fellowship at UC Irvine 2016 UC Berkeley: INET Prize for Best First-Year Paper in Economic History 2013 Amherst College: James Nelson Award in Economics; Gail Kennedy Award in Philosophy

    SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES: 2020 UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCSB, UCSC, NBER Economic Mobility, MD4SG, EMCON, EGSC, AERA, AEFP. 2019 Georgia State, SF State, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, U. of Georgia, WEAI Grad. Workshop, UC Regents.

    REFEREE: AEJ: Applied Economics, AEJ: Economic Policy, American Economic Review, American Sociological Review, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economic Journal, Economica, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Public Economics, MIT Press, Review of Economic Studies.

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

    PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez [email protected]

    CHRISTINA BROWN

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: CONTACT: Department of Economics christinalbrown.com 530 Evans Hall, #3880 [email protected] Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 (408) 835-8494

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Development Economics Behavioral Economics Labor Economics Economics of Education

    DISSERTATION TITLE: “Essays on Personnel Economics in Low-Income Countries”

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Supreet Kaur Other References: Professors Christopher Walters and Edward Miguel

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD

    Tufts University, Fletcher School M.A. 2014 Development Economics Boston University, School of Education M.Ed. 2012 Curriculum and Teaching University of California, Los Angeles B.A. 2010 Physics and Political Science

    WORKING PAPERS: “Inducing Positive Selection through Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from Pakistani Schools” with Tahir Andrabi (JMP) “Subjective versus Objective Incentives and Employee Productivity” with Tahir Andrabi “Attention as Human Capital” with Supreet Kaur, Geeta Kingdon & Heather Schofield

    WORK IN PROGRESS: “Statistical and Financial Discrimination by Managers” (Fieldwork Completed) “Search and Matching Frictions for Daily Wage Laborers” with Maryiam Haroon (Pilot Completed)

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant to Professor Edward Miguel (2015-2016) Research Fellow to Professor Asim Khawaja, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (2014-2015) Research Consultant, Save the Children, (2013-2014)

    TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2016-2017), Development Economics & Behavioral Economics Teaching Assistant, Fletcher School, Tufts University (2013), Microeconomics of Development (Graduate) High School Teacher, Teach for America, (2010-2012), AP Physics, Physics and Biology

    SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS: 2020 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship 2019 Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Dissertation Fellowship

    IGC Grant (£20,000); PEDL Exploratory Grant (£41,000); JPAL Post-Primary Education Grant ($50,000) Weiss Foundation Development Research Grant with Supreet Kaur & Heather Schofield ($72,000) 2018 Weiss Foundation Development Research Grant ($31,000)

    CEGA Development Economics Challenge Grant ($30,000); Strandberg Research Grant ($21,000) Selected participant, Russell Sage Foundation Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics Excellence in Refereeing, American Economic Review 2017 DFID RISE Programme Grant with Tahir Andrabi ($180,000) 2010 Chancellor’s Service Award, for outstanding leadership and service, given to

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

    PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez [email protected]

    Christopher Campos [email protected]

    www.cqcampos.com

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS:

    PRIMARY SECONDARY Labor Economics Applied Microeconomics Economics of Education Applied Econometrics

    FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION:

    Labor Economics, Industrial Organization

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays on the Economics of School Choice" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Christopher Walters Other References: Professors David Card, Jesse Rothstein, and Reed Walker

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD

    University of California, Berkeley M.A. 2020 Statistics University of California, San Diego B.A., B.S. 2015 Economics, Statistics

    JOB MARKET PAPER: The Impacts of Neighborhood School Choice: Evidence from the Zones of Choice (with Caitlin Kearns)

    OTHER RESEARCH: -What do parents value in schools? Experimental evidence from Los Angeles -Immigrants’ Human Capital Decisions in Response to DACA -The Impact of ICE Raids on Electoral Outcomes -The “Gig Economy” and Independent Contracting: Evidence from California Tax Data (with Annette Bernhardt, Allen Prohofsky, and Jesse Rothstein)

    RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

    California Policy Lab Research Fellow, U.C. Berkeley (2019-2020) U.S. Census Bureau Sworn Status Researcher, U.C. Berkeley (2015-2018) Research Assistant for Professor Reed Walker, Haas Business School, U.C. Berkeley (2015-2017)

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

    Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2017- Fall 2018) Econometrics, Industrial Organization and Public Policy

    Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. San Diego (Fall 2014-Spring 2015) Intermediate Microeconomics, Market Imperfections and Policy

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

    2020 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2019-2020 Statistics Departmental Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2019 Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Student Research Award, U.C. Berkeley 2017 Grace Katagiri Prize (Best Empirical Second Year Paper), U.C. Berkeley 2015-2016 Chancellors Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2015 Seymour Harris Award (top undergraduate student in economics), U.C. San Diego

    OTHER INFORMATION:

    Languages: Spanish (native) Citizenship: United States

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]

    Isabelle M. Cohen [email protected]

    https://sites.google.com/view/isabelle-cohen/ BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Development Economics Microeconomics Public Economics Political Economy Public Policy

    DISSERTATION TITLE: “Innovations in Service Delivery: Tax Compliance, Decentralization and International Aid”

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Fred Finan Other References: Professors Ted Miguel and Ernesto Dal Bó

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD

    William & Mary M.P.P. 2012 Public Policy William & Mary

    WORKING PAPERS:

    B.A. 2011 International Relations

    “Low-Cost Tax Capacity: A Randomized Evaluation with the Uganda Revenue Authority” (Job Market Paper) “How Do Disadvantaged Groups Seek Information about Public Services? A Randomized Controlled Trial of Communication

    Technologies” with Katerina Linos, Melissa Carlson, Laura Jakli, Nadia Dalma, Afroditi Veloudaki and Stavros Spyrellis

    PUBLICATIONS: "Iron Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Peru” With Alberto Chong, Erica Field, Eduardo Nakasone and Maximo Torero,

    American Economic Journal – Applied Economics, vol. 8 (4), 2016.

    WORK IN PROGESS: “Teacher Rotation and Student Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Uganda” with Fred Finan, Ernesto Dal Bó, David

    Schönholzer and Kizito Omala (Fieldwork ongoing) “Take Up and Impact of Digital Repayment in Microfinance” with Denise Ferris (Fieldwork ongoing)

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

    RESEARCH: Research Transparency Fellow, J-PAL (2018) Graduate Student Research to Fred Finan, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley (2016) Research Manager to Rohini Pande and Erica Field, Centre for Microfinance, India (2013-2015) Research Assistant to Rohini Pande and Erica Field, Duke University and Evidence for Policy Design, Harvard (2012-2013) Consultant, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank, Washington D.C. (2009)

    TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2016-2018), Microeconomics, Development Economics Senior Data Science Fellow and Instructor, D-Lab, UC Berkeley (2016-2020), Stata and LaTeX Teaching Assistant, Public Policy Department, College of William & Mary (2011-2012), Microeconomics for Public Policy

    SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS:

    2019 Development Innovation Ventures USAID ($900,000) with Finan, Dal Bó, Schönholzer, and Omala BRAC-CEGA Learning Collaborative ($64,901), Digital Credit Observatory with Ferris ($41,000) 2018 George Break Prize in Public Finance

    CEGA Development Economics Challenge Grant ($14,950); International Growth Centre ($25,000), JPAL Governance Initiative ($5,070) USAID Economic & Development Institutions ($130,000) with Finan, Dal Bó, Schönholzer, and Omala 2017 JPAL Governance Initiative ($243,822), International Growth Center ($40,000) with Finan, Dal Bó,

    Schönholzer, and Omala 2012 William & Mary Outstanding Graduate Assistant (Public Policy) 2010 William & Mary Thomas Jefferson Public Policy Program Trice Fellowship, Phi Beta Kappa

    OTHER INFORMATION:

    Affiliations: American Economic Association Citizenship: United States of America

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez

    DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    Marc Dordal Carreras marcdordal@ berkeley.edu

    homepage

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Macroeconomics Macroeconomic Policy International Economics Banking Economic History Financial Networks

    FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Macroeconomics, Economic History

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy: Theory, Evidence and Policy Prescriptions "

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko Other References: Professors Christina Romer and Andrés Rodríguez-Clare

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Universitat Pompeu Fabra M.Res. 2013 Economics Universitat Pompeu Fabra M.Sc. 2012 Economics Universitat Pompeu Fabra B.A. (llicenciatura) 2011 Economics

    PAPERS:

    ● "A Trade Model of the Banking Sector" (Job Market Paper) With M. Hoelzlein and J. Orben.

    ● What Do We Learn From Reading Every FOMC Transcript? (in preparation) With O. Coibion, Y. Gorodnichencko and C. Howes. ASSA 2020 presentation link.

    ● U.S. Banking Panics and the Credit Channel: Evidence from 1870-1910 (in preparation)

    PUBLICATIONS: "Infrequent but Long-Lived Zero Lower Bound Episodes and the Optimal Rate of Inflation"

    With O. Coibion, Y. Gorodnichenko, J. Wieland, Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 8, 497-520 (2016). Also see VOX, CEPR Policy Portal Article.

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Spring 2016)

    Research with Professors C. Romer and D. Romer on the dating and severity of international financial crises. .

    TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor/Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley

    Topics in Economic Research, Economic Theory–Macro, Macroeconomic Policy from the Great Depression to Today, The World Economy in the Twentieth Century.

    Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U. Pompeu Fabra Microeconomics II, Econometrics III, Macroeconomics II, Advanced Macroeconomics II.

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

    2019 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, UC Berkeley 2016 Bank of Spain Study Grant, Bank of Spain. 2015 BEHL 2nd Year Student Mentored Fellowship, Berkeley Economics History Laboratory. 2012 “La Caixa” Foundation Scholarship for graduate studies and research in the USA, “LaCaixa” Foundation.

    OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English, Catalan, Spanish Citizenship: Spain, F-1 student visa

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez

    DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]

    Ezequiel Garcia Lembergman

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Contact: Department of Economics [email protected] 666 Evans Hall, #3880 +1 (510) 944-7201 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880 https://elembergman.com

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    International Trade Development Economics Urban Economics Applied Econometrics

    FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION International Trade, Urban Economics, Development Economics

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays on Multi-regional Firms in Domestic and Foreign Markets"

    Expected Date of Completion: August 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Benjamin Faber Other References: Professors: Andres Rodriguez-Clare, Cecile Gaubert, Stefano DellaVigna

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: M.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, University of San Andres (Argentina) 2013 B.A. in Economics, magna cum laude, Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) 2012

    WORKING PAPERS

    • Multi-establishment Firms, Pricing and the Propagation of Local Shocks: Evidence from US Retail (Job Market Paper) • Multi-destination Exporters, Market Power and the Elasticity of Markups across Destinations (w/ Federico Bernini) • Importing after Exporting (w/ Facundo Albornoz)

    WORK IN PROGRESS

    • Multinational Production and Climate Change (w/ Andres Rodriguez-Clare and Joseph Shapiro) • Price controls, market power and inequality on consumption baskets: evidence from retail scanner data in Argentina (w/

    Bernardo Diaz-Astarola and Dario Tortarolo)

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH ASSISTANT: Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2015): Research Assistant for Professor Yuriy Gordnichenko. Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2017): Research Assistant for Professor Andres Rodriguez Clare.

    TEACHING: UC Berkeley Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2016- Spring 2019) Mentor for Undergraduate Research Assistants, U.C. Berkeley (2017) Leader in Workshop for new Teaching Assistants, U.C. Berkeley (2019/2020)

    REFEREE

    Journal of International Economics, Journal of Games and Economic Behavior

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2019 Dissertation Completion Fellowship (UC-Berkley) 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award 2015 Economic Department Fellowship

    SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES:

    2019 Trade, Integration and Growth Network, Inter-American Development Bank 2017 LACEA Conference

    TECHNICAL SKILLS: R, Stata, MATLAB, LaTex.

    OTHER INFORMATION: Affiliations: UC-Berkeley. Languages: English, Spanish Citizenship: Argentina, Spain

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Aashna Avachat HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS [email protected]

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Haas School of Business 2220 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    ANDRES GONZALEZ-LIRA [email protected]

    https://sites.google.com/view/andres-gonzalez-lira

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Industrial Organization Applied Microeconomics Organizational Economics

    DISSERTATION TITLE: “Competition under Incomplete Contracts and the Design of Procurement Policies” Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Steve Tadelis Other References: Professors Kei Kawai and Reed Walker

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile M.A. 2012 Economics Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile B.A. 2011 Economics, Business

    PAPERS: “Competition under Incomplete Contracts and the Design of Procurement Policies” [Job Market Paper] (with Rodrigo Carril and Michael S. Walker) “Slippery Fish: Enforcing Regulation when Agents Learn and Adapt” (with Mushfiq Mobarak)

    WORK IN PROGRESS

    “E-Procurement and Firms' Relations: Evidence from Ukraine” “Auction Duration and Bidder Participation”

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

    RESEARCH: Research Assistant - Professor Reed Walker (UC Berkeley) 2016 - 2017 Research Associate - J-PAL (University based) 2013 - 2015 Research Assistant - Professor Juan-Pablo Montero (PUC-Chile) 2013 - 2015

    TEACHING: U.C. Berkeley - Haas School of Business Lecturer, “Game Theory,” “Corporate Social Responsibility” (B-BAY) 2018, 2019 Teaching Assistant, “Data and Decisions” core MBA 2018, 2019

    Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile - Department of Economics Lecturer, “Principles of Economics” 2013 Teaching Assistant, “Industrial Organization” (Graduate), “Organization’s Strategies and Incentives” (MBA), “Advanced Macroeconomics,” “Advanced Microeconomics,” and “Principles of Economics” 2009 - 2014

    PRESENTATIONS

    2020 NBER Summer Institute, NBER EEE Spring Meeting, UC Berkeley 2019 Dept. of Defense (Pentagon) Acquisition Analytics Forum, University of Zurich Public Finance Conference 2018 AEA Meetings Philadelphia, UC Berkeley 2017 UC Berkeley PERL, PUC-Chile 2014 LAMES Sao Paulo, SECHI

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

    2020 The Oliver Williamson Fund 2019 Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship, Clausen Center Grant for Doctoral Research 2018 Bradley Foundation Fellowship

  • 2017 Levin Family Grant 2012 Maximum Distinction for M.A. Thesis in Economics, PUC-Chile

    OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent) Citizenship: Chile

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]

    GRANT GRAZIANI [email protected]

    (252) 412-8750 https://sites.google.com/site/grantgraziani

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Behavioral Economics Health Economics Labor Economics

    EDUCATION: DEGREE DATE FIELD

    University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. May 2020 Economics Columbia University B.A. May 2011 Economics-Statistics

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays on Race and Health in the US"

    Date of Completion: May 18 2020 Principal Advisor: Professor Hilary Hoynes Other References: Professors Ben Handel, Jonathan Kolstad, David Card

    JOB MARKET PAPER “Physician Quality and Patient Race: Evidence from Primary Care”

    Racial disparities in health outcomes in the US are large, persistent and for black Americans, largely due to chronic conditions that can be managed by primary care. One commonly referenced explanation for these disparities is that minority patients tend to be treated by lower quality providers. Additionally, a growing body of evidence shows that even holding a provider fixed, patients of different races are treated differently. I utilize administrative data for the universe of primary care patients in the Veterans Health Administration to test both hypotheses. First, I show that disparities in healthcare utilization are not explained by patients of different races being treated by different primary care providers. Second, I show using a two-way fixed effect model that a given PCP’s quality is not constant across their black and white patients. I do this by developing a novel measure of PCP quality, predicted one-year survival.

    PUBLICATIONS: “Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland” with Marcella Alsan and Owen Garrick. American Economic Review – Vol. 109, No. 12, December 2019, pp. 4047-4111. “Workers' Spending Response to the 2011 Payroll Tax Cuts” with Basit Zafar and Wilbert van der Klaauw. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy – Vol. 8, No. 4, November 2016, pp. 124-159.

    CURRENT POSITION: BD-Step Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Dept of Veterans Affairs (July 2020-present)

    RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Research Assistant for Reed Walker at Haas School of Business – UCB (2015-2017) Research Assistant for Ben Handel at Department of Economics – UCB (2015-2016) Research Assistant for Amy Finkelstein and Heidi Williams at the NBER (2013-2014) Research Associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of NY – Microeconomics Group (2011-2012)

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Instructor, Department of Economics, UCB - Summer 2019, 2018, 2017 Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UCB, Fall 2015 to Spring 2020

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2016 Outstanding GSI Award 2015 Honorable Mention – NSF Graduate Research Fellowship 2011 Latin Honors cum laude (Columbia)

    OTHER INFORMATION: Affiliations: American Economic Association Languages: English (fluent); Citizenship: USA

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]

    Jonathan Holmes [email protected]

    https://www.jonathan-holmes.com/ BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Public Economics Applied Econometrics Health Economics Industrial Organization

    FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Public Economics, Health Economics

    DISSERTATION TITLE: “Essays on Health Insurance Policy and Inequality in the United States”

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Ben Handel Other References: Professors Danny Yagan and Jonathan Kolstad

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Queen’s University M.A. 2012 Economics University of Ottawa B.Soc.Sci. 2011 Economics

    PAPERS: • Adverse Selection and Inequality Across U.S. Health Insurance Markets (Job Market Paper) • Insurer Innovation and Health Care Efficiency: Evidence from Utah (in preparation)

    With: Ben Handel, Jon Kolstad, and Kurt Lavetti

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley

    PIs: Ben Handel and Jonathan Kolstad (2016-2018), Alex Gelber (2015-2016) Research Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

    PIs: Amitabh Chandra (2012-2014), Rema Hanna (2012-2013) TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor, Haas School of Business and Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley

    MBA Data and Decisions (Fall, 2020), Public Economics (Fall, 2016)

    PUBLICATIONS: Chandra, Amitabh, Jonathan Holmes, and Jonathan Skinner. 2013. “Is This Time Different? The Slowdown in Health Spending.”

    Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 47(2): 261-323. Chandra, Amitabh, Maurice Dalton, and Jonathan Holmes. 2013. “Large Increases In Spending On Postacute Care In Medicare

    Point To The Potential For Cost Savings In These Settings.” Health Affairs 32(5): 864-72.

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: Spring 2021 Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Dissertation Fellowship 2020-2021 Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Dissertation Fellowship 2017-2019 NBER Pre-doctoral Fellowship on the Economics of an Aging Workforce 2016 Edward Hildebrand Graduate Fellowship 2014-2018 The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Doctoral Award 2011-2012 The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s

    Scholarship 2007-2011 The Loran Award, the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation’s National Award

    OTHER INFORMATION: Affiliations: American Economic Association, Canadian Economic Association Languages: English, French Citizenship: Canada

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Aashna Avachat HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS [email protected]

    MUHAMMAD YASIR KHAN [email protected]

    www.yasirkhan.org BUSINESS ADDRESS: Haas School of Business 2220 Piedmont Ave, 545 Student Services Building, Berkeley, CA 94720

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS:

    PRIMARY SECONDARY Development Economics Health Economics Personnel Economics Public Policy Political Economy Behavioral Economics

    FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Development Economics, Political Economy

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays on the Incentives and Motivations of State Personnel"

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisors: Professor Ernesto Dal Bo and Professor Edward (Ted) Miguel Other References: Professor Frederico (Fred) Finan and Professor Noam Yuchtman

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Columbia University M.P.A. 2009 Public Administration National University of Singapore M.P.P. 2009 Public Policy Lahore University of Management Sciences B.Sc. 2007 Economics

    SELECTED WORKING PAPERS: • “Mission Motivation and Public Sector Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan” (Job Market Paper) • “Social Motivations, Political Candidacy, and Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan” with Saad Gulzar • “Norms, Beliefs, and Networks: Descriptive Findings on Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan” with Saad Gulzar

    and Luke Sonnet • “Using Preference Parameter Estimates to Optimize Public Sector Wage Contracts: A field study in Pakistan” with James

    Andreoni, Michael Callen, Charles Sprenger and Karrar Hussain, NBER Working Paper No. 22019 • “Personalities and Public Sector Performance: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan” with Michael Callen, Ali Hasanain,

    Saad Gulzar and Arman Rezaee, NBER Working Paper No. 21180 • “The Political Economy of Public Employee Absence: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan” with Michael Callen, Ali

    Hasanain, Saad Gulzar and Arman Rezaee, NBER Working Paper No. 22340 • “Coordinating Farmers with Cell Phones: Technology Innovation in Livestock Extension in Pakistan” with Ali Hasanain

    and Arman Rezaee

    WORK IN PROGRESS • “Social Spillovers and the Gender Gap in Political Participation in Pakistan” with Saad Gulzar and Luke Sonnet • “Organizational Prestige and the Decision to Become a Public Health Worker” with Zain Chaudhry and Karrar Hussain • “Teamwork in Public Sector: Evidence from Police in Pakistan”, with Zain Chaudhry, Aprajit Mahajan and Karrar Hussain • “Barriers to Political Entry: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan”, with Saad Gulzar

    PUBLICATIONS:

    • "Data and Policy Decisions: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan" with Michael Callen, Saad Gulzar, Ali Hasanain and Arman Rezaee, Journal of Development Economics, vol. 146, September 2020.

    SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS:

    2020 IRLE Fellowship, Sasakawa Fellowship, Oliver Williamson Fund 2019 CEGA Development Economics Grant, Weiss Family Fund, International Growth Centre

    PRE-DOCTORAL WORK EXPERIENCE :

    2011-2015 Country Economist, International Growth Centre, Pakistan 2010-2011 Research Officer, Aga Khan Foundation, Pakistan

    OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English, Urdu, Pashto Citizenship: Pakistan

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

    PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez [email protected]

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    Junyi Hou [email protected]

    https://junyi-hou.github.io

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Development Economics Economic Growth Political Economy Applied Microeconomics

    FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Development Economics, Political Economy

    DISSERTATION TITLE: “Essays in Development Economics and Political Economy" Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Gerard Roland Other References: Professors Andres Rodriguez-Clare, Professor Yuryi Gorodnichenko

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD

    London School of Economics MSc. 2014 Econometrics and Mathematical Economics Nankai University B.A. 2013 Economics

    WORKING PAPERS:

    ● Resource Misallocation in the R&D Sector: Evidence From China (Job Market Paper)

    WORK IN PROGRESS: ● Political Connections, Market Frictions, and Resource Misallocation: Evidence From China ● Rewarding Political Loyalty: Allocation Poverty Relief Funds and Revolutionary Bases

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Scientist (part-time), Uber Inc. (2019-2020)

    Business Economic Team Research Assistant, Department of Politics, U.C. Berkeley (2016-2017)

    to Professor Peter Lorentzen Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Stanford (2014-2015)

    to Professor Dave Donaldson Research Assistant, Centre of Economic Performance, London School of Economics (Summer 2014)

    to Professor Silvana Tenreyro

    TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley

    Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Topics in Economic Research.

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020-2021 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2015-2016 Ning Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2014 Ely Devons Prize, London School of Economics 2009-2013 Outstanding Student Awards, Nankai University

    PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

    Referee: Journal of Comparative Economics

    OTHER INFORMATION: Programming Language: Python; STATA; SQL Languages: English, Mandarin Citizenship: China

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

    PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez [email protected]

    Peter B. McCrory [email protected]

    https://peter-mccrory.github.io BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Macroeconomics Banking and Finance Public Policy International Economics

    Applied Theory

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Macroeconomics"

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko Other References: Professors Alan Auerbach, Emi Nakamura, and David Romer

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Covenant College B.A. 2012 Economics and Philosophy

    PAPERS: “Tradable Spillovers of Fiscal Policy: Evidence from the 2009 Recovery Act” Job Market Paper “A Local-Spillover Decomposition of the Causal Effect of U.S. Defense Spending Shocks,”

    With Timothy Conley, Bill Dupor, Mahdi Ebsim, and Jingchao Li. Working Paper 2020-014A, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2020.

    “Delegated Learning and Non-Credible Communication,” With Farzad Pourbabaee.

    “Bank Networks, Credit Frictions, and Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Cross-State Banking Deregulation,” With Todd Messer.

    PUBLICATIONS: “A Cup Runneth Over: Fiscal Policy Spillovers from the 2009 Recovery Act”

    With Bill Dupor, Economic Journal, vol. 128 (611), 2018. “Unemployment Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders: Evidence from High Frequency Claims Data,”

    With ChaeWon Baek, Todd Messer, and Preston Mui. Accepted for publication at the Review of Economics and Statistics.

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (February 2019; Summer 2019) Research Assistant to Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko (2016-2018) Research Assistant to Professor Benjamin Schoefer (Summer 2017) Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2013-2015)

    TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2016- Fall 2018)

    Microeconomic Theory (Graduate), Economic History Developmental Math Course Instructor, San Quentin Prison, Prison University Project (Summer 2017)

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2020 Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Dissertation fellowship 2019 Burch Center Continuing Student Fellowship 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award 2016 Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2015 Departmental Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2008 Maclellan Scholarship, Covenant College

    OTHER INFORMATION: Referee: Journal of Monetary Economics, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics Citizenship: United States

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

    PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez [email protected]

    Todd Messer [email protected]

    https://messertodd.github.io BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    International Economics Economic History Macroeconomics

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Macroeconomics and Trade"

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Other References: Professors Christina Romer and Benjamin Faber

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Rutgers University B.A. 2012 Economics, Mathematics

    PAPERS: “Foreign Currency as a Barrier to International Trade: Evidence from Brazil” Job Market Paper “The Economics of Sovereign Debt, Bailouts, and the Eurozone Crisis”

    with Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Philippe Martin.

    “Bank Networks, Credit Frictions, and Economic Growth: Evidence from U.S. Cross-State Banking Deregulation” with Peter McCrory.

    “Financial Failures and Depositor Quality: Evidence from Building and Loan Associations in California”

    PUBLICATIONS: “Unemployment Effects of Stay-at-Home Orders: Evidence from High Frequency Claims Data”

    with ChaeWon Baek, Peter McCrory, and Preston Mui. Accepted for Publication at The Review of Economics and Statistics “Firm Entry and Macroeconomic Dynamics”

    with Francois Gourio and Michael Siemer. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, vol. 106 (5), 2016 “Fiscal Consequences of Paying Interest on Reserves”

    with Macro Bassetto. Fiscal Studies, vol 34 (4), 2013 “Forecasting Inflation and the Great Recession”

    with Marco Bassetto and Christine Ostrowski. FRB Chicago: Economic Perspectives, vol 37 (Q3), 2013

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant to P.O. Gourinchas, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Summer 2017, Summer 2018) Summer Intern to Mark L.J. Wright, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Summer 2016). Senior Economic Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL (2012-2015)

    TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2016- Spring 2020)

    Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Graduate Macroeconomics

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2020 Summer Economics Research Grant, U.C. Berkeley 2019, 2020 Clausen Center Graduate Research Grant 2018 All-UC Group Travel and Data Grant 2016 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, U.C. Berkeley 2015 Berkeley Economic History Laboratory Graduate Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2008 Rutgers Scarlet Scholarship, Rutgers University

    OTHER INFORMATION: Referee: American Economic Review: Insights, Journal of Monetary Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics,

    Review of International Economics Citizenship: United States Languages: English (native), Portuguese (basic)

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]

    PIYUSH PARITOSH PANIGRAHI

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    CONTACT: www.piyush-panigrahi.com [email protected] +1 (617) 952-8610

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY

    SECONDARY

    International Trade Economic Geography

    Economic Growth Firm Dynamics

    DOCTORAL STUDIES: University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., Economics, May 2021 (expected)

    Dissertation Title: “Essays on Spatial Production Networks” Principal Advisor: Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Clare Other References: Professors Dave Donaldson, Thibault Fally, and Cécile Gaubert

    PRIOR EDUCATION: DEGREE DATE FIELD London School of Economics M.Sc. (Distinction) 2013 Econometrics & Mathematical Economics Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur B.Tech. 2011 Mining Engineering

    JOB MARKET PAPER: Endogenous Spatial Production Networks: Quantitative Implications for Trade and Productivity

    WORK IN PROGRESS: Fossil Fuel Discoveries and Spatial Dispersion in Manufacturing Activity

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Summer 2016, Summer 2019)

    with Professors Andrés Rodríguez-Clare and Yuriy Gorodnichenko Research Fellow, Evidence for Policy Design, Harvard University (2014 – 2015)

    with Professors Dave Donaldson, Dina Pomeranz, and Monica Singhal Research Assistant, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA (2013 – 2014)

    with Professor Dave Donaldson. TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (Fall 2016 – Spring 2020)

    International Trade (5x), Intermediate Macroeconomics (2x), International Monetary Economics (1x) OTHER: Analyst, Oxera Consulting, London, UK (Summer 2013)

    FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS: 2020 – 2021 Doctoral Completion Fellowship, U. C. Berkeley

    PEDL Exploratory Research Grant, CEPR/DFID Research Initiative Clausen Center Grant Award for Doctoral Research, U. C. Berkeley

    2020 Graduate Division Summer Research Grant, U. C. Berkeley 2019 – 2020 Bhattacharya Graduate Research Fellowship, U. C. Berkeley

    Institute for Humane Studies Fellowship, George Mason University Exploratory Data and Travel Grant, Economic History Association

    2018 – 2019 Weiss Fund Grant for Research in Development Economics, Harvard University 2017 – 2018 Clausen Center Grant Award for Doctoral Research, U. C. Berkeley 2015 – 2018 Economics Departmental Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley 2011 Institute Silver Medal, Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur

    Chandrakala Medal, Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India 3rd Place, Student Design Competition, Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration

    2009 Summer Research Fellowship, Indian Academy of Sciences

    OTHER INFORMATION: Referee: Journal of International Economics Languages: English, Hindi, Odia Citizenship: India

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez

    DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected] Farzad Pourbabaee

    [email protected] https://farzad-pourbabaee.github.io/

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS:

    PRIMARY: SECONDARY: Economic Theory Econometrics Finance

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Venture capital, Reputation and Learning"

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Robert M. Anderson Other References: Professors Gustavo Manso and Chris Shannon

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD

    UC Berkeley M.A. 2019 Statistics McMaster University M.A. 2015 Mathematics Sharif University of Technology B.Sc. 2013 Electrical Engineering

    (Minor in Mathematics)

    PAPERS: 4. Reputation, Innovation, and Externalities in Venture Capital (Job Market Paper) 3. Delegated Learning and Non-Credible Communication (with Peter B. McCrory, working paper) 2. Robust Experimentation in the Continuous Time Bandit Problem (revise and resubmit in Economic Theory) 1. Risk Minimization and Portfolio Diversification (with Minsuk Kwak and Traian A. Pirvu), Quantitative Finance, 2016.

    TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, first year Ph.D. courses:

    Mathematical Tools for Economists (Econ 204, GSI for Professor Chris Shannon, Fall 2017, 18’, 19’ and 20’) Game Theory (Econ 201B, GSI for Professor Shachar Kariv, Spring 2019) Econometrics (Econ 240B, GSI for Professor Demian Pouzo and Professor Jim Powell, Spring 2017 and 18’)

    Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley, undergraduate courses: Economics Department: Financial Economics (Econ 136) Haas School of Business: Investment (UGBA 133); Financial Markets (UGBA 132); Principles of Microeconomics (UGBA 101A)

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2020-21 Dissertation Completion Fellowship, UC Berkeley 2019 Finance Theory Group PhD Summer School 2018 Graduate Assembly Travel Award, UC Berkeley 2015-16 First- and second-year PhD fellowship, UC Berkeley, Center for Risk Management Research and Economics Department 2013-15 Two-year Graduate Fellowship, McMaster University, Department of Mathematics 2007 Silver medal in the 20th Iranian National Physics Olympiad

    SEMINARS: 2020 UC Berkeley, Department of Economics, Theory and Finance weekly Seminars;

    Search and Matching in Macro and Finance (SaMMF, scheduled) 2019 UC Berkeley, Department of Economics, Risk Seminar; Haas School of Business, Finance Lunch 2018 Washington University in St. Louis, Economics Graduate Student Conference 2017 UC Berkeley, Department of Statistics, BSTARS; Department of Economics, Risk Seminar 2016 UC Santa Barbara, Department of Statistics and Applied Probability

    OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English (fluent) Citizenship: Iran

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Diana Lazo DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS [email protected]

    WENFENG QIU [email protected] https://wenfengqiu.com/

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics 714 University Hall #3310 Berkeley, CA 94720-3310

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS:

    PRIMARY SECONDARY Microeconomic Theory Environmental Economics Decision Theory Behavioral Economics

    Financial Economics

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Microeconomic Theory"

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor David Ahn Other References: Professors Haluk Ergin, Larry Karp and Chris Shannon

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Tufts University M.S. 2015 Economics Sun Yat-sen University B.A. 2013 Economics

    PAPERS: ● Uncertainty in the Small and in the Large (with David Ahn) [Job Market Paper]

    Most decisions are observed in isolation without direct measurement of correlation in beliefs across state spaces or complementarity in tastes across prize spaces. We introduce a novel model with two decision problems with distinct states and prizes, which we call small worlds, without observation of bets that are contingent on the realization of both worlds. We provide a characterization of subjective expected utility, where choices are made as if there is a joint distribution over the product of the state spaces and a joint utility index over pairs of prizes from both prize spaces. Turning to the identification problem, we show that the joint utility index over pairs of prizes and the marginal belief over each small world is identified, but the uniqueness of the joint distribution is more subtle. If the utility index is separable across prize spaces, then the correlation across state spaces is unidentified; but if there is any complementarity across prizes, then the joint distribution is exactly identified. We apply our analysis to provide behavioral foundations for independence of the distribution across state spaces. Finally, we generalize the model to allow for ambiguity about correlations.

    ● Hard to Measure Well: Can Feasible Policies Reduce Methane Emissions? (with Karl Dunkle Werner) ● Stochastic Choice from Gradual Attention ● Information Design with Background Risk

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

    RESEARCH: Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2020 - present)

    Graduate Student Researcher for Chris Shannon Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, U.C. Berkeley (2020 - present)

    Graduate Student Researcher for Gordon Rausser TEACHING: Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley

    Econ 201A: Graduate General Equilibrium Theory (Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019) Econ 138: Financial and Behavioral Economics (Spring 2019) Econ 136: Financial Economics (Spring 2018)

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

    2017 UC Berkeley Summer Research Grant 2015 The Linda Datcher Loury Award in Economics 2014 The Henken Scholar Fellowship

    OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: English, Chinese Citizenship: China

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]

    NINA ROUSSILLE [email protected] https://ninaroussille.github.io/

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS:

    PRIMARY SECONDARY Labor Economics Personnel Economics Public Economics

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Labor Economics"

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Patrick Kline Other References: Professors Hilary Hoynes and Gabriel Zucman

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Polytechnique and Paris School of Economics M.A. 2015 Economics Université Paris Dauphine B.A. 2012 Economics

    WORKING PAPERS: ● The Central Role Of The Ask Gap In Gender Pay Inequality (JMP)

    ● Tax Evasion and the Swiss Cheese Regulation

    WORK IN PROGRESS: ● Biased Beliefs about Outside Options and Wage Inequality (with Simon Jäger, Benjamin Schoefer and Christopher Roth)

    ● The Effect of Gender and Racial Team Composition on Career Trajectories (with Elizabeth Linos and Sanaz Mobasseri)

    ● Revealed Preference Job Ladders (with Benjamin Scuderi)

    SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES : 2021 ASSA Annual Meetings, Discrimination and Fairness session (scheduled) 2020 NBER Summer Institute Labor Studies, 3rd IDSC of IZA/University of Luxembourg Workshop:

    Matching Workers and Jobs Online, UC Berkeley Labor Lunch Seminar, UC Berkeley Labor Seminar, Paris School of Economics Applied Economics Seminar (scheduled)

    2016: Paris School of Economics Applied Economics Seminar

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH:

    • UC Berkeley : Research assistant to Prof. Gabriel Zucman (Fall 2019 and Fall 2020), Prof. David Card and Prof. Patrick Kline ( Fall 2018), Prof. Benjamin Schoefer (Summer and Fall 2017)

    • Harvard University : Research assistant to Prof. Raj Chetty and Prof. Stefanie Stantcheva at the Lab for Economic Applications and Policy, 2015-2016

    • OECD : Research internship, Summer 2014 TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley:

    Econ 133: Global Inequality and Growth, UC Berkeley, Spring 2019 and Spring 2020 Econ 140: Economic statistics and Econometrics, UC Berkeley, Fall 2018

    REFEREEING: American Economic Review

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

    2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (awarded to top 10% of GSIs) , Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Dissertation Fellowship 2019 George Break Prize in Public Finance (awarded for outstanding performance in public finance field

    courses) + UC Berkeley Opportunity Lab, Labor science Grant 2018 UC Berkeley Economics Department Fellowship 2017 Burch Center Fellowship 2016 UC Berkeley Economics Department Fellowship + Dean Summer Research Grant

    OTHER INFORMATION:

    Programming: Python, Stata Languages: English (fluent), French (Native) Citizenship: French

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS [email protected]

    MAXIME SAUZET [email protected]

    https://sites.google.com/view/maximesauzet BUSINESS ADDRESS: Department of Economics 530 Evans Hall, #3880 Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    International Finance and Macroeconomics Machine Learning Methods Asset Pricing Macroeconomics

    FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: Finance, International Economics, Macroeconomics

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Asset Pricing and Portfolio Choice in an International Context"

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Other References: Professors Nicolae Gârleanu, Martin Lettau, Hélène Rey, Jón Steinsson

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD SciencesPo Paris, École Polytechnique, ENSAE M.Sc. 2014 Economics, Public Policy (Summa Cum Laude) INSA Lyon, France M.Eng. 2011 Computer Science (Honors)

    PAPERS: ● Asset Prices, Global Portfolios, and the International Financial System. Job Market Paper, 2020. ● Global Real Rates: A Secular Approach (with Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Hélène Rey). Working Paper, 2020. ● Projection Methods via Neural Networks for Continuous-Time Models. In preparation, 2020. ● Global Asset Manager, and the Global Financial Cycle. In preparation, 2020.

    PUBLICATIONS: ● The International Monetary and Financial System (with Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Hélène Rey).

    Annual Review of Economics, vol. 11, 2019.

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH: Research Assistant, Department of Economics, U.C. Berkeley

    Professor Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (Summer 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020). Professor Yuriy Gorodnichenko (Summer 2016).

    PhD Trainee, European Central Bank, DGI, International Policy Analysis Division (2018). Research Assistant, Department of Economics, SciencesPo Paris

    Professor Nicolas Coeurdacier (2014-2015).

    TEACHING: Teaching Assistant, U.C. Berkeley

    Haas School of Business: Empirical Methods in Finance (MFE), Macroeconomics in the Global Economy (MBA). Department of Economics: Introduction to Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Graduate Macroeconomic Theory.

    OTHER: Short-term positions: Accenture, French Economic Observatory (OFCE), Atos Worldline, École des Mines de Saint-Étienne.

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: 2015 – Pres. Departmental Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley. 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (awarded to top 10% of GSIs). 2017 Princeton Initiative: Macro, Money and Finance. 2015 – 2016 Hal R. Varian Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley. 2014 Best Master Thesis for 2013-2014, and Graduate Scholarship, SciencesPo Paris, Polytechnique, ENSAE. 2010 Global E3 Student (Engineering Education Exchange) at NJIT, Institute of International Education. 2006 – 2011 Merit Scholarship, INSA Lyon, French Government.

    REFEREEING: American Economic Review, Journal of International Economics.

    OTHER INFORMATION: Programming: Python, Matlab, Mathematica, Stata, SQL, R, Dynare, EViews. Previously: C/C++, Java, VBA, HTML, etc. Languages: English (fluent), French (native), Spanish (intermediate), German (beginner), French Cued Speech (spoken). Citizenship: France.

  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY PLACEMENT SERVICE: Janene Martinez HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS [email protected]

    BUSINESS ADDRESS: Haas School of Business 2220 Piedmont Ave Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

    THIAGO SCOT [email protected]

    www.thiagoscot.com

    DESIRED RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS: PRIMARY SECONDARY

    Development Economics Political Economy Public Economics Organizational Economics

    DISSERTATION TITLE: "Essays in Development Economics"

    Expected Date of Completion: May 2021 Principal Advisor: Professor Ernesto Dal Bó Other References: Professors Frederico Finan, Reed Walker and Guo Xu

    PRE-DOCTORAL STUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro M.A. 2013 Economics Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro B.A. 2009 International Relations

    PAPERS: Corporate Taxation and Evasion Responses: Evidence from a Minimum Tax in Honduras (with Felipe Lobel and Pedro Zúniga) (Job Market Paper)

    We use administrative data on the universe of corporate taxpayers in Honduras to study the impact of a minimum tax implemente d between 2014 and 2017. While minimum taxes are widely used tools in lower income countries to ensure tax payment from large corporations, evidence on taxpayers' response and implications for tax collection and firms' profits are still scarce. We doc ument substantial tax evasion when costs are deductible: when incentives to over-report costs disappear, large corporations report significantly lower costs and larger associated profit margins, uncovering past tax evasion rates of up to 17% of profits. We then use taxpayers' reaction to the existence of a revenue-dependent exemption threshold to estimate the elasticity of reported revenue, a key behavioral parameter to assess the impact of taxing output. Our estimates suggest large elasticities in the range of [0.35,1] . Importantly, these responses are attenuated when revenue is independently observed by the tax authority, highlighting that taxpayers' behavior is endogenous to the enforcement environment.

    Selecting Top Bureaucrats: Admission Exams and Performance in Brazil (with Laura Schiavon and Ricardo Dahis)

    In the absence of strong incentive schemes, public service delivery crucially depends on bureaucrat selection. Despite being widely adopted by governments to screen candidates, it is unclear whether civil service examinations can predict job performance. This paper investigates this question by focusing on a highly prestigious and influential set of bureaucrats in Brazil: state judges. We first explore data on judges' monthly output and cross-court movement to separately identify what share of observed performance is explained by judges and courts. We estimate that judges account for at least 23% of the observed variation in the number of cases disposed . Using a novel data set on examinations, we then show that, within cohorts of candidates taking the same exam, those with higher grades perform better than their lower-ranked peers. Our results suggest that competitive examinations can be an effective way to screen candidates, even among highly qualified contenders.

    WORK IN PROGRESS:

    Targeting in Tax Compliance Interventions: Experimental Evidence from Honduras (with Giselle Del Carmen and Edgardo Enrique Hernandez)

    Estimates of Top Income Inequality using Administrative Data in Honduras (with Santiago Garriga, Giselle Del Carmen and Edgardo Enrique Hernandez)

    Political Selection and Bureaucratic Productivity (with James Habyarimana and Stuti Khemani). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8673

    Building State Capacity: What is the Impact of Development Projects? (with Vincenzo di Maro, David Evans and Stuti Khemani)

  • PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: RESEARCH:

    Professors Ernesto Dal Bo and Frederico Finan (UC Berkeley) 2017 Stuti Khemani (World Bank Development Research Group) 2017 Professors Ketki Sheth (UC Merced) and Aprajit Mahajan (UC Berkeley) 2018

    TEACHING:

    Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley: Global Growth and Inequality (Spring 2018); Economics Analysis - Microeconomics (Spring 2019); Ethics and Responsibility in Business (Fall 2019)

    PRESENTATIONS:

    2020 International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF); Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE); Berkeley Public Finance Seminar; Berkeley Development Seminar; NTA 113th Annual Conference*; EGSC at Washington University* (* upcoming) 2019 NOVAFRICA Conference on Economic Development in Africa 2018 World Bank ABCDE Conference

    FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:

    2020 International Tax and Public Finance PhD Student award at IIPF 2020 2019 UC Berkeley’s 2019 Outstanding GSI Award (awarded to top 10% of TAs) 2017 Weiss Family Fund Exploratory Grant 2012 Winner of ANBIMA Capital Markets Award for best Master’s thesis project in Brazil

    OTHER INFORMATION: Languages: Portuguese (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), French (fluent) Citizenship: Brazil Programming: Stata, R, Python

  • UNIVERSITYOFCALIFORNIA,BERKELEY PLACEMENTSERVICE:CecilleCabacunganGOLDMANOFSCHOOLOFPUBLICPOLICY [email protected]

    MATTHEWUNRATHwww.mattunrath.com

    BUSINESSADDRESS: CONTACTINFORMATION:2607HearstAve 862.432.6122Berkeley,CA94720 [email protected] RESEARCHANDTEACHINGFIELDS:

    PRIMARY: SECONDARY:LaborEconomics,PublicEconomics,PublicPolicy AppliedMicroeconomics,AppliedEconometrics

    DISSERTATIONTITLE:EssaysinLaborandPublicEconomics

    ExpectedDateofCompletion: May2021PrincipalAdvisor: ProfessorJesseRothsteinOtherReferences: ProfessorHilaryHoynes;ProfessorAlexanderGelber,UCSanDiego

    PRE-DOCTORALSTUDIES: DEGREE DATE FIELD

    UCBerkeley MPP 2016 PublicPolicyBostonCollege BA 2009 InternationalStudies

    WORKINGPAPERS:

    BeatingtheClock:UsingYear-endChangestoIdentifyIntensiveMarginLaborSupplyResponsestoTaxation,JMPCanNudgesIncreaseTake-upoftheEarnedIncomeTaxCredit?:EvidencefromMultipleFieldExperiments,

    withElizabethLinos,AllenProhofsky,AparnaRamesh,andJesseRothsteinReviseandResubmit,AmericanEconomicJournal:EconomicPolicy

    MeasuringtheLaborMarketattheOnsetoftheCOVID-19Crisis,withAlexanderW.Bartik,MarianneBertrand,FengLin,andJesseRothsteinPreparedforBrookingsPapersonEconomicActivity

    Targeting,Screening,andRetention:EvidencefromCalifornia'sFoodStampsProgram

    WORKINPROGRESS:MeasuringTake-upoftheEarnedIncomeTaxCreditusingStateAdministrativeData,withJohnIselinEmployerSearchandLaborMarketSlack:EvidencefromJobPostingsandAdministrativeData,withKristaRuffiniMeasuringtheDiscountedValueofFutureCompensation,withAlexanderGelber

    PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE: RESEARCH:ResearchFellow,CaliforniaPolicyLab(2017-2020)

    ResearchAssistant,W.E.UpjohnInstituteforEmploymentResearch(2019-2020)ResearchAssistant,Prof.AlexanderGelber(2017-2018)ResearchAssistant,UCBerkeleyInstituteforResearchonLaborandEmployment(2016-2017)

    TEACHING:Lecturer,QuantitativeMethods,PublicPolicy&InternationalAffairsProgram(2016-2018)GraduateStudentInstructor,IntroductoryStatisticsandEconometrics(2015-2017)

    REFEREE: JournalofPublicEconomicsFELLOWSHIPSANDAWARDS:

    2020 NIATrainingGrant;UCBIRLEFellowship;HorowitzFoundationforSocialPolicy,Trustee’sAward;UCCenterSacramentoEmergingScholarAward,HonorableMention

    2019 UCBOpportunityLabLaborScienceInitiativeResearchGrant;UWMadisonIRPResearcher-PractitionerPartnershipProgram;UCBIRLEResearchGrant

    2017 OutstandingGSIAwardSEMINARSANDCONFERENCES:

    2020 Seminars:UCBEconomics,UCBPublicPolicy2019 Conferences:APPAM;CAWelfareDirectorsAssociation

    OTHERINFORMATION:

    Languages: English,French(basic); Citizenship:UnitedStates