phd international trade

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Faculty of Business & Media via distance learning

• Doctor Ph.D. Degree

45 ... 72 Academic credits required for this distance learning degree program.

Composition:.

+ 36 Academic credits - International Trade Online + Other additional subjects + 18 Academic credits - Research methodology and final project or thesis.

+ 36 Academic credits: International Trade Online

BIU Earned Credits Credits earned through the completion of academic work at Bircham International University (Reports, Projects and Thesis).

1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credits (30 hours of study). Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 academic credits): You may study any subject as an independent online continuing education course. More info...

Postgraduate level continuing education course. Previous knowledge in this field of study is required.

601INT - International Business 602INT - International Trade 603INT - International Distribution 604INT - International Transport 605INT - Export & Import Operations 606INT - International Business Law 607INT - Electronic Payments Systems 608INT - E-Commerce Solutions 609INT - International Trade Operations 610INT - International Finance & Taxation 611INT - Negotiation 612INT - Risk Management & Insurance More info...

Bibliography: International Trade via distance learning The corresponding textbooks are included in the fees. Once the fee has been paid, the books may take between two to five weeks to reach your address. Bircham International University offices may inform you at any time of the status of your books. If the book is in English, the required report must be written in English unless you have requested to write it in other language and have gained Bircham International University authorization. More info... Click here to access the recommended bibliography.

+ Additional courses may be selected from other modules in the Faculty of Business & Media from Bircham International University if required. This selection must be approved by the Distance Learning University Education Board. For example: International Business .

Research work resources and network - Doctor - International Trade:

ABRACOMEX - Associação Brasileira de Consultoria em Comércio Exterior ACEB - Associação de Comércio Exterior do Brasil ACITA - Automated Customs and International Trade Association ACOCEX - Asociación Española de Profesionales de Comercio Exterior AICO - Asociación Iberoamericana de Cámaras de Comercio CREDIMPEX - Association Française des Spécialistes du Commerce International FCCE - Federação das Câmaras de Comércio Exterior FITA - Federation of International Trade Associations FTA - Foreign Trade Association GEA - Global Ecommerce Association ICC - International Chamber of Commerce IFTA - International Trade and Forfaiting Association INFEBEX - International Federation for the Promotion and Development of Foreign Business and Trade IT&FA - International Trade and Finance Association OSCI - Fédération des Entrepreneurs du Commerce International TIEIT - The Institute of Export and International Trade WIIT - Association of Women in International Trade WTO - World Trade Organization More info...

Joining the proper association is the best way to become an updated professional. Bircham International University graduates may join many professional associations. Membership requirements for each association may vary depending on the degree program, specialization and graduate resume en each occasion. BIU can not guarantee membership in all instances. BIU does not intermediate in these procedures. Bircham International University provides a list of available memberships and professional references from each faculty where some BIU graduates may belong. Contact directly the ones you select. More info...

+ 18 Academic credits (Research methodology and final project or thesis. More info... ).

Admission requirements: Doctor - International Trade

Bircham International University distance learning degree admission requirements differ depending upon the Faculty and the major of study. There is no discrimination with respect to race, color, sex, beliefs and/or religion. A minimum of 30% of the total number of credits required by any adult degree program syllabus has to be transferred from previous education and/or validated from professional experience in order to gain admission. A maximum of 20% of the total number of credits required by the distance learning degree program can be transferred from professional and life experience. More info...

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Learning outcomes: Doctor - International Trade

The following learning outcomes are compatible with the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) for lifelong learning and continuing education. The EQF directives facilitate acceptance of this course credits by many higher education institution. These learning outcomes are achieved after completion of this course with a passing grade. Better grades will demonstrate higher analysis, evaluation and critical thinking skills. More info...

EQF LEVEL 6. Advanced knowledge and critical understanding. Outcome resulting from course content assessment and its applicability to problem solving. The student's ability to combine the different parts of the text and to form a new coherent and harmonic final report will determine the critical understanding of the subject and an advanced knowledge of International Trade. The student written report style, content, and structure play an important role in the assessment and applicability of the knowledge about International Trade to different Business & Media decision making scenarios and problem-solving. More info...

EQF LEVEL 7. Advanced knowledge and critical thinking. Outcome resulting from written critical thinking and its applicability to problem solving. The student will contrast and evaluate the learned material with his/her own knowledge and experience to express an opinion about International Trade, to consider the practical application of the key concepts, and to argue the conclusions along the written report. Personal judgments and opinion should be based on sound criteria and must be clearly discussed. More info...

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International Trade Online

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From the GEM Ph.D. Liaison

"Welcome to the Global Economics and Management Ph.D. program. When you join our group of scholars you will find an environment that values intellectual rigor, strong empirical and theoretical skills, and a commitment to the highest standards in research and teaching. The faculty works very closely with Ph.D. students: our door will always be open to you. Our placement record is strong, with graduates of our program holding faculty positions at the Harvard Business School, the Yale School of Management and the Yale Department of Economics, as well as research positions at top governmental and international organizations such as the IMF, the World Bank and the Federal Reserve Board."

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Ph.d. admissions, milestone publications.

Specification Searches: Ad Hoc Inferences with Non Experimental Data Ed Leamer 1978, John Wiley & Sons

Professor Ed Leamer wrote the economics (metastatistics) book Specification Searches: Ad Hoc Inferences with Non Experimental Data. The influential work, published in 1978 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc., defined a radically new approach to inference with nonexperimental data when the statistical model is ambiguously defined. The book examines the process of model searching and its implications for inference.  

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The Diffusion of Development Romain Wacziarg (with Enrico Spolare) Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009

Professor of Economics and GEM Area Chair Romain Wacziarg published a key paper on genetic distance and differences in income per capita across countries entitled “The Diffusion of Development” with Enrico Spolaore. The 2009 paper appeared in Quarterly Journal of Economics.  

Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany. Nico Voigtlander (with Joachim Voth) Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013

Professor Nico Voigtlander (together with Joachim Voth) wrote the recent, widely-discussed paper “Persecution Perpetuated: The Medieval Origins of Anti-Semitic Violence in Nazi Germany.” The work, published in Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013, 127 (3): 1339-1392, examines the persistency of cultural traits utilizing data on anti-Semitism in Germany, finding continuity at the local level over more than half a millennium.  

Left Behind: Latin America and the False Promise of Populism Sebastian Edwards 201, University of Chicago Press

Professor Sebastian Edwards’ 2010 book Left Behind: Latin America and the False Promise of Populism was published by University of Chicago Press and was well-received by the global academic community. The book explains why the nations of Latin America have failed to share in the fruits of globalization and forcefully highlights the dangers of the recent turn to economic populism in the region. You can read more about the book and UCLA Anderson’s Professor Edwards, the Henry Ford II Professor of International Economics, in the link below.  

On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough Paolo Giuliano (with Alberto Alesina and Nathan Nunn) Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013

Assistant Professor of Economics Paolo Giuliano won the IPUMS Research Award for her paper “On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough” (with Alberto Alesina and Nathan Nunn.) It appeared in Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2013. The paper finds that, consistent with existing hypotheses, the descendants of societies that traditionally practiced plough agriculture, today have lower rates of female participation in the workplace, in politics, and in entrepreneurial activities, as well as a greater prevalence of attitudes favoring gender inequality.  

Alumni Success

Anusha Chari (’00)

Dissertation: Essays in International Finance

Anusha Chari's most recent work uses firm-level data to examine the effects of financial globalization on topics such as outbound FDI from emerging markets, the political economy of protectionism, the rate of return to capital in capital-poor countries, and the evolution of India's industrial composition following liberalization. Her paper " Risk Sharing and Asset Prices: Evidence from a Natural Experiment " was nominated for the Smith Breeden prize for the best paper published in Journal of Finance .

Mitsuru Igami (’12)

Dissertation: Three Essays on Creative Destruction

Mitsuru Igami's research focuses on the strategic industry dynamics of creative destruction, including innovation and productivity, market entry and exit, and mergers and acquisitions. As a graduate student, he won numerous fellowships and grants, as well as the Xavier Drèze Prize for best paper. He recently co-authored Unobserved Heterogeneity in Dynamic Games: Cannibalization and Preemptive Entry of Hamburger Chains in Canada , published in Quantitative Economics .

Peter K. Schott (’99)

Dissertation: Three Essays on Factor Endowments, the Distribution of Production, and Trade

Peter Schott was recently named Juan Trippe Professor of International Economics at the Yale School of Management and holds a joint appointment in Yale University's Department of Economics. His research has appeared in academic outlets and popular media, including the New Yorker , the Economist , the New York Times , the Wall Street Journal and the Harvard Business Review . While at UCLA Anderson he coauthored, with Ed Leamer, " Does Natural Resource Abundance Increase Latin American Income Inequality? "

Juan Marcos Wlasiuk (’13)

Dissertation: Essays on International Development

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PhD candidates develop the analytical and technical background required for research, teaching, high-level policy making and consulting in international economics and finance. They pursue jobs in education as well as in the public and private sectors.

Lara Loewenstein

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

MA’12, PhD’16 | United States

Vina Nguyen

Economist, IMF

PhD’14 | Vietnam

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

PhD’18 | Dominican Republic

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Chief Operating Officer, Markets, XM

MA’00, PhD’04 | Colombia

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Boston College

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• After completing the first year (normally four courses per semester, including Advanced Microeconomics I and II, Advanced Macroeconomics I and II and Econometrics), students then take qualifying examinations in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics.
• After completing field courses, usually in one or two years, students take examinations in two fields of specialization.   Current areas of specialization are Applied Methods, Finance and International Economics.
• In the first year, all PhD students also enroll in ECON 399  PhD Dissertation Workshop . The workshop provides opportunities for advanced students to present papers and define thesis objectives.
• In the third year, the PhD candidates begin to  work on the dissertation , prepare initial work on the thesis, and submit a 3rd year paper.
• In the third year and beyond, the thesis takes shape and a formal committee is assembled. Once a thesis defense date is scheduled, the student presents the core of the thesis work, and once completed, the degree is awarded during the next degree period.
• PhD students are required to work as either a teaching or research assistant at Brandeis International Business School in years 1-5 of the program.
• Students receive the Master of Science degree upon successful completion of 13 courses, passing their 2nd year qualifying exams, and at least one of two field exams. 
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Candidates are considered for admission every other year. The next intake will be Fall 2024.

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Field Courses

Please note that not all field courses are offered every year.

ECON-603 Microeconomics II I

One of the courses in the PhD microeconomic theory field. Time permitting we will study:

• Repeated Games

• Bargaining

• Mechanism Design

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ECON-604 Microeconomics IV

This is the second part of the Theory Field of the PhD program in Economics. Econ 601 and Econ 602 are prerequisites for the course. Econ 603 is highly recommended, but because of scheduling problems it is not a formal prerequisite for the class. The material covered will be a combination of topics in Bounded Rationality and Contract Theory broadly construed.

ECON-607 Macroeconomics III

This course is designed for graduate students who plan to concentrate in one of the areas of macroeconomics. It develops further some of the techniques that were introduced in Macroeconomics I and II, and it discusses some of the areas of current macroeconomic research. Topics covered will vary from year to year.

ECON-608 Macroeconomics IV

This course is designed for graduate students who plan to concentrate in one of the areas of macroeconomics. It develops further some of the techniques that were introduced in Macroeconomics I and II, and it discusses some of the areas of current macroeconomic research. Topics covered will vary from year to year, but likely topics include: new Keynesian models, theories of price determination, real business cycle model techniques, endogenous growth, monetary transmission mechanisms, asset pricing models, and models of banking and finance. 

ECON-609 Computation of Dynamic Models with Applications

ECON-612 Econometrics I

Methods of estimation and inference are developed for the classical regression model, the generalized regression model, basic time-series models, and simultaneous equations systems.

ECON-615 Micro-Econometrics

Econometric methods for analysis of microeconomic behavior are developed. Topics include panel data analysis and models with discrete or limited dependent variables.

ECON-616 Macro-Econometrics

The course is an introduction to univariate and multivariate time series models. Time domain methods, including VAR’s, structural VAR’s, Bayesian VAR’s for linear models and GMM for non-linear stationary models are covered. An introduction to non-stationary time series models is given. Frequency domain methods and their applications to business cycle inference is also covered.  The course starts by introducing basic concepts and progresses to more complicated models. The course intends to meet two goals.  It provides tools for empirical work with time series data, mostly for macroeconomic applications and provides a heuristic introduction into the theoretical foundation of time series models. 

ECON 617 – Computational Economics

ECON 618 – Advanced Theory

The course covers advanced and current research topics. The focus is on presentation and research.

ECON 619 – Structural Economics

This course will focus on the empirical estimation of dynamic programming (DP) and equilibrium models. It will present state of the art methods for solving and simulating DP models and estimating them econometrically. The course will also provide many empirical applications to illustrate how these tools and methods are used in practice. In addition, the course will examine the formulation and solution of dynamic equilibrium models and dynamic games and provide state of the art algorithms for finding equilibria and simulating and estimating such models. It will also discuss a growing line of research on behavioural models and ways to deal with some of the limitations of models of “full rationality”. These include the curse of dimensionality, the identification problem, and the problem of multiplicity of equilibria.

ECON-621 Economics of Poverty and Inequality

Concerns about “poverty” and “inequality” have long been central to economics and policy. The course will begin with a brief historical overview of past thinking in philosophy and economic back to the 17th century. We will then study the concepts found in current literature and policy debates in more formal terms, critically reviewing prevailing measurement theories. Using these concepts, the course will then review the debates, theories and the evidence on the causes of poverty and on the role and effectiveness of specific policy interventions.

The lectures will embrace some key questions about economic development:  Why does poverty fall faster in some economies than others? Is a rise in inequality inevitable as poor countries grow? Does poverty necessarily fall with economic growth? How does the initial inequality influence the growth process and subsequent distributional changes? Can poor countries or poor areas within countries get stuck with persistently high poverty despite sound macroeconomic policies? What types of policy interventions can help in effectively fighting poverty?

The lectures will draw on both economic theory and a wide range of evidence, including both econometric studies and lessons from more qualitative work. Emphasis will be given throughout on understanding and evaluating policy interventions from a distributional perspective, ranging from macro policies to micro-sectoral policies. The course will primarily, but not exclusively, focus on developing countries.

ECON-622 Developmental Economics

This course will focus primarily on macroeconomic problems and issues in developing countries. The course will begin with a selective review of growth models and empirics, before moving on to macroeconomic questions that are of particular interest in developing countries. Inflation dynamics and anti-inflation programs will be analyzed. The macroeconomic effects of exchange rate policy will be studied in detail, including the potentially contractionary effects of devaluation and issues of the credibility of fixed exchange rate commitments. Models of speculative attacks or balance of payments crises will be covered, as will issues of the sustainability of current account and fiscal deficits. the bulk of the course will follow the structure of the book Development Macroeconomics by Pierre-Richard Agenor and Peter Montiel.

ECON-631 Industrial Organization I

The course studies theoretical models of industrial organization that are used to address competition policy and monopoly regulation. Topics covered will include some of the following: monopoly behavior and welfare losses; strategic interaction in oligopoly–prices, outputs, investments; welfare tradeoffs due to fixed costs, asymmetric costs, and product differentiation; collusion and horizontal mergers; price discrimination; vertical control–incentives and methods, including integration versus contracting, and vertical control for exclusionary purposes; promoting competition in traditionally regulated network industries; innovation and intellectual property rights.  

ECON 632 Industrial Organization II

ECON-633 Macroeconomics Labor and Trade

ECON-651 International Trade I

This is the introductory graduate course in international trade theory and is intended to give a broad coverage of the field. Topics include: gains from trade and comparative advantage; the Heckscher-Ohlin model and its higher  dimensional extensions; trade and wages; increasing returns and imperfect competition; the Gravity Model; trade policy and political economy.

ECON-661 Labor Economics I

This course will cover a selection of the major topics in labor economics that are microeconomic in nature. Emphasis is placed on analyzing both the theoretical models in the area and the methods and results in empirical labor market analysis. Topics include: labor demand, labor supply, human capital analysis, equalizing differentials and the analysis of unionized labor markets.

ECON-662 Labor Economics II

This course will survey search, matching, and related models of the labor market. These models are designed to explain the existence of unemployment and of wage dispersion across similar workers. Several policy issues can be addressed using these models, e.g., the design of unemployment insurance systems, the impact of hiring and firing costs, etc. The course will include both theoretical and empirical literature, and it is intended for PhD students interested in research in macro labor economics.

ECON-680 Topics in Political Economy

Political Economy is a relatively new field in economics that combines tools and methods of economics to study political mechanisms for allocating resources. The course is designed to introduce students to tools of formal modeling in political economy and to expose the students to important issues at the frontier of the field. Particular attention is paid to the strategic incentives of political actors, particularly under imperfect information and/or when facing inter-temporal trade offs. Micro III is highly recommended but not required. Among the topics covered include (1) social choice and mechanism design, (2) models of voting incentives, lobbying, campaign contributions, voluntarism, and other forms of political participation, (3) political competition between/among candidates, parties, and interest groups, (4) the role of expertise, pivotal events, ideology, and the media, in electoral aggregation of dispersed information, (5) the dynamic evolution of policies, including provision of public goods, debt, and redistribution, within political institutions, (6) the dynamic evolution of the institutions themselves, (7) comparative performance of political institutions.

ECON-682 Public Economics

This course is designed for 2nd year Ph.D. students in economics. It has two goals: (1) introduce some of the core theoretical and empirical public finance/economics techniques and literature, (2) help students identify thesis topics. Towards those goals, we will read two types of papers: (1) “classics” that every well-trained public finance economist should know, (2) and new papers that represent new trends and ideas in the field. Topics will include, but not be limited to, the following: excess burden, optimal tax theory, tax incidence, behavioral responses to taxes, federalism, and externalities. Prerequisites: ECON-606

Workshops meet once a week throughout the academic year. Each student enrolled in a workshop is required to attend all sessions and to participate in the discussion of the papers presented.

ECON-711 &712 – Workshop in Macroeconomics

ECON-721 & 722 – Workshop in Microeconomics

ECON-731 & 732 – Workshop in International Trade

ECON-741 & 742 & 744 – Workshop in Empirical Econometrics

ECON-751 & 752 Workshop in Development Economics

The guide Seminar Series is a weekly seminar hosted jointly by the McCourt School of Public Policy and the Economics Department. It features guest speakers presenting cutting edge research in development economics.

ECON-999 Thesis Research-Economics

Thesis research and completion.

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International Business (IB) combines international expertise with the functional areas of General Management, emphasizing issues facing the multinational enterprise (MNE) and businesses engaged in dealings across national borders. The strength in this combination allows students to explore a deeper understanding of the cross-border intra- and inter-organizational relationships of the MNE, and incorporates a multi-level approach that also addresses the economic, institutional, sociocultural, and sociopolitical contexts in which the MNE is embedded.

The IB group at Ivey encourages students to engage with the academic community early, with many students presenting their work at the Academy of International Business and Academy of Management Annual Conferences. Our students deliver high-quality research that has frequently been recognized in  leading dissertation award competitions , including those presented by the Academy of Management IM Division , the Academy of International Business , and the European International Business Academy . Ivey’s IB area group’s PhD graduates are frequent winners or finalists of these awards.

PhD students regularly co-author with senior scholars in the IB group, and their papers have received Best Paper Awards at: Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Administrative Sciences of Canada Annual Conference, and Association of Japanese Business Studies Annual Conference.

Our current  IB group at Ivey consists of Paul Beamish , Klaus Meyer , Andreas Schotter , Vanessa Hasse , Nina Rosenbusch , and Elie Chrysostome . Though the common theme of IB unifies these colleagues, they draw on varied disciplinary bases to address issues of strategic alliances, foreign direct investment, subsidiary management, and boundary spanning leadership. They are particularly interested in studying these themes in emerging economies, including multinational enterprises originating from emerging economies. Leveraging their diversity, the IB group is interested in understanding IB phenomena from a multi-level and multi-disciplinary perspective. The International Business Institute supports this research. 

*Please note that IB is a stream under General Management

Areas of Research Focus

• Strategies and performance of international joint ventures
• Management of international alliances
• Motives and strategies of foreign direct investment
• Managing subsidiaries of multinational enterprises
• Doing business in emerging economies

The IB group ranks among the world's top 10 IB departments in terms of impact and productivity, and regularly publishes in the field’s top journals, such as Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal.

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PhD Student Opportunities

IB is one of five possible specializations within Ivey’s General Management PhD program. The IB specialization is designed for those interested in pursuing academic careers at top business schools in IB, Strategy, or Management departments.

The IB group welcomes applications from qualified candidates that are interested in conducting research into themes related to their research interests. The following list is indicative of such projects:

All Professors within the IB group are recruiting PhD students to join their research on the management of MNE subsidiaries . Such subsidiaries interact with, and contribute to, host societies in multiple ways that merit deeper scholarly investigations. Topics within this research agenda may examine any aspect of the strategies and operations of MNE subsidiaries, including the drivers of subsidiary growth, performance knowledge management, scope reductions and divestment as well as their contribution to host country economic, social, and environmental objectives. We are particularly interested in research exploring the role that individuals, such as boundary spanners, have on subsidiary- and MNE-level outcomes. Sample research:

• Managing the MNE subsidiary: Advancing a multi-level and dynamic research agenda  (Journal of International Business Studies)
• Core or periphery? The effects of country-of-origin agglomerations on the within-country expansion of MNEs  (Journal of International Business Studies) 
• Performance effects of MNC headquarters–subsidiary conflict and the role of boundary spanners: The case of headquarter initiative rejection  (Journal of International Management)

Professors Paul Beamish and Vanessa Hasse are recruiting for a co-supervision of PhD students with a research interest in the area of international joint ventures (IJVs) and strategic alliances . Topics within this research area can range broadly from collaborative strategies to the management of IJVs and strategic alliances. Experience with or an interest in quantitative data analysis, especially using larger datasets, will be an asset. Sample research:

• Host market government corruption and the equity-based foreign entry strategies of multinational enterprises  (Journal of International Business Studies)
• Multi-party international joint ventures: Multiple post-formation change processes  (Journal of World Business)
• Cooperative strategies in international business and management: Reflections on the past 50 years and future directions  (Journal of World Business)

Professor Andreas Schotter is recruiting PhD students wishing to pursue research into the internationalization of firms in the digital economy . Topics in this line of research may employ qualitative or quantitative methodologies to examine the internationalization of young firms in the digital economy, or the strategies of mature multinational firms reacting to disruptions caused by the digital economy. This research also looks at changing location choices and the emergence of new internal and external organizational structures. Sample research:

• Platforms without borders? The international strategies of digital platform firms  (Global Strategy Journal)
• Scaling fast and slow: The internationalization of digital ventures (Journal of Business Research)

Professors Klaus Meyer and Bob Andersen are recruiting PhD students interested to analyze the impact of social and political disruption on businesses operating across national borders . This is a new stream of research which aims to enhance scholarly understanding of corporate strategies (e.g. mergers, acquisitions and divestments) as companies cope with an increasingly uncertain international business environment and/or with specific disruptions in international trade or investment regimes. Sample research:

• Diplomatic and corporate networks: Bridges to foreign locations  (Journal of International Business Studies)
• The MNE and its Subsidiaries at Times of Global Disruptions: An International Relations Perspective (Global Strategy Journal).
• Corporate political connections in global strategy (Global Strategy Journal).
• Place, space, and geographical exposure: Foreign subsidiary survival in conflict zones  (Journal of International Business Studies)

Professors Paul Beamish and Vanessa Hasse are recruiting for a co-supervision of PhD students with an interest in (and ideally direct exposure to) international business within frontier markets and the world’s poorest economies. Topics within this research area can range broadly from: FDI into or exit from these countries, social intermediation to reduce poverty, the role of management education, and response strategies for rare events, among others. Sample research:

• Foreign subsidiary exit from Africa: The effects of investment purpose, diversity and orientation (Global Strategy Journal)
• Caught in the crossfire: Dimensions of vulnerability and foreign multinationals exit from war-affected countries (Strategic Management Journal)
• Social intermediation in Base-of-the Pyramid Markets (Journal of Management Studies)
• The 39 Country Initiative and Africa (Africa Journal of Management)
• The importance of rare events and other outliers in global strategy research (Global Strategy Journal)

Professor Klaus Meyer is recruiting PhD students with a research interest in the strategies and operations of multinational enterprises originating from emerging economies . Multinational enterprises from countries and regions such as China, India or South-East Asia face distinct challenges and opportunities arising from the economic and political structures of their home economies. This line of research is in particular exploring how companies address the strategic and operational challenges of catch-up strategies, including the engagement with market and nonmarket actors at home and abroad. Sample research: 

• Boundary spanners, HRM practices, and reverse knowledge transfer: The case of Chinese cross-border acquisitions (Journal of World Business)
• Emerging economy MNEs: How does home country munificence matter? (Journal of World Business)
• Theoretical foundations of emerging economy research (Journal of International Business Studies)

Professor Andreas Schotter is recruiting Ph.D. students wishing to pursue research at the intersections of international business, economic geography, and innovation, with as particular focus on how Industry 4.0 forces shape multinational enterprise (MNE) activities and the future of work in global value chains. The research considers firm level lenses from corporate strategy and the theory of the firm and microfoundations lenses, bringing the manager into the focus, while considering the rapid changes in the external environment, such as the emergence of digital technologies and increasing global connectedness. The emphasis will be on novel configurational theorizing and methods that seek to accommodate the multiplicity of actors—individuals, firms, industries, countries—and multiplexity of interactions among these actors. We aim to develop new and refine existing knowledge that accounts for the new complexities of configuring the MNE. Sample research:

• International connectedness and local disconnectedness: MNE strategies, city regions and disruption (Journal of International Business Studies)
• Configuring knowledge connectivity and strategy conditions for foreign subsidiary innovation (Long Range Planning)
• Boundary Spanning in Global Organizations (Journal of Management Studies) 

PhD Graduates

Dr. cheng li.

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba

General manager succession in multinational enterprise subsidiaries

Multinationals face growing demands from nonmarket forces, making them increasingly vulnerable to social and political disruptions. This thesis investigates two sets of relationships that are at the core of multinational nonmarket strategy: firm-government and firm-society relationships, and in so doing advances our understanding of global strategies employed to tackle challenges. It comprises…. Read more about this thesis

Dr. Liang (Arthur) Li

Assistant Professor in International Business at Henley Business School, University of Reading

This dissertation, based on interviews with over 40 managers and longitudinal data from over 1,900 foreign subsidiaries, develops new insights regarding subsidiary general manager (GM) changes in multinational enterprises (MNEs)…. Read more about this thesis

Dr. Jianhua (Jenny) Zhu

Investment Motives and Non-Traditional Foreign Direct Investment

This dissertation examines the characteristics and performance of non-traditional investment motives, with a secondary focus on small-employment subsidiaries. It also investigates how firms re-evaluate and change their organizational control after an industry-wide consumer confidence crisis…. Read more about this thesis

Dr. Liang Liang (Lucas) Wang

Associate Professor, University of New Brunswick

Antecedents and consequences of share distribution in equity joint ventures: A pricing-error approach and empirical evidence

This dissertation bridges the identified literature gaps by developing and testing two empirical models based on the pricing-error rule. According to this rule, only when share distribution of an EJV perfectly matches the two pricing errors will profit sharing to each partner fully offset the errors, which helps save the most on transaction costs…. Read more about this thesis

Dr. Maximilian Stallkamp

Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech

Contemporary perspectives on the internationalization of firms

This dissertation contributes new insights to research on the internationalization of firms. Whereas prior research has focused mostly on the country as the main locational unit of analysis, I examine internationalization from both subnational and (supranational) regional perspectives. Moreover, I investigate the impact of digitalization on internationalization, by studying how ‘digital’ firms expand internationally.... Read more about this thesis

Dr. Dwarka Chakravarty

Assistant Professor, San Diego State University

Foreign Direct Investment in Global Cities and Co-Ethnic Clusters: Characteristics, Performance, and Survival

This dissertation examines the characteristics, profitability, and survival of multinational enterprise (MNE) foreign direct investment (FDI) in North American “global” cities (GCs), such as Los Angeles, New York, and Toronto. Across GCs and their metropolitan areas (Metros), MNEs often co-locate with their home country and co-industry peers in “co-ethnic” and “co-ethnic, co-industry” (CECI) clusters. Despite their substantial influence on the world economy GCs are relatively underexplored as location units of analysis in International Business (IB) research. Accordingly, I address three research questions.... Read more about this thesis

Dr. Yamlaksira Getachew

Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University

Institutional Voids, Investment Purposes, and Foreign Subsidiaries of Multinational Enterprises

This dissertation is motivated by two sets of research questions: (a) Whether, how, and when host-country market and institutional conditions have implications for the performance of foreign subsidiaries? And (b) Whether, how, and when investment purposes/motives for which foreign subsidiaries are established relate to the extent to which the subsidiaries/their parents overcome the hazards of or capitalize on the opportunities from operating in locations of high institutional voids?.... Read more about this thesis

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Vanessa C. Hasse

Vanessa Hasse is an Assistant Professor of International Business at the Ivey Business School. Her primary research interests focus on exploring firm-level responses to performance signals (including those triggered by crises/rare events) in an international context, as well as the impact cultural and temporal dimensions have on managerial decision-making.   

Her research has been published in outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, Global Strategy Journal , and more. She has received international recognition for her work, including the 2023 IM Division Best Paper Award in OB/HRM/OT (AOM) and the 2017 IM Division D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, Best Dissertation Award in International Management (AOM).

Dr. Hasse has authored several case studies and has been recognized as a management educator for her innovations in designing transformative learning experiences. She is the recipient of multiple Teaching Excellence Awards (2021/2022/2023) and was named a Finalist for the 2021 Academy of International Business Teaching Innovation Award. Dr. Hasse is a board member at the Academy of International Business-Canada chapter.

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The Ph.D. program is a full time program leading to a Doctoral Degree in Economics.  Students specialize in various fields within Economics by enrolling in field courses and attending field specific lunches and seminars.  Students gain economic breadth by taking additional distribution courses outside of their selected fields of interest.

General requirements

Students  are required to complete 1 quarter of teaching experience. Teaching experience includes teaching assistantships within the Economics department or another department .

University's residency requirement

135 units of full-tuition residency are required for PhD students. After that, a student should have completed all course work and must request Terminal Graduate Registration (TGR) status.

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1. core course requirement.

Required: Core Microeconomics (202-203-204) Core Macroeconomics (210-211-212) Econometrics (270-271-272).  The Business School graduate microeconomics class series may be substituted for the Econ Micro Core.  Students wishing to waive out of any of the first year core, based on previous coverage of at least 90% of the material,  must submit a waiver request to the DGS at least two weeks prior to the start of the quarter.  A separate waiver request must be submitted for each course you are requesting to waive.  The waiver request must include a transcript and a syllabus from the prior course(s) taken.  

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Required:  Two of the Following Fields Chosen as Major Fields (click on link for specific field requirements).  Field sequences must be passed with an overall grade average of B or better.  Individual courses require a letter grade of B- or better to pass unless otherwise noted.

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• Econometric Methods with Causal Inference
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• Environmental, Resource and Energy Economics
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• International Trade & Finance
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• Market Design
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• Macroeconomics
• Political Economy
• Public Economics

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Required:  Four other graduate-level courses must be completed. One of these must be from the area of economic history (unless that field has already been selected above). These courses must be distributed in such a way that at least two fields not selected above are represented.  Distribution courses must be passed with a grade of B or better.

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Required:  Three quarters of two different field seminars or six quarters of the same field seminar from the list below.   

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International Trade Master's and PhD Degrees: At a Glance

Graduates of international trade PhD programs typically pursue careers in academia, while master's degree holders may work in various positions in government, business or finance. Employment prospects may vary depending on your career path. For example, international trade graduate degree holders who work as financial analysts may focus on a particular commodity, product or geographic region. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment of financial analysts was expected to grow 32% from 2010 to 2020, which is faster than average for all occupations.

Despite positive job growth, competition is expected to be strong among applicants. Individuals who possess a strong educational background and relevant professional experience are most poised for success, according to the BLS.

Sources: *U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2011 mean figures), **Salary.com (median salary figures Dec. 2012).

Master's in International Trade

As a student in a typical master's degree program, you will learn advanced economic skills, which will prepare you for a career in the public or private sector. Degree programs may vary with each school, but they are generally formatted as a Master of Science (MS) or Master of Arts (MS) in International Trade, or similar titles. Depending on the nature of your program, you may have the opportunity to specialize in a particular concentration, such as banking or marketing.

Pros and Cons

• Individuals with advanced degrees, knowledge of business concepts and professional experience are poised for the best job prospects.
• Increasing use of financial products and the need for in-depth knowledge of geographic regions will fuel strong employment growth.*
• Emerging markets throughout the world are creating new trade opportunities, which will need oversight by professionals who have expertise in those geographic regions.
• Despite employment growth, competition is expected for these high-paying jobs. Growth in financial services should create new positions, but there are still far more people who would like to enter the occupation than there are jobs in the occupation.
• Jobs in international trade can be stressful, particularly because many professionals work more than 40 hours per week, frequently travel and face deadline pressure.
• Careers in the financial industry may require additional licensing and certifications.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Common Courses and Requirements

In a typical international trade master's degree program, courses may include the following topics:

• Economic theory
• Advanced statistical methods
• Global economics
• Public finance
• Monetary policy

Depending on the nature of your program, you may be able to choose a concentration or specialization. Some programs may require students to study a foreign language and complete some prerequisite courses before enrolling in upper-level graduate courses. In addition to academic coursework, students in an international trade master's degree program will likely submit a final research paper, or thesis, that demonstrates their ability to perform economic research. Some programs allow students the option of choosing a thesis or non-thesis track; non-thesis curricula typically require additional coursework.

Online Degree Options

Online international trade degrees are available. Keep in mind that program structures will likely vary with each school; some may offer fully online programs, while others offer hybrid on-campus/off-campus options. Regardless of structure, online programs generally feature curricula and coursework requirements that are similar to traditional on-campus programs.

Getting Ahead with this Degree

To get ahead in the field of international trade, consider specializing in a particular geographic region or country. Potential employers may expect applicants to be familiar with the languages, customs and business environments (in addition to economics) of the regions they deal with. Specializing in an emerging market can give you an edge over other applicants and help you stand out from your peers.

Alternate Degrees

Students who wish to pursue the management and business aspects of international trade may want to consider an alternate degree known as the Master of Business Administration (MBA). MBA programs typically emphasize how to manage projects, staff and budgets, skills valued in many industries. Some schools offer a dual degree that allows students to earn a Master of Arts degree and an international MBA simultaneously.

PhD in International Trade

International trade PhD programs aim to prepare students for careers as researchers, policy experts and academics. Some schools may require applicants to have previous master's degrees in business, finance or a related field, while other schools may admit students who have bachelor's degrees. Although specifics vary with each school, international trade PhD programs are typically designed for individuals who want to study applied economics and advanced trade policy.

• Depending on the nature of your program, you may not need a master's degree prior to enrolling.
• Teaching assistantship opportunities, though possibly competitive, can provide experience in all aspects of teaching, from exam preparation to lecturing classes.
• Careers in postsecondary academia generally require a PhD degree.
• The requirements for a doctoral degree are usually more rigorous than those for a master's degree.
• Acceptance into a PhD program can be competitive because programs are generally smaller than master's and bachelor's degree programs.
• A PhD is typically not required for careers outside of academia.

As a PhD candidate, you will likely complete academic coursework, pass preliminary examinations and prepare for your doctoral dissertation (which you must research, write and present to a faculty panel). Depending on the nature of your program, you may be required to serve as a teaching assistant.

In a typical international trade PhD program, you can expect courses in advanced macroeconomics, advanced microeconomics, international trade and foreign investment, labor economics and trade policy.

Currently, online PhD degrees in international trade are not widely available. Like on-campus degree programs, you may find that there are different, but similar, options if you expand your scope. For example, while international trade PhD programs may be rare, economics or business PhD programs with a focus in global trade issues may be more widely available. Accredited online programs generally include coursework requirements that are very similar to their on-campus counterparts.

If you plan to pursue a career in academia, consider opportunities that augment your studies. For example, if you want to teach, consider assistantship opportunities that are offered through your school. If assistantship opportunities are not an option for you, you may be able to secure a volunteer experience at a local school or community organization.

Another degree at the doctoral level is the Doctor of Business Administration in International Business. DBA degrees are the professional counterpart to the PhD, typically emphasizing the real-world application of global business issues and trends. Alternatively, PhD degrees emphasize theory and research.

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Ph.D. in International Trade & Development(ITDP)

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The program offers a combination of quantitative and qualitative courses in the fields of economic growth and development. Students choose a focus area, such as global trade, and can also specialize in a specific sector. In addition, they can pursue a combined program of study, combining training in the two areas. The program culminates with a master's thesis, which can be applied in the field.

The curriculum of a doctoral program in international business focuses on the study of managerial decisions. Graduates of the program are prepared for a career in academia. In addition to the core course of international business, they must also complete a cognate area, such as international studies or psychology. The cognate is a crucial component of the doctoral program, as it provides a strong multidisciplinary foundation for a student's research. Additionally, quantitative methods courses complement the core courses in the field, building a strong academic research foundation.

The program focuses on the theory and practice of international trade and development and is taught by faculty with a range of expertise. This program is interdisciplinary, which means that students with a variety of backgrounds can apply for the program. In addition, the economics department provides a variety of courses, such as industrial organization, corporate finance, and international trade theory. The program also specializes in development economics, which is closely tied to international cooperation and development.

Ph.D. in International Trade & Development(ITDP) Eligibility

Candidates who want to take admission in Ph.D. must have a post-graduate degree in International Trade & Development(ITDP) and its relevant discipline with at least 55% marks from a recognized university and must have passed the national level entrance examination or university level entrance examination. National level entrance exams like UGC NET / UGC CSIR NET / GATE / SLET or University entrance exam consisting of written tests and personal interviews.

The Benefits of a Ph.D. in International Trade and Development

In addition to the high salary, doctoral students benefit from a collaborative environment. Faculty members participate in research projects together, and students often collaborate on those projects. In South Carolina, for example, the Center for International Business Education and Research offers doctoral students the opportunity to become involved in research and publish in scholarly journals. They can also work on their dissertations, which are based on their personal interests.

A Ph.D. program in international business focuses on research and a broad field of international business. The program requires a master's degree in international business, and many applicants also have a master's degree in international business. Other requirements include GMAT/GRE scores, college transcripts, a personal essay, and residency. Most doctoral programs require a student to reside on campus for one to two years. The program is part-time, so students will need to arrange a place to live near the campus.

A Ph.D. in international business allows students to specialize in a particular area of the field. It is not necessary to have a master's degree in international business. Many applicants have a master's degree in international trade or development. Applicants should consider whether they are looking for a management position or a managerial position. The former is more likely to find a job.

The Career Opportunities of a Ph.D. in International Trade and Development

The Ph.D. program in International Trade & Development has many career options. Graduates can become economists who watch global trends and develop new tools for measuring these trends. Others can work as finance managers for multinational companies, while others might decide to work in the development sector and combine their training in both fields. In addition to a Ph.D., there are several other career opportunities that may appeal to students with this degree, including working overseas or as a consultant to international organizations.

An international trade Ph.D. prepares students for academic careers. During the Ph.D. program, students are required to develop their cognate area, which could be a field of studies such as anthropology, psychology, or international studies. These areas provide a cross-disciplinary perspective for the Ph.D. program. Furthermore, quantitative methods courses are required, which complement international business courses and build a strong foundation for academic research.

The Ph.D. program in International Trade & Development is a multidisciplinary program that prepares students to work in the private, nonprofit, and government sectors. Unlike a traditional Ph.D. program, the program emphasizes geographic understanding of globalization and international business. It also offers a solid background in international business and global trade, so students are well-equipped for entrepreneurial endeavors. If you are a student of International Trade & Development, you can take advantage of the unique benefits that come with this program.

The Future Scope of a Ph.D. in International Trade and Development

The doctoral degree program in International Trade & Development prepares students for academic careers in international business. In addition to courses in international business, Ph.D. candidates must also take several quantitative methods courses. These courses build a solid foundation for future academic research. A Ph.D. in International Trade & Development is a highly sought-after qualification in the international business industry. The future scope of this program is as diverse as the field itself.

SNHU's Ph.D. in International Business caters to a wide range of student needs and schedules. Its flexible course schedules accommodate the busy lives of doctoral students. The program's collaborative environment allows participants from diverse backgrounds to work closely together. Cohort members become mentors and advisors, and the dissertation will be based on the interests and research interests of each student.

A doctoral degree is a research degree that is necessary to work in government or in academia. The Ph.D. in International Trade &Development program prepares graduates for careers in government or higher education. It's a great choice for students who want to teach at a university or conduct research in international business. However, you will have to take courses in a number of other areas before focusing on a particular field of study. Besides the dissertation, you'll need to pass exams in other disciplines as well.

Ph.D. Research Programme duration

The Ph.D. in International Trade & Development(ITDP) course is a minimum of 3 years and a maximum of 5 in duration. This depends on the university offering the course.

Fees for research programme for International Trade & Development(ITDP)

The average fee for Ph.D. in International Trade & Development(ITDP) degree is between INR 50000 and INR 500000.

Eligibility

Masters degree in International Trade & Development(ITDP) + the candidates should have cleared the Entrance test conducted by the respective university.

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• Lecture 1: Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade
• Lecture 2: Ricardian Theory (I)
• Lecture 3 : Ricardian Theory (II)
• Lecture 4: Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade (Empirics)
• Lecture 5: Ricardian Model (Empirics I)
• Lecture 6: Ricardian Model (Empirics II)
• Lecture 7: Factor Proportion Theory
• Lecture 8: Heckscher-Ohlin Model and Inequality (Empirics I)
• Lecture 9: Heckscher-Ohlin Model and Inequality (Empirics II)
• Lecture 10: Ricardo-Roy Model
• Lecture 11: Monopolistic Competition
• Lecture 12: Monopolistic Competition (Empirics) (Theory)
• Lecture 13: Firm-level Heterogeneity (Empirics)
• Lecture 14: Firm Heterogeneity (Theory)
• Lecture 15: Markups (Theory)
• Lecture 16: Trade and Markups (Empirics)
• Lecture 17: Gravity Models (Theory)
• Lecture 18: Nonparametric Counterfactual Predictions in Neoclassical Models of International Trade
• Lecture 19: Counterfactuals and Welfare (Empirics)
• Lecture 20: Trade Policy Theory (I)
• Lecture 21: Trade Policy Theory (II)
• Lecture 22: Trade Policy (Empirics I)
• Lecture 23: Trade Policy (Empirics II)
• Lecture 24: Trade Costs (Empirics)

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• Lecture 1: Monopolistic Competition
• Lecture 2: Monopolistic Competition (Empirics)
• Lecture 3: Firm Heterogeneity (Theory I)
• Lecture 4: Firm-level Heterogeneity (Empirics I)
• Lecture 5: Firm-level Heterogeneity (Empirics II)
• Lecture 6: Firm-level Heterogeneity (Empirics III)
• Lecture 7: Firm Heterogeneity (Theory II)
• Lecture 8: Firm Heterogeneity (Theory III)
• Lecture 9: Measuring the Gains from Trade (Empirics)
• Lecture 10: Gains from Trade (Theory)
• Lecture 11: Micro to Macro: Optimal Trade Policy with Firm Heterogeneity
• Lecture 12: Markups (Theory)
• Lecture 13: Trade and Markups (Empirics)
• Lecture 14: The Elusive Pro-Competitive Eects of Trade
• Lecture 15: Econ Geography (theory I)
• Lecture 16: Economic Geography (Empirics I)
• Lecture 17: Economic Geography (Empirics II)
• Lecture 18: Economic Geography (Empirics III)
• Lecture 19 : Economic Geography (Empirics IV)
• Lecture 21: Trade and Growth (Theory I)
• Lecture 23: Trade and Growth (Empirics I)
• Lecture 24: Trade and Growth (Empirics II)

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• Lecture 2: Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade (Empirics)
• Lecture 3 : Ricardian Theory (I)
• Lecture 4: Ricardian Theory (II))
• Lecture 5: Ricardo-Roy Model
• Lecture 6: Ricardian Model (Empirics)
• Lecture 7: Assignment Models (Empirics)
• Lecture 8: Factor Proportion Theory (I)
• Lecture 9: Factor Proportion Theory (II)
• Lecture 10: Nonparametric Counterfactual Predictions in Neoclassical Models of International Trade
• Lecture 11: Heckscher-Ohlin Model and Inequality (Empirics I)
• Lecture 12:  Heckscher-Ohlin Model and Inequality (Empirics  II)
• Lecture 13: Trade Costs and Gravity (Empirics I)
• Lecture 14: Trade Costs and Gravity  (Empirics II)
• Lecture 15: Trade Costs and Gravity (Empirics III)
• Lecture 16: International Fragmentation (Empirics)
• Lecture 17: Fragmentation (Theory)
• Lecture 18: Aggregate Fluctuations
• Lecture 19: Trade and Growth (Theory)
• Lecture 20: Trade and Growth (Empirics I)
• Lecture 21: Trade and Growth (Empirics II)
• Lecture 22: Trade Policy Theory (I)
• Lecture 23: Trade Policy Theory  (II)
• Lecture 24: Trade Policy Theory (III)
• Lecture 25: Trade Policy (Empirics I)

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Master's Degree in Specialized Economic Analysis: International Trade, Finance, and Development Program

"The excellence and reputation of the program is well-known in the academic world"

Marta Guasch ’17 Research Assistant, The World Bank PhD Student, London School of Economics

Program Director

Jaume Ventura

PhD, Harvard University

CREI, UPF, and BSE

Scientific Director

Fernando Broner

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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International Trade, Finance and Development is a rigorous Master's program taught by world-class faculty.

The ITFD Program provides rigorous training in International and Development Economics. Its design reflects the view that a broad-based program focused on these fields offers the best training for ambitious students who want to pursue challenging careers in international organizations, government agencies, central banks, financial institutions, research and consulting firms and NGOs. Many ITFD graduates also pursue academic careers, either immediately or after one or two years working in non-academic jobs.

ITFD students receive a thorough preparation in theoretical modeling, quantitative and empirical analysis, and handling of large datasets. Starting in September, students take refresher courses in Mathematics and Statistics, and introductory courses in Matlab, R, and Python. In the first term, they take core courses in Econometrics, Data Science, International Trade and Finance, and Economic Growth and Development. In terms two and three, students choose from a varied set of courses in different fields, ranging from the more applied and policy-oriented to PhD level courses. They also attend a series of policy lessons delivered by international experts and complete their Master Project, under the supervision of ITFD faculty

ITFD faculty consists of internationally renowned scholars who have previously taught at top academic institutions, including MIT, Chicago, Stanford and Harvard. ITFD faculty has also held positions at leading international organizations, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the European Central Bank.

Tailor ITFD to fit your interests and goals

The ITFD Program is very flexible, in terms of both covered fields and teaching style. Students can take advantage of the broad set of elective courses in terms two and three to specialize in international trade, finance or development. For example, students particularly interested in Economic Development or International Economics can choose itineraries focused on these fields. Students interested in Econometrics and Data Analysis can take up to five courses in Quantitative and Statistical Methods and in Data Science as part of the program.

Students interested in pursuing a PhD can opt for advanced courses, including up to four PhD-level courses offered by the UPF PhD Program (organized jointly with BSE). After completing ITFD, students can stay for a second year and enroll in either the Program in Economics, the Program in Finance, or the program in Data Science for Decision Making. Automatic admission to these programs is granted upon successful completion of the ITFD Program. Relative to traditional two-year programs, this option is more flexible since students can decide after the first year whether to stay for another year and obtain a second degree.

ITFD opens the door to a world of career paths

Past ITFD graduates have found employment in international organizations, government agencies, central banks, financial institutions, research and consulting firms and NGOs. For example, past placements include World Bank, OECD, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, World Trade Organization, UN Development Programme, European Commision, HM Treasury, European Central Bank, UBS, BBVA, NERA Economic Consulting, McKinsey, J-PAL and Harvard’s EPoD.

After graduating from ITFD, students who opted for the more advanced courses are fully prepared to start a PhD at prestigious programs in the United States and Europe, including the Economics PhD program at UPF. For example, our alumni have pursued graduate studies at Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, New York University, London School of Economics, Stanford GSB and Cambridge.

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The course offer displayed is for next year's edition. Course offer is subject to change.

Course list for current students

Master project

The master project is a required component of all BSE Master's programs. Working individually or in groups, students use the tools and knowledge they've acquired during the entire year to explore a topic of their choice. A professor supervises throughout the project.

Examples of master projects from recent International Trade, Finance, and Development cohorts

Select a project to view a summary on the BSE Voice , our student and alumni blog:

From Trade Winds to Tsunamis: Examining the Effects of China’s WTO Integration on Chilean SMEs

Shaken foundations: the impact of the 2007 peru earthquake on human capital accumulation, a blessing or a curse: oil dependence and human capital in nigeria, fleeing the floods: the local health effects of internally displaced malawians, where does the money flow understanding allocations of post-epidemic foreign aid, criminals or victims evidence on forced migration and crime from the colombia–venezuela border, the effectiveness of debt relief in mitigating the macroeconomic consequences of natural disasters, bank interconnectedness and monetary policy transmission: evidence from the euro area, household level effects of flooding: evidence from thailand, can import promotion increase export performance in times of global value chains firm-level evidence from russia, the effects of the south african minimum wage on labour market outcomes for low-income earners, master's degree awarded.

Upon successful completion of the BSE International Trade, Finance, and Development Program, students will receive a Master's Degree in Specialized Economics Analysis awarded jointly with Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF).

All Barcelona School of Economics Master's degrees have been recognized by the Catalan and Spanish Education authorities within the framework of the Bologna Process (in Spanish, “Master Universitario o Master Oficial”).

Quality indicators for this Master's degree

BSE commitment to quality

• Gain a thorough understanding of the economics of international trade, finance and development
• Build an in-depth knowledge of the analytical tools of modern economics
• Receive extensive training in econometric and statistical methods
• Acquire the ability to apply theoretical and empirical tools to address pressing policy issues
• Graduates with a strong quantitative background from all fields, particularly Economics, Business, Engineering, Political Science
• Junior professionals from private firms, research centers, central banks, financial institutions, the civil service, and NGOs
• Aspiring PhD students looking for a solid foundation in the theory and empirics of international trade, finance, and development

Student profile in more detail

• Consulting Firms
• Financial Services
• Government & Authorities
• International Organizations / Non-profits
• Research & Academic Institutions
• Other Industries

Examples of recent ITFD placements:

• Amazon - Planning Analyst  (London, United Kingdom)
• Bank of England - Analyst (London, United Kingdom)
• Department for International Trade (DIT) - Regional Advisor - Latin America and the Caribbean (London, United Kingdom)
• ECB - Trainee in the DG International, Int. Policy Analysis (Frankfurt, Germany)
• European Commision - Bluebook Trainee (Brussels, Belgium)
• FactSet - Development Program Intern (Frankfurt, Germany)
• Focus Economics - Economist (Barcelona, Spain)
• Government of Singapore - Policy Manager (Singapore, Singapore)
• Idinsight - Senior Associate (Lusaka, Zambia)
• IMF - Research Assistant for Colombia + Peru (Washinghton, DC, United States)
• J-Pal - Policy Associate (Washinghton, DC, United States)
• OECD - Consultant (Paris, France)
• The US Bureau of Labor Statistics - Economist (Washington, DC, United States)
• The World Bank - Research Assistant (Washington, DC, United States)
• The World Bank - Trade Analyst (Indonesia, Jakarta)
• United Nations Development Programme - Junior Economist - Business operations and finance (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Alumni career paths in more detail

Students who successfully complete the International Trade, Finance, and Development Program are eligible for direct admission to the following programs, if they stay for a second consecutive year:

Master’s Degree in Data Science:

• Data Science for Decision Making

Master’s Degree in Economics and Finance:

A 20% discount will be applied on the second program's tuition fees. All BSE Alumni are eligible for this discount at any time.

Read more about taking a second BSE Master’s degree

• ITFD provides thorough training in theoretical modelling and econometrics.
• ITFD students have access to advanced PhD-level courses offered by the UPF PhD Program.
• ITFD students with outstanding performance in the first term have the opportunity to apply to the UPF PhD Program at the beginning of the second term and be admitted before finishing the ITFD Program.
• Stanford University
• Harvard University
• Columbia University
• New York University
• London School of Economics
• University of Cambridge
• University of Rochester
• Universitat Pompeu Fabra
• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• Stanford Graduate School of Business

Vladimir Asriyan

PhD, University of California, Berkeley

ICREA-CREI and BSE

Christian Brownlees

PhD, University of Florence

UPF and BSE

Andrea Caggese

PhD, London School of Economics

Ruben Enikolopov

ICREA-UPF and BSE

Simon Evenett

PhD, Yale University

University of St. Gallen and CEPR

Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell

PhD, University of Amsterdam

IAE-CSIC and BSE

Luca Fornaro

CREI, UPF and BSE

Elisa Giannone

PhD, University of Chicago

CREI and BSE

Giacomo De Giorgi

PhD, University College London

Professor, GSEM-University of Geneva

Albrecht Glitz

Priit Jeenas

PhD, New York University

Humberto Llavador

PhD, University of California-Davis

Gianmarco León-Ciliotta

PhD, University of California-Berkeley

Alberto Martin

PhD, Columbia University

Geert Mesters

PhD, VU University Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute

Martí Mestieri Ferrer

PhD, Massachussets Institute of Techonology

Gabriel Pérez-Quirós

PhD, University of California San Diego

Unit Head of Macroeconomic Research, Bank of Spain

Maria Petrova

Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto

CREI, UPF and BSE - on leave

André B.M. Souza

Assistant Professor, ESADE

Victoria Vanasco

PhD, University of California, Berkeley

ITFD Student Profile 2023-24

34 students from 22 countries (88% international)

Most represented countries in this year's cohort:

• Spain and United States (4 students each)
• Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Venezuela (2 students each)

Most common academic background:

• Economics and Finance

ITFD alumni career paths

An overview of ITFD career paths for recent cohorts (Class of 2021, 2022, 2023)

• Most common industries:  International Organizations and Non-Profits, Consulting Firms, Financial Services
• Cities with the most ITFD alumni: Barcelona, Paris, London, Frankfurt, Brussels

Marta Guasch '17

The program not only prepared me academically to work as a researcher, but it also offered me career paths that I could have never dreamed of. The excellence and reputation of the program is well-known in the academic world. For instance, all research assistants in my unit at the World Bank were BSE alumni who studied the ITFD program.

Joana Carreiro '14

My first position after the ITFD master was a traineeship in the Monetary Policy Divison of the European Central Bank. At the ECB, we were eight BSE students from our cohort, and I believe that this confirms how well our BSE profile fits the requirements of institutions such as the ECB.

Yajna Sanguhan '14

My research looks at gender and poverty in the context of post-war Sri Lanka. Understanding the gendered dimensions of poverty not only requires superior data but a better use of the currently available data.

Bea Tanjangco '14

My work with the World Bank group falls under the Trade and Competitiveness global practice and my current project there concerns Philippine logistics and export competitiveness.

Bernard Yaros '14

One of the most interesting moments in the job was when the Swiss National Bank unexpectedly abandoned its exchange-rate ceiling, which sent the franc soaring in value. From one month to the next, I had to completely change our forecast for Switzerland.

Henrik Sigstad '13

I believe the most important way the ITFD program impacted me was by maturing my way of thinking about Economics. It taught me about the interaction between theory and empirics, and how to reason precisely around economic problems.

Max Bode '11

ITFD prepared me very well for my current job, as I apply the skills I learned in class every day. Also, outside the classroom, the faculty at the BSE never hesitated in taking time to give career advice or share their personal take on the world of economics.

Palwasha Mirbacha '11

It had been a long-term dream to get a job with the WBG. One of the interview panel members knew about UPF and when I told him about the BSE, he automatically recognized the value of my education. It sealed the deal for me with the World Bank Group.

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Winter 2016: PhD International Trade I (Stanford Econ 266)

• Lecture 1: Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade (Theory)
• Lecture 2: Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade (Empirics)
• Lecture 3: Ricardian Models of Trade (Theory I)
• Lecture 4: Ricardian Models of Trade (Theory II)
• Lecture 5: Ricardian Models of Trade (Empirics)
• Lecture 6: Assignment Models (Theory)
• Lecture 7: Assignment Models (Empirics)
• Lecture 8: Increasing Returns to Scale and Monopolistic Competition (Theory)
• Lecture 9: Increasing Returns to Scale and Monopolistic Competition (Empirics)
• Lecture 10: Firm-level Trade (Theory I)
• Lecture 11: Firm-level Trade (Theory II)
• Lecture 12: Firm-level Trade (Empirics I)
• Lecture 13: Firm-level Trade (Empirics II)
• Lecture 14: Gravity Models (Theory)
• Lecture 15: Gravity Models (Empirics)
• Lecture 16: Economic Geography (I)
• Lecture 17: Economic Geography (II)
• Lecture 18: Economic Geography (III)

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Roberto Gillmore Placement: Central Bank of Chile, Senior Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Education and Development Economics Advisor(s): Leigh Linden and Richard Murphy

Frederico Godinho Placement: Bank of Portugal, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Central Bank Communication Advisor(s): Olivier Coibion and Saroj Bhattarai

David Jang Placement: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Research Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Business Cycles and Labor Market Adjustments Advisor(s): Ayşegül Şahin and Andreas I. Mueller

Bokyung Kim Placement: Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Post-Doc then University of Connecticut, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Health Economics and Public Policy  Advisor(s): Marika Cabral

Lauri Kytömaa Placement: Cornell SC Johnson School of Business, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Information Frictions and Foreclosure Prevention Advisor(s): Dan Ackerberg and Eugenio Miravete

Changseok Ma Placement: Korean Development Institute, Associate Research Fellow Dissertation Title: Essays in Macroeconomics Advisor(s): Olivier Coibion and Chris Boehm

Ignacio Nunez Placement: Charles River Associates, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on the FCC’s Broadband Subsidy Auctions Advisor(s): Eugenio Miravete

Qingsong Pan Placement: Shandong University, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Production Function Estimation Advisor(s): Dan Ackerberg

Abolfazl Rezghi Placement: International Monetary Fund, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Information and Financial Frictions in Macroeconomics Advisor(s): Olivier Coibion and Saroj Bhattarai

Mauricio Stern Placement: Bank of Mexico, Research Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Effects of International Prices Shocks Advisor(s): Olivier Coibion and Saroj Bhattarai

Justus Timmers Placement: Bates White, Economist Dissertation Title: Medicaid in ACA Marketplaces: The Welfare Impact of New Hampshire's Medicaid Experiment Advisor(s): Bob Town and Dan Ackerberg

Dongchen Zhao Placement: Becker Friedman Institute, University of Chicago, Visitor then University of Cincinnati, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Firm Dynamics and Financial Frictions Advisor(s): Ayşegül Şahin, Andreas I. Mueller, and Saroj Bhattarai

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James Brand                             Microsoft Research, Economist

Alexandra Charbi                    Charles River Associates, Senior Associate

Sangwoo Choi                          Luohan Academy (Alibaba Group), Economist

Nir Eilam                                   UNC Greensboro, Assistant Professor

Carlos Esparza                         Saint Louis University, Assistant Professor

Vasudha Jain                            Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Assistant Professor

Ivan Larsen                              Department of Justice (Antitrust Division), Economist

Jiwon Park                                Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

Jan Schlupp                             Amazon, Economist

Pablo I. Varas                         Economists Incorporated, Economist

Mark Whitmeyer                   Arizona State University, Assistant Professor (following post-doc)

Shenshen Yang                     Tianjin University, Assistant Professor

David Beheshti                      UT San Antonio, Assistant Professor

Scott Delhommer                 Amazon, Economist Eleanor Golightly Wayfair, Applied Economist

Cooper Howes                      Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Research Economist

Alina Kovalenko                    Brattle Group, Associate

Yeonjoon Lee                        Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Financial Economist

Xue Li                                      Happy Elements, Data Scientist

Andres Mendez Ruiz            Universidad Javeriana, Assistant Professor

Daniel Osuna Gomez           Central Bank of Mexico, Economist

Meghan Shea                        Abt Associates, Economist

Jaemin So                               Amazon, Economist Xuanye

Wang Dongbei                      University of Finance and Economics, Assistant Professor

Mark Whitmeyer                  University of Bonn, Post-Doc

Choongryul Yang                 Federal Reserve Board, Economist

Chan Yu                                University of International Business and Economics, Assistant Professor

Jiangang Zeng                      Louisiana State University, Assistant Professor

2018-2019   

University of Oklahoma Texas Tech University Montana State University RAND Corporation Toulouse School of Economics (postdoc) Uber U.S. Census Bureau National University of Singapore National Chung Cheng University Korea Institute of Local Finance

UCLA (Luskin) Amherst College Temple University Wake Forest University University of Nevada-Reno University of Texas at El Paso (postdoc) Amazon Boston Consulting Group Deloitte Federal Trade Commission Integra FEC National University of Singapore (Global Asia Institute)

2016-2017 

Columbia University Florida State University Texas A&M University-San Antonio Nankai University (2) Shanghai Business School Boston Consulting Group The Brattle Group Analysis Group Indeed HomeAway Capital One Teacher Retirement System of Texas Ford Motor Company

Princeton University University of Connecticut (business school) Pomona College (visiting) Shanghai University Ashoka University Amazon (2) Analysis Group Texas Office of the Attorney General

Brigham Young University Tulane University State University of New York-Binghamton Northern Illinois University Meliksah University Amazon Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Risk Analysis Division) JPMorgan Chase Edgeworth Consulting Korea Development Institute

UCLA (business school) University of Edinburgh University of Florida (Business School) Lawrence University University of Mannheim (postdoc) Institute for Research on Poverty (postdoc) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (2) Institute for Defense Analysis JPMorgan Chase

Arizona State University (business school) Purdue University North Carolina State University Koc University National Chengchi University University of Tehran NYU School of Law (two-year postdoc) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (postdoc) Central Bank of Turkey The Upjohn Institute Giant Oak LLC

Lund University Middle Tennessee State University Louisiana State University (visiting) Northwestern University (postdoc) Institute for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University (postdoc) University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (postdoc) U.S. Internal Revenue Service Center for Naval Analysis Cornerstone Research Korea Institute for Economic Policy

University of California-Davis University of California-Riverside Florida State University University of Connecticut City University of London Shanghai School of Finance and Economics University of Chile (postdoc) U.S. Census Bureau Center for Naval Analysis Korea Development Institute NERA Texas State Retirement System

University of Notre Dame University of Missouri-Columbia University of New South Wales (2) University of Pennsylvania (postdoc) U.S. Census Bureau

University of Indiana Penn State University (Dept. of Energy & Mineral Resources) University of North Carolina-Greensboro U.S. Air Force Academy Arkansas Technical University Fatih University (Turkey) Renmin University Beijing University University of Wisconsin-Parkside (visiting) Hong Kong University (visiting) Department of the Treasury (Office of Tax Analysis) International Monetary Fund Deloitte Tax LLP Bank of Korea Korea Institute of Industrial Economics and Trade Bank of Mexico European University Institute (postdoc); Bank of Turkey

University of Maryland Brigham Young University University of Oslo University of Southern Mississippi-Hattiesburg University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast Peking University Higher School of Economics, Moscow University of Georgia (visiting) Litigation Analysis BlackRock MiCRA Deloitte Texas State Retirement System

Rice University Washington State University Baylor University Mt. Union College National Taipei University Harvard University (postdoc) University of Western Ontario (postdoc) Indiana University, Kelley School of Business (visiting) Oberlin College (visiting) UC-Santa Barbara (visiting) Department of the Treasury (Office of Tax Analysis) Bank of Canada Itron ERS Group

Texas Tech University Minnesota State University Mankato Southern Illinois University University of Maryland Baltimore County Humboldt State University ITAM (Mexico) Soka University Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Federal Trade Commission Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Korea Institute of Finance

University of Melbourne Middlebury College Sam Houston State University Xavier University TOBB Economics and Technology University (Turkey) University of California-Davis (postdoc) Boston Pacific Property and Portfolio Research PricewaterhouseCoopers Korea Institute of Public Finance Korea Securities Research Institute

Purdue University Emory University University of Arkansas Villanova University Oakland University Tsinghua University Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) CIDE (Mexico) Old Dominion University (visiting) Franklin & Marshall College (visiting) Department of the Treasury (Office of Tax Analysis) U.S. Department of Agriculture (Economic Research Service) Bank of Korea Korea Information Strategy Development Institute

Australia National University Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) University of Guanajuato (Mexico) Princeton University (postdoc) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency U.S. Food & Drug Administration Bank of America

Boston University Texas A&M University Purdue University Drexel University Illinois Wesleyan University Sam Houston State University Taichung Healthcare and Management University (Taiwan) University of Michigan (postdoc) U.S. Food & Drug Administration Federal Economic Regulatory Commission Korea Economic Research Institute Korea Development Institute LECG

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Oregon State University University of Miami University of New Hampshire Bard College Federal Trade Commission Public Utility Commission (Austin, TX) Ministry of Finance (Mexico)

Placement Director:  Dr. Vasiliki Skreta

Emrehan Aktug Placement: Sabancı University, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Business Cycles and Monetary Policy Advisor(s): Saroj Bhattarai and Oli Coibion

Samuel Arenberg  Placement: NBER (Aging and Health) Post-Doc; then University of Houston, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Child Development Advisor(s): Dean Spears and Mike Geruso

Shaofei Jiang Placement: University of Bonn, Post-Doc Dissertation Title: Essays on Persuasion and Disclosure Advisor(s): V. Bhaskar and Caroline Thomas

Gwangmin Kim Placement: Meta (Facebook), Research Scientist Dissertation Title: Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics Advisor(s): Oli Coibion

Niklas Kroner Placement: Federal Reserve Board, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays in Macroeconomics and Finance Advisor(s): Chris Boehm and Oli Coibion

Andrew Lee Placement: Federal Trade Commission, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Compensation, Incentives, and Representation Advisor(s): Richard Murphy and Steve Trejo

Akiva Yonah Meiselman Placement: RIPL (Research Improving People's Lives), Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Inference and Education Economics Advisor(s): Leigh Linden

Seth Neller Placement: University of Tennessee, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Health Economics and the Early-Life Determinants of Adult Outcomes Advisor(s): Marika Cabral

Eric Schulman Placement: Congressional Budget Office, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Model Selection Advisor(s): Sukjin Han and Brendan Kline

Sam Stripling Placement: Integra, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays in Health Economics Advisor(s): Rich Murphy and Steve Trejo

Anjali P. Verma Placement: Amazon, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Determinants of Disparity in Education and Labor Market Outcomes Advisor(s): Rich Murphy and Steve Trejo

Sangita Vyas Placement: Hunter College (CUNY), Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Interrelationships among Health, the Environment, and Social Inequality in India Advisor(s): Dean Spears

Jin Yan Jin Yan Placement: Revelio Labs, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Student Debt, Unemployment, and Labor Market Outcomes Advisor(s): Aysegul Sahin and Andi Mueller

James Brand  Placement: Microsoft Research, Economist Dissertation: Essays on Consumer Demand in U.S. Retail Markets Advisor(s): Jorge Balat

Alexandra Charbi Placement: Charles River Associates, Senior Associate Dissertation: Essays on Information Provision in Health Insurance Markets Advisor(s): Robert Town

Sangwoo Choi Placement: Luohan Academy (Alibaba Group), Economist Dissertation: Essays on Theoretical Industrial Organization Advisor(s): V. Bhaskar

Nir Eilam Placement: UNC Greensboro, Assistant Professor Dissertation: Essays on Health and Labor Economics Advisor(s): Manuela Angelucci and Mike Geruso

Carlos Esparza Placement: Saint Louis University, Assistant Professor Dissertation: Essays on Education and Religion Advisor(s): Leigh Linden

Vasudha Jain Placement: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Assistant Professor Dissertation: Essays on Information Design Games and Strategic Communication Advisor(s): Vasiliki Skreta

Ivan Larsen Placement: Department of Justice (Antitrust Division), Economist Dissertation: Essays on Verifiable Disclosure Games Advisor(s): Daniel Ackerberg

Jiwon Park Placement: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy Dissertation: Essays on Education, Policy, and Health Advisor(s): Leigh Linden

Jan Schlupp Placement: Amazon, Economist Dissertation: Essays on Firms in International Trade Advisor(s): Olivier Coibion and Nitya Pandalai-Nayar

Pablo I. Varas Placement: Economists Incorporated, Economist Dissertation: Essays on New-Product Industries with Uninformed Consumers Advisor(s): Daniel Ackerberg, Eugenio Miravete

Mark Whitmeyer Placement: Arizona State University, Assistant Professor (following post-doc) Dissertation: Communication, Elicitation, and the Value of Information Advisor(s): Thomas Wiseman

Shenshen Yang Placement: Tianjin University, Assistant Professor Dissertation: Essays on Nonparametric and Semiparametric Identification and Estimation Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya, Sukjin Han

2020-2019 Placement Director:  Dr. Thomas Wiseman

David Beheshti Placement: UT San Antonio, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Health and Public Policy Advisor(s): Marika Cabral

Scott Delhommer Placement: Amazon, Economist Dissertation Title: Education, Labor, and Health Disparities of Racial and Sexual Minorities Advisor(s): Richard Murphy and Stephen Trejo

Eleanor Golightly Placement: Wayfair, Applied Economist Dissertation: Essays on Policy, Fertility, and Education Advisor(s): Sandra Black and Richard Murphy

Cooper Howes Placement: Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Research Economist Dissertation Title: Some Unexpected Consequences of Financial Frictions Advisor(s): Oliver Coibion

Alina Kovalenko Placement: Brattle Group, Associate Dissertation Title: Essays on Natural Resources, Human Capital and Health Advisor(s): Stephen Trejo

Yeonjoon Lee Placement: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Financial Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Agency Problems Advisor(s): Daniel Ackerberg and Eugenio Miravete

Xue Li Placement: Happy Elements, Data Scientist Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Microeconomics Advisor(s): V. Bhaskar

Andres Mendez Ruiz Placement: Universidad Javeriana, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Inter-Firm Cooperation in the Oil and Gas Industry Advisor(s): Daniel Ackerberg and Eugenio MiraveteUniversidad Javeriana, Assistant Professor

Daniel Osuna Gomez  Placement: Central Bank of Mexico, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays in Development Economics Advisor(s): Leigh Linden and Manuela Angelucci

Meghan Shea Placement: Abt Associates, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Policy, Health, and Education Advisor(s): Dean Spears

Jaemin So Placement: Amazon, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Adverse Selection Advisor(s): Robert Town

Xuanye Wang Placement: Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Observational Learning Advisor(s): V. Bhaskar

Mark Whitmeyer Placement: University of Bonn, Post-Doc Dissertation Title: Communication, Elicitation, and the Value of Information Advisor(s): Thomas Wiseman

Choongryul Yang Placement: Federal Reserve Board, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays on Monetary and Fiscal Policy Advisor(s): Oliver Coibion

Chan Yu Placement: University of International Business and Economics, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Trade Shocks and Local Labor Markets Advisor(s): Stephen Trejo

Jiangang Zeng Placement: Louisiana State University, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Nonseparable Models Advisor(s): Brendan Kline and Jason Abrevaya

Placement Director:  Dr. Sandra Black

Jessie Coe Placement: Rand Corporation, Associate Economist Dissertation Title:  Estimating Panel Data Models with Missing Covariate Values Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya and Brendan Kline

Katherine Keisler  Placement: U.S. Census Bureau, Economist Dissertation Title: Essays in Applied Microeconomics Advisor(s): Sandra Black and Michael Geruso

Kevin Kuruc  Placement: University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Macroeconomic Development Policies Advisor(s): Olivier Coibion and Dean Spears

Fang-Chang Kuo  Placement: National Chung Cheng University, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Investment in The Hotel Industry Advisor(s): Eugenio Miravete

Melissa LoPalo  Placement: Montana State University, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on The Determinants of Worker Productivity and Labor Market Outcomes Advisor(s): Sandra Black and Dean Spears

Julian Ludwig  Placement: Texas Tech University, Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics Advisor(s): Olivier Coibion and Saroj Bhattarai

Narae Oh  Placement: Korea Institute of Local Finance, Associate Research Fellow  Dissertation Title: Essay on Economics of Education Advisor(s): Leigh Linden

Daria Pus Placement: Uber, Data Scientist II  Dissertation Title: Essays on Competition in The Freight Railroad Industry Advisor(s): Eugenio Miravete

Yiman Sun  Placement: Toulouse School of Economics, 2-year postdoc Dissertation Title: Essays on Experimentation in Agency Models Advisor(s): V. Bhaskar and Caroline Thomas

Yingda Zhai  Placement: National University of Singapore (NUS) (Department of Information Systems & Analytics), Assistant Professor Dissertation Title: Essays on Pricing and Allocation Of Perishable Goods Advisor(s): Maxwell Stinchcombe and Andrew Whinston

Austin Bean Dissertation Title: Economics of Hospital Investment in Neonatal Intensive Care Advisor(s): Eugenio Miravete and Stephen Ryan

Jessica Fears Dissertation Title: Experimentation with Multiple Sources of Uncertainty Advisor(s): Svetlana Boyarchenko

Garrett Hagemann  Dissertation Title: Essays in Nonlinear Pricing Advisor(s): Eugenio Miravete, supervisor

Collin Hansen Dissertation Title: Essays on the Economics of State Policy Reform Advisor(s): Stephen Trejo

Sungwon Lee Dissertation Title: Essays on Semi-/Nonparametric Methods in Econometrics Advisor(s): Stephen Donald

Jane Ryngaert Dissertation Title: Essays on Inflation Expectations and Information Frictions Advisor(s): Olivier Coibion

Jinseok Shin Dissertation Title: Essays on Human Capital and Economics of Education Advisor(s): Leigh Linden

Peter Toth Dissertation Title: Essays in Econometrics  Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya

Emily Weisburst Dissertation Title: Essays on the Economics of Law Enforcement Institutions and Policy Advisor(s): Sandra Black

Neil White Dissertation Title: Essays on Labor Markets, Monetary Policy, and Uncertainty Advisor(s): (Olivier Coibion, supervisor)

Hassan Afrouzi Dissertation Title: Essays on Imperfect Information and Imperfect Competition Advisor(s): Olivier Coibion

Hua Cheng Dissertation Title: Essays on Public Economics and Banking Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya

Gleb Domnenko Dissertation Title: Essays in Dynamic Experimentation Advisor(s): Maxwell Stinchcombe and David Sibley

Amir Fekrazad Dissertation Title: Essays on Subprime Lending, Present Bias, and Risk Salience Advisor(s): Michael Geruso

Qian Feng Dissertation Title: Essays on Causal Inference with Endogeneity and Missing Data Advisor(s): Stephen Donald

Xuemei Guo Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Mutual Funds Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya and Clemens Sialm

Ziwei He Dissertation Title: Essays on the Economics of Education Advisor(s): Leigh Linden

Yaran Jin Dissertation Title: Essays on Regulations in the Electricity Industry Advisor(s): Eugene Miravete

Randeep Kaur Dissertation Title: Essays in Human Capital Development Advisor(s): Leigh Linden

Fan Liu Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Pricing Strategies  Advisor(s): David Sibley

Frank Martin-Buck VII Dissertation Title: Responsible Options: Empirical Analyses on the Effects of Alternative Transportation on Drunk Driving Advisor(s): Gerald Oettinger

Luke Rodgers Dissertation Title: Essays in Public Economics Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya

Yun Zhou Dissertation Title: Essays on Public Policy and Labor Economics Advisor(s): Stephen Trejo

Swagata Bhattacharjee Dissertation Title: Essays on Dynamic Contracts: Allocation of Ambiguity and Delegation Advisor(s): Maxwell Stinchcombe

Nicholas Buchholz Dissertation Title: Essays on the Industrial Organization of the Taxi Industry Advisor(s): Eugenio Miravete and Stephen Ryan

Can Cui Dissertation Title: Essays on Public Finance and Health Economics Advisor(s): Marika Cabral

Matthew Farber Dissertation Title: Essays on the Education of Underserved Populations Advisor(s): Leigh Linden

Yumin Li Dissertation Title: Essays on Subsidies, Technology Diffusion and Returns to Education Advisor(s): David Sibley, Varun Rai, and Haiqing Rai

Lei Shao Dissertation Title: Exclusive Dealing in Two-Sided Markets: For Better or Worse? Advisor(s): David Sibley and Abraham Wickelgren

Megan Thomas Dissertation Title: Three Essays on the Impact of Welfare Policies Advisor(s): Leigh Linden

Jeffrey Denning Dissertation Title: Essays on the Economics of Higher Education Advisor(s): Sandra Black

Neal Ghosh Dissertation Title: Essays on Applied Economic Theory Advisor(s): Thomas Wiseman

Sunjoo Hwang Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Contract Theory and Applications Advisor(s): Thomas Stinchcombe and Maxwell Stinchcombe

Anna Klis Dissertation Title: Essays on Externalities and International Cooperation: A Game Theoretic Approach Advisor(s): Maxwell Stinchcombe

Florian Kuhn Dissertation Title: Essays on Topics in Business Cycle Macroeconomics with Heterogeneous Agents Advisor(s): Matthias Kehrig and Olivier Coibion

Qian Lu Dissertation Title: Essays on Skill Biased Technological Change and Human Capital Advisor(s): Sandra Black

Chester Polson Dissertation Title: Essays on the Economics of Education and Human Capital Advisor(s): Sandra Black

Ruoyu Shao Dissertation Title: Essays on Commercial Mortgage-Backed Security Advisor(s): Haiqing Xu and John Griffin

Rifat Senturk Dissertation Title: Essays in Applied Econometrics Advisor(s): Stephen Trejo

Benjamin Sperisen Dissertation Title: Essays on Reputation and Repeated Games Advisor(s): Thomas Wiseman

George Chacko Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Macroeconomics Advisor(s): Matthias Kehrig

Brett Hollenbeck Dissertation Title: Essays on Competition Under Asymmetric Information Advisor(s): Eugenio Miravete

Colin Krainin Dissertation Title: Commitment and Conflict Advisor(s): Thomas Wiseman

Jonathan Lhost Dissertation Title: Essays on Competition, Cooperation, and Market Structures Advisor(s): David Sibley and Dale Stahl

Julie Pechacek Dissertation Title: Essays on Education, Inequality and Society Advisor(s): Sandra Black

Melinda Petre Dissertation Title: Essays on the Impact of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills on Labor Market Outcomes Advisor(s): Sandra Black

Thomas Roderick Dissertation Title: Essays on Regulatory Impact in Electricity and Internt Markets Advisor(s): Stephen Ryan

George Shoukry Dissertation Title: Essays on Mechanism Design, Safety, and Crime Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya and Maxwell Stinchcombe

Ina Taneva Dissertation Title: Essays on Information and Mechanicsm Design Advisor(s): Laurent Mathevet and Thomas Wiseman

Piin-hueih Chiang Dissertation Title: Essays on Timing and Identification in a Duopoloy Advisor(s): Svetlana Boyarchenko

Mohammad Dehghani Firouzabadi Dissertation Title: Essays on Real Options and Strategic Interactions Advisor(s): Svetlana Boyarchenko

Marcus Dillender Dissertation Title: Essays on Health Insurance and the Family Advisor(s): Sandra Black

Umut Dur Dissertation Title: Essays on Real Life Allocation Problems Advisor(s): Thomas Wiseman

Ayse Kabukcuoglu Dissertation Title: Essays on Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Open Economics Advisor(s):  Andrew Glover

Mohammad Rahmati Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Industrial Organization and International Finance Advisor(s): David Sibley and Dean Corbae

Oliver Roeder Dissertation Title: Essays on Political Competition Advisor(s): Thomas Wiseman

Yaroslav Rosokha Dissertation Title: Three Experiments on Decision-Making Under Uncertainty in Dynamic Environments Advisor(s): Dale Stahl

Zhan Shi Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Adoption in Social Networks Advisor(s): Andrew Whinston

Ahmet Taskin Dissertation Title: Essays on Housing and Family Economics Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya and Andrew Glover

Caroline Von Bose Dissertation Title: The Economics of Beautification and Beauty Advisor(s): Thomas Wiseman

Jocelyn Wikle Dissertation Title: Essays on Income Taxes and Household Production Advisor(s): Daniel Hamermesh

Kowsar Yousefi Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Health Economics and International Trade Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya and Bernard Black 

Jorge Barro Dissertation Title: Essays on the Optimal State and Federal Financing of Public Goods Advisor(s): Richard Dusansky

Martin Dumav Dissertation Title: Essays in Economic Dynamics and Uncertainty Advisor(s): Maxwell Stinchcombe and Dean Corbae

Seungrae Lee Dissertation Title: Three Essays on International Trade Advisor(s): David Kendrick and Dean Corbae

Scott Macdonell Dissertation Title: Strategic Political Environments: Gerrymandering and Campaign Expenditures Advisor(s): Thomas Wiseman

Kaveh Majlesi Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Trade and Investment in Children in Developing Countries Advisor(s):  Sandra Black

KarenMulligan Dissertation Title: Essays in Health Economics Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya

Michael Scott Wilson Dissertation Title: Individuals' Decisions and Group Behavior in Financial Economics Advisor(s): Svetlana Boyarchenko

Kowsar Yousefi Dissertation Title: Three Essays on Health Economics and International Trade Advisor(s): Jason Abrevaya and Bernard Black

Firas Zebian Dissertation Title: Essays on Public Finance Advisor(s): Richard Dusansky

For placement listings from 2001-2011, please see our placement PDF . 

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Placement Director:  Dr. Thomas Wiseman