Job Market Candidates
Below is a list of the candidates and their respective fields of interest.
Please inform the Department about a job opening or another professional opportunity for graduate students, please contact Michelle Piontek, mhanoka@email.arizona.edu. She will post that information in the Department and inform interested students.
Eric E. Cardella
Behavioral Economics,
Experimental Economics, Game Theory,
Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization
Briggs Depew
Labor Economics, Econometrics, Economic History
Keoka Y. Grayson
Economic History, Labor Economics, Health, Applied Microeconomics, and Game Theory
Carl Kitchens
Economic History, Development, Law and Economics, Health
Kathleen Nosal
Industrial Organization, Health Economics, Applied Econometrics
Mario Samano
Industrial Organization, Energy, Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics
Eric E. Cardella
| Fields: | Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Game Theory, Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization |
| Dissertation Title: | Behavioral Influences in Strategic Decision Making |
| Dissertation Abstract: | Available here |
| Job Market Paper: | Strategic Guilt Induction |
| Dissertation Advisor: | Martin Dufwenberg |
| Other Faculty References: | Tamar Kugler John Wooders John Drabicki |
| Curriculum Vitae: | Available here |
| Webpage: | http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ecardell/ |
| Cell Phone: | 858.395.6699 |
| Email: | ecardell@email.arizona.edu |
Briggs Depew
| Fields: | Labor Economics, Econometrics, Economic History |
| Dissertation Title: | Friction and Exploitation in the Labor Market |
| Dissertation Abstract: | Available here |
| Job Market Paper: | Elasticity of Labor Supply to the Firm Over the Business Cycle |
| Dissertation Advisor: | Ronald Oaxaca |
| Other Faculty References: | Price Fishback Todd Sorensen (University of California, Riverside) John Drabicki |
| Curriculum Vitae: | Available here |
| Webpage: | www.u.arizona.edu/~bdepew/ |
| Cell Phone: | 520.808.4932 |
| Email: | bdepew@email.arizona.edu |
Keoka Y. Grayson
| Fields: | Economic History, Labor Economics , Health, Applied Microeconomics, and Game Theory |
| Dissertation Title: | Income Inequality during the Great Depression |
| Dissertation Abstract: | Available here |
| Job Market Paper: | At Least I've Got My Health: Income Inequality and Infant Mortality |
| Dissertation Advisor: | Price Fishback |
| Other Faculty References: | Dr. Ronald Oaxaca |
| Curriculum Vitae: | Available here |
| Webpage: | u.arizona.edu/~grayson1 |
| Office Phone: | 520.621.6224 |
| Cell Phone: | 504.914.1326 |
| Email: | grayson1@email.arizona.edu |
Carl Kitchens
| Fields: | Economic History, Development, Law and Economics, Health |
| Dissertation Title: | Land Grabs, Malaria, and Electricity: The Lasting Impacts of the TVA |
| Job Market Paper: | A Dam Problem: TVA's Fight Against Malaria 1926-1951 |
| Dissertation Advisor: | Price Fishback |
| Other Faculty References: | Paul Rhode (University of Michigan) Ronald Oaxaca John Drabicki |
| Curriculum Vitae: | Available here |
| Webpage: | www.carlkitchens.com |
| Cell Phone: | 520.609.6784 |
| Email: | kitchct@email.arizona.edu |
Kathleen Nosal
| Fields: | Industrial Organization, Health Economics, Applied Econometrics |
| Dissertation Title: | Switching Costs in the Market for Medicare Advantage Plans |
| Dissertation Abstract: | Available here |
| Job Market Paper: | Estimating Switching Costs for Medicare Advantage Plans |
| Dissertation Advisor: | Gautam Gowrisankaran |
| Other Faculty References: | Keisuke Hirano Mo Xiao John Drabicki Keith Joiner |
| Curriculum Vitae: | Available here |
| Webpage: | http://u.arizona.edu/~nosal |
| Cell Phone: | 608.217.2807 |
| Email: | Nosal@email.arizona.edu |
Mario Samano
| Fields: | Industrial Organization, Energy, Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics |
| Dissertation Title: | Essays on Industrial Organization, Energy and the Environment |
| Dissertation Abstract: | Available here |
| Job Market Paper: | Gasoline Taxes and Fuel Economy: A Preference Heterogeneity Approach |
| Dissertation Advisor: | Gautam Gowrisankaran |
| Other Faculty References: | Stanley Reynolds Keisuke Hirano Mo Xiao |
| Curriculum Vitae: | Available here |
| Webpage: | http://u.arizona.edu/~msamano |
| Office Phone: | 520.621.6224 |
| Cell Phone: | 520.269.5795 |
| Email: | msamano@email.arizona.edu |
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