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Doctoral Dissertations in Economics

Ninety-ninth Annual List

The list below specifies doctoral degrees conferred by U.S. and Canadian universities during academic year 2001-2002. Lists of degree recipients and subject classifications are provided by the

university.

B Schools of Economic Thought and

Methodology

JOHNSON, KIRK, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2001. The Role of Property in the Works of Adam Smith

PAGANELLI, MARIA PIA, Ph.D. George Mason University 2002. Topics of Eighteenth Century Money: Robust and Fragile Models of Money and Man

SMITH, JAMES F., Ph.D. American University 2002. Should We All Work Harder? A Critical Assessment of James Buchanan's Writings on the Work Ethic and Economic Progress

C Mathematical and Quantitative Methods

ALAN, SULE, Ph.D. McMaster University 2002. Applica- tions of Computational Methods in Economics and Finance

ALBUQUERQUE, PEDRO, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2001. Three Essays on Time-Series Macroeconomics

ATHREYA, RUPA, Ph.D. Yale University 2002. Modelling Beliefs in Games with Generalized Preferences and Other Essays

BELLUZZO, WALTER, JR., Ph.D. University of Illinois 2002. Semiparametric Estimation of Binary Response Valuation Models

CAMP, MARY ELIZABETH, Ph.D. Indiana University 2001. Meta-analysis: Would Arrow Say It Is Possible?

CASTILLO, MARCO E., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2001. Three Essays on Group Interactions

CELIK, GORKEM, Ph.D. Northwestern University 2002. Three Essays on the Informational Aspects of Un-

trustworthy Experts

CHO, YONGSU, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2002.

Kpss and Leybourne-McCabe Autocorrelation Cor- rections in Stationarity

CORICELLI, GIORGIO, Ph.D. University of Arizona 2002.

Experiments on Interactive Economic Behavior

DAL Bo, PEDRO, Ph.D. University of California, Los An-

geles 2002. Three Essays on Repeated Games

DASGUPTA, AMIL, Ph.D. Yale University 2001. Dynamic Coordination Games: Theory and Applications

ERASLAN, HULYA KEVSER Kuzucu, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Essays in Bargaining Theory with an

Application to Corporate Bankruptcy Reorganization

FAHS, RAFIC, Ph.D. Washington State University 2001. Semi Parametric Estimation and Inference in Multi- nomial Choice and System of Censored Demand

Equation Models with Application to Estimating De- mand System

GEORGE, JOHN GREGORY, Ph.D. University of South Carolina 2002. Competition in Experimental Games: An Analysis of the Conditions of Off-Equilibrium Outcomes

GORNEY, ANNE LEY, Ph.D. University of Texas 2001.

Implementing a Multilateral Transitive Price Index

Guo, JIE QUN, Ph.D. Indiana University 2001. Essays on Measurement Errors in Nonlinear Count Regres- sion Models

HASAN, MAHER KHALIL MOHD SHEIKH, Ph.D. Washing- ton State University 2001. Simulated Maximum Like- lihood Estimation for Multivariate Limited Depen- dent Variable Models Using Improved Smooth Simulators with Application to Estimating Demand

Systems

HILL, JONATHAN B., Ph.D. University of Colorado 2001. Prediction and Causality of Infinite Variance Processes

HOGAN, CHAD, Ph.D. University of Michigan 2001.

Bayesian Implementation in Transferable Utility En- vironments and Other Essays in Microeconomic The-

ory

Hu, LING, Ph.D. Yale University 2002. Essays in Econo- metrics with Applications in Macroeconomic and Fi- nancial Modeling

Ju, BIUNG-GHI, Ph.D. University of Rochester 2001. Es-

says in Mechanism Design

KIM, DONGGEUN, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2002. Modified Cox Tests for Time Series and Panel Data

1450

Doctoral Disse

KOURTELLOS, ANDROS, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2001. Econometric Modelling of Nonlinearity and

Heterogeneity with an Application to Cross Country Growth Data

LAMARCHE, JEAN-FRANCSOIS, Ph.D. Queen's University 2002. Asymptotic and Bootstrap Evaluations of the Size and Power of Test Statistics

LANDEO-BOTTO, CLAUDIA M., Ph.D. University of Pitts-

burgh 2002. Essays on Bargaining Institutions in La- bor and Legal Settings

LEE, KANG-SUN, Ph.D. Louisiana State University 2001.

Essays on Semiparametric Estimation

LEE, SOKBAE (SIMON), Ph.D. University of Iowa 2002.

Essays on Semiparametric and Nonparametric Meth- ods in Econometrics

MUNKIN, MURAT K., Ph.D. Indiana University 2001. Three Essays on Simulation-Based Estimation of Multivariate Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity

OGUNC, ASLI K., Ph.D. Louisiana State University 2002.

Essays on the Bayesian Inequality Restricted Estima- tion

PAQUET, MARIE-FRANCE, Ph.D. University of Laval 2002. Une approche a simulation pour le traitement des donn6es longitudinales incompletes

PATTON, ANDREW JOHN, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego 2002. Applications of Copula Theory in Fi- nancial Econometrics

RIGDON, MARY, Ph.D. University of Arizona 2001. Co-

operation and Intentions in Experimental Bargaining Games

ROBERTS, MATTHEW, Ph.D. North Carolina State Uni-

versity 2001. Specification and Estimation of Econo- metric Models on Asset Prices

ROBSON, ALEXANDER, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine 2001. Essays on Contests: Theory and Applica- tions

ROSSI, BARBARA, Ph.D. Princeton University 2001. Es-

says in Long Horizon Testing and Predictive Ability in the Presence of High Persistent with Applications to International Finance

SHIN, SUKHA, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2002. Covari- ate Unit Root Test under Structural Change and Its

Application to the Relation between Income and

Consumption

SMALLWOOD, AARON, Ph.D. Florida State University 2001. Modeling Economic Time Series Processes with GARMA Models

SUN, YIXIAO, Ph.D. Yale University 2002. Econometrics of Panel Structure Models and Long Memory Processes

SWARTHOUT, JAMES TODD, Ph.D. University of Arizona 2001. Three Essays on Strategic Behavior

rtations 1451

TAKADA, TERUKO, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2001. Den-

sity Estimation for Robust Financial Econometrics

TSIAKAS, ILIAS, Ph.D. University of Toronto 2001.

Bayesian Empirical Applications of Generalized Sto- chastic Volatility Models

WANG, SIYAN, Ph.D. University of Southern California 2001. Times Series versus Structural Equation Analy- sis of Interest Rate and Exchange Rate Behavior in Recent Asian Financial Crisis

ZHANG, WEI, Ph.D. University of Missouri 2001. A Sen-

sitivity Study on Identification Schemes of the Struc- tural Vector Autoregression

D Microeconomics

AHLIN, CHRISTIAN ROBERT, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2001. Corruption: Political Determinants and Macro- economic Effects

ALENEZI, MOHAMMAD, Ph.D. North Carolina State Uni-

versity 2001. A Full Model of Family Choices of Mar- ket Work and Household Work

ALGHALITH, MOAWIA, Ph.D. Northern Illinois Univer-

sity 2001. The Competitive Firm with Simultaneous Price and Output Uncertainty

AMEGASHIE, J. ATSU, Ph.D. Simon Fraser University 2002. Contests, Queues, and Quotas: Four Essays in

Applied Microeconomics

AMERIKS, JOHN ARTHUR, Ph.D. Columbia University 2001. An Examination of Household Portfolio Decisions

AZUMA, YOSHIAKI, Ph.D. Brown University 2002. Theo- retical Studies of Inequality, Predation, and the Infor- mal Sector

BEKER, PABLO FIDEL, Ph.D. Cornell University 2002. Productive Efficiency and the Growth of Firms

BONILLA, CLAUDIO, Ph.D. University of Texas 2002. Es-

says on Formal Political Economy

BUSHERI, MAHMOUD, Ph.D. North Carolina State Uni-

versity 2002. Partial and Total Consumer Welfare

Analysis Based on a Multi-stage Direct and Inverse Demand Systems: An Application to the Demand for Fish in Kuwait

CALLANDER, STEVEN, Ph.D. California Institute of

Technology 2002. Voting and Electoral Competition

CECH, ROMAN, Ph.D. University of Virginia 2002. The General Equilibrium Model of an Economy with a Futures Market

CHAN, TAT YUEN, Ph.D. Yale University 2001. Demand for Soft Drinks: Corers, Characteristics, and Contin- uous Choice

CHAPLIN, DAVID E., Ph.D. Colorado State University 2001. A Consumer Expenditure Approach to Esti-

mating Changes in the Standard of Living in the United States: 1984 to 1992

1452 Journal of

CIIOI, ALBERT, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technol-

ogy 2001. Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics

Ciioo, EUGENE S. Y., Ph.D. Yale University 2001. Ratio- nal Addiction and Rational Cessation: An Application to Cigarette Consumption

CIIOUINARD, HAYLEY H., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2002. Repeated Auctions, the Right of First Refusal, and the National Park Service

COIIEN, ALMA, Ph.D. Harvard University 2001. Essays in the Economics of Information, Risk, and Insurance

C,()oTE-REAL, PAUL,, P h.D. Harvard University 2002.

Essays in Social (hoice Theory

DEI,IA VI(NA, S'TEFAN(, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. Self-Control: Market Data and Firm Response

DI( K, ASTRII), PI1.D. Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology 2002. Essays on Competition, Market Struc- tllre andi Consimer Beliavior

I)IMITB(OVA, MA(I)AI,ENA, Ph.D. Arizona State Univer-

sity 2001. Monopoly, Conmpetition, and Information Prodllction

Fllci:lETTvr, C(IJL,I,At1Mi, RB., Ph.D. Ohio State Univer-

sity 2002. Tlhree Essays in Applied Microecololmics

CAII,MAiRI), Si'A^N, 1P1.l1). Califirnia Institite of Technol- ogy 2002. Principal Agent Models of Bureaucratic and Pllulic l)ecisioi Making

GONZAL,Ei AMADI(), CHIIRISTIAN, Ph.D. Georgetown University 2002. Pork-Barrel Spending, Term Limits and Rainy Day Funds: Three Essays in Political

Economy and Fiscal Federalism

HALVORSON, JON, Ph.D. University of Alabama 2000. Determinants of Federal Expenditures: The Impact of Seniority on the Behavior of Legislators

HORTACSU, ALI, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001. Essays in the Empirical Analysis of Auction Markets

HUMPHREY, WILLIAM, Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis 2002. The Political Economy of Organized Violence: An Analytic Narrative of Standing Armies, Militias, Constitutions, and Revolutions

INGRAHAM, ALLAN T., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001. Cheating between Bidders and Auctioneers in Sealed Bid Auctions

JUST, DAVID R., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Learning and Information

KEARNEY, MELISSA SCHETTINI, Ph.D. Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology 2002. Essays on Public Policy and Consumer Choice: Applications to Welfare Re- form and State Lotteries

KIM, DOYOUNG, Ph.D. University of Washington 2002.

Essays on Information Acquisition and Incentive

Compensation in Organizations

KLICK, JONATHAN M., Ph.D. George Mason University 2002. Essays on Limited Autocracy

Economic Literature

KOZLOWSKI, ROBERT J., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001. Firms, Free-Riding and Lobbying for Trade Protection: A Theoretical and Empirical Investiga- tion of Olson's "Logic of Collective Action"

LAWTON, PETER, Ph.D. University of New Mexico 2002. Habit Formation and Economic Decision

Making

LEHRER, STEVEN, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh 2001.

Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics

LESLEY, JAMES CLAYTON, Ph.D. University of South Carolina 2002. Essays in Experimental Economics and Risk Elicitation

LICH-TYLER, STEPHEN, Ph.D. University of Texas 2002. The Dynamics of Indivildual and Household Behavior

LIDDER)ALE, TAN(: IK), Ph.D. George Mason Univer-

sity 2002. Voting Power and Election Turnout

LIN, MING-JEN, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2002. Two

Essays in Applied Microeconomics

LOCKARD, ALAN, Ph.D. (;eorge Mason University 2002. The Use of Sortition as a Defense against Faction

MAZZOcCO, MAUIZI/1), Ph.D. University of Chicago 2())1. Household In tertemporal Behavior: A Col- lective Approach with an Application to Risk Shar-

ing

M(cBIRIDE, MICHAEILi TO()MAS, Ph.D. Yale University 2002. Collective Actioln under Uncertainty

McCAUSLAND, W11,I,AM JAMES, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Random Consumer Demand: The-

ory, Inference, and Applications

McPI ERRON, PATI (K, Ph.D. University of Connecticut 2001. Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Expected Utility Functions

MEELER, KRISTY, Ph.D. University of Georgia 2001. The Effect of Organizational Structure and Diversifi- cation on Firm Performance

MIKAMI, KAZUHIKO, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Insti- tute and State University 2002. Market Failure and Forms of Enterprise

MISINA, MIROSLAV, Ph.D. Queen's University 2002. Es-

says on Expectations, Equilibrium and Asset Pricing

NESHEIM, LARS PATRICK, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2001. Equilibrium Sorting of Heterogeneous Con- sumers across Locations: Theory and Empirical Im-

plications

NIEDERLE, MURIEL, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. Information Transmission and Market Design

NISHIYAMA, SHINICHI, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2002. Testing the Life Cycle/Permanent Income Model: The Cross-Euler Equation Approach

PALTSEV, SERGEY, Ph.D. University of Colorado 2001. General Equilibrium Assessment of Public Policy Is- sues in the Newly Independent States

Doctoral Disse

PATRON, HILDE, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2001. Three Essays on Uncertainty and Learning by Eco- nomic Agents

PENCE, KAREN, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2001.

Essays on Government Policy and Household Finan- cial Decisions

RAIMONDO, ROBERTO, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2002. Essays in Incomplete Markets Theory

RAYO, LUIS, Ph.D. Stanford University 2002. Essays on the Theory of Incentives and Information

REKKAS, MARIE, Ph.D. University of Toronto 2002. Es-

says in Empirical Economics

SARAFIDIS, IOANNIS, Ph.D. Yale University 2001. Re- lease of Information with Imperfect Memory

SCARTASCINI, CARLOS G., Ph.D. George Mason Univer-

sity 2001. A Cross-National Approach to the Impact of Electoral Laws on Fiscal Outcomes

SEN, ANINDITA, Ph.D. New York University 2002. The

Impact of Government Taxes and Expenditures on the Income Distribution of the USA

SKRETA, VASILIKI, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh 2001.

Essays in Mechanism and Market Design

SZENTES, BALAZS, Ph.D. Boston University 2002. Simul- taneous Multiobject Auctions

TACK, TRICIA, Ph.D. University of Connecticut 2002. A Socioeconomic Theory of Organization

TAMADA, YASUNARI, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2002. Three Essays in Managerial Career Concern and Organization Theory

TEPPERMAN, ANDREW, Ph.D. University of Toronto 2001. The Implications of Intellectual Property for Firm Strategy and Organizational Choice

TRIMM, ROBERT E., Ph.D. University of Mississippi 2002. Interest Group Politics and the Seventeenth Amendment

VRAGOV, ROUMEN, Ph.D. University of Arizona 2001.

Agent Designs for Electronic Markets

WAKAI, KATSUTOSHI, Ph.D. Yale University 2002. Link-

ing Behavioral Economics, Axiomatic Decision The-

ory and General Equilibrium Theory

WANG, FENGHUA, Ph.D. Boston University 2002. Esti-

mating the Effects of Advertising on Brand and

Quantity Choices

WONG, MAN CHIU SUNNY, Ph.D. University of Oregon 2002. Essays on Learning Dynamics, Monetary Pol-

icy and Macroeconomic Outcomes

WRIGHT, MARK LESTER JASON, Ph.D. University of

Chicago 2001. Limited Commitment: Theory with

Applications to Repudiation Risk

ZHAO, RUI, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Essays in Dynamic Contract Theory

rtations 1453

ZHOU, LI-AN, Ph.D. Stanford University 2002. A Study of the Incentive of Chinese Local Officials

E Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics

ADAMS, KRISTIN, Ph.D. University of Virginia 2002.

Regime-Switching in the Term Structure of Interest Rates

ALESIA, EISA, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University 2001.

Essays on Macroeconomic Fluctuations, Oil Prices, and World Inflation: The Case of Saudi Arabia

ALSTADHEIM, RAGNA, Ph.D. Georgetown University 2002. Price-Level Determination, the Zero Lower Bond on the Interest Rate, and Optimal Monetary Policy

ARTETA, CARLOS O., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2002. Dollarization of Banking, Financial

Stability and Financial Liberalization

BAO, JULIA JUAN, Ph.D. Indiana University 2001. Em-

pirical Explorations on Money-Income Relationships and the Effects of Monetary Policy

BARBOSA-FILHO, NELSON, Ph.D. New School for Social Research 2002. Essays on Structuralist Macroeco- nomics

BARDHAN, ASHOK, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Currency Substitution in Russia, 1991-1999

BAREA-LUGO, SEBASTIAN, Ph.D. Binghamton University 2002. Bank Credit and Aggregate Investment

BASISTHA, ARABINDA, Ph.D. University of Washington 2002. Essays on Monetary Policy and the Output Gap in the U.S.

BAYRAKTAR, NIHAL, Ph.D. University of Maryland 2002.

Essays on the Effects of Capital Adjustment Costs and Capital Market Imperfections on the Investment Process

BECH, MORTEN, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 2002. Contemporary Issues in Central Bank-

ing

BELLOT, JOVIS, Ph.D. Fordham University 2002. The

Stability of Demand for Broad Money in Argentina in the Post Financial Liberalization Period

BENATI, LUCA, Ph.D. University of Michigan 2001. Es-

says in Business Cycle Analysis

CARMONA, GUILHERME, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Essays on the Theory of Social Institutions with

Special Emphasis on Monetary Trading

CATALAN, MARIO, Ph.D. University of California, Los

Angeles 2001. Financial Institutions and Economic

Instability

CAVALCANTI, TIAGO VANDERLEI DE VASCONCELO, Ph.D.

University of Illinois 2001. Essays on Macroeconom- ics and Informal Economies

1454 Journal of

CE:IASUN, OYA, Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001. Es- says on Price Setting and Inflation Dynamics

CIIEN, MAX, Ph.D. University of WAashington 2001. Business Cycles and Asset Allocation: A Markov Switching Approach

CIIEN-YOUNG, MICHAEL, Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001. Government Spending and Its Effect on Pri- vate Consumption

CI()((IIINI, FRANCISCO JOSE, Ph.D. Columbia Univer-

sity 2002. Essays on Interest Rate Determination and

Liqulidity Constraints

C()SKUNERI, (CA(AY, Ph.D. University of Delaware 2002. Fiscal Policies and the Real Exchange Rates

Co(()I,IBAIX, KAIAMOGO, Ph.D. American University 2001. Relationship between Credit Worthiness, Fi- nancial Market Development, and Institiitional Arranigeiieiints: A Cross-Country Analysis

DFi);lIN, IIIiAIIIM, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate Uni\versity 2002. Do Political Business Cycles Exist in Turkey?

DtuJASOv', DMITIY, Ph.D. Yale University 20(2. Essays il Applied Macroeconomics

DY(:,/Z\\SKI, PA\XWEL, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2002. Essays on Consumer Behavior and Macroeconomics

Elm\\Ai)s, 'RYN DOUGLAS, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Berkeley 2002. Three Essays on Heterogeneity in Macroeconomics

FERNANDEZ-VILLAVERDE SANCHEZ, JESUS, Ph.D. Uni-

versity of Minnesota 2001. Essays in Macroeconomic Dynamics

FUItLXVILER, SCOTT T., Ph.D. University of Nebraska 2001. A Framework for Analyzing the Daily Federal Funds Market

GARCIA, ROSE MARY, Ph.D. Georgetown University 2001. Dollarization in the Post-stabilization Econ-

omy: Is There Hysteresis? GOLDBERG, DROR, Ph.D. University of Rochester 2002.

Search and Money

GONZALEZ, MARIA, Ph.D. Princeton University 2002. On Democracy, Transparency and Economic Policy: Theory and Evidence

GOYAL, RISHI, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001. Structural and Monetary Explanations for Japan's Long Slump

GRUBER, JOSEPH, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002. On Habit Formation in Aggregate Consumption

GUERRIERI, LUCA, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001.

Staggered Wages and Prices in General Equilibrium

HANNSGEN, GREGORY, Ph.D. University of Notre Dame 2002. Three Essays on Monetary Endogeneity

HARTMAN, HARRISON, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State Univer-

sity 2001. Essays on the Coordination between Debt

Management and Monetary Policy

Economic Literature

HIGGINS, THOMAS DAVID, Ph.D. Fordham University 2002. The Term Structure and Recessions: An Inter- national Comparison

HUEBNER-CARIDI, CHRISTY, Ph.D. New School for So- cial Research 2002. Keynes Inactive Balances, the

Banking Sector and Effective Demand

IOANNIDOU, VASSO, Ph.D. Boston College 2001. Finan- cial Intermediaries and the Macroeconomy

KEEN, BENJAMIN, Ph.D. University of Virginia 2002. A Theoretical and Empirical Examination of the Liq- uidity Effect

KIM, YUNG MIN, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2001. Em-

pirical Studies on the Monetary Transmission Mecha- nism in Korea

KING, SHARMILA KUMARI, Ph.D. University of Califor-

nia, Davis 2001. The Formulation of Monetary Policy and the Transmission Mechanism in Europe

KORESHKOVA, TATYANA, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario 20(2. Essays on the Macroeconomic Effects of Taxation

KRAUSE, STEFAN, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2002. Macroeconomic Performance and Efficiency of Mon-

etary Policy LAM-YIK SHIN(, JEAN-PAUl,, Ph.D. McMaster Univer-

sity 2002. Three Essays on Built-In Stability

Lu, JING-I, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2002. Cen- tral Banks' Information Transparency, Foreign Ex-

change Regimes, and Economic Crises: Theoretical and Empirical Studies

LUSTIG, HANNO NICO, Ph.D. Stanford University 2002.

Essays on Risk Sharing in Economies with Limited Commitment

MILLS, DAVID, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University 2001. Outside and Inside Money: A Mechanism De-

sign Approach

MINELLA, ANDRE, Ph.D. New York University 2001. Es-

says on Monetary Policy and Inflation

NAKORNTHAB, DON, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002.

Essays on Monetary Policy

NATH, HIRANYA KUMAR, Ph.D. Southern Methodist

University 2002. Essays on the Behavior of Prices

O'SULLIVAN, ROISIN, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2002.

Financial Innovation and Monetary Policy

ORLOV, ALEXEI, Ph.D. University of Virginia 2002.

Capital Controls: Macroeconomic Stabilization Policies and the Dynamics of Multinational Enter-

prises

ORTEGA, DANIEL E., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2002. Essays on Inequality and Macroeconomics

OZLALE, UMIT, Ph.D. Boston College 2001. Essays on Central Banking

Doctoral Dissertations

OZTURKLER, HARUN, Ph.D. American University 2002. The Monetary Transmission Mechanisms: An Empir- ical Application to the Turkish Economy

PALACIOS, LUIS FELIPE, Ph.D. Cornell University 2002.

Monetary Policy Rules: Some Evidence from Markov

Switching Models with Time Varying Parameters

PARK, JIN-SU, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Bar- bara 2002. Three Essays on Sunspots and Banking

PLANTIER, L. CHRISTOPHER, Ph.D. University of Cali-

fornia, Santa Barbara 2002. The Business Cycle and the Behavior of the Federal Reserve

REID, MILTON P., III, Ph.D. University of Rochester 2002. Essays in Monetary Economics

REYNARD, SAMUEL, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2002. Financial Market Participation and Money Demand

ROUSH, JENNIFER E., Ph.D. Indiana University 2001.

Policy Expectations and Policy Effects: Disentangling the Interactions between Monetary Policy and the Private Economy

RUBIO-RAMIREZ, JUAN FRANCISCO, Ph.D. University of

Minnesota 2001. Dynamic Macroeconomic Models:

Computation and Estimation

SCHAUMBURG, ERNST, Ph.D. Princeton University 2001. Three Essays on Interest Rate Modeling

SEPULVEDA, FACUNDO, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2002. Essays in Quantitative Macroeconomics

SHERIDAN, NIAMH, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002. Inflation Dynamics

SIu, HENRY E., Ph.D. Northwestern University 2002.

Essays on Dynamic Optimal Policy with Nominal

Rigidities

SMITH, JULIE, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002.

Essays on Core Inflation

STERIJEVSKI, GREG, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Chicago 2002. Consumption Asymmetries with En-

dogenous Knots: Theory and Estimation

THAICHAROEN, YUNYONG, Ph.D. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology 2002. Essays on Economic Crises and Institutions

TULADHAR, ANITA A., Ph.D. New York University 2002.

Essays on Exchange Rate Regimes, Optimal Mone-

tary Policy and Capital Flows in Emerging Markets

TURDALIEV, NURLAN ILJASOVICH, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Essays on Information and Policy

VIGFUSSON, ROBERT, Ph.D. Northwestern University 2002. Studies in Investment and Productivity

WATERS, GEORGE A., Ph.D. University of North Car- olina 2002. Multiple Equilibria, Expectations and the Evolution of Macroeconomic Models

WEINBERG, STEVEN ARIC, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001. Essays on Wealth, Saving and Financial Markets

WEISBERGER, NOAH, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002.

Empirical Essays on Real Wages, Unemployment, and Labor Productivity

YIN, LIN, Ph.D. University of Houston 2001. Empirical Investigation on Nonlinear Aspects of Macroeco- nomic Time Series

ZAMOULINE, OLEG, Ph.D. University of Michigan 2001.

Essays on Sticky-Price Models of the International Business Cycles

ZHANG, ZHIWEI, Ph.D. University of California, San

Diego 2001. Empirical Analysis of Nonlinear Macro- economic Relations with Applications to Business Cy- cles and Speculative Currency Attacks

F International Economics

ABDI, S. TAHIR ABBAS, Ph.D. Carleton University 2002. Trade Liberalization, Technology, Relative Factor

Supplies and the Relative Wage: Evidence from the South

ABRANTES-METZ, ROSA MARIA, Ph.D. University of

Chicago 2002. Before and after the EMU: Financial

Integration, Monetary Policy and Welfare Changes

ANDERSON, GARY W, JR., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2000. Multinational Corporations: Entry Mode, Technology, Transfer and Performance Require- ments

ARCINIEGAS, ISMAEL E., Ph.D. University at Albany 2002. Understanding Speculative Attacks' Aftermath with Computational Economics

ASTORGA, ALFREDO, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002. Essays on the Economics of Managed and

Floating Exchange Rate Regimes

BIVENS, LYLE, Ph.D. New School for Social Research 2002. Globalization and Inequality: Channels and Ev- idence

BIVINS, LAURA, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 2001.

Essays on the Transferability of Migration Licenses

BORVORNBOONRUTAI, KITIKHUN, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2002. Three Essays on Transfer Pricing

BURSTEIN, ARIEL, Ph.D. Northwestern University 2002.

Essays on Real Exchange Rate Dynamics and on the

Monetary Transmission Mechanism

CALDERON, CESAR A., Ph.D. University of Rochester

2002. Empirical Essays in Open Economy Macroeco- nomics

CASSAR, ALESSANDRA, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz 2001. Local, Random, and Small World Networks: Economic Consequences for Coordina- tion, Cooperation and Contagion

CESPEDES, LUIS FELIPE, Ph.D. New York University 2001. Essays on Balance Sheets, Exchange Rate Pol-

icy and Macroeconomic Performance

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Journal of Economic Literature

CHANG, JAECHUL, Ph.D. University of Washington 2002. Real Exchange Rate and Relative Real Wages: Balassa-Samuelson Model Revisited

CHEN, YU-CHIN, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. Essays on Exchange Rates and Productivity

CHINOY, SAJJID ZAHIR, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001.

Currency Risk-Premia and Unhedged Foreign- Currency Borrowing in Emerging Markets

CHOI, YONG-SEOK, Ph.D. Brown University 2002. Three Empirical Studies on International Trade

CHUNG, JAE-HO, Ph.D. University of Missouri 2001.

Capital Liberalization and Capital Flows

CLARO, SEBASTIAN, Ph.D. University of California, Los

Angeles 2001. Essays on Trade and Macroeconomics

CLEMENS, MICHAEL, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. Wealth Bias in International Investment and the So- cial Planners Response

CROWLEY, MEREDITH, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2001. Essays on Antidumping Duties, Countervailing Duties, and Safeguard Tariff

DA CUNHA, ALEXANDRE BARROS, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Optimal Exchange Rate Policy

EDWARDS, DENNIS S., Ph.D. Louisiana State University 2002. Essays on International Trade and Bayesian Forecasting

ERBIL, CAN, Ph.D. Boston College 2002. Trade Taxes Are Better?!?

EUN, WOONG, Ph.D. Utah State University 2002. Essays On Foreign Direct Investment and Environmental Pollution Loadings

FAIRFIELD, ELTON, Ph.D. University of Western On- tario 2002. Canada-US Border Effects: An Explana- tion

FOLEY, CHARLES, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. Se- lected Essays on the Effects of Having an American Parent: An Analysis of the Growth of U.S. Multina- tional Affiliates; International Joint Ventures and the Boundaries of the Firm; Dividend Policy Inside the Firm; Repatriation Taxes and Dividend Distortions

GOPINATH, GITA, Ph.D. Princeton University 2001. Three Essays on International Capital Flows: A Search Theoretic Approach

GUERRA DE LUNA, ALFONSO HUMBERTO, Ph.D. Univer-

sity of California, Los Angeles 2001. Capital Inflows, Real Estate and Mortgage Crises: An International

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HALLAK, JUAN CARLOS, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002.

Essays on Supply and Demand Determinants of In- ternational Trade

HAN, GAOFENG, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz 2001. Three Essays in International Economics

Ho, CORRINNE, Ph.D. Princeton University 2002. Cur-

rency Boards: In Theory and in Modern-Day Practice

Hu, TSUI-FANG, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University 2001. Fundamental Determinants of the Real Ex-

change Rate: A Natrex Approach

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HUBRICH, STEFAN, Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001.

Essays in International Finance

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HWANG, JAE KWANG, Ph.D. University of Alabama 2000. A Re-examination of Empirical Exchange Rate Mod- els: A Modification of the Money Demand Function

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JIANG LI, WEN YING, Ph.D. Columbia University 2002. Three Essays on Foreign Direct Investment

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Empirical Investigation into Currency Crashes Capi- tal Flight, and the Inflation Tax

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KIM, SEUNGHWAN, Ph.D. Iowa State University 2002. Uncovered Interest Parity and Threshold Cointegra- tion Approach: Theory and Evidence

KIRGIZ, KIVANC, Ph.D. Duke University 2001. Measur-

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TEIRO, Ph.D. Columbia University 2001. The Strate-

gic Use of Trade Policy for Non-trade Purposes in Multilateral and Regional Agreements

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MADARASSY, RITA, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz 2002. Three Essays in International Finance

MAGENDZO, IGNACIO IGAL, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Los Angeles 2001. Capital Flows, Exchange Rate

Policy and Growth

MARAZZI, MARIO, Ph.D. Cornell University 2002. Essays on the Fragility of Gains from Trade under Spatial Price Competition

MARTINEZ, GABRIEL, Ph.D. University of Notre Dame 2002. Stabilization-cum-Liberalization and Endoge- nous Financial Crises

MATTINA, TODD D., Ph.D. Queen's University 2002. In- ternational Prices and Exchange Rates

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Chicago 2001. The Structure of Wages under Trade Liberalization: Mexico from 1984-1998

MIAH, FAZLUL HOQUE, Ph.D. Wayne State University 2001. Testing Rationality of Exchange Rate Expecta- tions Using Survey Data: The Case of Five Major Currencies

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fornia, Berkeley 2002. Essays on International Trade, Growth and Finance

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REIF, TANIA, Ph.D. Columbia University 2002. The "Real" Side of Currency Crises

ROMEU, RAFAEL B., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2002.

Essays in the Microstructure of Foreign Exchange

ROSARIO, BRIAN P., Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2002. Empirical Determinants of Currency Crises: Evidence from Logit and Ordered Logit Estimation

SAWAKI, HISASHI, Ph.D. University of North Carolina 2002. Essays on the International Economics with

Asymmetric Information

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Angeles 2001. Essays on International Capital Mar- kets and Financial Institutions

SHANKAR, RASHMI, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz 2001. Identifying the Transmission Mechanisms and Growth Effects of Currency Crises

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says on Forward Discount Bias and Foreign Ex-

change Volatility

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Angeles 2002. Essays on Contagion of Financial Crises

SINGH, AMITABH, Ph.D. University of North Carolina 2001. Foreign Direct Investment from Developing Countries: A Case Study of India

SIRIMANNE, SHAMIKA, Ph.D. Carleton University 2001.

Endogenous Growth and Learning-by-Doing Spillovers

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says in International Economics

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TAKENO, TAIZO, Ph.D. Georgetown University 2002. Essays on Trade and the Environment

TENRIEYo(), MARIA SIIANA, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. Three Essays in Open-Economy Macroeco- nolnics

TJo(NII() Mi, JESSIC(A I)iL()IRES, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Essays on Trade and Developinent

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gon 2002. Three Essays on Firms' Foreign Direct In- vestment Decisions

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YILMAZ, ALPER, Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2001. Essays on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Trade

ZAHEDI VAFA, MOHAMMAD HADI, Ph.D. University of Ottawa 2001. Endogenous Growth: A Search Model for the Technology with Applications to International Trade

ZAKHILWVAL, OMAR, Ph.D. Carleton University 2001. Trade and Wages: A Non-Stolper-Samuelson Expla- nation: Evidence from Canada

ZANARDI, MAURIZIO, Ph.D. Boston College 2001. Essays on Antidumping and International Trade

Economic Literature

ZHANG, YAN, Ph.D. Iowa State University 2002. Testing for Nonlinearities in Time Series with an Application to Exchange Rates

ZHU, CIIUN SUSAN, Ph.D. University of Toronto 2001.

Technical Change, International Trade and Inequality

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Maryland 2001. Essays on the Dynamics of Microfi- nance

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Chicago 2001. An Empirical Investigation of the Sec- ondary Market of Sovereign Bonds

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Technology 2002. Essays on Institutions for Financial Stability

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Cross-Industry Study of the Relationship and an In-

Depth Review of the Trucking Industry Experience

FREIJE, COREY, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University 2002. The Generalization of the Sharpe Ratio to Nerlovian Profit Efficiency and an Application to Mutual Funds

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Imperfect Information on Asset Returns

GIEDEMAN, DANIEL, Ph.D. Washington University in St. Louis 2001. The Role of Banking in the Economic

Development of the United States and Switzerland

HARJOTO, MARETNO AGUS, Ph.D. University of Ken-

tucky 2002. The Dynamics of the Structure of Corpo- rate Governance

HENNESSY, CHRISTOPHER, Ph.D. Princeton University 2001. Agency Problems under Debt Finance

HERNANDEZ ARROYA, ALFREDO A., Ph.D. New York

University 2001. Essays in Banking: Theoretical Con- siderations and Evidence from the Mexican Economy

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says on Market Participation and Financial Innovation

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KASMAN, SAADET KIRBAS, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2002. Volatility of the Turkish Stock Market

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says in Financial Economics

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Cross-Country Analysis; 2. Do Country Borders Mat- ter? The Limits of Reputation and Inter-Firm Net- works in the Indian Offshore Software Industry; 3. Globalization and Corporate Governance Conver-

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KORU, AYCA-TEKIN, Ph.D. Purdue University 2001. Es- says on Crossborder Acquisitions and CGreenfield In- vestments

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Technology 2001. Properties and Application of Mar-

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Technology 2002. Essays on Innovation, Entrepre- neurship and Venture Capital

LE, Duc, Ph.D. University at Albany 2002. Optimal Lumpy Investment with Costly Reversibility

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Corporate Finance: The Declining Information Con- tent of Dividend Policy and the Role of Institutional

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2001. Essays on Liquidity Constraints and Stock Price Behavior

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Chicago 2001. Market Discipline, As?mmetric Informa- tion and Banking Regulation: An Application to Bolivia

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trol-Theory and Evidence; 3. Self-Control in the Market-Evidence from tile Health (Club Industry

MARASCO, STEPHEN, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2001. The Stock Market Retulrns to Disaggregated Intangible Investments

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Essays in International Capital Markets: 1. Uncover-

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says in Modeling Foreign Currencies

MURSHID, ANTU, Ph.D. Rutgers University 2001. The International Transmission of Financial Crises: Evi- dence from the Pre-war and the Inter-war

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Empirical Investigation of (In)Efficiency Levels and

Productivity Change in the Korean Banking Sector

PENAS, MARIA FABIANA, Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001. Bank Mergers and Too-Big-to-Fail Policy

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Publicly Traded Corporations

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versity of Illinois 2001. Time Series Models for Ana-

lyzing Financial Data

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Technology 2002. Essays on Information and Invest- ment

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ROBOTTI, CESARE, Ph.D. Boston College 2001. Essays in Empirical Asset Pricing

RODRIGUEZ, JUAN C., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001. Essays on Asset Pricing

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Theory and Evidence of Innovation in the Financial Services Industry

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Essays in Finance

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nology 2001. Essays in Capital Markets

STEWART, ROBERT T., Ph.D. Fordham University 2002. Derivative Instruments Written on Non-tradable As- sets: The Case of Weather Derivatives

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Essays in Market Microstructure

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sity 2002. Essays on Self-Policing Networks in Finan- cial Markets

Economic Literature

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TANARUGSACHOCK, TANA, Ph.D. City University of New York 2002. Mean Reversion and the Volatility of In- terest Rates: Essays on the Monte-Carlo Simulation and Empirical Studies Based on Different Sampling Frequencies

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TSAI, SHU-JUI JOANNA, Ph.D. Cornell University 2002. Insider Returns, Profits, and the Effects of Insider

Trading Regulation Changes: A Theoretical and Em-

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VAN DEN HEUVEL, SKANDER, Ph.D. Yale University 2001.

Capital Adequacy, Bank Lending and Monetary Policy

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eign Debt Markets

WANG, GUOQIANG, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario 2002. Performance Measurement and Risk Assess- ment in Finance

WANG, SHANGWEN, Ph.D. New York University 2002.

Essays on Asset Pricing under Heterogeneous Beliefs

WESTBROOK, HARVEY BIRTILL, JR., Ph.D. University of Illinois 2002. Two Essays in Financial Economics

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says in Financial Economics

XIE, XIAOHONG (AGNES), Ph.D. Fordham University 2002. Downside Risk Measure: Theory and Applica: tions in Portfolio Choice Risk Management

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vestigation of Asset Pricing Puzzles with Cyclical Risk Aversion and Intertemporal Substitution

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Diego 2001. The Flow of Information in Financial Markets: A Market Microstructure Examination

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Policy on State Tax Structure

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HAMILTON, DAN ELSON, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Santa Barbara 2002. Public Capital in Produc- tion

IGNACIO, LAURA, Ph.D. George Washington University 2002. A General Equilibrium Analysis of Value- Added Tax Reform in the Philippines

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LI, ZHIXIN, Ph.D. University of Toronto 2001. Mean Re- version, Tax Arbitrage and Hidden Markov Modeling of Risk Premia

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Chicago 2001. Incidence of Social Security Regula- tion: Evidence from the Reform in Mexico

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MATHESON, VICTOR ALEXANDER, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Differential Sales Taxes and Income Redistribution

MILLIGAN, KEVIN, Ph.D. University of Toronto 2001. Em-

pirical Essays on Behavioural Responses to Taxation

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versity 2001. Externalities and the Provision of Local Public Goods: Two Studies: 1) Enforcement When Criminals Are Mobile, and 2) Ability Tracking in the Presence of Peer Group Effects

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Optimal Taxation and Envy OKTEM, MUSTAFA, Ph.D. University of New Hampshire

2001. Property Tax Shifting under Imperfect Compe- tition: Theory and Application

POPPERT, PATRICK EUGENE, Ph.D. University of Ten- nessee 2001. Base Closure Impacts and the General Effects of Military Installation on Local Private Em-

ployment

QIAO, BAOYUN, Ph.D. Georgia State University 2001. The Trade-Off between Growth and Equity in China's Decentralization Policy

SHARMA, POOJA, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati 2001. A Political Economy Approach to Multilateral Condi- tional Lending

ZHANG, QI, Ph.D. University of Alabama 2001. Essays on Income Tax Progressivity and Redistribution

I Health, Education, and Welfare

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pensated Care: An Empirical Analysis of Georgia Hospitals

ALMOND, DOUGLAS V., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2002. Essays in Health Economics

ALPER, OMER E., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002. An Analysis of Contingent Contracting under Imper- fect Liability Laws: The Medical Malpractice Context

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BACOLOD, MARIGEE PONLA, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Los Angeles 2002. Essays on Teacher Supply and Quality, and School Quality: Evidence from the United States and the Philippines

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BORZEKOWSKI, RON, Ph.D. Stanford University 2002. The Adoption and Cost Impact of Hospital Informa- tion Systems

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BRIDGES, JOHN F. P., Ph.D. City University of New York 2002. Variation in Quality and Risk: Effects on Evalu- ation and Budgeting

BROOME, SARAH J., Ph.D. University of North Carolina 2002. Market Characteristics and Hospital Organiza- tional Factors that Affect Hospital Nursing Quality

CAIN, MONICA, Ph.D. Wayne State University 2002.

Michigan Medicaid Managed Care: An Evaluation of the Physician Sponsor Plan

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COLMAN, (GEGORY J., Ph.D. City University of New

York 2001. Cigarette Taxes ald Maternal Smloking

DANIEL, JANET B., Ph.D. Louisiana State University 2001. An Economic Analysis of the Allocation of Re- search Flniding at tlle National Institutes of I ealth

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Evaluating the Effect of Medicaid and SCIP Expan- sioms

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EL-HO)DIRI, NAG(;A'A D., Ph.D. University of Arizona 2001. An Analysis of High School Tracking and Its Ef- fects on Labor Market Outcomes

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GUNDERSON, JILL MARIE, Ph.D. Georgia State Univer-

sity 2001. The Transition from Welfare to Work

HARRIS, MARY H., Ph.D. Lehigh University 2002. School District Bond Finance: A Study on Bond Rat- ings and State Capital Aid Programs

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Managed Care Providers

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Regulation and the Provision of Care in Nursing Homes: Estimation of a Competitive Model

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Hospital Responses to Prospective Payment System: New York Medicaid Program

Economic Literature

IIZUKA, TOSHIAKI, Ph.D. University of California, Los

Angeles 2001. Asymmetric Information, Agency Problems, and Advertising: Empirical Essays on the

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says in the Economic Behavior of Hospitals

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Estimating Educational Production Functions in a

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Evaluating the Inputs to Infant Health: Evidence from Natural Experiments

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University 2001. Efficiency Improvements via Moni-

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PETERS, BETHANY L., Ph.D. Duke University 2002. Al- cohol Consumption and Productivity

RASSOULI-CURRIER, SUSANNE, Ph.D. Oklahoma State

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SIMS, MELISSA D., Ph.D. University of North Carolina 2002. The Effect of Employer Accommodation on the Continued Employment of Impaired Workers

SOARES, RODRIGO REIS, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2002. Life Expectancy, Educational Attainment, and

Fertility Choice: The Economic Impacts of Mortality Reductions

SON, CHONG-HWAN, Ph.D. City University of New York 2002. Racial Differences in the Effects of Regulatory Variables on Alcohol-Related Mortality

STODDARD, CHRISTIANA MARIE, Ph.D. University of

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WOLPAW REYES, JESSICA, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. The Impact of Lead Exposure on Crime and Health, and An Analysis of the Market for Physicians: Three Essays

Wu, WEI, Ph.D. Wayne State University 2001. Estimat-

ing the Influence of HMO/PPO Market Penetration on Infant Health Outcomes in the US: A Longitudi- nal Data Analysis

ZHAO, ZHONG, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002. Two Essays on Social Program Evaluation

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AURA, SAKU, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technol-

ogy 2001. Essays in the Economics of Retirement In- come Security and Household Decision-Making

BARILLA, ANTHONY G., Ph.D. Kansas State University 2002. An Analysis of Wage Differences in Major League Baseball, 1985-95

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BASU, KISALAYA, Ph.D. University at Albany 2001. Se-

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Complex Job Mobility and Long-Term Outcomes for the "Economically At-Risk"

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CHENG, KEVIN CHUN CHAU, Ph.D. University of

Chicago 2002. Economic Implications of China's

Population in the 21st Century

Journal of Economic Literature

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CHOI, HESSEON, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2002.

Essays on the Impact of Educational Policy and Ma- ternity7 Leav7 Polircy on the Labor Market Outcomes of Workers

CONNOLLY, HELEN C., Ph.D. Boston College 2002. Low-Educated Workers in the U.S. and Canada: Es-

says in Job Mobility and Self-Sufficiency

DALIRAZAR, NASRIN, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts 2002. An International Analysis of Child Welfare

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DECRESSIN, ANJA, Ph.D. Georgetown University 2002.

Essays on Unemployment and Wages

DESCHENES, OLIVIER, Ph.D. Princeton University 2001. An Econometric Analysis of the Returns to Education in the United States

DOSTIE, BENOIT, Ph.D. Cornell University 2002. Essays on Mobility: Applicants to Job Turnover Returns to

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DUCHOVNY, NOELIA JUDITH, Ph.D. University of Mary- land 2001. The Earned Income Tax Credit and Fertil- ity

GAGNE, LYNDA G., Ph.D. University of British Colum- bia 2002. Parental Work and Child-Care in Canadian Families

GALLAWAY, JULIE H., Ph.D. Colorado State University 2001. Where Does She Find the Time? Essays on Women and Work in Two Southeast Asian Countries

GORMLY, SARAH, Ph.D. Georgetown University 2002.

Essays in Labor Economics

GOTWALT, EUGENE W., Ph.D. George Mason University 2002. Moral Determinates of Rational Behavior with an Application to State Abortion Restrictions

GRAWE, NATHAN DANIEL, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2001. A Cross-Country Comparison of Intergenera- tional Income Mobility: Studying the Paradox of Mo-

bility in the U.S.

GUIMARAES, JULIANA FERRAZ, Ph.D. University of Illi- nois 2001. Income Inequality and Gender Wage Dif- ferential: A Quantile Regression Approach

HABERMALZ, STEFFEN, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2002. Sequential Revealing of Informa- tion and the Return to Education Signals

HILDEBRAND, VINCENT A., Ph.D. York University 2001. Three Microeconomic Studies of Pensions and Re- tirement Savings

Hu, JANICE, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine 2001. Revisiting the Assumptions behind Work Ex-

perience

HWANG, Soo KYEONG, Ph.D. Binghamton University 2001. Does 'Femaleness' Reduce Wages? An Analysis of the Effect of Gendered Comparative Advantage on

Occupational Segregation and Gender Wage Gap ILKKARACAN, ITPE, Ph .D NPu Schoonl for Social Re-

search 2002. The Role of Unemployment in Wage Determination: Three Essays on the Wage Curve

JACKSON, ROBERT E., Ph.D. Kansas State University 2001. The Impact of the 150-Hour Requirement on the Accounting Profession

JOHNSON, SUSAN J. T., Ph.D. McMaster University 2001. Five Essays on Unionization and Labour Markets in Canada and the United States

KALIST, DAVID, Ph.D. Wayne State University 2001. The Market for Nurses: Earnings, the Supply of New Entrants and AIDS

KANG, CHANGHUI, Ph.D. Cornell University 2001. Es-

says on Economic Duration Analysis in Labor Eco- nomics

KAYANI, NOAMAN A., Ph.D. Kansas State University 2002. The Effect of Regulatory Controls on Immigra- tion

KISER, SALLY JANE, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts 2001. Employer Work-Family Programs: Essays on

Policy Implementation, Employer Preferences and Parental Child Care Choices

KOROBOW, ADAM KEITH, Ph.D. Georgia State Univer-

sity 2001. Wage Dynamics of New and Small Firms in

Knowledge and Non-knowledge Industries: A Differ- ent Perspective on the Firm-Size Wage Effect in a Dual-Sector Dynamic Setting

KRASHINSKY, HARRY, Ph.D. Princeton University 2001. Three Essays in Labor Economics

KURUSCU, BURHANETTIN, Ph.D. University of Rochester 2002. Essays on Savings and Labor Market Policies

LAWNICKI, VICTOR, Ph.D. University of Wyoming 2002. Econometric Analysis of Compensating Wage Differ- entials for Commuting

LEI, YING, Ph.D. Rutgers University 2001. Structural

Analysis of Experimental Data

LENTZ, RASMUS, Ph.D. Northwestern University 2002.

Job Search and Savings: Theory and Application

LEUNG, DANNY, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario 2002. Essays on Self Employment

MADALOZZO, REGINA CARLA, Ph.D. University of Illi- nois 2002. Essays on Empirical Labor Economics

MAZUMDER, BHASHKAR, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Earnings Mobility in the United States: A New Look at Intergenerational Inequality

MEDINA DURANGO, CARLOS ALBERTO, Ph.D. New York

University 2001. Essays on Economic Discrimination in the Labor Market: Theory and Evidence

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MICEVSKA, MAJA BRANKO, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate

University 2002. Economic Disruption, Demo-

graphic Trends, and Economic Growth

MOLITOR, CHRISTOPHER J., Ph.D. Washington State

University 2001. The Effect of In-School Work Expe- rience at Community Colleges and Four-Year Col-

leges

NEIDELL, MATTHEW JAMES, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Los Angeles 2002. Essays on the Impact of Envi- ronmental Factors on Children's Health and Human

Capital

NIEVA, RICARDO, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2002.

Layoffs, Recalls and the Dynamics of Job Creation, Destruction and Unemployment

NOSAKA, HIROMI, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2002. Three Essays on Search and Matching Models with Ex-Ante Investments

OPCIN, SELEN AYSE, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001. The Effect of Retiree Health Insurance on Early Re- tirement

OREOPOULOS, PHILIP, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2002. Empirical Applications to Labor Eco- nomics and Public Finance

OYAMA, MASAKO, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2002.

Fertility Decline and Female Labor Force Participa- tion in Japan

QENANI-PETRELA, EIVIS, Ph.D. Washington State Uni-

versity 2002. The Role of Demand Seasonality and

Housing Investment in the Farm Labor Market in

Washington State

Rio, CECILIA M., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts 2001. From Feudal Serfs to Independent Contrac- tors: Class and African American Women's Paid Do- mestic Labor, 1863-1980

RUIZ-VERDU, PABLO, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001. Labor Markets under Endogenous Union Formation

SALEVURAKIS, JOHN WILLIAM, Ph.D. University of Utah 2002. A History of Second Chance Programs and an

Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Job Training Part-

nership Act

SEABURY, SETH ANGUS, Ph.D. Columbia University 2002. Three Essays on Workers' Compensation

SHERAN, MICHELLE, Ph.D. University of Virginia 2002. The Career and Family Choices of Women: A Dy- namic Analysis of Labor Force Participation, School-

ing, Marriage, and Fertility Decisions

SINHA, NISTHA, Ph.D. University of Washington 2001. Husbands and Wives and Fertility Decision-Making: Modeling Demand for Children and Contraceptive Use in Bangladesh and Pakistan

SOARES, YURI, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2002. Two Essays in Labor and Gender Economics and One in the Returns to Experience in Aviation Safety

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SONG, YOUNCHWAN, Ph.D. Columbia University 2002. Three Essays on Wage-Tenure Profiles: Statistical Discrimination, Technological Changes, and the Lemons Effects of Layoffs

SOUZA, ANDREA PORTELA, Ph.D. Cornell University 2001. Essays on Child Labor and Wage Inequality Changes in Brazil

SRINIVAS, SUMATI, Ph.D. University at Albany 2001. La- bor Market Compositional Effects of Productivity Shocks

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Acquiring Higher Education at Older Ages on Earn-

ings Growth and Earnings Profiles

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TCHERNIS, RUSTY, Ph.D. Brown University 2002. Essays on Labor Mobility

TENN, STEVEN AARON, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2001. Three Essays on the Relationship between Mi-

gration and Occupational Licensing

TOROS, OZGUR, Ph.D. Cornell University 2001. Strate-

gic Behavior in Industrial and Labor Markets: Worker Ownership, Advertising and Targeting

TRACEY, JENNIFER, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2001. Two Essays on the Challenges Facing Women and Minorities in the Labor Market

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WANG, JIANXIN, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 2001. The Retirement Decision of Working Married Couples: A Test of Some Competing Hypotheses

WETZELL, DAVID, Ph.D. Michigan State University 2002. Three Papers in Labor Economics

WOODHOUSE, SALLY D., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. The Relationship between Childcare Costs, Maternal Employment, an(d Children's Test Scores

Wu, STEPHEN, Ph.D. Princeton University 2000. Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: Investments in Human Capital

K Law and Economics

BENY, LAURA, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. Essays on Comparative Insider Trading Las;, Finance, and Political Economy

JACOBSON, MIREILLE, Ph.D. Harvard University 2001.

Drug Deals: Prices, Policies, and Use Rates

LISTOKIN, YAIR, Ph.D. Princeton Universits 2002. Es-

says in the Economics of Public Enforcement of Law

MACEY, WILLIAM J., Ph.D. University of Texas 2002.

Litigation Costs and Economic Regulations

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L Industrial Organization

ALVES, IVAN, Ph.D. University of British Columbia 2001. Two Faces of Privatisation

BELLO, OMAR, Ph.D. University of Colorado 2002. The Information Sector in Venezuela

BERTO VILLAS-BOAS, SOFIA, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Berkeley 2002. Vertical Relationships between Manufacturers and Retailers

BRICENO, CECILIA M., Ph.D. Georgetown University 2002. Efficiency Measurement for Regulatory Mar- ket-Structure Regimes of the Electric Power Industry

CARLSON, CAROL WEBER, Ph.D. Colorado School of Mines 2001. An Efficiency Model for Telecommuni- cations Resources

CHAMI, CYRIL A., Ph.D. University of Alberta 2002. Sus- tainable Tourism Development: A Comparison be- tween Tanzania and Kenya

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CHIARAVUTrHI, YINGYOT, Ph.D. University of South Car-

olina 2002. Network Externalities and Predatory Pric-

ing: Examinations of Field and Experimental Data

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CHOI, CHUNG-GYU, Ph.D. Georgetown University 2002. Network Competition, Vertical Integration, and Product Portfolio

CHOI, YOUNG-JUN, Ph.D. University at Buffalo 2002.

Essays on the Economics of E-commerce, Integra- tion and Infrastructure

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Bundling Information Goods in Competitive Envi- ronments

Economic Literature

FUSILLO, MICHAEL G., Ph.D. City University of New York 2001. Strategic Entry Deterrence: The Case of Ocean Liner Shipping

GAYNOR, DANIEL E., Ph.D. University of Texas 2001.

Essays on Pricing, Provision and Tying of System Components

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GOLDSMITH, JOHN V., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001. Essays on Applied Industrial Organization

GONG, JIN-DONG, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002. Essays on Technological Competition

GROBMAN, JEFFREY H., Ph.D. Colorado School of Mines 2000. A Quantitative Analysis of the Effect of Market Design and Policy Uncertainty on Investment in Electricity Generation: A Reinforcement Learning Approach

HAAG, MATTHEW, Ph.D. Georgetown University 2002. Issues Concerning Multimarket Firms: Competition, Externalities, and Taxation

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HASTINGS, JUSTINE SHIRIN, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Berkeley 2001. Essays on Vertical Relationships, Competition and Regulation in the Gasoline Industry

HOWIE, PETER A., Ph.D. Colorado School of Mines 2002. A Study of Mineral Prices: Analyzing Long- Term Behaviors and Testing for Non-competitive Markets

IIMI, ATSUSHI, Ph.D. Brown University 2002. Empirical Studies of Auction and Product Differentiation in Cellular Phone Markets

ISHII, JUN, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001. Essays on the Effect of Regulatory Restructuring in the Elec-

tricity Industry on Independent Power Production

JAROONPATTANAPONG, PIRAT, Ph.D. Colorado School of Mines 2001. Exploration and the Opening of New Gold Mines in Nevada, 1970-1999

JOHNSON, HAY, Ph.D. University of Houston 2002. Un-

derstanding Entry: Importance of the Characteristics of Entrants and Non-entrants into the Market for MTBE

KAMENECKA, PAULETTE MELINDA, Ph.D. University of

Chicago 2002. Using Information to Set Prices: A Look at Monopoly and Duopoly Markets

KOSNIK, LEA RACHEL DEFNE, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Los Angeles 2001. Essays on the Political

Economy of Hydroelectric Regulation

KYLE, MARGARET, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Tech-

nology 2002. Entry and Exit in Innovative Industries

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LANIER, LOUIS R., Ph.D. Clemson University 2001. The Political Economy of Rent Sharing

LEE, MICHAEL JAE Woo, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2001. The Pricing of Pharmaceuticals by Online and Traditional Retailers: An Empirical Examination

LEIBTAG, EPHRAIM S., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2002. Determinants of Retail Price Margins and

Quality Adjustment of Retail Price Indices

LIEN, JEFFREY S., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001. The Strategic Use of Forward Contracts: Applications in Power Markets

MARTIN, RICHARD, Ph.D. Simon Fraser University 2002. Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics

MCMANUS, BRIAN, Ph.D. University of Virginia 2002. Nonlinear Pricing in an Oligopoly Market: The Case of Specialty Coffee

MECHANIC, SARA, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002. The Efficacy of the Simulation Method for Pre-

dicting the Price Effects of Mergers: The Case of the 1986 Northwest-Republic Merger

MELENDEZ, MARCELA, Ph.D. Yale University 2002. A

Dynamic Model of Vertical Integration for the Amer- ican Pulp and Paper Industry

MOFFETT, MAURICE, Ph.D. University of New Mexico 2002. Forcing Contracts: Theory, Evidence, and Pol-

icy Issues

MORTIMER, JULIE HOLLAND, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Los Angeles 2001. An Empirical Study of Contractual Arrangements and Inventory: The U.S. Video Rental Industry

MORTIMER, RICHARD, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Investment and Cooperation among Internet Backbone Firms

MOSHKIN, NICKOLAY V., Ph.D. Yale University 2001. The Effects of Regulation in Natural Gas Markets

MURTHY, RANGANATH SRINIVAS, Ph.D. Vanderbilt Uni-

versity 2001. Optimal Pricing and Investment in the

Electricity Sector in Tamil Nadu, India

NIREI, MAKOTO, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2002. Sec- toral Propagation and Indivisible Input

NOEL, MICHAEL, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of

Technology 2002. Edgeworth Price Cycles in Retail Gasoline Markets

OOMES, NIENKE, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2001.

Essays on Network Externalities and Aggregate Per- sistence

PARK, JONGSUR, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 2002. An Empirical Investigation of U.S. Telecommunication Policies

PARK, KIYOUNG, Ph.D. Cornell University 2002. Estima- tion of Dynamic Behavior with Learning: Application to the DRAM Industry

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PULLER, STEVEN LAWRENCE, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley 2001. Empirical Analysis of Strategic Behavior in Oligopoly

QUEK, SZE-TIEN, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002.

www.dynamic-games.com: Essays on the Application of Dynamic Game Theory to the Analysis of E-Com- merce

RAINEY, MARK, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Tech-

nology 2001. The Effects of Mergers in Broadcast Television

DE Roos, NICOLAS, Ph.D. Yale University 2001. Essays on Collusion: Dynamic Models for Dynamic Markets

RUBLE, RICHARD, Ph.D. University of Virginia 2002.

Imperfect Competition between Buyers and Sellers

SEIM, KATJA, Ph.D. Yale University 2001. Spatial Differ- entiation and Market Structure: The Video Retail In-

dustry

STEINER, FAYE, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001. Regu- lation, Industry Structure, and Performance in the

Electricity Supply Industry

STEVENS, JOHN JEFFERY, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Essays on the Size Distribution of Establish- ments

TERBUSH, THOMAS L., Ph.D. George Mason University 2002. Deregulating Electricity in the American States

TODANI, KHATHUTSHELO RONALD, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Determinants of Price-Cost Mar-

gins in the U.S. Railroad Industry: An Econometric

Investigation

TUCKER, RUSSELL, Ph.D. George Washington Univer-

sity 2002. Measuring Market Performance in Re- structured Electricity Markets: An Empirical Analysis of the PJM Energy Market

VAN BIESEBROECK, JOHANNES, Ph.D. Stanford Univer-

sity 2001. Essays on Productivity: Applications to Au- tomobile Assembly and African Manufacturing

WANG, HAO, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2002. Three

Essays in Industrial Organization

WEIHER, JESSE CALWELL, Ph.D. Rice University 2002.

Pricing Issues in the US Airline Industry

YAN, JINGMING, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001. Power Producers in the US Electricity Industry under Regu- latory Restructuring

Yu, YIWEN, Ph.D. Florida State University 2001. Adjust- ment of Local Service Rates and Universal Service: An

Empirical Study of Florida Local Telephone Customers

ZENGER, JONI SANFORD, Ph.D. University of Utah 2001. An Economic Analysis of Pricing Unbundled Net- work Elements

ZHONGMIN, WANG, Ph.D. Georgetown University 2002. Three Essays on Energy Markets and Utility Regula- tion

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ZHOU, HAIWEN, Ph.D. University of Maryland 2002. Three Essays on Industrial Organization

ZHUANC, ZILI, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University 2001. Performance Effects and Adoption Decisions of Dif- ferent Types of Capital Investment: Evidence from U.S. Steel Industry

M Business Administration and Business Economics

Marketing Accounting

ADAMS, C(HIIISTO(PHER PAUL, Ph.D. University of Wis-

coTsin 2001. Theory and Practice of Shopfloor Deci- siol Making in Manufacturing

AKIITAR, SAfIIA Z., Ph.D. George Mason University 2002. Bmlldled Innovations: An Examination of the Influence of Selling Costs on Bundling

BONARIn, LU(:A, Ph.D. Fordham University 2002.

Analysis of the Relationship Between Advertising, Concentrationl and Profitability in the U.S. Manlfac- turing Inldustry

DEVAR(), JEI) LA\'WEN(E, Ph.D. Stanford University 2()()1. The Effect of Employer Recruitment Strate- gies on Jol) Placements and Match Quality

D1()ESTANI, Al, IRE:/A, Ph.D. University of Missouri 2002. Transfer Price in Multidivisional Firms

DUKES, ANIII()NY J., Ph.D. University of Pittslbrgh 2001. The Economics of Advertising with Ilclusion of the Media

EWIN(, PAUL LEE, JR., Ph.D. Colorado School of Mines 2002. A Systems Approach to Optimize a Multi-eche- lon Repairable Item Inventory System with Multiple Classes of Service

GEDDES, LORI A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Mil- waukee 2002. Incentives, Teams and the Organiza- tion of Work: Evidence from the U.S. and Australia

HITSCH, GUENTER T., Ph.D. Yale University 2001. Essays on the Economics and Marketing of New Products

JENTER, DIRK, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. Essays on the Interaction of Firms and Equity Markets; 1.

Market Timing and Managerial Portfolio Decisions; 2. Executive Compensation, Incentives, and Risk; 3.

Selling Company Shares to Reluctant Employees: France Telecom's Experience

MARTINEZ-JEREZ, ASIS, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. Three Essays on Capital Markets and Infor- mation Economics; 1. Interaction between Account-

ing and Corporate Governance: Evidence from Business Combinations; 2. How Do Inventors' Per-

ceptions of the Credibility of Accounting Informa- tion and Its Governance Role Affect Firms' Capital Market Reactions to the Enron Collapse?; 3. E-In- formation

MEH, CESAIRE, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario 2001. Essays in Entrepreneurship and Taxation

Economic Literature

NIZOVTSEV, DMITRI, Ph.D. Purdue University 2001.

Money-Back Guarantees: The Case of Experience Goods

STIVERS, ANDREW E., Ph.D. University of Texas 2001.

Essays on Strategies of Product Labeling

WOSINSKA, MARTA E., Ph.D. University of California,

Berkeley 2002. The Economics of Prescription Drug Advertising

YEN, LEON SHIH-WEI, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 2002. Ownership Structure and Discipli- nary Job Turnover of Corporate CEOs

N Economic History

DAVIS, GARETH G., Ph.D. George Mason University 2002. Enslavement, Old and New: A Theoretical and Econometric Examination of Forced Labor and Traf-

ficking

DAVIS, JOSEPlH H., III, Ph.D. Duke University 2002. A

Quantity-Based Annual Index of U.S. Industrial Pro- duction, 1790-1915: An Empirical Appraisal of His- torical Business-Cycle Fluctuations

FLYNN, DAVI) TERENCE, Ph.D. Indiana University 2001. Credit and the Econonmy of Colonial New En-

gland

GERAGHTY, THIOMAS M., Ph.D. Northwestern Univer-

sity 2002. Technology, Organization, and Comple- mentarity: The Factory System in the British Indus- trial Revolution

HILT, ERIC, Ph.D. Columbia University 2002. Con- tracts, Risk Taking and Diversification in the Ameri- can Whaling Industry

KRUSE, ELIZABETH M., Ph.D. University of Massachu-

setts 2002. Property from the Sky: The Creation of

Property Rights in the Radio Spectrum in the United States

MITCHENER, KRIS JAMES, Ph.D. University of Califor-

nia, Berkeley 2001. Supervision, Regulation, and Fi- nancial Instability: The Political Economy of Banking during the Great Depression

RUSSELL, WILLIAM, Ph.D. George Mason University 2001. The Economic Impact of the American Civil War: An Empirical Examination

SCHRADE, WILLIAM, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine 2002. A Theoretical and Econometric Analysis of the Economic Rationale Backing the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935: A Revisionist History

SENDONARIS, ASTA, Ph.D. University of Houston 2001.

Russian Stock Market: Historical Development and Performance Analysis

SHORT, JOANNA SANDRA, Ph.D. Indiana University 2001. The Retirement of the Rebels: Georgia Con- federate Pensions and Retirement Behavior in the New South

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SMITH, FREDRIC HOMER, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 2001. Real Estate Values and the Location of Eco- nomic Activity: A Case Study of the Urban Form of Cleveland, 1915-1980

STEWART, JAMES, Ph.D. Northwestern University 2002.

Essays in American Economic History

VIZCARRA, KATHLEEN MARIA, Ph.D. University of Illi- nois 2001. Markets and Hierarchies in Late Colonial

Spanish America: The Royal Tobacco Monopoly, 1752-1813

O Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth

ABIDIN, ZARINA ZAINAL, Ph.D. Brown University 2002. The Integration of East Asian Equity Markets

ABUMUSTAFA, NASER I., Ph.D. Fordham University 2002. Potential Integration of Middle Eastern Coun- tries' Stock Markets

AHUJA, ASHVIN, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2002. Balanced Growth: Theory and Evidence from OECD Countries (1968-1996)

AIROLA, JAMES, Ph.D. University of Houston 2002. Pol-

icy Reform and the Structure of Wages: The Case of Mexico

AL-QAHTANI, MOHAMMAD F., Ph.D. Indiana University 2002. Essays on the Impediments to Income Diversi- fication and De-industrialization in the Oil-Exporting Economy of Saudi Arabia

ALOMAR, IBRAHIM S., Ph.D. Kansas State University 2002. Financial Intermediation and Economic Growth in Southeast Asian Countries

ALSALMAN, ABDULLAH E., Ph.D. Howard University 2002. Empirical Issues of Financial Market Volatility: Kuwait Stock Exchange

ARTEAGA-GARcIA, JULIO CESAR, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati 2001. Competition in the Banking Sector: A Model of Foreign Presence in Developing Coun- tries

Au, IRIS, Ph.D. Simon Fraser University 2002. Value at Risk Analysis of Country Balance Sheets: Thailand in the 1990's

AYTEMIZ, LEVENT, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University 2001. The Optimal Joint Provision of Water for Irri-

gation and Hydropower in the Euphrates River: The Case of Conflict Between Turkey and Syria

AZDAN, DONNY, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2001. Im-

pact of Water Supply Reform Policies on Household Welfare and Resources Sustainability in Jakarta, In- donesia: A CGE Analysis

BAEK, YOUNG-NAHN, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 2002. International Borrowing, Govern- ment Intervention, and Diversified Business Groups in Korea

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Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Trade

Policy Options for the Palestinian Economy

BASTOS, CARLOS, Ph.D. New School for Social Research 2002. Price Stabilization in Brazil: A Classical Inter-

pretation for an Indexed Nominal Interest Rate

Economy

BILLAH, KAAFEE, Ph.D. Cornell University 2002. Crop Production and Nutrition in Bangladesh

BLACK, GRANT CLIFTON, Ph.D. Georgia State Univer-

sity 2001. The Geography of Small Firm Innovation

BUDIMAN, AIDA S., Ph.D. Claremont Graduate Univer-

sity 2002. The Role of External Factors, the Volatility Analysis and the Impact of the Asian Crisis on Various

Types of Flows in Selected Asian Countries

CAMPION, MARY, Ph.D. University of Houston 2002. The Impact of Macroeconomic and Financial Liber- alization Policies on the Allocation of Financial Capi- tal and Growth in Emerging Markets

CARPENA, LUCIANE COSTA, Ph.D. University of Min- nesota 2001. Essays on Economic Growth

CASTILLA, LUIS M., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002. Essays on Political Instability, Fiscal Institu- tions and Economic Outcomes

CHAKRABARTY, DEBAJYOTI, Ph.D. Rutgers University 2001. Essays on Institutions and Economic Growth

CHANCHAROENCHAI, KANOKWAN, Ph.D. Southern Illi- nois University 2002. The Behavior of Stock Prices and Time-Varying Risk Premium: Evidence for Six Southeast Asian Emerging Stock Markets

CHARUMILIND, CHUTATONG, Ph.D. Cornell University 2002. Essays on Thailand's Financial Crisis and Eco- nomic Inequality

CHEN, HUNG-JU, Ph.D. University of California, Los

Angeles 2002. Growth, Income Distribution and Hu- man Capital Accumulation with Imperfect Credit Markets

CHEN, MING, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Development and the Environment

CHIANG, ERIC P., Ph.D. University of Florida 2002. Cross-Border Intellectual Property Rights

CHOI, KYONGWOOK, Ph.D. University of Washington 2002. Essays on the Analysis of Structural Changes in Macroeconomic Time Series

COKE, REBECCA N., Ph.D. American University 2002. Microfinance Borrower Default: Evidence from the

Philippines

CORDOBA, JUAN C., Ph.D. University of Rochester 2001.

Cities and Growth

CORREA, RAFAEL VICENTE, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2001. Three Essays on Contemporaneous Latin- American Development

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DIAKHATE, MEDOU, Ph.D. American University 2002. The Banking Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: Privatiza- tion, Moral Hazard, and Government Regulation

D'SOUZA, MARIO INNOCENT, Ph.D. Fordham University 2002. Emerging Countries Stock Markets: An Analy- sis Using an Extension of the Three Factor CAMP

DUTTARAY, MOUSUMI, Ph.D. Indiana University 2001.

Essays on Foreign Direct Investment and Growth:

Causality and Mechanism

ELOSEGUI, PEDRO LUIS, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2002. Banking with Credit Rationing and Default Risk with an Application to Developing Countries

ERDEN, LUTFI, Ph.D. Florida State University 2002. The Impact of Public Capital Investment on Private Investment under Uncertainty: A Panel Data Analysis of Developing Countries

FRIEDMAN, JED, Ph.D. University of Michigan 2001. Es-

says on Development and Transition

GAITAN, BEATRIZ, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. The Evolution of Household and Market Production in Growth and Development

GARNER, PHILLIP, Ph.D. Brown University 2002. Essays on Economic Growth and Political Economy

GAYLE, PHILIP, Ph.D. University of Colorado 2002. Es-

says on Innovation and Market Structure

GINE, XAVIER, Ph.D. University of Chicago 2001. Access to Capital in Rural Thailand: An Estimated Model of Formal vs. Informal Credit

GODTLAND, ERIN M., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Reducing Poverty in the Andes with

Genetically Improved Potato Varieties: The Impor- tance of Knowledge and Risk

GOLDFARB, BRENT DANIEL, Ph.D. Stanford University 2001. Three Essays in the Economics of Technologi- cal Change

HASSAN, MOHAMED, Ph.D. University of Kansas 2002. Three Essays on Capital Flows, Banking Weakness, and Real Exchange Rates in East Asia and Latin America

HEINTZ, JAMES S., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts 2001. Investment, Labor Demand, and Political Con- flict in South Africa

HERTZ, THOMAS N., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts 2001. Education, Inequality, and Economic Mobility in South Africa

HINZE, DANIEL A., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002. Skills, Labor and the Structural Dynamics of the Economy

HUSSAIN, SAYED AJAZ, Ph.D. Brown University 2002. Notes on Stochastic R&D Races with Hazard Rate

Uncertainty; or In Which an Innovation May Be Im-

possible

Economic Literature

HWANG, CHUNG-HOON, Ph.D. University of Missouri 2001. Influence of Exogenous Shocks on Three Asian Small Open Economies: Evidence Using a Structural VAR with Block Exogeneity

IACOPETTA, MAURIZIO, Ph.D. New York University 2002. Dissemination of Technology and Growth

IQBAL, JHILAM Z., Ph.D. Fordham University 2002. The

Impact of Grameen Bank Credit on the Levels of In- come, Employment, and Productivity of Poor Land- less Household in Rural Bangladesh

KAMALY, AHMED G., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2002. Essays on FDI Flows to Developing Countries

KANJANAKAROON, PAIRUT, Ph.D. Northern Illinois Uni-

versity 2001. The Determinants of the Long-Run La- bor Productivity Growth Model in Thailand

KAPOOR, ANJU G., Ph.D. Georgetown University 2001. Patterns of Investment in Colombia

KARLAN, DEAN, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Tech-

nology 2002. Social Capital and Microfinance

KESSY, FLORA LUCAS, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2001. The Role of Quality of Care in the Demand for Fam-

ily Planning Services in Tanzania

KHERFI, SAMER, Ph.D. Simon Fraser University 2002. Three Empirical Essays on Productivity

KIM, GINIL, Ph.D. New School for Social Research 2002. Essays on the Korean Crisis

KIM, JUNDONG, Ph.D. University of Missouri 2001. The

Underground Economy, Political Regimes, and Eco- nomic Growth: International Evidence

KIM, JUNG-KWAN, Ph.D. University of Missouri 2002.

Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate during the Asian Crisis

KIM, WEONSEEK, Ph.D. University of California, Berke-

ley 2001. Three Essays on Patent Policy for the Opti- mal R&D Procurement under Asymmetric Informa- tion

KOCABIYIK HANSEN, ZEYNEP, Ph.D. University of Ari- zona 2002. Contractual Arrangements under Techno-

logical Uncertainty: Analysis of Pharmaceutical and

Biotechnology Collaborations

KOSE, SEYIT, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University 2002. Private and Public Sector R&D Efforts, Knowledge Spillovers and Regional Growth in Europe

KUNAKORN, KHANCHIT, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate

University 2001. An Evaluation of the Fiscal and Fi- nancial Sector Restructuring Policies in the 1997 IMF-Thailand Agreement

LANDU, MXOLIXI, Ph.D. University of Houston 2002. Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Business Cycle Dynamics in Southern Africa: A Cross Country Analysis

Doctoral Disse

LARSEN, JOAN, Ph.D. University of Manitoba 2002. Eco- nomic Development in Greenland: A Time Series

Analysis of Dependency, Growth, and Instability

LEINGPEBOON, ORACHAT, Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2001. Information Technology and Eco- nomic Growth: An Empirical Study of Thai Economy

LIN, TIN-CHUN, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University 2001. Essays on Education Investment, Income, In-

equality, and Economic Growth

MACKOWIAK, BARTOSZ ADAM, Ph.D. Yale University 2002. Essays on Dynamics of Fixed Exchange Rate

Regimes and Macroeconomic Fluctuations in

Emerging Markets

MAHESHWARI, SUNIL, Ph.D. Clark University 2002. Economic Growth and the Environment: An Exami- nation of the India Data

MARINOVIC, ALEJANDRA, Ph.D. Columbia University 2002. Wage Inequality in Chile: Trade Opening and Institutional Reforms

MENDI, PEDRO, Ph.D. Northwestern University 2001. Three Essays on International Technology Transfer

MILLER, ROBERT MICHAEL, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2002. The Impact of Privatization on Stock Market

Development

MILLER, STEPHEN M., Ph.D. George Mason University 2002. How to Measure and Hedge against Asian Cri- sis Risk

MOBARAK, AHMED M., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2002. Democracy, Volatility, and Development

MUKOYAMA, TOSHIHIKO, Ph.D. University of Rochester 2002. Essays on Innovation and Diffusion

NATARAJAN-MARSH, TARA, Ph.D. University of Nebraska 2001. Confronting Seasonality: Socioeconomic Analy- sis of Rural Poverty and Livelihood Strategies in a

Dry Land Village: A Case Study of Theethandapattu, Tamil Nadu, India

OZYURT, KAZIM P., Ph.D. Northeastern University 2002. The Devaluation of Turkish Lira and Its Effect on the Balance of Trade in Turkey: Is There a J-Curve?: Vec- tor Autoregressions (VARs) Approach

PAFF, LOLIA ANNA, Ph.D. Lehigh University 2002. The Effect of State-Level Research and Development Tax Credits: An Analysis Based on 10-K and Compustat Data

PENA, HECTOR, Ph.D. Rice University 2002. Essays on Fiscal Transfers and Redistribution in Mexico

PIEPER, UTE, Ph.D. New School for Social Research 2002. Essays on Technical Change, Economic Struc- ture, and Growth

PORTO, GUIDO, Ph.D. Princeton University 2002. The Distributional Effects of Trade Policies in Ar-

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POTTEBAUM, DAVID A., Ph.D. Cornell University 2002. Economic and Social Welfare in War-Affected Soci- eties

QUAGLIONE, DANTE, Ph.D. New York University 2001. Faster Information Circulation, Productivity Slow- down and the Stock Market

QUINN, MICHAEL A., Ph.D. University of North Car- olina 2002. Essays on the Migration, Remittance and

Savings Behavior of Mexican Workers

RAMOS, CESAR ANTONIO, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate

University 2002. Capital Flows and Currency Crises: Evidence From Latin America

RAYMOND, MELANIE, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Schooling and Migration in Rural Mexico

RILEY, GEORGE, Ph.D. Clark University 2002. Technol-

ogy, High Technology, and Interstate Earnings In-

equality

SAHIBZADA, SHAMIM, Ph.D. Binghamton University 2002. Efficient Irrigation Water Development in Pak- istan: Issues and Options

SAMPAT, BHAVEN NIRU, Ph.D. Columbia University 2001. Essays on the Economics of University Patent-

ing and Licensing

SCOTT, AMY KATHRYN STROMSTAD, Ph.D. Lehigh Uni-

versity 2002. Corruption and Economic Growth: Three Studies

SETLIIARE, LEKGATLIHAMANGC, Ph.D. University of Mani- toba 2002. Empirical Foundations of Monetary Pol-

icy in Botswana

SMAIL, RAIIMAT, Ph.D. University of Arkansas 2001. The Effect of Remittances on Household Borrowing Activities: The Case of Pakistan

SOLIMAN, MOIIAMED MAHMOUD MOHAMIED, DBA Uni-

versity of Oregon 2002. The Effect of Currency Crises on Foreign Direct Investment and Foreign Af- filiate Activity

STINESPRING, JOHN ROBERT, Ph.D. Claremont Gradu- ate University 2002. Public Capital and Optimal Fi- nance in a Growing Economy

TRE, JEAN-PHILIPPE, Ph.D. Purdue University 2001. Ex- Ante Economic Analysis of Alternative Biomass Man-

agement Systems for Perennial Plaintain in South- eastern Nigeria

TURNER, JOHN, Ph.D. University of Virginia 2002. The Patent Renaissance

VALENTI, PAOLA MARIA, Ph.D. Cornell University 2002.

Essays on Literacy and Intrahousehold Externality: Theory and Estimation

VANICHJAKVONG, PHONGPAT, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2002. The Rice Economy of Thailand: Supply, De- mand and Price

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VELASQUEZ, JAIME MARTIN, Ph.D. George Washington University 2002. Exchange Rate Uncertainty and Ex-

ports: A Dynamic Model for the Mexican Economy

VINUEZA, CECILIA ORTIZ, Ph.D. Utah State University 2002. The Dynamic Economic Effects of Soil Erosion on Agricultural Productivity: The Case of Ecuador

VITALE, JEFFREY D., Ph.D. Purdue University 2001. The Economic Impact of New Sorghum and Millet Tech-

nologies in Mali

WILBER, STEVEN C., Ph.D. Georgetown University 2002. Essays in Economic Growth

WILSON, DANIEL J., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001.

Capital-Embodied Technological Change: Measure- ment and Productivity Effects

WONG CHANG, SARA ALEXANDRA, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 2001. On the Real Effects of Net Capital Inflows: The Experience of Developing Countries

P Economic Systems

AL-BADI, FAHAD K. A., Ph.D. Colorado State University 2002. Institutional Changes, Money Demand, and

Monetary Policy: The Case of Saudi Arabia

BORC, COSTIN, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2001. Three Essays on Economic Growth

GALLAWAY, TERREL A., Ph.D. Colorado State University 2001. Virtual Scarcity: The Evolution of Imbalance and Its Impact on Society and the Environment

GRIGORIAN, DAVID A., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001. Privatization in Lithuania

KARZANOVA, IRINA V, Ph.D. University of Kansas 2001. Effect of Taxation on Business Investment in Russia: Calculation of Marginal Effective Tax Rates

KISS, D. E. VAN BUREN, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2001. Women in the Hungarian Labor Market during Economic Transition: Employment Opportunities and Earnings Prospects, 1991-1995

KRAJNYAK, KORNELIA, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of

Technology 2002. Essays in Economics

LOUKINE, KONSTANTIN, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario 2002. The Transition to a Market Economy and Some Features of Industrial Organization in Rus- sia

MATHESON, THORNTON, Ph.D. University of Maryland 2001. Decentralization and Economic Transition in the Russian Federation

SCHULER, PHILIP M., Ph.D. University of Maryland 2002. Institutions, International Trade, and the Post- socialist Transition

SHIFFMAN, GARY, Ph.D. George Mason University 2002. The Iron Fist and the Invisible Hand: A Case Study in the Economics of Totalitarianism

Economic Literature

VOICU, ALEXANDRU, Ph.D. Rutgers University 2001. La- bor Force Participation Dynamics in the Romanian Labor Market: A Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo Approach

YANG, STEVE S., Ph.D. University of Washington 2001. Determinants of Currency Substitution and Money Demand in the Russian Federation

ZHANG, HONG, Ph.D. Northern Illinois University 2002. The Impact on China's Economy of Its Accession to the WTO: A Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Analysis

ZIACIK, TERRI L., Ph.D. Indiana University 2002. For-

eign Direct Investment in Transition Economies: Ex-

ploring the Effects of Uncertainty and Heterogeneity on Investment Timing

Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics

ANTON, THOMAS EDWARD, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2001. Financial Structure of Corn-Belt Cow-Calf

Enterprises: The Impact of Alliance Participation on Producer Financial Position

ARAUJO, ROGERIO C. PEREIRA, Ph.D. University of Illi- nois 2002. Joint Hedonic Travel Cost Method: Com-

bining Revealed and Stated Preference Data to Esti- mate Demand for Attribute Quality of Sport Fishing in Illinois

BAERENKLAU, KENNETH A., Ph.D. University of Wis- consin 2002. Promoting Voluntary Adoption of Con- servation Technologies: The Case of Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Control

BANDYOPADHYAY, SUSHENJIT, Ph.D. University of Mary- land 2001. Overcompliance in Point Source Water

Compliance in the U.S.

BANIK, MILON MARC, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2001.

Essays on R&D, Innovation and Patents: Empirical Constructs and Policy Analysis of Uncertainty

BANZHAF, SPENCER, Ph.D. Duke University 2001. Qual- ity-Adjusted Prices: Theory, History, and Application to Air Quality

BEATTY, TIMOTHY K. M., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Three Essays on Contingent Valua- tion

BERWALD, DEREK K., Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2001. The Market Impact of Managed Futures

BOLDUC, STEVEN R., Ph.D. University of Nebraska 2001. The Problem of Complex Technology in Public

Policy Design: A History and Policy Evaluation of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy in the United States

BROCHU, STEPHEN M., Ph.D. Colorado School of Mines 2002. Long Term Forecasts of Volatility in the Market for Crude Oil: Do Futures Prices Offer

Any Clues

Doctoral Dissertations

CHADDAD, FABIO R., Ph.D. University of Missouri 2001. Financial Constraints in U.S. Agricultural Coopera- tives-Theory and Panel Data Econometric Evi- dence

CULP, ROBERT PAUL, Ph.D. University of Tennessee 2002. Per Mile Emissions Taxes and Lump Sum Emissions Taxes: A Comparative Study Using a Mathematical Approach to Demand Estimation

DAVIS, TODD DEAN, Ph.D. Purdue University 2001. Value Added Supply Chains for Specialty Grains: An Evaluation of High Oil Corn

DIAZ-HERMELO, FRANCISCO, Ph.D. Purdue University 2001. Strategic Cooperative Financing to Meet the

Challenges of a Changing Structure of Agriculture

DREISCHMEIER, MARTY, Ph.D. Iowa State University 2002. Expected Returns from Starting a Large Scale Cloved Dairy Cooperative under Price and Biological Uncertainty

EAVES, JAMES, Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2001. Searching for Walras: An Analysis of the Tokyo Grain Exchange Auctions

ECKERT, HEATHER, Ph.D. University of British Colum- bia 2001. Essays on the Implementation of Environ- mental Policy in Canada

ESCOBEDO, MARIANO, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2002. Intellectual Property in Agricultural Biotech-

nology and Agribusiness

FELTHOVEN, RONALD G., Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2001. The Measurement of Capacity, Utiliza- tion, and Economic Performance: An Application to North Pacific Groundfish Fisheries

FENG, HONG-LI, Ph.D. Iowa State University 2001. Three Essays on Environmental Incentives: Dynam- ics, Asymmetric Information, and Dual Policy Goals

FERRARO, PAUL J., Ph.D. Cornell University 2001. Con-

structing Markets for Ecosystem Services: Essays in Conservation Contracting

FINNOFF, DAVID, Ph.D. University of Wyoming 2001.

Essays on Jointly Determined Systems: Integrating Economics and Ecology

FROST, SHELBY, Ph.D. University of Colorado 2002. On the Generation and Disposal of Hazardous Materials

GRIMSRUD, KRISTINE, Ph.D. Washington State Univer-

sity 2002. Optimal Control of Pest Resistance to

Transgenic Crop Varieties

HENDERSON, JASON R., Ph.D. Purdue University 2001. Market Conduct in the U.S. Pork Industry and Im-

pact of Changing Market Conditions and Capacity Constraints

Hou, XIAOJUN, Ph.D. Washington State University 2001. Exchange Rate Effect on U.S. Agricultural Commodities

IDRIS, HEDI MUHAMMAD, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2002. Cross-Commodity Price Linkages: A Cointe-

gration Analysis of Food Markets in Java

JACKSON, LEE ANN, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. Regulatory Harmonization in International

Trading Systems: The Case of Agricultural Biotech-

nology Labeling

JANMAAT, JOHANNUS A., Ph.D. Queen's University 2002. Four Papers in Environmental and Experimental Economics

JIANG, JIAN, Ph.D. North Carolina State University 2001. The Impact of China's Expanding Market on the US Soybean Industry

JOHNSON, AARON, Ph.D. Purdue University 2001. Eval-

uating Potential Specialty Sorghums: An Application to the Broiler Industry

KHAN, ASIM MUZAFFAR, Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2002. Structural Interdependence and Efficiency in Pakistan's Financial Markets

KORMAN, VIJDAN, Ph.D. Northeastern University 2002.

Estimating the Willingness to Pay for Improved Wa- ter Services: Famagusta-Cyprus

KOWER, PETER, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2002. A Model of Schumpeterian Creative Distractions with

Endogenous Institutional Change: Theory and Evi- dence

LANSFORD, VERNON, Ph.D. University of Missouri 2001. Economic and Environmental Implications of a

Phosphorus Standard: 160-Sow Representative Farm in Montgomery County, Missouri

LAVOIE, NATHALIE, Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2001. Price Discrimination in the Context of Vertical Differentiation: An Application to Canadian Wheat Exports

LIAO, CHAO-NING, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2001. An Economic Analysis of the Emission Reduction Mar- ket System in Chicago

LIu, DONGQING, Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2002. Marketing-Making Behavior in Futures Mar- kets

LOHANO, HEMAN, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. A Stochastic Dynamic Programming Analysis of Farmland Investment and Financial Management

MANSUR, ERIN TAOCHI, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2002. Environmental Regulation in Oligop- oly Markets

MARCEAU, SYLVIE Y., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. More Worthless Elephants? Positive and Normative Effects of an Ivory Trade Ban with

Smuggling and Costly Anti-poaching Enforcement

MASSEY, DAVID MATTHEW, Ph.D. University of Delaware 2002. Heterogeneous Preferences in Ran- dom Utility Models of Recreation Demand

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MITCHELL, DAVID MICHAEL, Ph.D. Oklahoma State

University 2001. An Examination of Non-regulatory Methods for Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution

MORENO, GEORGINA A., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Water Supply Reliability and Adop- tion of Conservation Technology: Applications to Cal- ifornia Agriculture

NIEMANN, SO()TT W., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 2001. Essays in Public Economics: Reduction of Pol- lution throlugh Enforcement of Emissions Limits and Reduction of HIousehold Energy Use

NIN PRATI, ALEJANDRO, Ph.D. Purdue University 2001.

Agricultural Productivity: Measurement, Forecasting and Implications for Trade

NOiRELL, JONATI IAN MATTHEW, Ph.D. University of Illi- nois 2002. The Study of Performance Persistency and Experience Effects on Hybrid and Variety Adoption Rates in Illinois

NORW\OOD, F. BAILEY, Ph.D. North Carolina State Uni-

versity 2002. The Pesticide Productivity Bias Attrib- utable to Unobserved Pest and Application Fre-

quency Data

OZERTAN, (GOKIIAN, Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2001. Intellectllal Property Rights Protection of Repro- ducible Biotechnology Innovations

P111l, IlPs, JON C., Ph.D. Michigan State University 2002. The Production and Marketing of Differenti- ated Agricultural Products: Implications for Agribusi- ness Strategy

RAFEL EDUARDO, MENDIBLE PAEZ, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University 2001. Scale Decisions in Old Ex- traction Ventures: An Empirical Study

REJESUS, RODERICK MORALLO, Ph.D. University of Illi- nois 2001. Towards a Behavioral Theory of Farmer

Decision-Making: The Value of Site-Specific Infor- mation in Agricultural Production

REVOREDO, CESAR LUIS, Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2001. Storage and Commodity Price Behavior

SAAK, ALEXANDER, Ph.D. Iowa State University 2001. Four Essays on Agricultural Finance and Adoption of Biotechology

SAHA, BANSARI, Ph.D. Clark University 2001. Impact of Air and Water Pollution on Housing Prices: A Spatial Hedonic Analysis for the Pulp and Paper Industry

SIIIMSHACK, JAY P., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2002. Case Studies in the Economics of Do- mestic Water Quality

SMITH, MARTIN D., Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2001. Spatial Behavior, Marine Reserves, and the Northern California Sea Urchin Fishery

SOKARSONO, TYAS, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2001. In-

tegration of Strategy and Economics: Triangulating

on Agribusiness Competitiveness through Strategy and Economic Theories

SONGSAKUL, THITIMA, Ph.D. Queen's University 2001. Problems in Contracting for Biodiversity Use and Conservation

SUGIYANTO, CATUR, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2002. The Impact of Trade Liberalization on the Indone- sian Palm Oil and Coconut Oil Markets

SUHR NELSON, JULIE ANNE, Ph.D. University of Utah 2002. Framing and Levels of Abstraction in Econom- ics Theory with an Application to Public Land Man-

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SURJANDARI, ISTI, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2002. Three Essays on Site Specific Management

SUTTON, WILLIAM R., Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2001. The Economics of Elephant Manage- ment in Namibia

TIGLIOGLU, TUFAN S., Ph.D. Texas Tech University 2001. Modeling Hurricane Evacuation Using Trans-

portation Models, Fuzzy Set and Possibility Theory

TSOGBE, EDEM Y., Ph.D. Howard University 2002. Mi- crocredit and the Performance of Agricultural Out- put: Evidence from Bangladesh

VEDENOV, DMITRY, Ph.D. Ohio State University 2001.

Essays in Agricultural Finance and Risk Management

VIDERAS, JULIO, Ph.D. University of Colorado 2002. Voluntary Approaches to Enviromental Regulation

WAKEFIELD, JEFFERY ROBERT, Ph.D. University of Delaware 2001. An Efficient Response to Beach Ero- sion: A Cost Effectiveness Analysis Employing Hedo- nic Pricing Techniques

WANG, HUMEI, Ph.D. University of California, Davis 2001. On the Design of the EEP Bonus Allocation Mechanism

WESTRA, JOHN, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 2001. An Enviro-economic Analysis of Potential Policy Instru- ments Targeting Phosphorus Nonpoint Pollution

Wu, HUNG-MING, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University 2001. Two Essays of Policies in Water Resource Man-

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Wu, STEVEN YU-PING, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Product Choice, Incentives and Risk-

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WuI, YONG-SUHK, Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2002. An Integrated Economic Analysis of Alternative By- Catch, Commercial, and Recreational Policies for the

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ZHANG, JIANGFENG, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Essays on Dynamic Regulation under

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BOAME, ATTAH, Ph.D. University of Manitoba 2001. The Sources of Efficiency Change in the Canadian Urban Transit Systems: A Data Envelopment Analy- sis (DEA) Approach

DAVIDOFF, THOMAS, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of

Technology 2002. Essays on Annuitization and Hous- ing Choice

EVENSON, BENGTE, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of

Technology 2002. Empirical Analyses of Local Hous- ing Markets

FAN, WEI, Ph.D. University of Michigan 2001. Three

Essays on Economic Geography

GHOSH, ARINDAM, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine 2001. Valuing Time and Reliability: Commuters' Mode Choice From a Real Time Congestion Pricing Experiment

HESS, H. PETER, JR., Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2001. Hedonic Estimation and Economic

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MANSON, STEVEN JAMES, Ph.D. University of Washing- ton 2001. Essays in Real Estate Finance and Urban Economics

O'DONNELL, SHARON, Ph.D. University of Houston 2002. The Diversity of Neighborhood Transitions

OsujI, CHUKWUDI OBINNA, Ph.D. Wayne State Univer-

sity 2001. Evidence of Neighborhood Substitutabil-

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PINTO, SANTIAGO MIGUEL, Ph.D. University of Illinois 2002. Three Essays in Urban and Public Economics

ROSSI-HANSBERG, ESTEBAN ALEJANDRO, Ph.D. Univer-

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SAIZ, ALBERT, Ph.D. Harvard University 2002. The Im-

pact of Immigration on American Cities

TIEN, JUI-CHU, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University 2001.

Bayesian Model and Variable Selection in Econom- ics: An Application in Urban Economics

ZHANG, JUNFU, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 2002. An Evolutionary Approach to Residential Segrega- tion

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