PhD Job Market Candidates
This page contains a list of the PhD Program’s current job market candidates for the 2019–20 academic year.
Please email Malaina Brown about our job market candidates.
We also invite you to review job market candidates at the University of Chicago’s Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics as well as Chicago Booth postdoctoral scholars who are entering the job market.
Accounting
| Student | Dissertation Title | Dissertation Chair(s) | Research Interests | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miao Liu
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“Assessing the Strength and Weakness in Human Information Processing: A Machine Learning Approach” |
Christian Leuz |
Information Processing, Financial Accounting |
Miao's Website Miao's CV Email Miao |
| Lisa Yao Liu | “Do Auditors Help Prevent Data Breaches?” |
Hans Christensen |
Regulation and Enforcement, Information Disclosure, Auditing, Technology and Innovation |
Lisa's Website
Lisa's CV Email Lisa |
| Johanna Shin | “Institutional Investors as Information Suppliers: Evidence from Investment Conferences” |
Philip Berger |
Institutional Investors, Information Frictions, Capital Markets |
Website
CV Email Johanna |
Behavioral Science
| Student | Dissertation Title | Dissertation Chair(s) | Research Interests | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Kardas |
“It's Surprisingly Nice to Meet You: An Expectancy-Value Theory of People's Decisions to Socially Engage” |
Nicholas Epley |
Self-Disclosure, Conversation, Social Connection, Calibration Accuracy |
Michael’s Website Michael’s CV Email Michael |
| Shannon White | “Some Consequences of Financial Complexity” |
Abigail Sussman | Consumer Decisions, Choice Architecture, User Research, Data Science | Shannon’s Website
Shannon’s CV Email Shannon |
Economics
| Student | Dissertation Title | Dissertation Chair(s) | Research Interests | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliot Abrams | “Assessing Bank Deposit Market Power Given Limited Consumer Consideration” | Ralph Koijen and Chad Syverson |
Financial Market Competition, Industrial Organization, Financial Intermediation |
Eliot’s Website Eliot’s CV Email Eliot |
| Hee Kwon (Samuel) Seo | “Incentives, Technology and Certification Threshold: Impacts on Educational Outcomes, Valuation and Optimal Policy” |
Michael Greenstone | Development Economics (Emphases on Energy and Education), Public Economics | Hee Kwon’s Website
Hee Kwon’s CV Email Hee Kwon |
Finance
| Student | Dissertation Title | Dissertation Chair(s) | Research Interests | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva | “The Revolving Door and Insurance Solvency Regulation” |
Marianne Bertrand and Amir Sufi | Empirical Corporate Finance, Financial Regulation, Insurance, Political Economy |
Ana-Maria’s Website Ana-Maria’s CV Email Ana-Maria |
Joint Program in Financial Economics
| Student | Dissertation Title | Dissertation Chair(s) | Research Interests | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ehsan Azarmsa | “Investment Sophistication and Wealth Inequality” |
Pietro Veronesi |
Economic Inequality, Financial Markets, Information Economics |
Ehsan’s Website Ehsan’s CV Email Ehsan |
| Charles Boyer | “Public Pensions and State Government Borrowing Costs” | Lubos Pastor |
Asset Pricing, Financial Economics |
Charles’s Website
Charles’s CV Email Charles |
| Stefano Pegoraro | “Flows and Performance with Optimal Money Management Contracts” |
Lars Peter Hansen and Zhiguo He |
Asset Management, Monetary Policy, Contract Theory |
Stefano’s Website
Stefano’s CV Email Stefano |
| Xun (Douglas) Xu | “Optimal Banking System for Private Money Creation” |
Douglas Diamond and Zhiguo He |
Corporate Finance, Banking, International Finance, Frictions in Financial Markets |
Xun’s Website Xun’s CV Email Xun |
Management Science/Operations Management
| Student | Dissertation Title | Dissertation Chair(s) | Research Interests | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasser Barjesteh | “Matching and Pricing in Service and Manufacturing Systems” |
Baris Ata and Sunil Kumar |
Ride-Hailing Markets, Revenue Management, Service Systems, Structural Estimation, Stochastic Control |
Nasser’s Website Nasser’s CV Email Nasser |
| Hongfan (Kevin) Chen | “Optimal Commissions and Subscriptions in Networked Markets” |
John Birge |
Revenue Management, Platform Economy, Optimization under Uncertainty |
Hongfan’s Website
Hongfan’s CV Email Hongfan |
| Yifan Feng | “Essays on Dynamic Learning in Revenue Management and Logistics Network Management” |
René Caldentey |
Dynamic Learning, Data-Driven Decision Making, Digital Platform Operations, Market Analytics |
Yifan’s Website
Yifan’s CV Email Yifan |
Marketing
| Student | Dissertation Title | Dissertation Chair(s) | Research Interests | Contact Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirsho Biswas | “Discounting Your Advertising Message: Investigating the Effects of Price Information in Advertising on Search and Purchase” |
Pradeep Chintagunta |
Advertising, Digital Marketing, Service Quality, Brand Partnerships |
Shirsho’s Website Shirsho’s CV Email Shirsho |
| Yewon Kim | “Customer Retention under Imperfect Information” |
Sanjog Misra | Consumer Learning, Information, Branding, Arts Industries | Yewon’s Website
Yewon’s CV Email Yewon |
| Xiaocai (Tesary) Lin | “Valuing Intrinsic and Instrumental Preferences for Privacy” |
Pradeep Chintagunta and Sanjog Misra |
Digital Marketing, Privacy, Information and Attention, Causal Machine Learning |
Tesary’s Website
Tesary’s CV Email Tesary |