Name
|
Dissertation Title and Employment |
Advisor |
Year 2007
|
|
|
Mongado, Blair
|
“Essays in Child Care Quality” Employed: Visiting
Instructor at |
Dr. Yang |
Year 2006
|
|
|
Chen, Weijia
“Vivien”
|
“Essays on Rural-Urban Migration Employed: Economist
with The Conference Board |
Dr. Yang |
Hareau, Guy Gaston
|
“Transgenic Rice in |
Dr. Norton and Dr. Mills |
Koutris, Andreas
|
“Testing for structural change: Evaluation of the current methodologies, a misspecification testing perspective and applications” Employed: Senior
Associate, Decision Science Capabilities, Risk Management, Discover Financial
Services |
Dr. Spanos |
Liang,
Yan
|
“An Ex Ante
Analysis of the Effects of Transgenic Rice on Farm Households’ Nutritional
Vulnerability in |
Dr. Norton and Dr. Reaves |
Marku, Marenglen
|
“Empirical Essays in Earnings and Labor Markets in Developing and Transition Economies” Employment: Senior Associate at KPMG LLP |
Dr.
Salehi-Isfahani |
Year 2005
|
|
|
|
Cheng, Fuzhi |
“Effects of Exchange Rate Misalignment on Agricultural
Producer Support Estimates: Empirical Evidence from Employed: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of
Applied Economics and Management, |
Dr. Orden |
|
|
“Essays on Risk and Uncertainty in Greenhouse Gas Trading Markets” Employed: Post doctoral teaching fellow, Department of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech National Capital Region Campus |
Dr. Bosch |
|
Halich, Gregory Stewart |
“Estimating Changes in Residential Water Demand for
Voluntary and Mandatory Water-Use Restrictions Implemented during the 2002 |
Dr. Stephenson |
|
Rojas, Christian |
“Demand Estimation with Differentiated Products: An
Application to Price Competition in the Employed: Department of Economics, |
Dr. Peterson and Dr. Lutz |
|
Whitacre, Brian E. |
“Bridging the Rural - Urban Digital Divide in Residential Internet Access” Employed: Instructor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech |
Dr. Mills |
|
|
“An Assessment of Technical Barriers in Central American Agricultural and Food Trade” Employed: Independent consultant, El Salvador |
Dr. Orden and Dr. Peterson |
Year 2004
|
|
|
|
Akobundu, Eberechukwu |
“Two Essays on Resource Economics: A Study of the Statistical Evidence for Global Warming and An Analysis of Overcompliance with Effluent Standards Among Wastewater Treatment Plants” Employed: Pharmacoeconomist,
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, |
Dr. Stephenson and Dr. Spanos |
|
Badasyan, Narine |
“Game Theoretic Models of Connectivity Among Internet Access Providers” Employed: Tenure
Track Assistant Professor, Economics, |
Dr. Gilles |
Bergtold,
Jason Scott
|
“Advances in Applied Econometrics: Binary Discrete Choice Models, Artificial Neural Networks, and Asymmetries in the FAST Multistage Demand System” Employed: Agricultural Economist, Soils Dynamic Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, |
Dr. Taylor and Dr. Spanos |
|
Chakrabarti, Subhadip |
“Network Formation and Economic Applications” Employed: Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
Dr. Gilles and Dr. Haller |
|
Faridi, Rushad |
“Microcredit Programs in Employed: Visiting
Assistant Professor, Economics, |
Dr. Yang |
|
Komai, Mana |
“An Economic Theory of Leadership” Employed: Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Economics, |
Dr. Eckel |
|
Perry, |
“State-Supported Postsecondary Merit Aid: Employed: Tenure
Track Assistant Professor, Economics, Randolph Macon Women’s College, |
Dr. Salehi |
Phillips,
Spencer R
|
“Windfalls
for Wilderness: Land Protection and Land Value in the Employed: Senior Resource Economist, The Wilderness
Society, |
Dr. McGuirk |
|
Souri, Davo`od |
Theoretical and Applied Essays on the Instrumental Variable Method Employed: Assistant Professor, Department of Management
and Economics, |
Dr. Salehi |
Year 2003
|
|
|
Dawson, Robert
|
“Vertical Integration in Commercial Fisheries” Employed: Assistant Professor, |
Dr. Peterson |
|
Heracleous, Maria |
“Volatility Modeling Using the Student’s t Distribution” Employed: Tenure
Track Assistant Professor, Economics, |
Dr. Spanos |
Edwards, Jeffrey
|
“A Statistical
Approach to Empirical Macroeconomic Modeling with Practical Applications” Employed: |
Dr. Cothren |
McLeod, Mark
|
“Essays in
Experimental Economics and Industry Structure” Employed: Instructor, |
Dr. Eckel and Dr. Lutz |
|
Parrett, Matthew |
“The Give and Take on Restaurant Tipping” Employed:
Economist, Deloitte and Tauche, |
Dr. Eckel and Dr. Stegeman |
Year 2002
|
|
|
Daku, Lefter S.
|
“Assessing
Farm-Level and Ag Employed: Economic Data Analyst, Financial Aid
Administration, Virginia Tech |
Dr. Norton and Dr. Taylor |
Frizelle, Julie Dolan
|
“The Causes and
Effects of Commercial Bank Participation in the
Federal Employed: Economic Research Service, USDA, |
Dr. Bonomo and Dr. Tideman |
Gray, James Katon
|
“The Groundnut
Market in Employed: Deputy
Director of the American Relief Commission, Sierra Leon |
Dr. Norton |
Maza Duerto, Octavio
|
“Essays on
Fertility and the Economy in |
Dr. Salehi |
McEntarfer, Erika
|
“Three Essays on
Social Networks in Labor Markets” Employed: Census Bureau, |
Dr. Tideman |
Mikami, Kazuhiko
|
“Market Failure
and Forms of Employed: |
Dr. Haller |
Moore, Evan
|
“An Investigation
into the Demand for Service Contracts” Employed: |
Dr. Lutz |
Mousavi, Shabnam
|
“Methodological
Foundations for Bounded Rationality as a Primary Framework” |
Dr. Tideman |
Year 2001
|
|
|
Peng, Wei
|
“Improving Nitrogen Management in
Corn-Wheat/Soybean Rotations Using Site-Specific Management in Defended: Employed:
Statistician, PRA International, |
Dr. Bosch |
Chen, Xiaofen
|
“Financial
Liberalization, Competition and Sound Banking: Theoretical and Empirical Essays” Defended: Employed: Assistant Professor, Truman State
University, Kirksville, MO |
Dr.
Feltenstein |
Ersado, Lire
|
“Three
Essays in Development Economics:
Savings Behavior and Risk; Health and Public Investments; and
Sequential Technology Adoption” Defended: Employed: Young Professionals Program, The World
Bank, Washington, D.C. |
Dr.
Alwang and Dr.
Amacher |
Groover, Gordon
|
“Financial
Performance of Pasture-Based Dairies:
A Virginia Case Study” Defended: Employed: Instructor, Virginia Tech |
Dr.
Taylor and Dr.
Pease |
Year 2000
|
|
|
|
Halili, Rushan |
“Methods
for Evaluating Agricultural Enterprises in the Framework of Uncertainty
Facing Tobacco Producing Regions of Virginia” Defended: Employed: Account Manager and Consultant, Reliable
Accounting & Consulting Services, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Dr.
Purcell and Dr.
Taylor |
|
Johnson,
Cathy |
“Social
Capital and Conventions: A Social
Networks Perspective” Defended: Employed: Social Research and Demonstration Corp.,
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Dr.
Gilles |
|
Kaltsas, Ioannis |
“Spatial
Econometrics Revisited: A Case Study
of Land Values in Roanoke, County” Defended: Employed: Economist, European Investment Bank,
Luxembourg |
Dr.
Bosch |
|
Kyureghian, Hrachya |
“Theory
and Simulations in Spatial Economics” Defended: Employed: Teaching at American University of Armenia |
Dr.
Gilles and Dr.
Haller |
|
Lavoie,
Chiara Gratton |
“Essays
on Privatization” Defended: Employed: Full-time lecturer of Economics at
California State University, Fullerton, CA |
Dr.
Lutz and Dr.
Stegeman |
|
Sarangi, Sudipta |
“Exploring
Payoffs and Beliefs in Game Theory” Defended: Employed: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA |
Dr.
Haller and Dr.
Gilles |
|
Name |
Position |
Employer |
Year 1999
|
|
|
Robert Bowles
|
Instructor |
Radford University |
Leah Cuyno
|
Economist |
Northern Economics, Inc. |
Mark Fina
|
Senior
Economist |
North Pacific Fisheries Management |
|
Wai- |
Researcher |
Academia Sinica Res. Inst.,
Taiwan |
|
|
Assistant Professor |
University of Georgia |
|
John
Yan |
Economist |
William Wecker Associates |
Year 1998
|
|
|
|
Fatma Aksal |
Financial Consultant |
Turkey |