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Doctoral Dissertations in Economics Ninety-Third Annual ListSource: Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 34, No. 4 (Dec., 1996), pp. 2420-2452Published by: American Economic AssociationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2729683Accessed: 13/03/2009 09:39

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Doctoral Dissertations in Economics Ninety-third Annual List

The list below specifies doctoral degrees conferred by American universities during the year terminating June 1996. Subject classifications are provided by the author or university.

B Methodology and History of Economic Thought

FORSTATER, MATTHEW B., Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. Political Economics and Instrumental Analysis: Adolph Lowe's Methodo- logical Alternative for Economic Theory and Public Policy

MADDEN, KIRSTEN K., Ph.D. University of North Carolina 1995. Method Choice in the History of Econometrics: A Study of Decision Criteria In- volved in the Selection of Econometric Tech- niques as Recorded by Historians of Econometric Thought

MAJEED, ANJUM, Ph.D. Clark University 1996. Com- puter Modeling in Economics

NEIDHART, JAMES J., Ph.D. University of New Hampshire 1996. The Evolutionary Dimension within Economic Thought

OCHANGcO, ARMANDO C., Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. Understanding Differences in the History of the Theory of Value from Adam Smith to Alfred Marshall: A Methodological In- vestigation

OOSTENDORP, REMCO, Ph.D. Harvard University 1995. Adam Smith, Social Norms, and Economic Behavior

ROMUALDO, DOMINGOS, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Three Essays on Learning and Evolution in Economic Theory

DOS SANTOS, RAUL C., Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. The Impact of Physiocratic Ideas on Smith's Wealth of Nations

SIMKOVICH, BORIS, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Three Essays on the Development of the Ameri- can Economy

ULLMER, JAMES HENRY, Ph.D. University of Ten- nessee 1996. The Macroeconomics of Nicholas Barbon and Sir William Petty: Were Their Theoretical Innovations Inevitable?

WILSON, LUCAS B., Ph.D. University of Massachu- setts 1996. John Dewey's Pragmatism and Eco- nomic Method: Modernism and Postmodernism in Economics

C Mathematical and Quantitative Methods

ABREVAYA, JASON, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Semiparametric Estimation Methods for Nonlinear Panel Data Models and Mismeasured Dependent Variables

ALI, SALMAN SYED, Ph.D. University of Pennsylva- nia 1995. Social Norms and Trade Institutions

ANTONIADOU, ELENA, Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. Lattice Programming and Economic Opti- mization

ARMSTRONG, KEIR G., Ph.D. University of British Columbia 1995. Multilateral Approaches in the Theory of International Comparisons

AYALA SALCEDO, ROBERTO ANDRES, Ph.D. Duke University 1996. Econometric Issues in Valuation of Nonmarketable Goods

BALCILAR, MEHMET, Ph.D. Wayne State University 1996. Efficient and Near Efficient Unit Root Tests in Models with Structural Change

BERKOWITZ, JEREMY, Ph.D. University of Pennsylva- nia 1996. Estimating and Evaluating Economic Models via Spectral Analysis

BHASKER, S., Ph.D. New York University 1996. A Comprehensive Modeling Language for Ad- vanced Manufacturing Systems

BHILADWALLA, MAHARUKH, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Dynamic Bilateral Trading: Rational Learning and Ex Post Efficiency

CAMPBELL, COLIN MACKENZIE, Ph.D. Northwestern University 1995. Communication, Collusion and Coordination in Noncooperative Environments

CANER, MEHMET, Ph.D. Brown University 1996. Essays on Multivariate Regression Theory with Integrated Processes and Infinite Variance Errors and Essay on Seasonal Unit Roots

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CHANG, YOOSOON, Ph.D. Yale University 1995. Re- gression Theory for Mixtures of Integrated Pro- cesses

CHEN, HSIAO-CHI, Ph.D. University of North Caro- lina 1995. Learning and Equilibria in Stochastic Games with Incomplete Information

CHONG, TERENCE TAI-LEUNG, Ph.D. University of Rochester 1995. Econometrics of Multiple Struc- tural Changes

CONLEY, TIMOTHY Guy, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Econometric Modelling of Cross-Sectional Dependence

CONLIN, MICHAEL E., Ph.D. University of Wiscon- sin 1995. Reputation and Signaling in Bargaining

CROCKETT-TODD, PETRA ELISABETH, Ph.D. Univer- sity of Chicago 1996. Three Essays on Empirical Methods for Evaluating the Impact of Policy Interventions in Education and Training

DAHM, KAORU K., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology 1996. Stochastic Bargaining Theory and Order Flow

DWYER, MARK J., Ph.D. University of Rochester 1995. Essays in Nonlinear, Nonstationary Time Series Econometrics

FELDMAN, BARRY, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 1996. Bargaining, Coalition Formation and Value

Fox, STEVE, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 1995. Order Choice in Semiparametric GARCH Models

GATA, JOAO EDUARDO, Ph.D. University of Minne- sota 1996. Repeated Random Matching Games under Restricted Information: Equilibria and Complexity

GILBERT, SCOTT, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego 1996. Modelling Economic Regimes via Semi-nonparametric Regression

GONG, FANGXIONG, Ph.D. University of Pennsylva- nia 1995. Essays on Several Contemporary Issues in Econometrics and Financial Economics

GRESH, ARTHUR J., Ph.D. University of Washington 1995. Properties of Generalized Method of Mo- ment Estimators in Representative Agent Asset Pricing Models

HECKELEI, THOMAS, Ph.D. Washington State Uni- versity 1995. Bayesian Bootstrap Analysis of Econometric Models: Theory and Application

HIRSCH, MARCUS ANDREW, Ph.D. University of South Carolina 1995. Experiments in Bargaining Behavior: Ultimatum, Dictator and Dependency Games

HONG, PINGFAN, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Three Essays on Econometric Modeling, Simulation and Their Applications

HORRACE, WILLIAM C., Ph.D. Michigan State Uni- versity 1996. Multiple Comparisons with the Best and Inference in Stochastic Frontier Models

KONUKI, TETSUYA, Ph.D. University of Rochester 1995. Essays on the Signal Extraction Exercise and Its Applications

Kuo, BIING-SHEN, Ph.D. University of Rochester 1995. Inference and Estimation in Regression Models with Stochastic Trend Process

LEE, CHIN CHIN, Ph.D. Yale University 1996. Fil- tering, Efficiency and the Power of Unit Root Tests

LEE, HYUNG SEUNG, Ph.D. Michigan State Univer- sity 1995. Analysis of Economic Time Series with Long Memory

LI, HONGYI, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. Small Sample Inference in Unit Roots and Coin- tegration Models

Liu, LUCHUAN, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 1995. On Correlated Equilibrium and Invariance of Best Reply Correspondences

Liu, MIN, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 1995. Re- peated Game with Stochastic Signalling

Lo, KIN CHUNG, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1996. Games with Uncertainty Averse Players

LONG, JONATHAN R., Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1995. Efficient Generalized Method of Moments Estimation of Structural Models

LoPEz-ACEVEDO, GLADYS C., Ph.D. University of Virginia 1995. Quantal Response Equilibria for Models of Price Competition

MALLICK, NARESH C., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. Specification Tests and Reformation of Frontier Models: An Alternative Approach to Efficiency Estimation

MARBLE, SANFORD CALVIN, Ph.D. University of Texas 1996. The Gains to Trade, Rationalizabil- ity, and Credible Proposals in Coordination Games

MARINACCI, MASSIMO M., Ph.D. Northwestern Uni- versity 1995. Games and Decisions under Ambi- guity

McDANIEL, TANGA MORAE, Ph.D. University of South Carolina 1995. Essays on Difficult Prob- lems in Economics: An Experimental and Theoretical Analysis

MOIR, ROBERT JAMES, Ph.D. McMaster University 1996. Cooperation in Collective Action Games

NIU, ZHIQIANG, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 1995. Two Essays on State Space Modeling

OZCICEK, OMER, Ph.D. Louisiana State University 1996. Three Essays on VAR Techniques

2422 Journal of Economic Literature

PAPAI, SZILVIA, Ph.D. California Institute of Tech- nology 1996. Dominant Strategy Implementation on Private Goods Domains with Indivisibilities

QIAN, HAILONG, Ph.D. Michigan State University 1995. Improved Generalized Method of Moments Estimators

RIJAL, MINENDRA, Ph.D. New York University 1995. Scheduling, Design and Assignment Problems with Quadratic Costs

RODRIGUEZ MARINE, GRACIELA, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1995. The Role of Coun- terfactuals in the Foundations of Equilibrium Concepts in Game Theory

RuI, XIONGWEN, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. Essays on the Solution, Estimation, and Analysis of Dynamic Nonlinear Economic Models

RUSSELL, JEFFREY, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego 1996. Econometric Analysis of Irregu- larly-Spaced Time Series Data Using a New Class of Accelerated Failure Time Models with Appli- cations to Financial Transaction Data

SCHAFGANS, MARCIA M., Ph.D. Yale University 1996. The Semiparametric Estimation of a Sam- ple Selection Model: Estimation of the Intercept; Theory and Applications

SIVIERO, STEFANO, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Deterministic and Stochastic Algorithms for Stabilization Policies with Large-Size Econo- metric Models

TAN, HuI BOON, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Insti- tute and State University 1995. Disentangling Low-Frequency versus High-Frequency Eco- nomic Relationships via Regression Parameter Stability Tests

TEMIMI, AKRAM, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. Essays in Cooperative Game Theory and Public Finance

TSAY, WEN-JEN, Ph.D. Michigan State University 1995. Spurious Effects Concerned with Frac- tional Processes

WARD, MICHAEL BYAS, Ph.D. University of Wash- ington 1995. Nonparametric Methods in Eco- nomic Analysis

YIN, YONG, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. Outliers in Time Series

D Microeconomics

BAWUMIA, MAHAMUDU, Ph.D. Simon Fraser Univer- sity 1995. Structural Adjustment and Electoral Behaviour in 1992 Ghanian Presidential Election

BELL, ANN MARIA, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1995. Essays in Emergent Economic Structure

BINDER, MELISSA A., Ph.D. Columbia University 1995. Essays in Family Economics in Mexico and the United States

CAPLAN, ARTHUR J., Ph.D. University of Oregon 1996. Asymmetric Externalities and Strategic Be- havior: The Case of Moderate Global Warming

CHEN, CHIEN-LIANG, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Los Angeles 1995. Household Consumption and Saving Behavior: Evidence from Taiwanese Household Surveys

CHEONG, INKYO, Ph.D. Michigan State University 1995. The Economic Effects of Asia-Pacific Eco- nomic Cooperation (APEC) and Asia-Based Free Trade Area (AF-l1): A Computational General Equilibrium Approach

CHEUNG, KEITH CHI KEUNG, Ph.D. York University 1995. The Economics of Venture Strategies with Correlated Demands

CHI, CHIH-YI, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Es- says on Organization, Patent Race, and Rural- Urban Migration

CHUNG, YANGHO, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University 1996. Directional Distance Functions and Unde- sirable Outputs

CITANNA, ALESSANDRO DOMENICO, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Essays in Incomplete Fi- nancial Markets

COLEMAN, CHARLES D., Ph.D. George Mason Uni- versity 1996. Irreversible Investment under Un- certainty with Taxation

COOPER, BRIAN, Ph.D. Harvard University 1995. Essays on the Economics of the Family

COURTY, PASCAL, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Performance Measures as a Communication De- vice and the Economics of Tickets

DARIPA, ARUPRATAN, Ph.D. Princeton University 1995. Multiple Unit Auctions: Bidding with Pri- vate Information and Market Equilibrium

DELTAS, GEORGE M., Ph.D. Yale University 1996. Essays in Auctions and Procurement: An Analysis of Bidding Rings, Left Bids, Stochastic Properties of Winning Bids, and Two-Step Structural Esti- mators of Bidding for Contracts

FITZGERALD, TERRY JAY, Ph.D. University of Minne- sota 1995. Team Production in General Equilib- rium: Theory and an Application

FLORENCE, ROBERT E., Ph.D. Purdue University 1996. Lobbying and Asymmetric Information: What Do Congressional Committees Really Do behind Closed Doors?

GALDON-SANCH12Z, JosEt E., Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Establishments' Heterogeneity and Employment: The Case of Spain


GALLEGO, MARIA, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1995. Economic Performance and Coup D'Etat

GANGULY, ANANDA R., Ph.D. University of Pitts- burgh 1995. Upward versus Downward Biases in Expected Payoffs: Laboratory Experiments on the Effects of Market Prices

Guo, JIPING, Ph.D. University of Rochester 1996. General Competitive Locational Economics with and without Public Goods

GUPTA, SUBHASHISH, Ph.D. University of Iowa 1995. Essays on Team Theory and Economics of Infor- mation

GUTERMUTH, KAREN, Ph.D. Louisiana State Univer- sity 1996. The Effects of AMA Contributions in the U.S. Senate: An Analysis of Roll Call Votes 1979-1992

HAHN, GUANGSUG, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. Essays on Differential Information Economies

HARBAUGH, WILLIAM T., Ph.D. University of Wis- consin 1995. Three Essays on the Behavior of Voters, Donors, and Charities

HE, YIJIAN, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University 1996. The Morishima Elasticity of Substitution for the Multi-output Profit Function, Currency Substitu- tion and Exchange Rate Determination in the United States

JEITSCHKO, THOMAS D., Ph.D. University of Virginia 1995. Information and Learning in Markets with Sequential Auctions

KANG, SAWOONG, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1996. Essays on Social Learning and Optimal Committee Size

KEIFMAN, SAUL NESTOR, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley 1996. Essays on Consumer Be- havior, Growth and Discrimination

KELLY, PATRICK V., Ph.D. Saint Louis University 1996. An Application of Habermas's Theory of Communicative Action in an Examination of the Gulf Crisis: Towards an Understanding of the Technical Constructs of Hermeneutic Communi- ties

KOSMOPOULOU, GEORGIA, Ph.D. University of Illi- nois 1996. The Timing of Constraints and the Existence of Efficient Incentive Compatible Mechanisms

LEE, IN KwON, Ph.D. University of Texas 1996. Strategic Bidding Behavior and Cyclical Proper- ties of Price-Cost Margins: Empirical Tests of Game Theoretic Predictions

LIN, SHYI-DUAN, Ph.D. University of California, Davis 1995. Some Simple Models of the Credit Card Market

LISBOA, MARCOS DE BARROS, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1996. Three Essays in General Equilibrium Models with Imperfect Financial Markets

Luo, Guo YING, Ph.D. University of Western On- tario 1995. Evolutionary Models of Market Be- havior

MAHALINGAM, BRINDA S., Ph.D. University of Colo- rado 1996. An Econometric Assessment of Finan- cial Variables in an Industry's Cost Minimization Process

MANDAPAKA, RAMAN MURTY, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 1995. Bureaucracy, Corruption and Eco- nomic Growth

MORALES, ROBERTA A., Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1995. Equilibrium Welfare Analysis of Food Safety Regulation: The Case of Salmonella Enteritidis in Eggs

MORGAN, RoY JOHN, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State Uni- versity 1996. Essays on Auctions, Lotteries, and Contracts

NADEAU, CHARLES A., Ph.D. Iowa State University 1996. Precautionary Saving and Asset Pricing: Implications of Separating Time and Risk Prefer- ences

OTTAVIANI, MARCO M., Ph.D. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology 1996. Social Learning in Markets

PACULA, ROSALIE LICCARDO, Ph.D. Duke University 1995. The Development of Demand for Intoxicat- ing Substances by Adolescents

PARK, CHANGWON, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Estimation of Household Brand-Size Choice Models for Spaghetti Products with Scan- ner Data

PARK, JAE HONG, Ph.D. Princeton University 1995. Essays on Cooperation and Competition

PENELLE, PHILIPPE GABRIEL, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Three Essays in Political Economy

PERKTOLD, JOSEF FRANZ, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Los Angeles 1995. Asymmetric Informa- tion in Markets and in Economic Policy

PERSICO, NICOLA G., Ph.D. Northwestern Univer- sity 1996. Acquiring Information: Three Essays on the Economics of Information

PRADHAN, GYANENDRA, Ph.D. American University 1996. A Computable General Equilibrium Analy- sis of the Economic Effects of the Octroi

REILEY, DAVID H., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Magic on the Internet: Experi- mental Tests of Auction Theory

REN, WEIPING, Ph.D. University of California, Ir- vine 1995. A Vehicle Transactions Choice Model


for Use in Forecasting Vehicle Demand for Alternative-Fuel Vehicles Conditioned on Cur- rent Vehicle Holdings

RODRIGUEZ-MORA, JOSE VICENTE, Ph.D. Massachu- setts Institute of Technology 1996. Mispercep- tions

SALEHEZADEH, ZOHRE, Ph.D. Oklahoma State Uni- versity 1995. The Interactions of Natural Re- source Endowments and Mobility with Trade Liberalization Policies in the Philippines: A Com- putable General Equilibrium Modeling Approach

SANHUEZA, RICARDO, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1995. On the Political Economy of Coups Detat and the Hazard Rate of Political Regimes

SHIMER, ROBERT J., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Essays in Search Theory

SHIVAKUMAR, SuJAI, Ph.D. George Mason University 1996. Adaptation within Constraints: An Evolu- tionary Approach to Change in Individual and Social Constitutions

SHOTICK, JOYCE ANN DOWN, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. Substitution of Food Away from Home for the Wife's Housework Time

SLONIM, ROBERT L., Ph.D. Duke University 1995. Learning, Bounded Rationality, and Financial Incentives: An Experimental Analysis

SORENSEN, PETER, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Rational Social Learning

SOULELES, NICHOLAS S., Ph.D. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology 1995. The Relationship of Household Consumption and Saving to Income

STILES, ERIC D., Ph.D. New York University 1996. Dynamic Market Equilibrium: The Effects of Private Preferences Endowments and Trading Strategies

THOMAS, CHARLES J., Ph.D. Princeton University 1996. Competition and Collusion in Auctions and Other Input Markets

U, PETER L., Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. Private Gift Equilibria in the Private Provisions of Public Goods

VALIMAKI, Juuso TAPANI, Ph.D. University of Penn- sylvania 1996. Three Essays on Learning and Strategic Interaction

VERMA, ROHIT, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Asymmetric Information, Search Theory and Some Commonly Observed Phenomena

WIELAND, VOLKER WERNER, Ph.D. Stanford Univer- sity 1995. Optimal Control with Unknown Pa- rameters: A Study of Optimal Learning Strategies with an Application to Monetary Policy

ZOLNIEREK, JAMES M., Ph.D. Michigan State Uni- versity 1996. The Effects of Market Structure,

Industry Conditions and Technological Opportu- nities on Firm R&D Behavior and Economic Growth Rates

E Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics

ALAMI, TARIK, Ph.D. American University 1995. Dollarization and the Demand for Money in Egypt

ALCAZAR, LORENA, Ph.D. Washington University 1996. The Political Economy of Seigniorage, Inflation and Deficits: Empirical Evidence from Cross-Country Analysis

ALPER, C. EMRE, Ph.D. Georgetown University 1996. An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Aggregate Uncertainty on Money Demand and Investment

ARAYSSI, MAHMOUD S., Ph.D. Indiana University 1995. Strategic Discipline in Monetary Policy with Private Information and Supply Shocks: Optimal Targeting Horizons

ARNWINE, NEIL L., Ph.D. Rice University 1996. A Cash-in-Advance Model of Production

ASDRUBALI, PIERFEDERICO, Ph.D. Brown University 1996. Essays on Redistribution, Risksharing and Growth

ATHANASOULI, STEFANO G., Ph.D. Yale University 1995. Essays in the Analysis of Assets Markets, Derivatives Design, International Risk Sharing and Macroeconomic Policy

BAE, GUN-Ho, Ph.D. University of Missouri 1995. The Effect of Monetary Policy Shocks in Japan

BAIER, SCOTT L., Ph.D. Michigan State University 1996. Essays on the Real Effects of Monetary Shocks in Closed and Open Economies

BEAUCHEMIN, KENNETH, Ph.D. University of Iowa 1995. General Equilibrium Aspects of Public Capital Accumulation: Three Essays

BELAISCH, AGNES, Ph.D. New York University 1996. Financial Intermediation and Aggregate Fluctua- tions

BELAY, HALEFOM, Ph.D. SUNY, Binghamton 1996. The Money Supply and the Demand for Money: An Empirical Analysis

BELLETTINI, GIORGIO, Ph.D. University of Pennsyl- vania 1995. On the Political Economy of Redistri- bution

BEN-GAD, MICHAEL, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. An Analysis of Public Debt with Heteroge- neous Agents-A General Equilibrium Approach

BERNSTEIN, DAVID J., Ph.D. University of Wiscon- sin, Milwaukee 1996. The Long-Run Effects of Central Bank Intervention on the Monetary Base: An International Perspective


BINDER, MICHAEL, Ph.D. University of Pennsylva- nia 1995. Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics

BONNER, HARRISON, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State Uni- versity 1996. Essays on Money Demand in an Open Economy and Debt Management

CANALES KRILJENKO, JORGE IVAN, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. The Peruvian Hyperinflation

CANZIANI, PATRIZIA, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Labor Market Rigidities and Unemployment

CARVALHO, JOSE C., Ph.D. Yale University 1995. Three Essays on the Microeconomic Foundations of Macroeconomics: The Labor Market Link

CHAN, THOMAS SAI-FAN, Ph.D. Washington Univer- sity 1996. Residential Construction, Liquidity Constraints, and Monetary Policy Transmission

CHAUVET, MARCELLE, Ph.D. University of Pennsyl-

vania 1995. An Econometric Characterization of Business Cycle Dynamics with Factor Structure and Regime Switching

CHEN, CHIH-HUAN, Ph.D. University of Alabama 1996. Essays in Monetary Signaling with Incom- plete Information

CHIU, CHIEN-LIANG, Ph.D. University of Missouri

1995. Inflation in Taiwan: A Cointegration Analy- sis

CHOU, CHANG-ERH, Ph.D. University of Kansas

1996. The Impact of Tax Policies on a State Economy: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

CHUN, SUN EAE, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. A Study of Long Run Divisia Money Demand

COBB, JENNIFER, Ph.D. University of Florida 1996. Essays in Empirical Monetary and Macro- economics

CULP, DAVID B., Ph.D. Southern Illinois University 1996. Gold: A Survey and Analysis

DABBS, RUSSELL EDWARD, Ph.D. University of Ten- nessee 1996. A Structural Monetary Model under De Facto Federal Funds Rate Targeting

DE PILLIS, MARIO STEVEN, JR., Ph.D. University of Texas 1996. Credit Rationing and Imperfect In- formation in the Financial Markets

DI GIORGIO, GIORGIO, Ph.D. Columbia University 1996. Three Essays on Macroeconomics and Asymmetric Information

ELKHAFIF, MAHMOUD A. T., Ph.D. York University 1995. An Integrated Macroeconometric Model of the Egyptian Economy

FIELD, CHRISTOPHER, Ph.D. Brown University 1996. Essays on Applied and Theoretical Macro- economics

GALASSO, VINCENZO, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1996. The Political Economy of Intergenerational Transfer Payments

GE, ZENING, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Real Growth Targeting, Money Supply and Fluc- tuations in the Transitional Chinese Economy

GJERDE, THOMAS J., Ph.D. Purdue University 1996. Employing Laid Off Workers to Identify Sources of Aggregate Output Fluctuation

HALL, GEORGE JOHN, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Divisible Labor, Capital Utilization, and the Business Cycle

HILLBRECHT, RONALD O., Ph.D. University of Illi- nois 1995. Monetary Policy and Seigniorage in Brazil: Open Accessioned and the Role of State Banks

HUYBENS, ELISABETH M., Ph.D. Cornell University 1995. Essays on Monetary, Fiscal and Bank Regulatory Policy in Economies with Capital Market Frictions

HWANG, SANG-IN, Ph.D. Northwestern University 1995. Real Budget Deficits and Economic Activ- ity

ISLAM, FARIDUL, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. Non-stationarity, Forecast Performance and Fluctuations in Macroeconomics Series: Experi- ence with U.S. Seasonal Data and Simulations

JIANG, GUORONG, Ph.D. Cornell University 1995. Essays on the Transition Dynamics of a Pure Currency Economy with Irreversible Shocks

JOHRI, ALOK, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Dy- namic Interactions and the Macroeconomy: Search, Productive Externalities, and Markups

KANG, INBONG, Ph.D. University of Rochester 1995. Essays in Business Cycles and Exchange Rates

KANGETHE, JOHN, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University 1996. Monetary Aggregation: A Comparison Study of Simple Sum and Divisia Money Mea- sures

KAPOOR, ASHOK, Ph.D. Temple University 1995. Demand for Money in India-An Empirical In- vestigation

KAUNE MORENO, FEDERICO LUDWINO, Ph.D. Uni- versity of Chicago 1995. The Supply Side Effects of Monetary Reforms under Currency Substitu- tion

KAWAKATSU, HIROYUKI, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Irvine 1995. Essays in Macroeconomics

KHAMIS, MAY, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 1995. Essays on Exchange Rates and Stabilization

KIM, CHOONG-HWAN, Ph.D. University of Texas 1995. How Will the Result of Elections Be


Determined and the Analysis of the Political Monetary Cycle with the Components of Ml

KIM, MINSEONG, Ph.D. Brown University 1996. Essays on Predation, Production, and Accumula- tion of Wealth

KIM, SUNG H., Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School 1996. Inflation and Economic Growth Revisited

KOYAME, MUNGBALEMWE, Ph.D. University of Illi- nois 1996. Tax Evasion and the Demand for Currency in Developing Countries: A Panel Study of African Countries

KWARK, NOH-SUN, Ph.D. University of Rochester 1995. Essays on Business Fluctuations and Eco- nomic Growth

LAHIRI, AMARTYA, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1995. Essays on the Dynamic Implications of Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Small Open Economies

LAKSANASUT, SURACHIT, Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1996. Federal Reserve Policy Reaction Functions: An Empirical Investigation

LAMBERTINI, LUISA, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. Theory and Evidence on the Accumulation of Large Public Debts

LEE, MICHAEL SEUNG-HON, Ph.D. Stanford Univer- sity 1996. Two Essays in Dynamic Economics

LEUNG, CHARLES KA YUI, Ph.D. University of Roch- ester 1996. Essays in Macroeconomics

Li, SHOWWU, Ph.D. University of Rochester 1996. Essays on Consumption and Borrowing Behavior

LI, YITING, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Essays on Money and Middlemen under Private Information

LIu, YI, Ph.D. Washington University 1995. De- mand for Money and Aggregation of Financial Assets under Risk Aversion

LOH, SANG-UcK, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 1996. Two Essays on the New Keynesian Eco- nomics

LUDVIGSON, SYDNEY C., Ph.D. Princeton University 1996. Debt and Macroeconomy

MERCURIO, MATTHEW G., Ph.D. Princeton Univer- sity 1996. Saving and Liquidity Constraints Using SIPP Panel Data

NAM, KWANGHEE, Ph.D. University of Rochester 1996. Essays in the Business Cycle

OH, WANKEUN, Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1996. Essays on the Nonlinearity of Business Cycles, Cointegration and Structural Change

OWYONG, TUCKMENG, Ph.D. Stanford University 1995. Essays on Monetary Policy

PAGES-SERRA, CARMEN, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Business Cycles, Unemployment and Wel- fare in Contractual Economies

PAN, Yu, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Essays on Banking, Financial Constraints and Aggregate Economic Activity

PARKER, JONATHAN A., Ph.D. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology 1996. Individual Consumption and Aggregate Implications

PEREZ, GABRIEL, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego 1996. Three Essays in Business Cycles and Finance

PEREZ-CALDENTEY, ESTEBAN, Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. A Study of Two Hyper Inflations

PIZER, WILLIAM, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Modeling Long-Term Policy under Uncertainty

POSHYANANDA, ROONG, Ph.D. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology 1995. Essays in Macro-labor Economics

POWERS, DENNIS E., Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1995. On the Causes and Effects of Inflation Uncertainty

ROLDAN, CAROLYN BETH, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Riverside 1995. The Impact of Federal and State Fiscal Policy Decisions on California's Economy: 1960-1992

RUMBOS, IRMA B., Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1995. A Variable Rate of Capital Utilization in General and Partial Equilibrium Contexts

SANTOS, JOSEPH, Ph.D. Rutgers University 1996. Origins of the U.S. Interest Rate Seasonal

SARJITo, IMAM B., Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School 1996. The Short-Run Independence of Monetary Policy in Indonesia: Estimation of the Offset Coefficient and the Monetary Authority's Reaction Function

SARTE, PIERRE-DANIEL, Ph.D. University of Roches- ter 1996. Essays in Dynamic Macroeconomics

SOARES, JORGE M., Ph.D. University of Rochester 1996. Essays in Political Macroeconomy

STRETCHER, ROBERT H., III, Ph.D. University of Tennessee 1995. Asset Deflation and Extended Recessions: Economic Policies and Evidence from the United States and Japan

SUALP, MUSTAFA, Ph.D. City University of New York 1995. Sectoral Cycles and Cointegration

SUH, Soo-GHIL, Ph.D. University of Texas 1995. Macroeconomic Models of Korea and the United States: Aggregate and Linkage Models

TABAK, DAVID, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Consumption Choice and Economic Fluctuations


TAMBAKIS, DEMOSTHENES, Ph.D. Princeton Univer- sity 1995. Inflation, Delegation and Credibility: Essays on the Political Economy of Monetary Policy

TESELLE, GARRETT, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1996. Econometric Issues in Asset Pricing Puz- zles

UPPENBERG, KRISTIAN, Ph.D. Boston College 1996. Inflation in Post-socialist Economies

VANITCHAREARNTHUM, VIMUT, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Interregional Variation in Interest Rates and Prices

VERBRUGGE, RANDAL JOHN, Ph.D. Stanford Univer- sity 1995. Local Market Interactions and Aggre- gate Fluctuations

WELLENSIEK, ANNA PAIGE, Ph.D. Duke University 1995. Conditional Heteroskedasticity and the Term Structure of Interest Rates: Theory and Evidence

WEN, YI, Ph.D. University of Iowa 1996. Business Cycles in General Equilibrium: Three Essays

WENG, MING-JANG, Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1996. International Monetary Policy Game

WRIGHT, JULIAN KARL, Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. Essays on Credit Frictions, Debt Choice, and the Business Cycle

Xu, HAIYANG, Ph.D. Washington University 1995. Money Velocity and Asset Price in Monetary General Equilibrium Model

YAMARIK, STEVEN, Ph.D. University of North Caro- lina 1996. Intergenerational Trade and the Growth and Stability of the Economy

ZHANG, CHI, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 1995. Habit Formation and Dynamic Savings Behavior: Evidence from Taiwan

ZHU, MIN, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 1995. Three Essays on the Economic Role of Govern- ment

F International Economics

AHN, DUKGEUN, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1996. Three Essays on International Competition and Trade

AKCORAGUL, ALPASLAN, Ph.D. Washington State University 1995. Two Essays on International Monetary Economics

AL-JARBOA, MANSOUR, Ph.D. Kansas State Univer- sity 1995. International Joint Ventures and Trade Policies under Imperfect Competition

ALAM, MUHAMMAD IMAM MAHBUBAL, Ph.D. Univer- sity of Illinois 1995. Manufactured Exports and Economic Growth

ALTINER-ATAC, BERIL, Ph.D. American University 1996. A Microeconometric Study of Turkish Trade Policy: Market Power, Productivity and International Competitiveness

AMIR, RAMI, Ph.D. Princeton University 1996. The Target Zone Model of Exchange Rates: Evidence from the Sterling Market in the 1960s and the New Israeli Shekel in the 1990s

ANAYA, JOSE ANTONIO GONZALEZ, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Two Essays on Exchange Rate Pass-Through and an Historical Essay on Early Currency

ANTWEILER, WERNER, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1996. Three Essays on International Trade: Hys- teresis, R&D and the Environment

BANDYOPADHYAY, USREE, Ph.D. University of Mary- land 1996. Essays on the Role of Distribution Costs and Services in International Trade

BASU, SARMILA CHAUDHURI, Ph.D. Southern Meth- odist University 1996. Solving Puzzles in the International Business Cycle: The Role of House- hold Production in an Open Economy Model

BERGOEING, RAPHAEL VELA, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1996. Volumes of Trade and Per Capita Income Levels

BHAK, DoHJooN, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University 1996. Expectations and International Adjustment: An Asset Market Approach

BHAWNANI, VIJAY, Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. Exchange Rate Behavior in Developing Econo- mies: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

BOHAN, TODD, Ph.D. Clark University 1995. Specu- lative Attacks, Credibility, and Exchange Rate Uncertainty: Some Evidence from the European Monetary System, 1992-1993

BOUARE, O., Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. International Trade and Domestic Manu- facturing

Bu, RuIZHI, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Chicago 1995. The United States Import and Export Price Indexes: Economic Grounding and Applications

CASEY, MICHAEL, Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. A Ricardian Theory of Nominal Exchange Rate Determination

CESPEDES-TORRES, OSWALD, Ph.D. Ohio State Uni- versity 1995. A General Equilibrium Model of International Trade Under Uncertainty: The Case of Costa Rica

CHAUDHURI, KAUSIK, Ph.D. SUNY, Albany 1996. Econometrics of Real Exchange Rates

CHEN, JIAN, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. Long-Horizon Predictability of Foreign Currency


Prices and Excess Returns: Alternative Proce- dures for Estimation and Inference

CHIU, YIU WAH (STEVEN), Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University 1995. Three Essays on Political Econ- omy and Economic Integration

CHOI, INHEUN, Ph.D. University of South Carolina 1995. Export-Oriented Foreign Direct Invest- ment in East Asia and Latin America: Determi- nants of Location

CHOI, SANGMOK, Ph.D. Cornell University 1996. Essays on Policy, Inflation, Financial Market, and Capital Formation in a Small Open Economy

CLAUSING, KIMBERLY, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Essays in International Economic Integra- tion

Co, CATHERINE YAP, Ph.D. Rutgers University 1995. Foreign Market Entry: Determinants, In- dustry Structure, Competitiveness and Welfare Effects

COWEN, DAVID GEORGE, Ph.D. University of Texas 1995. A World of Difference: Exchange Rate Regime Choice and Economic Performance in the Interwar Years

DAVIS, MARK S., Ph.D. Tulane University 1996. Essays in Open Economy Macroeconomics

DIAO, XINSHEN, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Environment, Welfare, and Gains from Trade-A North-South Model in General Equi- librium

EL-SAIFY, IBRAHIM, Ph.D. SUNY, Albany 1995. Country Risk, Bank Involvement, and the Risk Premium Charged in the International Financial Market

EUN, SUNGSOO, Ph.D. University of Hawaii 1996. Wage Differentials between Foreign Multina- tional Enterprises and Domestic Firms in Korea

EVENETT, SIMON J., Ph.D. Yale University 1995. A Re-evaluation of the Case against the United States' Antidumping Law

FISHER, SCOTT, Ph.D. Tulane University 1996. Wel- fare Implications of Government Intervention in Markets Facing Incomplete and Asymmetric In- formation

GIACCHINO, LEONARD, Ph.D. Duke University 1996. The Persistence of Dollarization Processes

GOLDFAJN, ILAN, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1995. On Public Debt and Exchange Rates

GOMEZ-PINEDA, JAVIER GUILLERMO, Ph.D. Univer- sity of Chicago 1995. Three Case Studies on Exchange Rates

GONG, CHANGZHEN, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Toward a Theory of International Eco- nomic Integration

GOURINCHAS, PIERRE-OLIVIER, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Essays on Ex- change Rates and Consumption

GROTE, KENT R., Ph.D. George Mason University 1996. The Role of the President in American Trade Politics

GRUBACIC, SANJA, Ph.D. University of Connecticut 1996. The Role of the Real Exchange Rate in Macroeconomic Adjustment: Theory and Evi- dence from Eastern Europe

GUR, TIMUR HAN, Ph.D. SUNY, Albany 1995. External Debt and Empirical Models for Country Risk Assessment

GUZMAN, ANDREW THOMAS, Ph.D. Harvard Univer- sity 1996. Foreign Direct Investment and Multi- national Firm Activity

HA, BYUNGKI, Ph.D. SUNY, Buffalo 1995. A Study on the Geographical Pattern of Industry with the Product Life Cycle

HAKURA, DALIA, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995. Three Essays on the Effects of International Trade

HAU, HARALD, Ph.D. Princeton University 1996. Essays in International Finance

HENDERSON, AMY, Ph.D. George Washington Uni- versity 1995. Nonlinear Dynamic Systems and Macroeconomics: Applications to Exchange Rate Determination

HERRERA, LuIS 0., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Essays on the Current Ac- count, the Real Exchange Rate and Durable Consumption

HIEKE, HUBERT, Ph.D. University of Tennessee 1995. Balance of Payments Constrained Growth: The Importance of Thirlwall's Law for the U.S. Economy during the World War II Era

HIELSCHER, KAI C. T., Ph.D. University of Wash- ington 1995. Horizontal Product Quality, Interna- tional Trade and Welfare

HOLSAPPLE, ERIC, Ph.D. Colorado State University 1996. The International Real Estate Paradox: Why Japanese Investors in U.S. Real Estate Can't Win (and Neither Can Their Banks)

HOSSAIN, FERDAUS, Ph.D. Iowa State University 1995. Current Account Determination in the Intertemporal Framework: An Empirical Analysis

Hu, YONGJIE, Ph.D. West Virginia University 1996. Dynamics of Spot and Futures Prices: A Coin- tegration Approach for Currency Markets


HUMMELS, DAVID, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995. Essays on Spatial International Economics

HWANG, JINWOO, Ph.D. Yale University 1996. Three Essays on the Advantages of Multinational Firms

ILLANES, FELIPE, Ph.D. New York University 1996. Real Exchange Rate Swings and Export Behavior: Explaining the Robustness of Chilean Exports

JEONG, CHAN-WOO, Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. Optimal Target Zones and Currency Realign- ments

KANG-TAEG, LIM, Ph.D. SUNY, Albany 1996. North Korea's Foreign Trade, 1962-1992

KARASULU, MERAL, Ph.D. Boston College 1995. Essays on the European Exchange Rate Target Zone

KEMPA, BERND, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1995. Real Shocks, the Real Exchange Rate, and Euro- pean Monetary Integration

KIM, SEUNGJIN, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Three Essays on International Economics and Macroeconomics

KIPIcI, AHMET N., Ph.D. Duke University 1995. The Terms of Trade, Real Exchange Rates and Economic Fluctuations within a Modern Business Cycle Framework

Ko, JONG MOON, Ph.D. American University 1995. The Effects of Central Bank Intervention on the Volatility of Exchange Rates: Evidence from the Spot and Options Market

KOUPARITSAS, MICHAEL A., Ph.D. University of Rochester 1996. North-South Business Cycles: Theory and Evidence

KRISHNA, PRAVIN, Ph.D. Columbia University 1995. Essays in International Trade

KROPYWIANSKY, LEO, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1995. Jitters, Jumps, and Peso Problems in Foreign Exchange

KUBOTA, HAJIME, Ph.D. University of Rochester 1996. Essays on General Equilibrium Approach to Trade, Welfare, and Comparative Advantage

LAL, ANIL, Ph.D. Washington State University 1995. Variable Returns, Wage Rigidity, and Capital Mobility: A Welfare Analysis

LEE, JOONG-SHIK, Ph.D. University of Iowa 1995. Essays on International Macroeconomics

LIu, Tzu-NIEN, Ph.D. University of Hawaii 1996. Exchange Rates and Trade Balance Adjustment: The Case of Taiwan

LoPEz-NEIRA, JOSE ANTONIO, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Forecasting Exchange Rate Volatility and Long-Term Relationships

Lu, XIAO QIANG (AMANDA), Ph.D. Carleton Univer- sity 1995. The Integration of International Equity Markets

MA, QIANG, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1996. A Multisectoral Bilateral World Trade Model

MANI, M. S., Ph.D. University of Maryland 1996. The Impact of Trade Policy on the Environment and Natural Resources

MASOLLER, ANDREA, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1996. Macroeconomic Problems of a Small Open Economy: Uruguay, 1974-1994

MAST, TAMARA M., Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School 1996. The Impact and Feedback Effects of Nominal Exchange Rates on Real Exchange Rates: New Evidence from the European Mone- tary System

MATEos-HANEL, CALIXTO, Ph.D. Stanford Univer- sity 1996. Operation of an Exchange-Rate Band Based on Mexico's Experience

MIKKOLA, ANNE M., Ph.D. University of Rochester 1995. Essays in International Trade, Exchange Rate Volatility and Asset Market Structure

MITRA, DEVASHISH, Ph.D. Columbia University 1996. Essays in the Political Economy of Trade Policy

MONTEAGUDO, JOSEFINA, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, San Diego 1996. Essays in International Trade and Economic Growth

MUKHOPADHYAY, PARTHA, Ph.D. New York Univer- sity 1995. Essays in International Trade and Finance

MURGASOVA, ZUZANA, Ph.D. Georgetown University 1995. Exchange Rates and Economic Perfor- mance: The Case of Spain in the European Community

MUSLEHUDDIN, A., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 1995. Export Processing Zones and International Capital Flows

NAIR, USHA, Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. Essays in Strategic Trade and Competitiveness

NAM, SANG-YIRL, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Trade Liberalizations and U.S. Foreign Trade in Textiles and Apparel

NIEH, CHIEN-CHUNG, Ph.D. Rutgers University 1996. The Interrelationship among Macro- economic Fundamental, Foreign Exchange Rates and Stock Prices

NOVAKOVIC, MIRKO, Ph.D. American University 1996. The Effectiveness of Exchange Rate Changes in the Presence of the J-Curve Effect and Real Wage Resistance


ONOUR, IBRAHIM A., Ph.D. University of Manitoba 1996. Parallel Market for Foreign Exchange: A Dynamic Analysis

OZEL, SARUHAN, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Insti- tute and State University 1995. Exchange Rate Theory and Practice

PARALKAR, RAJASHREE, Ph.D. American University 1995. Econometric Estimation of a General Equi- librium Portfolio Model: The Case of Canada

PARK, KWANGSOO, Ph.D. University of Texas 1996. The Wage Inequality and Competence Theory of Comparative Advantage

PASARIBU, SAHALA B., Ph.D. University of Ottawa 1996. Industrial and Trade Policies: A Multisec- toral Model with Increasing Returns to Scale

RAGHAVAN, VEDAPURI S., Ph.D. Washington State University 1995. Two Essays in International Macroeconomics: Monetary Approach to Balance of Payments and Exchange Rate

RAHMAN, ATIQ, Ph.D. University of Houston 1996. Behind the Income Convergence among Nations: Trade, Technology and Preference Parameters

RAJAMANI, KAMALA, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1995. International Trade in Hazardous Wastes: An Empirical Analysis

RIKER, DAVID A., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Essays on Multinationals, Trade, and International Labor Demands

RILLO, ALADDIN, Ph.D. University of Hawaii 1995. Global Monetarism and the Behavior of Postwar Velocity of Money

ROBERTSON, PETER E., Ph.D. Simon Fraser Univer- sity 1995. Endogenous Growth, Human Capital, and Unskilled Labour: A Model of Growth in a Developing Country with Application to Growth and Openness in Developing America

RUIZ-NAPOLES, PABLO, Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. Alternative Theories of Real Ex- change Rate Determination, a Case Study: The Mexican Peso and the U.S. Dollar

SABISTON, DAVID R., Ph.D. University of Ottawa 1996. Exchange Rate Pass-Through: A Case of Canadian Imports of Automobiles

SAGGI, KAMAL, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Strategic Aspects of Foreign Direct Invest- ment and Technology Licensing

SCHULSTAD, PAUL MARSHALL, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1995. Essays in Interna- tional and Macroeconomics

SIOKIS, FOTIOS, Ph.D. City University of New York 1995. Liquidity Effects and Exchange Rate: Em- pirical Evidence on the Effects of Monetary Shocks on the Exchange Rate

SLOTKIN, MICHAEL H., Ph.D. University of North Carolina 1995. Essays in Strategic Trade Policy

SOYOUNG, KIM, Ph.D. Yale University 1996. Essays in Monetary Policy and Finance in Open Econo- mies

SUMADILAGA, CEPPIE, Ph.D. University of Nebraska 1995. A Study of Manufacturing Joint Ventures in Indonesia

TANDIAN, DIEYNABA, Ph.D. Queen's University 1996. Macroeconomics of the Trade Balance and Exchange Rate in the CFA Zone

TOMBAZOS, CHRISTIS G., Ph.D. Ohio State Univer- sity 1995. U.S. Production Technology and the Effects of Imports on Employment

VALDES, RODRIGO O., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Essays on Capital Flows and Exchange Rates

WANG, BENZHOU, Ph.D. Northeastern University 1995. Exploring Nonlinearity and Chaotic Behav- ior in Foreign Exchange Rate Systems

WANG, XIAOCHUAN, Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. The Impact of Public and Private Information Flow on the Foreign Exchange Market

WON, YONGKUL, Ph.D. Indiana University 1995. Devaluation and Investment in the Small Open Economy

Woo, DAVID, Ph.D. Columbia University 1996. Capital Mobility and Conversion Considered

Woo, YOUNGSOO, Ph.D. Cornell University 1995. Essays on Exchange Rate Dynamics, Trade Bal- ance and International Finance

YAZICI, MEHMET, Ph.D. University of Iowa 1996. International Trade Policy and Asymmetric Infor- mation

Yoo, SUNG M., Ph.D. Columbia University 1995. Two Essays on International Trade and Technol- ogy

ZHENG, WEI, Ph.D. New York University 1996. U.S. Foreign Direct Investment Abroad, Human Capi- tal, and Tobin's q Theory

ZHu, GEFAN, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Trade Policy and Imperfect Competition

G Financial Economics

AJwA, MARTINE T., Ph.D. Iowa State University 1995. Technical Trading Patterns: Can They Truly Predict Price Movements and Can They Be Exploited for Excess Returns

AKDENIZ, LEVENT, Ph.D. University of Houston 1996. An Analysis of Intertemporal Asset Pricing Using Computational Techniques

AL-FAWZAN, FAWZAN, Ph.D. Colorado State Univer- sity 1995. Branch Banking, Market Share and


Their Impacts on Bank Production and Cost Functions

AL-SUWAILEM, SAMI, Ph.D. Washington University 1995. Does Venture Capital Financing Make a Difference?

AROKIASAMY, FRANK, Ph.D. Southern Illinois Uni- versity 1996. A Study of the International Inte- gration of Financial Markets

BAK, YOUNGZICK, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1995. Behavior of Open Interest in Futures Markets

BARBERIS, NICHOLAS, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Essays on Financial Economics

BOHN, JAMES, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Es- says on the Organization and Regulation of the Insurance Industry

BOLAND, KATHERINE ANN, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Asset Price Overreaction and Volatility

CANTILLO, MIGUEL SIMON, Ph.D. Stanford Univer- sity 1995. Essays on Financial Intermediation and Corporate Efficiency

CASSANO, MARK A., Ph.D. Yale University 1996. Three Essays Concerning Imperfect Beliefs and the Discount Rate Model of Asset Pricing

CHEN, Lii-TARN, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1995. Essays on Testing for Bubbles in the Stock Market

CHENG, ANTHONY W., Ph.D. University of Virginia 1996. Estimating the Market Value of Deposit Insurance for Savings and Loans

CHENG, LI-LAN, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1995. The Motives, Timing and Sub- sequent Performance of Seasoned Equity Issues

CHO, CHANGHYON, Ph.D. American University 1996. The Stochastic Behavior of Market Volatil- ity Implied in the Prices of Index Options, and a Test of Market Efficiency

CHOW, YING FOON, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1995. The Efficiency of the Precious Metals Futures Market: Cointegration and Regime Switching

CHUMACERO ESCUDERO, ROMULO A., Ph.D. Duke University 1995. Intertemporal Asset Pricing without Consumption Data: An Application of the Efficient Method of Moments Estimation Tech- nique

COGGINS, BRUCE ALAN, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Riverside 1995. The Regulation of the U.S. Financial System: An Analysis of Alternative Theoretical Approaches

DABORA, EMIL, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Sentiment, Segmentation, and Security Prices: Three Essays in Finance

DEVAKI, CHANDRA, Ph.D. City University of New York 1996. Explaining Stock Price Volatility in Emerging Markets with Macro and Balance of Payment Variables

DHAWAN, JUHI, Ph.D. Brown University 1995. Branch Banking, Universal Banking and Holding Companies in the U.S.: A Historical Perspective

DIMANLIG, AARNE, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 1995. Essays on Financial Eco- nomics

DRUDI, FRANCESCO, Ph.D. New York University 1995. Essays in Optimal Debt Management

DUBEY, ASHUTOSH, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1996. Optimal Investment Plans of a Firm with Alternative Planning Horizon and Tax Expecta- tions: An Empirical Study of the U.S. Durable Goods Industry

EHLEN, MARK, Ph.D. Cornell University 1996. Bank Competition: The Effect of Market Share and Price Dispersion on Price Levels

ENGIN, KERIMCAN, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Proxies for the Conditional Beta

ERWIN, SCOTT S., Ph.D. Northwestern 'University 1996. Essays on the Pricing and Structure of Financial Claims under Asymmetric Information

FRAME, W. SCOTT, Ph.D. University of Georgia 1996. Essays on Consolidation of the Banking Industry

FURFINE, CRAIG HOLDEN, Ph.D. Stanford Univer- sity 1995. Bank Capital Requirements: An Analy- sis of Portfolio Choice, Capital Structure, Mone- tary and Regulatory Policy

GAJJALA, VENKATARAMANA, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh 1995. Impact of Ownership on Enter- prise Performance: The Case of Senegalese In- dustry

GOLDSTEIN, PAULA M., Ph.D. New York University 1996. International Merger and Acquisition Ac- tivity: A Macroeconomic Focus on Outward U.S. Investment

GOWRISANKARAN, GAUTAM, Ph.D. Yale University 1995. A Dynamic Analysis of Mergers

GRIFFITH, JOHN M., Ph.D. University of Alabama 1995. Do Nice Guys Really Finish Last? The Case of White Knights and Hostile Bidders

Guo, DAJIANG, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1996. Essays on Implied Stochastic Volatility from Cur- rency Options

HARM, CHRISTIAN, Ph.D. New York University 1996. The Role of Universal Banks in Overcoming Financial Constraints


HUSSAIN, QAIZAR, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. Banking and Equity Markets in Middle-Income Countries

JOHANSEN, FRODE F., Ph.D. Northwestern Univer- sity 1995. Essays on Investment and Financing Constraints

JOHNSON, DEAN L., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. Barriers to International Investment and Short Selling Restrictions

KANCHANASAKDICHAI, PRASIT, Ph.D. Boston Univer- sity 1996. The Valuation and Hedging of Prepay- ment-Protected CMOs

KANG, DAESEOK, Ph.D. University of Alabama 1995. The Performance of International Closed-End Equity Funds

KAPADIA, NIKUNJ, Ph.D. New York University 1995. Essays in Investment

KIM, HOKYUNG, Ph.D. University of Texas 1995. Optimal Banking Contract Introducing Share- holders' Capital

KIM, INBAE, Ph.D. University of North Carolina 1995. A Simultaneous Analysis of the Risk Premia in the Markets for Foreign Exchange and Stock

KIM, JIN KUN, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995. Essays on Futures Markets

KING, TAo-HsIEN (DOLLY), Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. The Determinants of Corporate Call Policy for Non-convertible Bonds

KIRILENKO, ANDREI ANATOLYEVICH, Ph.D. Univer- sity of Pennsylvania 1996. Essays on Emerging Financial Markets

KWAK, SOOJONG, Ph.D. University of Kansas 1996. A Feasibility Study of Stock Index Futures Markets in Korea

KwOK, SIUKIT CLAUDIAN, Ph.D. University of Min- nesota 1995. Agency Problems and the Determi- nation of Firm-Level Specificity of Capital

LEE, WONDON, Ph.D. University of Alabama 1995. Moral Hazard in Group Captive Insurance Com- panies

LIN, WILLIAM T., Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Pricing Equity Swaps

MARTIN, RAND DENNIS, Ph.D. University of Ala- bama 1995. Empirical Tests of Models for Valu- ation of Pass-Through Mortgage-Backed Securi- ties

MULLINS, GARY E., Ph.D. Washington University 1995. The Application of New Empirical Tech- niques to Certain Economic and Political Eco- nomic Problems

MUSSAVIAN, MASSOUD, Ph.D.- New York University 1995. Essays in Investments

NDIKUMANA, LEONCE, Ph.D. Washington University 1996. Leverage, Financing Constraints, and Capi- tal Expenditures in the Manufacturing Sector: Evidence from Panel Data

NWUKE, KASIRIM, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Informal Financial Institutions, Saving Behavior, and Transactions Costs

OH, KISEOK, Ph.D. University of Alabama 1995. Ratemaking Principles in Insurance: A Contin- gent Claims Approach

ORTU, FuLvIo, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Existence of Equivalent Martingale Measures in Finite Dimensional Securities Markets

PEETATHAWATCHAI, PAKORN, Ph.D. Boston Univer-

sity 1996. Economic Decisions with Nonmarket- able Options

PIPPENGER, BOBBETTE P., Ph.D. University of Mary- land 1996. The Intersection of Organizational Form, Regulation and Agency Theory: A Study of Executive Compensation in the Banking Industry

PLAT, CARL G., Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz 1995. Noisy Rational Expectations with Stochastic Fundamentals

PULVINO, TODD, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Asset Value and Cost of Capital: Implications for Capital Structure Decisions

RAI, ATUL, Ph.D. New York University 1996. An Analysis of Price Reaction of Glamour and Value Stocks at the Time of Earnings Announcement

RAMOS, ALBERTO MANUEL, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Bank Capital Structures and the Demand for Excess Reserves

ROGERS, KEVIN E., Ph.D. University of Georgia 1996. The Recent Expansion of Nontraditional Activities at U.S. Commercial Banks: A Theore- tical and Empirical Analysis

ROSENBERG, JOSHUA, Ph.D. University of California, San Diego 1996. Option Hedging and Valuation under Stochastic Volatility

ROSENBERG, MENAHEM, Ph.D. City University of New York 1996. The Market Model as a Markov Switching Model Using the Kalman Filter

SAIDENBERG, MARC ROBERT, Ph.D. University of

California, Berkeley 1995. Why Weren't There More S&L Failures?

SAMUEL, CHERIAN, Ph.D. University of Maryland

1995. Stock Market and Investment: Investiga- tions at the Firm-Level

SANDERS, DWIGHT ROBERT, Ph.D. University of

Illinois 1995. Noise Trade Sentiment and the Behavior of Futures Prices


SCHERFKE, ROBERT, Ph.D. Brown University 1995. Economic Growth and the Evolution of Financial Intermediaries

SHEEHAN, KEVIN, Ph.D. Brown University 1995. Essays on Currency and Banking

SHEN, FANG FANG, Ph.D. University of Houston 1996. Three Essays in Analyzing Chinese Stock Markets

SHIROTA, RICARDO, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1996. Efficiency in Financial Intermediation: A Study of the Chilean Banking Industry

SMITH, JAMES BRIAN, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati 1995. Predicting Bank Failure: An Examination of Local Economic Conditions

SOHN, JOONHO, Ph.D. University of Texas 1995. Essays on Financial Intermediation

STEWARD, DWIGHT, Ph.D. University of Iowa 1995. Bank Mergers and Structural Change: A Look at the Cost and Efficiency Effects of Federally Assisted

TAKEZAWA, NOBUYA, Ph.D. Simon Fraser University 1995. Three Empirical Essays in International Financial Economics

TEIXEIRA, NILSON, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Three Essays on Hedging and Asymmetric Information in Financial Markets

TEMZELIDES, THEODOSIOS PAUL, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Essays on Banking, Competi- tions, and Bank Runs

TEO, LESLIE E., Ph.D. University of Rochester 1996. Essays in Asset Price Dynamics

TSOUKALAS, DIMITRIOS K., Ph.D. University of Illi- nois, Chicago 1995. The Determinants of Stock Prices-An Empirical Cross-Country Study

ULLERICH, STANTON G., Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. Productive Efficiency in Commercial Banks

VAMOSI, ALEXANDER R., Ph.D. University of North Carolina 1995. Equilibrium Credit Rationing and Monitoring: An Empirical Investigation

WAGGLE, JOHN DOUGLAS, Ph.D. University of Ala- bama 1995. A Long-Term Analysis of Significant Share Repurchase Announcements: The Ramifi- cations for Signaling Theory and Market Effi- ciency

WANG, ZHENYU, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Two Essays on Expected Stock Returns

WEEKS, HENRY SHELTON, Ph.D. University of Ala- bama 1995. Economies of Scale in U.S. Credit Unions

Wu, SHENGYEH LOUIE, Ph.D. University of South Carolina 1995. Competition, Efficiency, and Pro- ductivity in Taiwan's Banking Industry

Xu, YEXIAO, Ph.D. Princeton University 1996. Es- says in the Pricing of Financial Assets

ZAKRAJSEK, EGON, Ph.D. New York University 1995. Econometric Analysis of the Interaction of Real and Financial Decisions Using Firm-Level Quar- terly Financial Report (QFR) Data

ZHENG, YIJUAN, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 1996. Essays in Financial Econom- ics

H Public Economics

AEMKULWAT, CHAIRAT, Ph.D. Rice University 1996. Essays on the Taxation of Capital Income

AZARMI, TED F., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1995. Debt Taxes and the Government

BALMASEDA, MANUEL M., Ph.D. Northwestern Uni- versity 1995. Production Function Analysis of the Rate of Return on Public Capital

BIELLING, DEBORAH, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine 1996. Three Essays: Military Base Closures and Federal Spending

Boisso, DALE E., Ph.D. Southern Methodist Uni- versity 1996. Infrastructural Spillover Effects: Cross-Section and Time Series Evidence

BRUNNER, ERIC J., Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 1995. An Empirical Examination of the Private Provision of Public Goods

CARLSON, RICHARD, Ph.D. Princeton University 1996. Zoning and the Theory of Local Public Finance

CHAOUL, HENRI J., Ph.D. Columbia University 1995. Three Essays in International Taxation

CHEN, XIAO, Ph.D. Tulane University 1996. Essays on Fiscal Impact of Urban Development and Tax Competition-Evidence from Suburban Chicago

CHUN, YOUNG-JUN, Ph.D. University of Pennsylva- nia 1995. Risky Taxation in Life Cycle Models

DESAI, KAMAL, Ph.D. Clark University 1996. Capi- talism of Fiscal Differences and Willingness to Pay: An Empirical Study Using Hedonic Price Mechanism

DICKERT, STACY ANN, Ph.D. University of Wiscon- sin 1996. The Effect of Taxes on Firm and Individual Behavior

EBERLE, W. DAVID, Ph.D. University of Nebraska 1995. Valuation of Non-market Goods: A Meth- odology for Public Policy Making

FAN, XIWEN, Ph.D. Indiana University 1995. Essays on Tax Evasion

FLORISSI, STEFANO, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. Public Capital, Infrastructure and Produc- tivity in the Brazilian Economy

2434 journal of Economic Literature

FULLERTON, RICHARD LEE, Ph.D. University of Texas 1995. Using Auctions to Improve Tourna- ments: Theory and a Study of Defense Acquisi- tion

GAMBoA-GONZALEZ, RAFAEL, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1996. Fiscal Federalism in Mexico

GOKIRMAK, HASMET, Ph.D. American University 1995. Infrastructure and Economic Performance

GOLD, DAVID, Ph.D. City University of New York 1995. Military Spending and Investment in the United States since World War Two

HAHN, KYUNGDONG, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic In- stitute and State University 1995. Economies with Public Projects: Theory and Experimental Evidence

HUANG, YINJI, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1995. Essays in Tax Prepare Usage

KIM, SANG-LOH, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1995. Fiscal Decentralization, Fiscal Structure, and Economic Performance: Three Empirical Studies

LAURY, SUSAN K., Ph.D. Indiana University 1996. Experimental Studies on the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods

LIN, WENYI, Ph.D. SUNY, Buffalo 1995. Optimal Allocation and Taxation in a Free Enterprise Economy with Stochastic Influences

MASIA, NEAL A., Ph.D. University of Rochester 1995. Essays on the Political Economy of Govern- ment Spending

McFARLANE, ALASTAIR, Ph.D. University of Michi- gan 1995. The Effects of Impact Fees on Housing Investment

McFERRIN, WILLIAM R., Ph.D. Texas A&M Univer- sity 1995. The Impact of State-Owned Property on Local Expenditures: The Town and Gown Conflict Revisited

NAVRATIL, JOHN, Ph.D. Harvard University 1995. Essays on the Impact of Marginal Tax Rate Reductions on the Reporting of Taxable Income on Individual Income Tax Returns

PAYNE, ANA ABIGAIL, Ph.D. Princeton University 1995. Studies on the Effects of Government Policy in Public Finance and Criminal Law

PIGA, GUSTAVO, Ph.D. Columbia University 1996. Three Essays on Debt Management

RANDALL, KAREN, Ph.D. Lehigh University 1995. Investment Performance and Agency Problems in Public Pension Plans

REINHORN, LESLIE JOHN, Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. Optimal Taxation in Models with Imperfect Competition

RICHARDSON, DAVID P., Ph.D. Boston College 1995. A Dynamic Analysis on the Effects and Treat- ment of Fiscal Policy in a Federalist System

ROSELIUS, BECKY LYNN, Ph.D. University of Chi- cago 1996. New Life for Non-experimental Esti- mators: Three Essays that Re-examine the Evalu- ation of Social Programs

SATTERLEE, ALAN, Ph.D. University of Houston 1996. The Impact of County Jail Overcrowding on City Police Budget Decisions and the Output of Police

SAVING, JASON L., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology 1996. Welfare Magnets, the Labor- Leisure Decision and Economic Efficiency

SCHARF, KIMBERLEY, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1995. Three Essays on Taxation and Incentives

SEELY, BETH E., Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1996. Coordination Problems in Public Good Environ- ments

SIKORRA, RAYMOND C., Ph.D. Indiana University 1996. Post-Cold War Defense Conversion in the U.S. and Russia: A Comparative Approach

SMART, MICHAEL GERALD, Ph.D. Stanford Univer- sity 1995. Three Essays in Public Economics

SMITH, JEFFREY ANDREW, Ph.D. University of Chi- cago 1996. Three Essays on the Evaluation of Social Programs

SNYDER, SUSAN KATHRYN, Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. Essays in the Theory of Testable Restric- tions and Public Economics

TAYLOR, ROBERT S., Ph.D. Duke University 1995. Three Theoretical Essays in Public Economics

TRINH, CONG MINH, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Three Essays on the Economics of Gover- nance

VAILLANT, MARIAN, Ph.D. Harvard University 1995. Three Essays on the Incidence of State Personal Income Taxes

WIDERQUIST, KARL, Ph.D. City University of New York 1996. Joint Decision Making Problems and the Budget Deficit: Arrow's Impossibility Theo- rem at Work

WILLIAMS, MELONIE BETH, Ph.D. University of South Carolina 1995. The Social Discount Rate: An Issue for Social Choice

WILLIAMS, MICHAEL F., Ph.D. Rice University 1996. A Multi-region General Equilibrium Model for Tax Policy Analysis

Woo, LILLIAN G., Ph.D. University of North Caro- lina 1996. Out of Site, Out of Mind: A Contingent Valuation Analysis of the Siting of a Sanitary Landfill


YUKUTAKE, YOSHIKO, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins Univer- sity 1996. Public Inputs in a Small Open Econ- omy

ZHANG, LAIWU, Ph.D. SUNY, Albany 1995. Taxa- tion, Social Security, Human Capital and Growth

ZHANG, TAO, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz 1995. Fiscal Decentralization, Public Spending and Economic Growth: The Experience in the Post-reform China

I Health, Education, and Welfare

BARRETT, GARRY F., Ph.D. University of British Columbia 1996. Three Essays on the Behaviour of Social Assistance Recipients

BUNN, DOUG, Ph.D. Washington State University 1996. Physician Choice: A Fresh Approach to Testing the Induced Demand Hypothesis

CHIA, CONSTANCE, Ph.D. Washington State Univer- sity 1996. Hospital Profit Status: A Factor in Variations of Quality among Diagnosis Related Groups

COOK, MICHAEL, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1996. Families or Schools: Accounting for the Convergence in White and Black Academic Per- formance 1970-1990

CRONIN, JULIE ANNE-MARIE, Ph.D. Duke University 1995. Does Financial Aid Deliver on its Promise of Equal Opportunity? An Inquiry into the Post- secondary Application and Matriculation Deci- sions of Our Nation's Brightest Youth

ENNIS, SEAN FORREST, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Berkeley 1996. Excess Capacity and Price Competition in California Hospital Markets

ERICKSON, PENNIFER ANN, Ph.D. George Washing- ton University 1996. Relationships between Health and Economic Well-Being in the United States

FIGLIO, DAVID N., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1995. Property Tax Limitations, School Services, and Education Production

FRANCIS, PETER J., Ph.D. Cornell University 1995. Dynamic Epidemiology and the Market for Vacci- nations

GROOTENDORST, PAUL VINCENT, Ph.D. McMaster University 1995. Effects of Drug Plan Eligibility on Prescription Drug Utilization

HERNANDEZ, PEDRO M., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. The Effects of Child Support on Educa- tional Attainment of Young Adults: Changes during the 1980s

HILL, STEVEN C., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1995. Consumer Behavior and Dimensions of Competition among Managed Care Organizations

HILMER, MICHAEL J., Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Santa Barbara 1996. Essays on Community College Transfer Students

Hu, YU-WHUEI, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. Ownership Profiles of Supplemental Health Insurance and Medical Utilization by Medicare Elderly

JOYCE, GEOFFREY, Ph.D. City University of New York 1995. Benefit-Cost Analysis of Prenatal Care with Control for Self-Selection Bias

KIM, DONGWOOK, Ph.D. University of Rochester 1996. Essays on Schooling Quality: Application to Economic Growth and Local Preference Revela- tion

LASCHOBER, MARY A., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. Principal-Agent, Risk, and Market Struc- ture Effects on Health Maintenance Organization Choice of Payment Method for Primary Health Physicians

LEE, CHOONG SEOP, Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1995. Moral Hazard in Health Care Consumption under Asymmetric Information

Lo SASSO, ANTHONY T., Ph.D. Indiana University 1996. Two Essays on Medicaid: Acute and Long- Term Care Usage

MAHAL, AJAY S., Ph.D. Columbia University 1995. Essays in the Economics of the Aids Epidemic

MARQUIS, WILLIAM, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1996. What Schools Contribute to Education: A Comparative Study of Catholic and Public High School Students Using a Value-Added Approach

MONTES, GUILLERMO, Ph.D. University of Roches- ter 1995. An Empirical Analysis of Ph.D. Admis- sions

MURRAY, SHEILA, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1995. Two Essays on the Distribution of Educa- tion Resources

O'CONOR, RICHARD, Ph.D. University of Kentucky 1995. Consumer-Patient Valuation of Drug Safety and Efficacy

PALMIERI, JAMES L., Ph.D. Indiana University 1995. Extended Family Living Arrangements and Their Effects on Young Women

REYES, SUZANNE, Ph.D. Harvard University 1995. Educational Opportunities and Outcomes: The Role of the Guaranteed Student Loan

ROLLBERG, CHARLES ANTHONY, Ph.D. Saint Louis University 1996. Managed Care Physicians: An Analysis of Factors That Explain Inappropriate Overutilization of Ambulatory Medical Services in a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)


SIRTALAN, ISMAIL, Ph.D. City University of New York 1996. An Empirical Analysis of Alcohol Addiction

SOMANATHAN, ROHINI, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. School Systems, Educational Attainment, and Wages

SPETZ, JOANNE ELIZABETH, Ph.D. Stanford Univer- sity 1996. Wages and Employment of Nurses: An Analysis of Demand and Implications for Policy

STEVENS, ANN HUFF, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995. Essays on Income Dynamics, Long-Term Effects of Job Displacement and Measuring the Persistence of Poverty over Multiple Spells

SWANN, CHRISTOPHER A., Ph.D. University of Vir- ginia 1996. A Dynamic Analysis of Marriage, Labor Force Participation, and Participation in the AFDC Program

TOMAL, ANNETTE, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Chi- cago 1995. An Analysis of the Relationship between Hospital Quality Outcome Measures and Hospital Market Structure

TRAVIS, KAREN MARIE, Ph.D. University of Wash- ington 1995. Allocating Services with Heteroge- neous Consumers: An Application to the Medic- aid Prenatal Care Market

TSuI, HSIU-CHEN, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 1995. Essays on the Economics of Health Insur- ance

TURNER, MARK D., Ph.D. University of Maryland 1996. The Effects of Part-Time Work on High School Students' Academic Achievement

VELAGAPUDI, KALYANI, Ph.D. Wayne State Univer- sity 1995. A New Look at Hospital Cost Function Estimation

WODON, QUENTIN, Ph.D. American University 1996. Four Essays on Poverty and Public Policy

J Labor and Demographic Economics

ABDULLAH YUSOF, SELAMAH, Ph.D. Purdue Univer- sity 1995. Essays on Temporary Work

AHITUV, AVNER, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1995. Fertility Choices and Optimum Growth: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation

AKABAYASHI, HIDEO, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. On the Role of Incentives in the Formation of Human Capital in the Family

BANERJI, ABHIJIT, Ph.D. Yale University 1995. Es- says in Bargaining: Wage Formation and Some Interconnections with Firm Behavior in Product Markets

BARU, SUNDARI, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995. Essays on Trade, Job Market Skills, and Employ- ment Changes

BAYER, AMANDA, Ph.D. Yale University 1995. A Theoretical and Empirical Examination of the Role of Asymmetric Information in Multi-contract Models of Labor Negotiations

BEDI, ARJuN, Ph.D. Tulane University 1996. Essays on the Influence of Selection and School Quality on Earnings and Educational Attainment

BERGER, JACQUELINE E., Ph.D. Princeton Univer- sity 1996. Essays in Labor Economics and Public Finance

BOLIN, DELYNNE J., Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. The Economics of Telecommuting with an Appli- cation to the Manufacturing Sector

BONNERJEE, ANIRUDDHA, Ph.D. Georgetown Uni- versity 1995. An Empirical Analysis of the Roles of Choice and Chance in Labor Market Transi- tions

CAHILL, MILES B., Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. What Is So Important about Efficiency Wages?

CHEN, SHIH-NENG, Ph.D. Iowa State University 1995. Two Applications of Measurement Error Correction in the Economics of Human Re- sources

CORAK, MILES, Ph.D. Queen's University 1996. Traps and Vicious Circles: A Longitudinal Analy- sis of Participation in the Canadian Unemploy- ment Insurance Program

CUBEDDU, LuIs MANUEL, Ph.D. University of Penn- sylvania 1995. The Role of Household Composi- tion, Formation and Dissolution in Life Cycle Economies: Theory and Evidence

CURRIMBHOY, SADIQ, Ph.D. University of Pennsylva- nia 1995. Pricing Labor in an Uncertain World

DELECHAT, CORINNE, Ph.D. Georgetown University 1995. Mexican Labor Migration to the United States: Determinants, Labor Market Outcomes and Dynamics

DHAWAN, URVASHI, Ph.D. Queen's University 1996. Female Labor Supply, Family and Immigration: An Empirical Case Study of Canada

DUNBAR, RONALD F., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1995. Determinants of Inter-district and Inter- occupational Job Mobility among Public Elemen- tary and Secondary School Teachers: Evidence from the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey and the 1988-89 Teacher Follow-Up Survey

EATON, DAVID, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995. Participation in Individual Retirement Accounts: Evidence from Panel Data

EISNER, JAMES R., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. Substitutability between Pension Plans and 401(K) Plans


EKWUEME, DONATUS, Ph.D. Wayne State University 1996. An Economic Analysis of Child Care and the Household's Decision to Work

FAUCHER, AUGUSTINE DAVID, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1996. Essays on Physician Self- Employment

FRIEDBERG, LEORA, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. The Effect of Government Programs on the Labor Supply of the Elderly

GINTHER, DONNA K., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1995. Examining the U.S. White Male, Full-Time Worker Earnings Distribution and the Effect of Schooling on Earnings: Applications of Nonpara- metric Estimation

GOTKIN, JOSHUA A., Ph.D. University of Arizona 1995. The Legislated Adjustment of Labor Dis- putes: An Empirical Analysis, 1880-1894

GOULD, ERIC DAVID, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Essays on Rising Wage Inequality, Com- parative Advantage, and the Growing Importance of General Skills in the United States: 1966-1992

GROSSO, JEAN-Luc, Ph.D. University of South Caro- lina 1995. The Labor Market Effects of Employ- ment Protection Legislation

HACKETT, JOHN M., Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. Cost of Leaving Model of the Response to Buyout Plans

HALLOCK, KEVIN, Ph.D. Princeton University 1995. Essays in Empirical Labor Economics

HAMILTON, JEAN CATHERINE, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. Salary Determination in Professional Sports

HASHIDA, EMIKO, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. Three Essays on Hired Agricul- tural Workers

HONG, SEONG-GWAN, Ph.D. Michigan State Univer- sity 1996. The Effect of Wage and Rest Shocks on Migration

HUH, IN, Ph.D. City University of New York 1995. The Impact of Maternal Risk Factors in Low Birthweight

JAEGER, DAVID, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995. Essays in Empirical Labor Economics

KIM, HYUN JAE, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1995. Three Essays on Economics of Immigration

KIM, JONGSUNG, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 1996. Labor Supply and Occupational Structure of Asian Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market

KURUGANTI, SANDHYA, Ph.D. Rutgers University 1995. Migration and Wages: Alternative Econo- metric Approaches

LANG, KATHLEEN M., Ph.D. Boston College 1995. The Incidence of an Employer Mandate: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

LINCOLN, BRYAN ROBERT, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley 1996. The Structural Estimation of Wage Tenure Profiles

MASTERS, ADRIAN MARK, Ph.D. University of Penn- sylvania 1995. Essays on Applied Search Theory

McLENNAN, MICHELE CONNELL, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Essays on Labor Market Discrimination

MENON, REKHA, Ph.D. Brown University 1995. A Structural Dynamic Model of Child Mortality Child Health and Fertility Interactions

MILLARD, STEPHEN P., Ph.D. Northwestern Univer- sity 1995. The Unemployment and Welfare Ef- fects of Employment Protection Legislation

MIRA, PEDRO, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Uncertain Child Mortality, Learning and Life Cycle Fertility

MOHANTY, PRAVEEN KUMAR, Ph.D. University of Southern California 1995. Labor Market Institu- tions and Technological Changes

MONGUM, RUSSELL WALKE, III, Ph.D. University of Southern California 1995. Demographics and Well-Being: Race Differences across Genera- tions, Inequality, and the Interaction of Schooling

MORA, MARIE, Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1996. English Proficiency, Bilingual Education, and the Earnings of Hispanic Americans

MOSCARINI, GIUSEPPE, Ph.D. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology 1996. Workers' Heterogeneity and Job Search in the Flow Approach to Labor Markets: A Theoretical Analysis

O'CONNOR, CATHERINE M., Ph.D. University of Virginia 1996. Early-Out Incentives: A Case Study of the U.S. Army's Voluntary Separation Incentive Programs.

O'CONNOR, INGE W., Ph.D. Syracuse University 1996. Three Essays Comparing Education and Earnings in a Cross-National Framework

PICCHETTI, PAULO, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. Towards an Economic Theory of Strikes: Further Evidence from Brazilian Data

POLSKY, DANIEL ELIAS, Ph.D. University of Pennsyl- vania 1996. Changes in Job Security of the U.S. Workforce

POWELL, LISA, Ph.D. Queen's University 1995. Labour Supply and Child-Care Choice Decisions of Married Mothers: Evidence from Canada

RANKIN, FREDERICK W., Ph.D. Texas A&M Univer- sity 1996. Essays on Evolutive Equilibrium Selec- tion


RAPHAEL, STEVEN PAUL, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley 1996. An Analysis of the Spatial Determinants and Long-Term Consequences of Youth Joblessness

RAYTON, BRUCE A., Ph.D. Washington University 1995. The CEO Is Not the Only Employee of the Firm: An Empirical Investigation of Firm-Level Pay-Performance Relationships

REVILLE, ROBERT, Ph.D. Brown University 1996. The Earnings and Occupation of Parents and Children: An Intergenerational Roy Model

RIBEIRO, EDUARDO P., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. The Effect of Personal Income Taxes on Labor Supply in Brazil: An Application of Quin- tile Regression

RIBERO, RocIo, Ph.D. New York University 1995. Post-divorce Family Ties: Child Support Trans- fers, Visitations and Non-reporting

RONAN, NICHOLAS J., Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 1995. Essays on the Intergenera- tional Transmission of Disadvantage: The Eco- nomic Impact of Fatherlessness and Teenage Childbearing

RYAN, SHARON ANN, Ph.D. University of California, Davis 1995. Employer-Provided Health Insur- ance and Compensating Wage Differentials: Evi- dence from the SIPP

SCHOENBAUM, MICHAEL, Ph.D. University of Michi- gan 1995. Health, Longevity and Labor Force Behavior among Older Workers

SHA, SHI, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 1995. Worker's Compensation, Workplace Injury and Safety Regulations

SHIN, DONGGYUN, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995. Cyclical Patterns of Real Wages and Em- ployment: Gender and Industry Differences

SIEG, HOLGER W., Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon Univer- sity 1996. Estimating Dynamic Models of House- hold Behavior

SOH, HOON SAHIB, Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. The Rate of Return of the General Equivalency Diploma

SOLNICK, SARA JUSTINE, Ph.D. University of Penn- sylvania 1996. New Data and New Questions in Labor and Household Behavior

STINEBRICKNER, TODD R., Ph.D. University of Vir- ginia 1996. A Dynamic, Discrete Choice Model of Teacher Attrition

STOCK, WENDY A., Ph.D. Michigan State University 1996. The Effects of Geographic Industry Con- centration on the Re-employment Experiences of Displaced Workers

SUE, DELLA L., Ph.D. Columbia University 1996. Unemployment of Women: A Human Capital Analysis

SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY S., Ph.D. University of Maryland 1995. Ex Ante Divorce Probability and Marital-Specific Investment: Three Applica- tions

TACKNEY, CHARLES T., Ph.D. University of Wiscon- sin 1995. Institutionalization of the Life- time Employment System: A Case Study of Changing Employment Practices in a Japanese Factory

TEVLIN, STACEY MARIE, Ph.D. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology 1995. The Effects of Firm Success on Foreign Direct Investment, CEO Compensation, and Wages: Issues in Monitoring Costs and Simultaneity

VALDIVIA, VICTOR H., Ph.D. Northwestern Univer- sity 1996. Policy Evaluation in Heterogeneous Agent Economies: The Welfare Impact of Un- employment Insurance

WEINBERG, BRUCE ANDREW, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Sectoral Shifts with Industry-Spe- cific Human Capital

WORSWICK, CHRISTOPHER J., Ph.D. University of British Columbia 1995. Credit Constraints and Immigrant Family Adjustment

Yoo, OH JONG, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1995. Unobserved Ability, Efficiency Wages and Inter- industry Wage Structure: The Case of Korea

ZAVODNY, MADELINE, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. The Minimum Wage: Maxi- mum Controversy over a Minimal Effect?

ZHANG, GUANG-JIA, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario 1995. Essays in Unemployment and Un- employment Insurance

ZHAO, GUI, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Essays on Worker Compensation and Productivity

ZULLI, DAVID MICHAEL, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Los Angeles 1996.. Three Essays on Solvency, Experience Rating, and the Taxable Wage Base in Unemployment Insurance Financing

K Law and Economics

BEARSE, PETER M., Ph.D. University of Virginia 1995. Essays on the Economics of Crime

COLBY, CHRISTOPHER JOHN, Ph.D. University of Washington 1996. Contract Choice for Attor- neys

GHATAK, MAITREESH, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Essays on the Economics of Contracts

SAUER, ROBERT, Ph.D. New York University 1995. Job Mobility and the Market for Lawyers


L Industrial Organization

ABDELMAGID, BANAGA D., Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1995. Demand Analysis from a Discrete/Continuous Choice Model: The Garden Center Industry

ADACHI, MITSUTOSHI, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Market Share Rivalry, Bargaining, and Consumer Inertia

ARENCHILD, MATT, Ph.D. Washington State Univer- sity 1996. A Public Choice and Contracting Approach to Electric Utility Industry Restructur- ing: Lessons from PURPA

AXARLOGLOU, KOSTAS, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995. Macroeconomic Implications of Product Variety

BERG, MILO D., Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1996. Economic Models of U.S. Petroleum Production

BERRY, CAROLYN ANNE, Ph.D. Northwestern Uni- versity 1995. Models of Vertical Market Struc- tures

BLACHMAN, MARVIN H., Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University 1995. Dynamic Oligopoly Pricing with Asymmetric Information

BLACK, GEOFFREY ALAN, Ph.D. University of Wash-

ington 1995. Transaction Costs, Risk Sharing, and Contract Choice in Petroleum Exploration

BOGENRIEDER, PAUL R., Ph.D. Florida State Uni- versity 1996. Price, Output, and Capacity Con- struction in Competitive Wholesale Markets for Electric Power

BROOK, STACEY, Ph.D. Colorado State University 1995. The Competition Policy of Harmonizing International Horizontal Mergers

BROWN, STEFAN M., Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. An Analysis of the Permit Market for Electric Utilities: How Much Does Equity Cost?

BUSH, DARREN, Ph.D. University of Utah 1995. Creating Competition in Electricity Generation: Reconciling the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 with the Energy Policy Act of 1992

CHEN, NAIHONG, Ph.D. University of Kentucky 1995. Imperfect Competition, Scale of Econo- mies and External Economies of Selected Manu- facturing Industries in Columbia, Indonesia, and Korea

CHRISTODOULOPOULOS, GEORGE, Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. International Competi- tion and Industrial Rates of Return

CURRIE, JEFFREY ROBERT, Ph.D. University of Chi- cago 1996. The Geographic Extent of the Market: U.S. Petroleum Markets

EICHLER, RENA, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. The Nonprofit Sector: Evidence on Firm Objective Functions and Crowding-Out

FERROUKHI, RABEA, Ph.D. American University 1995. Algeria's Energy Sector: A Quantitative Analysis

HATCH, NILE WADE, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. Characterizing the Learning Curve: Determinants of Learning by Doing in Semiconductor Manufacturing

HONG, EuN-Joo, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. Direct and Indirect Effects of Employee Stock

IRANI, DARAIUS S., Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara 1996. Three Essays in Sports Economics

JONES, JOHN T., Ph.D. University of Kentucky 1996. Transborder, Transportation Regulations and Trade

KANG, KWANG, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 1995. Third-Party Financing Contract between an En- ergy User and an Energy Saving Company

KANG, YEONGJAE, Ph.D. Princeton University 1995. On Information and Incentives in the Firm's Behavior and Organization

KLEIN, PETER GORDON, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Berkeley 1995. Conglomerate Organization and Economic Performance: Evidence from the 1960s

Koo, BONCHUN, Ph.D. Cornell University 1995. An Analysis of the Effects of Bankruptcies and Mergers in the U.S. Airline Industry

LEIGHTON, WAYNE A., Ph.D. George Mason Univer- sity 1996. Consumers and Cross-Subsidies: An Interest Group Theory of Telecommunications Regulation

LEVY, STEPHAN M., Ph.D. Indiana University 1995. Essays on Credible Commitment Mechanisms

LI, YULIANG, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University 1995. Market Structure and Reorganization of the U.S. Electric Utility Industry: A New Pro- posal

LIu, HONG, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati 1996. Utility Planning and Demand-Side Management

LOFGREN, STEPHANIE D., Ph.D. Northwestern Uni- versity 1996. Economic Policy Implications of the Changing Structure of the Electric Utility Indus- try: Effects on Reliability and Wholesale Electric- ity Markets

MALM, DUANE E., Ph.D. Temple University 1995. Targeted Electric Utility Efficiency Programs

MAY, DAVID L., Ph.D. Florida State University 1996. Compulsory Unitization and Conservation in Oil Field Development: Theory and Evidence


MILLER, SUZANNE DENISE, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Public-Private Competition: The Case of Phoenix

MUFLEH, AWNI H., Ph.D. University of New Mexico 1995. Technical Efficiency and Ownership in the Jordanian Industrial Sector

OVEREND, CHRISTOPHER J., Ph.D. Purdue Univer- sity 1995. Impacts of Exports and Foreign Direct Investments on the Nature of Competition in the U.S. Food Manufacturing Industry

PARKINSON, JACK, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1996. Essays on Services in Manufacturing

PECHLIVANOS, LAMBROS, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Public Sector Inefficiency and Efficiency of Reform Policies

PEEBLES, GLENN H., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. Lean Production, Sub-contracting, and In- dustrial Development: The Case of the Brazilian Automobile Industry

PESENDORFER, MARTIN M., Ph.D. Northwestern University 1995. Essays in Industrial Organiza- tion

QURESHI, UZMA, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Cost Indivisibilities and the Feasibility of Mar- ginal-Cost Pricing: The Case of Cement

RALPH, ERIC, Ph.D. Duke University 1996. Regulat- ing an Input Monopolist with a Focus on Inter- connection in Telecommunications

RAMAN, SHYMALA, Ph.D. University of Connecticut 1996. Construction Exports from Semi-industrial- ized Countries: The Case of India

REAVES, NATALIE D., Ph.D. Wayne State University 1995. Pharmaceutical Innovation and Orphan Drugs: The Effects of the 1983 Orphan Drug Act

REZITIS, ANTHONY N., Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1995. Adjustment Costs and Dynamic Factor Demand Models: An Application to the U.S. Cigarette Manufacturing Industry

RHEE, ZUSUN, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. Two Essays on Slotting Allowances under De- mand Uncertainty

ROBERTS, HELEN HAMILTON, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1995. Competition, Cost Theories and Trade under Declining Average Costs: The U.S. Market for Small Cars

RODRIGUEZ, ROGER R., Ph.D. University of Virginia 1995. Purchases of Power and Production Effi- ciency in Rate-of-Return Regulated Electric Utilities

SANGHVI, CHETAN, Ph.D. Rutgers University 1995. Essays in Mergers and Durable Goods

SCHENK, LESLIE M., Ph.D. Michigan State Univer- sity 1995. Three Essays on Partial Regulation of Multiproduct Firms

SHAO, MING, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 1995. Rate of Return Regulation and the Decision to Negoti- ate or Litigate: An Empirical Study by Strategic Behavior

SHARMA, TRIDIB, Ph.D. University of Southern Cali- fornia 1996. A Contribution to the Theory of Joint Ventures

SICOTTE, RICHARD A., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. The Organization and Regulation of Inter- national Shipping Cartels

SOUMODIP, SARKAR, Ph.D. Northeastern University 1995. Non-linear Pricing by Oligopolists

ST. MARIE, STEPHEN MICHAEL, Ph.D. George Wash- ington University 1996. Effectiveness of Incen- tive Regulation: Nuclear Power Plant Perfor- mance and Operating and Maintenance Costs

STAIHR, BRIAN K., Ph.D. Washington University 1996. An Empirical Examination of Nonprofit Firms as a Solution to Contract Failure

STOCKMAN, WILLIAM K., Ph.D. George Mason Uni- versity 1996. The Crash of General Aviation: A Public Choice Perspective

STRAUSS, BONNIE MEYER, Ph.D. Washington Uni- versity 1995. The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 and Ethical Brand Name Drug Pricing Behavior

THILLE, HENRY W., Ph.D. University of British Columbia 1996. Commodity Futures Markets with Imperfectly Competitive Producers

TIPU, MANZUR, Ph.D. University of Houston 1996. Rent Seeking and Efficiency of a Public Enter- prise under Alternative Forms of Government: An Empirical Comparison of Dependent and Independently Governed Airports

TRUNKEY, ROBERT DEREK, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Santa Barbara 1995. The Market for Lottery Tickets

VADALI, SHARADA R., Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1996. Efficiency in the Air Transportation Indus- try 1971-86: An Economic Capacity Utilization Perspective

WANG, BAOGUI, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1996. Essays on Contracts and Contract Renegotiations: Applications to Land and Financial Markets

WATANABE, JUNICHI, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 1995. Multiproduct Price Competition

WEN, SHIOW-YING, Ph.D. University of Wyoming 1995. Alternative Forms of Price Regulation and Environmental Regulation for Electric Utilities


WHARFF, JEFFREY C., Ph.D. American University 1995. Conduct and Market Power: The Case of the U.S. Brewing Industry

WOJCIK, CHARLOTTE, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Studies of the Automobile Industry and International Trade

WOLFRAM, CATHERINE P., Ph.D. Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology 1996. An Empirical Analy- sis of Privatization and Restructuring in the British Electricity Industry

YUN, SUNG LAWRENCE, Ph.D. University of Mary- land 1995. A Life-Cycle Theory of a Firm: An Empirical Test

ZHANG, RAN, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. An Economic Analysis of Commercial Jet Aircraft Prices

ZHOU, YIMIN, Ph.D. University of Oregon 1996. Technological Progress and Firm Heterogeneity in Local Telephone Markets

M Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting

BAZ, JAMIL, Ph.D. Harvard University 1995. Three Essays on Contingent Claims

KREPPS, MATTHEW B., Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Essays on the Strategic Implications of Imperfect Information

OH, YOUNG Ho, Ph.D. University of Alabama 1995. Two Essays on Managerial Decisions and the Managerial Compensation Contract

VISVANATHAN, GNANAKUMAR, Ph.D. New York Uni- versity 1996. Characteristics of Firms that Enter into Interest Rate Swaps and Valuation of De- ferred Taxes under SEAS No 109

ZUTSHI, AJAY, Ph.D. New York University 1996. Accounting Information, Analysts' Expectations and Asset Valuation in a Noisy Rational Expecta- tions Framework

N Economic History

BEAL, CARL G., Ph.D. University of Manitoba 1995. Money, Markets and Economic Development in Saskatchewan Indian Reserve Communities 1870 to 1930s

CALABRIA, MARK A., Ph.D. George Mason Univer- sity 1996. On the Origins of Federal Food and Drug Regulation

COLEMAN, MARGARET S., Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. Low Wages, Labor Short- age, Wage and Labor Structures, and Poverty: 1810-1840, in the Northeastern United States

COUCH, JIM F., Ph.D. University of Mississippi 1995. New Deal, Old Pork: The Politics and

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FORSYTH, GRANT, Ph.D. Washington State Univer- sity 1996. Analysis of Tariff Formation in Ante- bellum America

FROST, MARCIA, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. Population Growth and Agrarian Change in British Gujarat, Jaira District, 1802-58

HANSEN, BRADLEY A., Ph.D. Washington University 1995. The Origins of Modern Bankruptcy Law in the United States, 1789-1898

HORI, MASAHIRO, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1996. New Evidence on the Causes and Propagation of the Great Depression

KING, MARTIN B., Ph.D. University of Tennessee 1995. Karl Polanyi, William Conon, and Develop- ment in Nineteenth Century Illinois: A New Synthesis

KINGHORN, JANICE RYE, Ph.D. Washington Univer- sity 1996. Firm Size and Industrial Concentration in Western Economic Development

KLOFT, LEONARD, Ph.D. University of Iowa 1995. Problems and Issues in Constructing National and Regional Price Indices for the U.S. 1851- 1880

KWIECINSKA, HALINA, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1996. Monetary Independence under a Fixed Exchange Rate: The Interwar Experience, 1925:5-1931:4

LI, TIANYOU, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1995. The Economics of Class: Rural China in the Early 1950s

MASON, JOSEPH, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. The Determinants and Effects of Reconstruction Finance Corporation Assistance to Banks during the Great Depression

MILLER, MARGARET JANE, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley 1995. The Role of Social Rela- tionships in Financial Intermediation: Empirical Evidence from the United States Small-Business Credit Market

NONNENMACHER, TOMAS W., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. Law, Emerging Technology, and Market Structure: The Development of the Tele- graph Industry, 1838-1868

PARK, YOUNG-HEIU, Ph.D. University of Utah 1995. A Study of the Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism-A Comparison of Europe and China through a Socio-cultural Perspective

RICE, CHRISTOPHER B., Ph.D. University of Mary- land 1996. Urban Agglomeration Economies during a Period of Rapid Industrialization: The United States, 1889-1919


RUSSELL, STEVEN HARRISON, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Inconvertible Banking in the Early Nineteenth Century North Carolina

SCHMIDT, STEFANIE R., Ph.D. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology 1996. School Quality, Com- pulsory Education Laws and the Growth of American High School Attendance, 1915-1935

VENIDA, VICTOR, Ph.D. New York University 1996. The Rate of Surplus Value in a Socially Disarticu- lated Economy: The Case of the Philippines, 1974-1988

0 Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth

AHMAD, JUNAID K., Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. Job-Search, Labour Networks, and Rural-Urban Migration in Bangladesh

AKITUNDE, HENRY O., Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. Political Instability and Economic Development: The Case of Sub-Saharan Africa, 1967-1987

AL-OSAIMI, AHMED, Ph.D. Colorado State Univer- sity 1996. Reconciling Western Financial Institu- tions with Islamic Principles: Reforming the Saudi Financial System

ALFARO, LUIS NOEL, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1996. Development with Institutional Self-Sus- tainability

AZFAR, OMAR N., Ph.D. Columbia University 1996. Essays on Complementarities and Innovations

BAE, CHANGHYO, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside 1996. The Role of Exchange Rate Policy and External Competitiveness in the Growth and Adjustment of the Korean Economy

BHANDARI, LAVEESH, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. International Technology Transfer: Contracts, Learning, and Alliances

BONNARD, PATRICIA J., Ph.D. Michigan State Uni- versity 1995. Land Tenure, Land Titling, and the Adoption of Improved Soil Management Prac- tices in Honduras

BRANDL, MICHAEL, Ph.D. University of Houston 1996. Three Essays on Economic Growth and Real Wage Convergence

BRAT, DAVID, Ph.D. American University 1995. Essays on Human Capital, Religion, and Growth

CAMERON, LISA, Ph.D. Princeton University 1996. Essays on Development Economics and Equity Issues

CASTELLO, SERGIO, Ph.D. Colorado State University 1996. The Globalization of Small Economies: A Strategic Behavior

CASTRO-LEAL TALAMAS, FLORENCIA, Ph.D. Univer- sity of Texas 1995. Economic Inequality, Poverty and Growth: Mexico 1984-1989

CERRA, VALERIE, Ph.D. University of Washington 1996. Essays on Growth, Human Capital, and Income Distribution

CETORELLI, NICOLA, Ph.D. Brown University 1996. Essays on Economic Growth, Financial Develop- ment, and Financial Reforms

CHAU, Ho YAN, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 1995. Labor Migration and Economic Develop- ment

CHAWLA, MUKESH, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Public-Private Interactions in the Health Sector in Developing Countries: Sharing of Labor Re- sources

CHOU, TEYU, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1996. Essays on Intellectual Property Rights and Product Differentiation

CONNING, JONATHAN H., Ph.D. Yale University 1996. Financial Contracting and Intermediary Structures in a Rural Credit Market in Chile: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

CONTRERAS, DANTE, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1996. Household and Individual Welfare: Evidence from Less Developed Econo- mies

COULIBALY, OUSMANE N., Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. Devaluation, New Technologies, and Agri- cultural Policies in the Sudanian and Sudano- Guinean Zones of Mali

DALTON, MICHAEL GRAHAM, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Economic Growth, Agricultural Production, and Global Warming

DESSY, SYLVAIN E., Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Making the Transition from Low-to-High- Productivity Activities in Developing Countries

DORE, OUSMANE, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Essays on Inflation, Exchange Controls and Real Exchange Rate in Developing Countries

Dow, WILLIAM H., Ph.D. Yale University 1995. Health Care Demand in Developing Countries: Theories, Econometrics, and Welfare Impacts of User Fees

DUFFY, NIEV, Ph.D. New York University 1995. Widowhood as an Obstacle to Demographic Transition in Developing Countries

DWYER, DOUGLAS W., Ph.D. Columbia University 1996. The Evolution of an Industry: Theory Applied to Plant-Level Data

ECHEVERRY-GARZON, JUAN CARLOS, Ph.D. New York University 1996. Three Essays on the Colombian


Macroeconomy: Savings, Inflation and the Chan- nels of Monetary Transmission

EKWEANI, CHUKWUNENYE HENRY, Ph.D. American University 1995. Orthodox Stabilization Policies and Stagflation: A Neo-structuralist Analysis of Inflation and Output Effects in Nigeria

ELBASHA, ELAMIN H., Ph.D. University of Minne- sota 1996. Three Essays on Endogenous Growth and the Environment

EROSA-ETCHEBEHERE, ANDRES, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1996. Financial Intermediation and Economic Development

ESTUDILLO, JONNA, Ph.D. University of Hawaii 1995. Income Inequality in the Philippines, 1961 to 1991: Trends and Factors

FARIA, JOSE C., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Trade and Inflation

FERRARINI, TAWNI HUNT, Ph.D. Washington Uni- versity 1995. A Study of the South Korean Success Story in Export-Led Development from the Socioeconomic Institutional Perspective: 1962 to 1979

FILMER, DEON, Ph.D. Brown University 1995. The Intra-household Distribution of Health and Cog- nitive Skills in Developing Countries

FRITZ, OLIVER M., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. Three Essays on the Relationship between Finan- cial Regime and the Industrial Sector in Colom- bia

FUWA, NOBUHIKO, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. Social Stratification and Mobility in a Philippine Village, 1962-1994

GHADESSI, MARYAM, Ph.D. University of Utah 1996. An Integrative Approach to Finance in Develop- ing Countries: The Case Study of Credit Markets in Iran

GINGRICH, CHRIS D., Ph.D. Iowa State University 1995. Health Uncertainty and Food Consumption in Low-Income Households in Lima, Peru

GOLLIN, DOUGLAS, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1996. Self-Employment, Small Enterprise, and Economic Development

GRIER, ROBIN M., Ph.D. George Mason University 1996. The Effect of Colonialism on Economic Growth: A Cross National Study of 63 Colonial States from 1960-1990

GUNBY, PHILIP, Ph.D. University of Western On- tario 1995. Explaining Adoption Patterns of Pro- cess Standards

HAJI IBRAHIM, MANSOR, Ph.D. Washington Univer- sity 1996. Property Rights and Savings Behavior in Developing Countries

HERRERA, CESAR A., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. Trade Issues of Developing Countries: Terms of Trade and Regional Integration

HONG, DONG-PYO, Ph.D. University of Texas 1996. Economic Growth and Fluctuations with the Endogenous Length of Business Cycles

ISELY, PAUL N., Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. A Multi-tier Model of Innovation with International Spillovers

JAIN, SANJAY, Ph.D. Princeton University 1995. Essays in the Economics of the Informal Sector: The Role of Information and Institutions in Product, Labor and Credit Markets

JERE, JOEL, Ph.D. SUNY, Albany 1996. A Macro- economic Model for Policy Analysis for Malawi

JOLLIFFE, DEAN M., Ph.D. Princeton University 1996. Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and Household Income: An Econometric Analysis Using Data from Ghana

JUNG, YOUNG-HO, Ph.D. New York University 1996. R&D, Spillover and Productivity at the Company Level: A Study of Korean Business Groups

KATEPA-KALALA, PERPETUA, Ph.D. Purdue Univer- sity 1996. Structural Adjustment in Zambia: A General Equilibrium Analysis

KAWAI, KATSUHIKO, Ph.D. University of Texas 1995. Modeling Japan's Growth and Structural Change: A Computational Approach

KELLER, WOLFGANG, Ph.D. Yale University 1995. Technological Change: Identification, Theory, and Evidence

KIM, EUYSUNG, Ph.D. Columbia University 1996. Economic Growth, Productivity and Trade: An Empirical Analysis of Korean Manufacturing In- dustries

KIM, HEE SIK, Ph.D. University of Hawaii 1995. Selective Credit Allocation and Industrial Devel- opment in South Korea

KOH, SEUNG BEOM, Ph.D. American University 1995. Financial Development and Economic Growth: A Comparison of the Empirical Evi- dence from East Asia and Latin America

KOIRALA, GOVINDA, Ph.D. New York University 1996. Foreign Investment: Impact on Manufac- turing Industries in Nepal

KWON, SOONHYUN, Ph.D. University of North Caro- lina 1995. International Capital Mobility in De- veloping Countries

KWON, YOUNG-MIN, Ph.D. Michigan State Univer- sity 1996. Essays on Growth and International Trade

LARUDEE, MEHRENE E., Ph.D. University of Massa- chusetts 1995. Trade Liberalization and Income


Distribution: Three Essays with Reference to the Case of Mexico and the North American Free Trade Agreement

LEE, CHUL HUN, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1996. Essays on Credit Rationing and Endoge- nous Economic Growth

LEE, HWANSUNG, Ph.D. SUNY, Stony Brook 1995. Migration in Malaysia: A Microeconomic Model Based on the Malaysian Family Life Survey

LEE, INNCHAN, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1996. R&D Competition, Adoption or Technol- ogy, and Optimal Patent Policy

LEE, JONG Kyu, Ph.D. University of Hawaii 1995. Financial Reform in Korea: Critiques of and Suggestions for the Current Financial Liberaliza- tion Policy with a Focus on SME Financing

LEITE, CARLOS ALBERTO, Ph.D. McMaster Univer- sity 1995. The Impact of Return Migration and the Determinants of Lifetime Migration in Lower Income Countries

LI, HUAGANG, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1996. The Productivity Growth of Asian Industries

LUND, SUSAN MARIE, Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. Informal Credit and Risk-Sharing Net- works: Empirical Evidence from the Philippines

MA, TAY-CHENG, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 1996. The Role of International Technology Transfers in Long-Run Economic Growth

MARCHETTI, DOMENICO J., Ph.D. Cornell University 1995. Essays on the Effects of Business Cycles on Productivity in U.S. Manufacturing and Cyclical vs. Structural Determinants of Output Recovery in Poland

MARTIN, ROGER, Ph.D. Washington State University 1995. An Economic Analysis of Alternative Graz- ing Institutions in a Transition Economy: Jar- galant Suum, Mongolia

MAZAREI, ADNAN, JR., Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Los Angeles 1995. Oil, the Parallel Market for Foreign Exchange, and the Macroeconomy: Essays on the Economy of Post-revolutionary Iran

McKERNAN, SIGNE-MARY, Ph.D. Brown University 1996. Essays on Micro-credit Programs: The Grameen Bank Experience

MCWILLIAMS, BRUCE PETER, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. Essays on Learning and Technology Adoption

MDAFRI, ABDELLAH, Ph.D. Purdue University 1996. Profitability of Crops and Livestock Production in the Settat Province of Morocco

MINTEN, BARTHOLOMEUS JOSEPH, Ph.D. Cornell University 1995. Price Transmission and Transac- tion Cost in a Liberalized Food Marketing Sys- tem: The Case of Zaire

MOE, KARINE SWENSON, Ph.D. University of Minne- sota 1995. Fertility, Time Use, and Economic Development

MUNISAMY, GOPINATH, Ph.D. University of Minne- sota 1995. General Equilibrium Analysis of Growth and Competitiveness of U.S. Agriculture, 1949-91

NARANONG, VIROJ, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 1995. A Disequilibrium Model of Rural Credit Markets and the Effects of Credit Constraints on the Utilization of Variable Farm Inputs in Na- kornratchasima, Thailand

OUEDRAOGO, IDRISSA MOHAMED, Ph.D. University of Tennessee 1996. The Urban Informal Sector in Burkina Faso

PAIVA, CLAUDIO C., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. Essays on Prices and Inflation Dynamics with Evidence from Brazil

PARDEDE, RADEN, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. The Dynamic Process of Structural Change in Indonesian Manufacturing Plants

PARK, ALBERT F., Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. Household Grain Management under Uncer- tainty in China's Poor Areas

PARKER, JOAN C., Ph.D. Michigan State University 1995. Patterns of Business Growth: Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya

PATTILLO, CATHERINE A., Ph.D. Yale University 1995. Essays on Adjustment and Investment in Ghana

POWELL, PHILIP Toy PEAK, Ph.D. Vanderbilt Uni- versity 1995. A Theoretical and Institutional In- vestigation of Policy Instruments for Sustainable Development in Developing Countries

PUTNAM, JONATHAN, Ph.D. Yale University 1996. The Value of International Patent Rights

REMES, JAANA KYLLIKKI, Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. Institutional Hours Constraints and Women's Labor Supply: Empirical Evidence from Peru

RIZK, NAGLA ESSAM, Ph.D. McMaster University 1995. Productivity, Technical Change and the Role of R&D: The Case of Public Sector Engi- neering and Textiles Industries in Egypt 1975- 1990

ROUSSEAU, PETER L., Ph.D. New York University 1995. Financial Intermediation and Long-Run Growth: Theory and Evidence from Five Indus- trialized Countries


RUBEY, LAWRENCE M., Ph.D. Michigan State Uni- versity 1995. Maize Market Reform in Zimbabwe: Linkages between Consumers' Preferences, Small-Scale Enterprise Development and Alter- native Marketing Channels

RUSSELL, MARCI BURRESS, Ph.D. Southern Method- ist University 1996. Strategic Behavior in R&D Competition with Spillovers

SAKURAI, TAKESHI, Ph.D. Michigan State University 1995. Essays on Uncertainty and Sustainability in the Semi-arid Tropics

SANCHEZ SCHWARZ, SUSANA MIGUELINA, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1996. Assortive Matching of Borrowers and Lenders: Evidence from Rural Mexico

SAVERIMUTTU, VIVIENNE S., Ph.D. University of Manitoba 1995. The Role of Cereal Availability as a Determinant of Nutritional Levels in Sub-Saha- ran Africa during the 1980s

SHA, ZHENG MING, Ph.D. University of Tennessee 1995. Modeling the Market Growth of New Products-A New Innovation Diffusion Model with the Product Attribute Theory and a Descrip- tive Approach in the Behavior under Uncertainty

SHIVELY, GERALD, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. Land Degradation, Soil Conservation and Risk: Evidence from a Dynamic Model of Philip- pine Upland Agriculture

SILVA, JOSE JORGE S., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. The Opening of the Brazilian Economy and the States of Its Firms and Industries

SMITH, LISA, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1995. Structural Adjustment and the Trajectory of Hu- man Well-Being in West Africa: Policy Simula- tions of a Semi-cooperative Household Model

SQUASSI, GIANLUCA L., Ph.D. Yale University 1996. A Numerical Approach to Asset Pricing in the Stochastic Growth Model

SRINIVASAN, SYLAJA, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1995. Estimation of R&D Spillovers and Exoge- nous Technical Change in Some U.S. High-Tech- nology Industries

STEFFEN, PHILIP NATHAN, Ph.D. Michigan State University 1995. The Roles and Limits of the Grain Market in Assuring Household Food Secu- rity in Northeastern Mali: Implications for Public Policy. Volume 1 and Volume 2

SUN, YAN, Ph.D. Columbia University 1996. Essays on Trade and Development

TACHIBANA, TOWA, Ph.D. Yale University 1996. Three Essays on the Philippines and the U.S. Economy Using Three Empirical Methods

TAMURA, AKIKO, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Export, Investment, and Patent Licensing Deci- sions with Technology Diffusion: Evidence from Japanese Aggregate and Industry Data

TAYE, HAILE K., Ph.D. University of Ottawa 1996. A Macroeconometric Model of a Subsistence Econ- omy: The Case of Ethiopia

TOGO, KEN, Ph.D. Yale University 1996. The Distri- bution of Human Capital and Economic Growth: Application of the Japanese Experience between 1868 and 1990

TRONNIER, ECKART, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Estimating a Microeconomic Model of Technol- ogy Adoption for the Telecommunications Indus- try

TSE, CHUNG YI, Ph.D. New York University 1996. Productivity and Research Portfolio

TYNDALL, BRADLEY P., Ph.D. Colorado State Uni- versity 1996. The Anatomy of Innovation Adop- tion: The Case of Successful Agroforestry in East Africa

VALDERRAMA, MARIA T., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. Three Essays on the Relationship between Financial Regime and the Industrial Sector in Colombia

VARGHESE, ADEL, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1996. Financial Contracts in Formal and Informal Credit Markets: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

WARNER, JAMES, Ph.D. University of Utah 1995. The Effect of Structural Adjustment in Rural Tanzania

Wu, ROUNG-JEN, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. The Effect of Financial Liberalization on Capital Accumulation, Endogenous Growth, and Inter- industry Wage Differentials: The Case of Taiwan

WYDICK, WILLIAM BRUCE, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley 1996. Credit Access for House- hold Enterprises in Developing Countries under Asymmetric Information

YAVARI, KAZEM, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1996. Oil Shocks, Exchange Rates and Resource Alloca- tion in Iran, 1960-92

YOON, CHOONG, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University 1995. Essays on Market Diffusion of New Prod- ucts

ZALDUENDO, JUAN F., Ph.D. University of Virginia 1995. Capital Accumulation in Centrally Planned and Mixed Economies with Price Distortions

ZENG, JINLI, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario 1995. Essays on R&D and Economic Growth

ZHENG, YUAN-YI, Ph.D. SUNY, Buffalo 1995. Incen- tive, Property Rights and Economic Growth


ZHOU, WEI, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University 1995. Esti- mating the Effect and Timing of Currency De- valuation in Developing Countries

P Economic Systems

AMALRIC, FRANCK, Ph.D. Harvard University 1995. Bringing the Political Back in: Essays in Eco- nomic Knowledge, Politics, and Ecology

BLACKMAN, MICHAEL DAVID, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1996. Three Essays on the Transi- tion in Eastern and Central Europe

BLANK, JOHN JEROME, Ph.D. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology 1995. Essays in Economics: Considering the Communist Transition to Mar- kets

BROWN, JOHN DAVID, Ph.D. University of Pennsyl- vania 1996. Three Essays on Barriers to Restruc- turing in Russian Firms

CHENG, MING-CHANG, Ph.D. SUNY, Buffalo 1995. The Role of Human Capital Investment for Economics in Transition

FANG, BINGSONG, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Essays on Public Enterprise Reform in Transi- tional Economies

HOLZ, CARSTEN A., Ph.D. Cornell University 1995. Economic Policy Transmission during China's Transition: A Theoretical Framework and a Case Study of Central Control Over Investment

JAKEE, KEITH E., Ph.D. George Mason University 1996. The Political Economy of Sweden: Three Essays on Corporatism, Social Norms and Eco- nomic Persuasion

KAHN, DANIEL S., Ph.D. Columbia University 1995. Theoretical Issues in the Transition from Com- mand to Market

KOCENDA, EVZEN, Ph.D. University of Houston 1996. Essays in Nonlinear Dynamics with Appli- cation to European and Transition Economies

KORSUN, GEORGES, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1995. The Determinants of Ownership in Privat- ized Enterprises: Evidence from Mongolia

MCHALE, JOHN, Ph.D. Harvard University 1996. Essays on Post-communist Transition and Reces- sion

SHI, ZHENGFU, Ph.D. American University 1996. Rationality and Path Dependence in Institutional Change: The Case of Agricultural Reforms in Post-Mao China

Xu, Li XIN, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. The Effects and Determinants of Decentralization

Q Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics

AGGARWAL-MEHRA, RIMJHIM, Ph.D. Cornell Univer- sity 1995. Cooperation and Conflict in the Use of

Local Commons: Theory and Evidence from India

AL-SAIF, WALEED, Ph.D. Claremont Graduate School 1996. OPEC Quota System

ALLAF, SAID, Ph.D. University of Laval 1995. Ap- proches 6conomico-spatiales au traitement de la r6gionalisation du march6 p6trolier

AMEGBETO, KOFFI NENONENE, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. Currency Devaluation and Re- source Mobilization in the Agricultural Sector: Welfare and Trade Balance Implications in Cameroon

ANDREWS, THOMAS, Ph.D. Temple University 1996. Management Alternatives and Trout Angler Benefits in Pennsylvania

ARCHER, DAVID W., Ph.D. Iowa State University 1995. Self Insurance and Self Protection in Weed Control: Implications for Nonpoint Source Pollu- tion

BEEDE, DAVID N., Ph.D. Columbia University 1996. Essays on the Economics of the Generation and Management of Wastes

BELLAS, ALLEN STEPHEN, Ph.D. University of Wash- ington 1995. Technological Change in Pollution Abatement Equipment

BLUE, EDWARD NEAL, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. Factors Influencing Production Costs and Efficiency of Ohio Farms

BOBENRIETH, EUGENIO SEBASTIAN, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1996. Commodity Prices under Time-Heterogeneous Shocks Density

BROWN, ANDREW, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Essays on Recycling Economics and Policy

CHESSON, HARRELL WARREN, Ph.D. Duke Univer- sity 1996. Ambiguous Environmental Risks and Business Relations

CHUNG, CHANJIN, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1996. Economic Impacts of Modified Soybeans: Who Will Win and Who Will Lose?

DE ZOYSA, AGAMPODI DAMITHA, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. A Benefit Evaluation of Pro- grams to Enhance Groundwater Quality, Surface Water Quality and Wetland Habitat in Northwest Ohio

DIAZ, ANTONIA, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Land Reform and Property Rights

EISENHAUER, JANET, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. An Investigation of the Socioeconomic Determinants of Allocative Inefficiency for the Owner Operated Firm, with an Application to Family Farming in Wisconsin


FERNANDEZ, JAVIER, Ph.D. Michigan State Univer- sity 1996. An Economic Analysis of the Sunflower Sector in Spain

FLETCHER, DAVID M., Ph.D. University of Tennes- see 1995. An Investigation into the Comparability of Responses in Hypothetical and Actual Markets for an Environmental Public Good

FRECHETTE, DARREN L., Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1996. Three Essays Concerning Commodity Storage under Rational Expectations

FREDRIKSSON, PER GUNNAR, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania 1995. The Political Economy of Environmental Policy: Pollution Taxes and Pollu- tion Abatement Subsidies?

FULLER, FRANK H., Ph.D. Iowa State University 1996. The Location of Marginal Production for Value-Added and Intermediate Goods: Optimal Policies and Trade Volumes

GOLLAMUDI, HYMAVATHI, Ph.D. Ohio State Univer- sity 1995. Policy Incentives to Prevent the Intro- duction of Non-indigenous Species via Shipping

GOODMAN, DAVID J., Ph.D. University of Colorado 1995. Temporary and Permanent Water Trans- fers: Modeling the Water Allocation Process in the Western United States

GREEN, GARETH PAUL, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Berkeley 1995. Technology Adoption and Water Management in Irrigated Agriculture

HAANTUBA, HYDE, Ph.D. Washington State Univer- sity 1996. An Economic Evaluation of Control of Ticks on Cattle in Zambia

HAMILTON, STEPHEN FREDERICK, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1996. Product Quality and Environmental Health Issues in Agricultural Pro- duction

HAN, KI-Ju, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. Environmental Regulation and the International Competitiveness: Cross-Industry and Cross- County Analyses

HARRAQI, FOUAD, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Market Implications of Federal Dairy Price Programs on the Allocation of Milk Components and Government Costs

HEARNE, ROBERT R., Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. The Market Allocation of Natural Re- sources: Transactions of Water Use Rights in Chile

HELLAND, ERIC ALAN, Ph.D. Washington University

1995. Environmental Protection in the Federalist System

HENTSCHEL, EVA, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. Enforcing Pollution Control Regulation

HEO, EUNNYEONG, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State Uni- versity 1996. An Econometric Analysis of the Short-Run Behavior of the U.S. Petroleum Indus- try

HRUBOVCAK, JAMES MICHAEL, Ph.D. George Wash- ington University 1995. Macroeconomic Linkages to Agriculture: Implications for the Value of Farm Real Estate'

HSIAO, WEN-CHENG, Ph.D. Washington State Uni- versity 1995. A Mixed Meat Demand System for Taiwan: Implications for U.S. Beef Exports

HUBBARD, THOMAS NATHANIEL, Ph.D. Stanford Uni- versity 1996. Agency Relationships in the Vehicle Emission Inspection Market Empirical Analysis and Public Policy Implications

HUBBELL, BRIAN J., Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1995. A Discrete/Continuous Model of Insecticide Selection and Use with an Application to U.S. Apple Growers

HURLEY, TERRANCE M., Ph.D. Iowa State University 1995. Private Participation in Public Policy: The Economics of Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation

JARVINEN, MARIE, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. Essays on the Economics of Hazardous Waste

JIA, QIAOPING, Ph.D. Oklahoma State University 1996. Global Warming: Contribution by and Im- pacts on China-An Application of the Dice Model

KAZIMI, CAMILLA, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine 1995. A Microsimulation Model for Evalu- ating the Environmental Impact of Alternative- Fuel Vehicles

KENNEDY, JOSEPH VINCENT, Ph.D. George Washing- ton University 1995. Negotiating Global Com- mons: The Design of Economically Efficient International Environmental Institutions

KHANNA, MADHU, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. Technology Adoption and the Abatement of Greenhouse Gases: The Thermal Power Sector in India

KIM, GEUM Soo, Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1996. Three Essays on Environmental Enforce- ment

KIMEL, MICHAEL PHILIP, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Los Angeles 1996. The Economics of Multispecies Fisheries: Private Incentives, Regu- lation, and the Optimal Use of a Renewable Resource

LAJILI, KAOUTHAR, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. An Agency/Transactions-Costs Approach and Ap- plication to Vertical Coordination Arrangements in Food and Agricultural Markets


LEE, MARY J., Ph.D. University of Colorado 1996. Non-market Valuations of Recreational Demand in California Using Bootstrap GMM Estimation

LEE, STUART TODD, Ph.D. University of Washington 1996. The Economics of Recreational Fishing

Liu, JIN LONG, Ph.D. North Carolina State Univer- sity 1995. Essays on the Valuation of Marine Recreational Fishing along Coastal North Caro- lina

Liu, PAUL CHIAO, Ph.D. Stanford University 1995. Regulator Inspection and Violation Deterrence under Clean Water Act Regulation of Pulp and Paper Mill Water Pollution

MAKKI, SHIVA S., Ph.D. Ohio State University 1995. A Dynamic Equilibrium Analysis of Storage- Trade Interactions in Commodity Markets

MARTEL-LAGOS, PEDRO V., Ph.D. Michigan State University 1995. A Socio-economic Study of the Honduran Bean Subsector: Production Charac- teristics, Adoption of Improved Varieties, and Policy Implications

MAYNARD, PETER W., Ph.D. University of Tennes- see 1996. A Discrete Choice Conjoint Analysis and Discrete Contingent Valuation Assessment of Southern Appalachian Resources: A Comparison and Contrast

MCVEY, MARTY J., Ph.D. Iowa State University 1996. Valuing Quality Differentiated Grains from a Total Logistics Perspective

MENDES, AMERICO C., Ph.D. University of Arizona 1995. Three Theoretical Essays on the Internal Organization of Agrarian Firms: The Farm Fam- ily Size Decisions and the Choice of Land Ten- ancy Contracts

MITCHELL, CRAIG ERNEST, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1995. Three Essays on Environmental Regulation

MOCHEBELELE, MOTSAMAI T., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. Migrant Labor and Farm Technical Efficiency: Empirical Evidence from Lesotho

MONKE, JAMES DALE, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. Farmer Participation in Government Com- modity Programs: A Multiyear Risk-Management Analysis

MROZEK, JANUSZ ROMAN, Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. Studies in the Economics of Solid Waste Management

MURALIDARAN, VIJAY, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. A Hierarchical Decision Making Approach to Resource Management and Valuation: The Case of Conjunctive Water Use

NASR, RAOUL ELIAS, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. Capital Structure and Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms

NDJEUNGA, JUPITER, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. Rotating Saving and Credit Associations in Cameroon: Contractual Arrangements between Members

NICHOLSON, CHARLES FREDERICK, Ph.D. Cornell University 1996. Economic Liberalization, Free Trade, and Structural Change: A Spatial Eco- nomic Analysis of Mexico's Dairy Sector

ORIADE, CALEB A., Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. A Bioeconomic Analysis of Site-Specific Management and Delayed Planting Strategies for Weed Control

ORTALO-MAGNE, FRANCOIS NOEL, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1995. Asset Pricing and Firm Dy- namics and Credit Constraint: Theory and Appli- cation to U.S. Farmland

OSBORNE, LAURA L., Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1995. Market Structure, Hedonic Models and the Valuation of Environmental Amenities

PETERS, IRENE, Ph.D. Clark University 1995. The Impact of a Solid Waste Disposal Change on Packaging: An Econometric Model

PFAFF, ALEXANDER STRICKLAND, Ph.D. Massachu- setts Institute of Technology 1995. The Econom- ics of Deforestation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon and New England

PLANTINGA, ANDREW JOHN, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. The Allocation of Land to Forestry and Agriculture

RANDHIR, TIMOTHY O., Ph.D. Purdue University 1995. Agriculture and Water Quality: Modeling NPS Pollution under Geographic State Dynamics and Biophysical Simulation

RENWICK, MARY E., Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. An Econometric Model of Household Water Demand with Endogenous Technological Change under Demand Side Management Poli- cies

RESOSUDARMO, BUDY PRASETYO, Ph.D. Cornell Uni- versity 1996. The Impact of Environmental Poli- cies on a Developing Economy: An Application to Indonesia

RUDOLPH, LINDA, Ph.D. University of Connecticut 1995. An Economic Analysis of Recycling-Clos- ing the Loop

SALVE, MICHAEL P., Ph.D. Boston College 1995. Effects of the EPA's Acid Rain Program on the Market for KWHs


SCHAMEL, GUENTER H., Ph.D. Cornell University 1995. Agricultural Trade and Environment: Ana- lyzing Policy Linkages and Social Welfare

SELEKA, TEBOGO BRUCE, Ph.D. Cornell University 1996. Farm-Households and the Measurement of Economic Surplus: An Analysis of the Distri- bution of U.S. Corn Program Benefits among Farm Households

SEVIGNY, MAUREEN KANE, Ph.D. University of Maryland 1995. Taxing Mobile Source Emissions in California's South Coast Air Basin

SISTO, NICOLAS, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1995. The Economics of Mining and Mining Taxation

SLAPER, TIMOTHY, Ph.D. American University 1995. The Theoretical and Empirical Viability of Meas- uring the Value of the Depletion of Natural Resources in the National Income and Product Accounts: The Case of Oil and Gas in the U.S.

STANLEY, DENISE, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. Labor Market Outcomes in a Natural Resource Boom: The Case of Mariculture Ex- ports in Honduras

SWINTON, JOHN R., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. The Value of SO-N8-2 Reduction: An Output Distance Function Approach to Valuation

TAWIL, NATALIE J., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1996. Essays on Economics, Govern- ment and the Environment

THOMAS, MICHAEL HERNDON THOMAS, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1996. Revocability in Decision Making: A Protocol for the Release of Non- indigenous Aquatic Species

THORPE, STEVEN G., Ph.D. University of Colorado 1995. Automobiles and Environmental Policy: Three Essays

TSENG, JAULING, Ph.D. Iowa State University 1996. Farmer-Borrowers' Selection of Short-Term Loan Contracts: Traditional vs. Non-traditional Lenders

TURNER, JUDI A., Ph.D. University of North Caro- lina 1995. Measuring the Cost of Pollution Abate- ment in the U.S. Electric Utility Industry: A Production Frontier Approach

UNTALAN, TEODORO SEVIDAL, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1996. Borrower Behavior and Loan Repayment in Credit Arrangements Involving Groups

VROOMEN, HARRY LEONARD, Ph.D. George Wash- ington University 1995. Economic Modeling, Ag- ricultural Policy, and the Nature of Trends and Seasonality in U.S. Agricultural Data

WALKER, WILLIAM, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. Hedging Export Price Risk in Markets with Imperfect Competition

WATTERS, PATRICIA ANN, Ph.D. University of Cali- fornia, Riverside 1995. Efficient Pricing of Water Transfer Options: Non-structural Solutions for Reliable Water Supplies

WEI, WEI, Ph.D. Washington State University 1996. Bioeconomic Weed Management Model for Dry- land Grain: An Economic Approach

WHIMS, JOHN F., Ph.D. Michigan State University 1995. An Analysis of Baseline Data to Assess Structural Shifts, Trends, and Linkages of Michi- gan's Production Agriculture Economy during the 1970s and 1980s

WIDAWSKY, DAVID ALAN, Ph.D. Stanford University 1996. Rice Production, Yield Variability, and the War Against Pests: An Empirical Study of Pesti- cides, Host-Plant Resistance and Genetic Diver- sity in Eastern China

YODER, THOMAS, Ph.D. University of Tennessee 1995. The Effects of Uncertainty on Producer Response in Environmental Policies: The Case of Integrated Pest Management by Lawn Care Firms

Yoo, SEUNG JICK, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1995. Essays on Environmental Eco- nomics

ZHANG, XIAOLONG, Ph.D. North Carolina State University 1996. Integrating Resource Types, Access Conditions and Preference Differences into Models for Use and Nonuse Values: The Case of Marine Debris Control

Zuo, JUN, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1996. Health Information, Consumer Participation, and Market Demand: The Case of Fresh Milk in the U.S.

R Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics

ADSERA, ALICIA, Ph.D. Boston University 1996. Patterns of Regional Growth: Factor Migration, Local Externalities and Unemployment

ALESEYED, MOSTAFA, Ph.D. West Virginia Univer- sity 1995. Economic Development Impacts of Dams in Rural Areas

ALWOSABI, MOHAMMED, Ph.D. Oklahoma State Uni- versity 1995. The Impact of Economic, Political, and International Factors on Urban Primacy

ANDERSON, DAVID RICHARD, Ph.D. University of Minnesota 1996. Congestion Pricing on a Trans- portation Network: Efficiency Gains and Distri- butional Consequences

ARVIDSON, ENID, Ph.D. University of Massachusetts 1996. An Economic Critique of Urban Planning and the "Postmodern" City: Los Angeles


AUSTIN, JOHN, Ph.D. University of Nebraska 1996. Convergence in the Plains

BARNES, GARY RUSSELL, Ph.D. University of Minne- sota 1995. The Values of Waiting Time and a Seat on the Bus: Some Evidence from Singapore

BARYLA, EDWARD A., JR., Ph.D. University of Ala- bama 1995. Buyer Search Duration in the Resi- dential Real Estate Market: The Role of the Real Estate Agent

BEJRANONDA, SOMSKAOW, Ph.D. Ohio State Univer- sity 1996. An Assessment of the Soil Erosion Impacts on Lakeside Property Values in Ohio: A Hedonic Pricing Method (HPM) Application

BOSTIC, RAPHAEL WILLIAM, Ph.D. Stanford Univer- sity 1995. Essays on Urban Growth and Develop- ment

BRADY, PETER J., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. The Role of Local Labor and Housing Markets in Regional Growth and Migration

CHAMBOULEYRON, ANDRES, Ph.D. University of Texas 1995. Intra-industry Externalities and Re- gional Growth: A Panel Data Analysis

DEITZ, RICHARD, Ph.D. SUNY, Binghamton 1996. A Joint Model of Residential and Firm Location in Urban Areas

FRAME, DAVID ELLSWORTH, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University 1996. Housing Markets, Natural Haz- ards and Insurance: External Effects and Optimal Policy

GROEPLER, REINHOLD F., Ph.D. University of New Mexico 1995. The New Mexico Economy: Econo- metric Modeling, Policy Analysis, and Forecast Decomposition

HILL, JOHN ADAM, Ph.D. University of Tennessee 1995. Job Search and Displaced Workers: A Methodology Using Labor Market Outcomes to Access Regional Structural Conditions over Time

Ho, HO-CHEUNG, Ph.D. University of Toronto 1996. Essays on the Housing Market

HONJo, KEIKO, Ph.D. University of Chicago 1996. Cities: Agglomeration, Diversification, and Pro- duction Pattern

HUANG, Tzu-LING, Ph.D. Iowa State University 1996. The Determinants of Rural Population Growth and Decline, 1950-1990: The Roles of Government Policy, Human Capital, and Farm and Nonfarm Income

JEONG, HONG YUL, Ph.D. University of Texas 1995. Regional Development Implications of European Economic Integration

KIM, MYEONG-SOO, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State Uni- versity 1996. Essays on Capitalization Variations and Business Cycles in the Housing Market

KoSKENOJA, PIA MARIA, Ph.D. University of Califor- nia, Irvine 1996. The Effects of Unreliable Com- muting Time on Commuter Preferences

Kuo, CHIONG-LONG, Ph.D. Yale University 1995. Essays on the Price Behavior of the Real Estate Market

LAI, FU-CHUAN, Ph.D. University of Illinois 1995. An Analysis of Urban Growth Controls with Resident Landowners

LOSADA, FERNANDO, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1995. Essays on Regional Economic Integration

MARTIN, RICHARD W., Ph.D. University of Illinois 1996. An Urban Equilibrium Model of Spatial Mismatch

MATHUR, SONDIP K., Ph.D. Texas A&M Univer- sity 1995. Public Infrastructure Investment Deci- sion-Making: Multicriteria Trade-Off Optimiza- tion

McGRATH, DANIEL T., Ph.D. University of Illinois, Chicago 1996. The Impact of Hazardous Waste Contamination Risk on Industrial Redevelopment in the City of Chicago

PAGE, MARIANNE, Ph.D. University of Michigan 1995. Racial Discrimination in Housing Markets, Wage Returns to Degree Receipt and the Effect of AFDC:UP on Family Labor Supply

Do REGO MACIEL-FILHo, ALBERTO, Ph.D. New School for Social Research 1996. Regional Trans- fer of Value: Empirical Investigation

SARMIENTO, SHARON, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine 1995. Studies in Transportation and Resi- dential Mobility

SCHMIDT, STEPHEN JOHN, Ph.D. Stanford University 1995. Essays on the Regulation of Transportation Markets

SEUNG, CHANG Kyu, Ph.D. Ohio State University 1996. A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis of State Tax Incentives for Economic Develop- ment

SUTTON, GREGORY D., Ph.D. Yale University 1995. The Dynamics of Regional Adjustment

TIMOTHY, DARREN PAUL, Ph.D. Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technology 1996. Urban Labor Markets and Commuting

TREVINO, ROBERTO, Ph.D. University of Houston 1996. A Simultaneous Analysis of HUD's Housing Aid Allocation Preferences and Public Housing Authorities' Fiscal Behavior


WAQUIL, PAULO, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1995. Primal-Dual Spatial Equilibrium Model with Intermediate Products: Application to the Agricultural Sector in the Mercosur

WILSON, MICHAEL H., Ph.D. Colorado State Uni- versity 1995. The Political Economy of Housing Formation

WOJAN, TIMOTHY, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin 1996. Structural and Macroeconomic Explana- tions of Rural/Urban Income Divergence

YOON, JAEHO, Ph.D. University of Utah 1995. The Structure of the Aggregate Travel Demands of the U.S. and the Netherlands


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