The Academic Program
Department of Economics
Graduate Program
An Overview
First Year
Progress Through the Program
The Job Market
Length of the Program
M.A. in Economics
Ph.D.s Academic Year 2006-2007
Ph.D.s Awarded by the University of Minnesota
During the Academic Year 2006-2007
| Name | Thesis Title |
| Salam Abdus | Obesity: the Role of Economic Incentives in Individuals' Body Weight Choice |
| Konstantinos Arkolakis | Essays on Heterogeneous Firms in International Economics |
| Simona Cociuba | Essays on Growth and Development |
| Nevzat Eren | Communication in Financial Markets |
| Patrycja Grzelonska | Bank Branching and Branch Networks |
| Hui He | Three Essays on Skill Premium, College Choice and Investment-Specific Technological Change |
| Yoshinori Kurokawa | Essays on Trade and Inequality |
| Ronald Leung | Labor Mobility and Labor Inequality in Life Cycle Economies |
| Wen-Chi Liao | Technological Change and Cities |
| Ananth Ramanarayanan | Essays in International Economics |
| Alice Schoonbroodt | Baby Busts and Baby Booms: the Fertility Response to Economic Shocks |
