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Kevin Huang publishes paper co-authored by two graduates of the Vandy Econ PhD program
Nov. 4, 2021—Kevin Huang’s paper “Land Price Dynamics and Macroeconomic Fluctuations with Imperfect Substitution in Real Estate Markets” was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. The paper is coauthored with two former Ph.D. students, Scott Davis (PhD ’09) and Ayse Sapci (PhD ’13). Davis is now a Senior Research Economist and...
2021-22 Ph.D. Job Market Candidates
Oct. 26, 2021—Vanderbilt Economics is proud to announce its 2021-22 cohort of Ph.D. students on the job market. Good luck, everyone!
Myrna Wooder’s latest game theory paper published in multidisciplinary journal
Oct. 12, 2021—Myrna Wooders’ paper, “Using Game Theory to Thwart Multi-Stage Privacy Intrusions When Sharing Data,” coauthored with an interdisciplinary team, has been accepted at Scientific Advances, a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary open-access scientific journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, with an impact factor of 14.14.
Mattias’ Polborn’s work cited in Intelligencer article “Is America Too Rich For Class Politics?”
Sep. 30, 2021—The working paper “Morals as Luxury Goods and Political Polarization,” by Mattias Polborn and Benjamin Enke (of Harvard), was extensively cited (in fact, used as the basis of the article) in a piece in NY Magazine’s Intelligencer, “Is America Too Rich for Class Politics?”
Bill Collins’s research featured in National Geographic
Sep. 30, 2021—Professor Bill Collins’ research on long-run racial disparities in home ownership is featured in the October 2021 issue of National Geographic. The graph is based on a co-authored paper with Robert Margo of Boston University, “Race and Home Ownership from the End of the Civil War to the Present” (published in 2011 by the American...
Greg Leo and Myrna Wooders have paper accepted at JPET
Sep. 13, 2021—Greg Leo’s and Myrna Wooders’ paper, “Matching Soulmates” (with Yvegeniy Vorobeychik and Jian Lou, from Computer Science and Martin van der Linden (PhD ’21), now at Emery) will appear in the next issue of Journal of Public Economic Theory.
Dustan and Wooders paper accepted for publication
Sep. 10, 2021—Andrew Dustan’s and Myrna Wooders’ paper, “Mechanism Performance under Strategy Advice and Sub-Optimal Play: A School Choice Experiment,” joint with Vanderbilt Economics Ph.D. graduates Kristine Koutout and Martin Van der Linden, has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics.
Brandyn Churchill, PhD ’21, wins honorable mention for prestigious award
Sep. 8, 2021—Brandyn Churchill, PhD ’21, has been selected as an honorable mention for the 2021 APPAM PhD Dissertation Award. He will be recognized at the 2021 APPAM Fall Research Conference Membership & Awards Breakfast in Austin, TX in November. Congratulations, Brandyn!
Kitt Carpenter interviewed on LGBTQ pay gap
Aug. 31, 2021—Kitt Carpenter, E. Bronson Ingram Chair and Professor of Economics and the Director of Vanderbilt’s LGBT Policy Lab, was interviewed by PBS for a piece on the LGBTQ pay gap.
Immersion Vanderbilt: Agneetta Moisio ’22
Aug. 16, 2021—Agneetta Moisio (class of 2022) spent Summer ’21 participating in a 10-week investment banking internship with Deutsche Bank in fulfillment of her Immersion requirement. She completed two rotations in different departments, starting with the foreign exchange sales desk, where currencies and precious metals are being bought and sold. There she studied currency derivatives, such as...