Economics Department PhD students are leading members of the next generation of innovative researchers, scholars and teachers. We are proud to support the next phase of their academic and professional lives.
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Ph.D. Coordinator
Tim Cason
cason@purdue.edu
(765) 494-1737
Expected Completion Date: May 2026
Fields:
Labor Economics; Urban Economics; Applied Microeconometrics
Dissertation Title:
Migration Restrictions, College Choices, and Spatial Skill Sorting
Thesis Committee:
Ben Zou (Chair), Victoria Prowse, Yong Bao, Kevin Mumford
CV | pan342@purdue.edu | (765) 269-6505 | website
Expected Completion Date: May 2027
Fields:
Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Risky Behaviors, Sports Economics, Economics Education
Dissertation Title:
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Thesis Committee:
Jillian Carr (Chair), Tim Moore (Chair), Victoria Prowse, Ben Zou
CV | zachknepp25@gmail.com | (773) 915-3673 | Website
Expected Completion Date: May 2026
Fields:
Econometrics, Bayesian Econometrics, Applied Econometrics
Dissertation Title:
Bayesian Methods for High-Dimensional Dynamic Regressions
Thesis Committee:
Joshua Chan (Chair), Yong Bao, Justin Tobias, Mohitosh Kejriwal
CV | qi123@purdue.edu | (765) 409-0029 | website
Expected Completion Date: May 2026
Fields:
Labor Economics, Public Economics, Health Economics, Crime, Applied Microeconomics
Dissertation Title:
Alcohol, Public Safety, and Policy: Essays on Regulation and Social Outcomes
Thesis Committee:
Jillian B. Carr (Chair), Victoria Prowse, Ben Zou, Timothy N. Bond
CV | li3920@purdue.edu | (765) 746-9345 | website
Expected Completion Date: Summer 2026
Fields:
Macroeconomics, Experimental Economics
Dissertation Title:
Essays on Monetary Economics of Digital Assets and Optimal Policies
Thesis Committee:
Cathy Zhang (Chair), Jim Bullard, Tim Cason, Yaroslav Rosokha
CV | tcakir@purdue.edu | (765) 701-5445 | website
Expected Completion Date: Summer 2026
Fields:
Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Public and Labor Economics
Dissertation Title:
Breaking Behavioral Barriers to a Sustainable and Equitable Future: Experiments on Inconvenience, Observational Learning and Gender Stereotypes
Thesis Committee:
Tim Cason(Advisor), David Gill, Tim Bond & Colin Sullivan
CV | mahesh24@purdue.edu | (765) 746-9029 | website
