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Ph.D. Coordinator
Tim Cason
cason@purdue.edu
(765) 494-1737
Expected Completion Date: May 2027
Fields:
Primary: Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics
Secondary: Public Economics, Development Economics
Dissertation Title:
Essays in Experimental Economics on Coordination Behavior
Thesis Committee:
Timothy Cason (Co-Chair), David Gill (Co-Chair), Yaroslav Rosokha, Brian Roberson
chen4442@purdue.edu | (765) 337-5008 | Website
Expected Completion Date: August 2027
Fields:
Public Economics, Labor Economics
Dissertation Title:
Essays on the Economic Consequences of Policy and Institutional Change
Thesis Committee:
Jillian Carr (Chair), Kevin Mumford, Tim Moore, Tim Bond
das194@purdue.edu | (765) 772-0740 | Website
Expected Completion Date: August 2027
Fields:
International Trade, Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics
Dissertation Title:
The Incidence of Semiconductor Export Controls: Access Risk, Compliance, and Strategic Capacity
Thesis Committee:
Mario J. Crucini (Chair), Ralph Siebert, Chong Xiang, Anson Soderbery, Federico Rossi
guo720@purdue.edu | (765) 418-8825 | 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
zachknepp25@gmail.com | (773) 915-3673 | Website
Expected Completion Date: May 2027
Fields:
Health Economics, Public Economics, Labor Economics
Dissertation Title:
When Income Support Hurts and Helps: Health Effects of Survivors Benefits
Thesis Committee:
Victoria Prowse (Chair), Jillian Carr, Kevin Mumford, Ben Zou
li4539@purdue.edu | (765) 701-3203 | Website
Expected Completion Date: May 2027
Fields:
Macroeconomics (primary); International Trade (secondary)
Dissertation Title:
Where Does Fiscal Stimulus Create Jobs? Evidence from U.S. Counties
Thesis Committee:
Mario J. Crucini (chair), Seungki Hong, Cathy M. Zhang
roy175@purdue.edu | (765) 389-4938 | Website
Expected Completion Date: August 2027
Fields:
Search and Matching Theory, Transportation Economics, and Macroeconomics
Dissertation Title:
The role of the Remote Matching in Transport Markets
Thesis Committee:
Cathy Zhang (Chair), Mario Crucini, and Chong Xiang
nsafahie@purdue.edu | (765) 771-0021 | Website
Expected Completion Date: May 2027
Fields:
Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Information Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Dissertation Title:
Experimental Studies on Information and Cognitive Biases
Thesis Committee:
Tim Cason (co-chair), David Gill (co-chair), Matt Kovach, Colin Sullivan
qiao50@purdue.edu | (765) 586-7396 | Website
