Job Candidates 2011-2012

Name: Arian Farshbaf

Fields: International Macroeconomics, Trade, Finance.

Job Market Paper Title: "Does Geographical Diversification in International Trade Reduce Business Cycle Volatility?"

Advisors: Caroline Betts, Robert Dekle, Cheng Hsiao, John Matsusaka, Vincenzo Quadrini

Website: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~farshbaf

Email: farshbaf@usc.edu

Name: Mohamed Saleh

Fields: Economic History, Development Economics, and Economics of the Middle East.

Job Market Paper Title: "The Reluctant Transformation: Modernization, Religion, and Human Capital in Nineteenth Century Egypt."

Advisors: Dora Costa (UCLA), Jeffrey Nugent (USC), Leah Boustan (UCLA), Naomi Lamoreaux (Yale), and Steven Ruggles (UMN). 

Website:  http://www-scf.usc.edu/~msaleh/Home.html

CV:Saleh_CV_USC_3.pdf

Email: msaleh@usc.edu

Name: Yusuf Ertas

Fields: Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, and Corporate Finance

Job Market Paper Title: "Characterization of a Dual to Nash Bargaining Solution with an Application to Bankruptcy Problems"

Advisors: Simon Wilkie, Yilmaz Kocer, Harrison Cheng, Kim Border

Website: http://www-scf.usc.edu/~ertas/

Email: ertas@usc.edu

Name: Yanyu Wu

Fields: Applied Econometrics, Health Economics, and Finance.

Job Market Paper Title: The Impact of Insurance and HIV Treatment Technology on HIV Testing

Advisors: Cheng Hsiao, Neeraj Sood, Jeffrey Nugent, Roger Moon

Website:  http://www-scf.usc.edu/~yanyuwu/

CV: Curriculum_Vitae_Yanyu_Wu_1.pdf

Email: yanyuwu@usc.edu

Name: Mihye Lee

Fields: International Finance and Trade, Financial Development

Job Market Paper Title: How Did Financial Development Affect the Performance of European Firms Before and After the 2008 Credit Crisis?

Advisors: Robert Dekle, Jeffrey Nugent, Vincenzo Quadrini

Website: https://dornsifecms.usc.edu/mihye-lee/

CV: MihyeLee_CV.pdf

Email: mihyelee@usc.edu