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- Ahmad Al KhawajaMore Info
Advanced Graduate StudentGame Theory, Social and Economic Networks, Machine LearningMy research focuses on the Economics of Cooperation and Conflict, and what conditions are necessary for wars to erupt, or for peace to be forged.
Advisors: Yair Tauman, Pradeep Dubey
Email: alkhawaja.ahmad@stonybrook.edu - Aneesh AroraAdvanced Graduate StudentApplied Microeconomics
Advisors: Hugo Benitez-Silva, Sandro Brusco
Email: aneesh.arora@stonybrook.edu - Sarah Betz
- Jiaqi DouAdvanced Graduate StudentMacroeconomics, International Trade
Advisors: Alexis Anagnostopoulos, Juan Carlos Conesa, and Eva Carceles-Poveda
Email: jiaqi.dou@stonybrook.edu
- Hualong Diao
Advanced Graduate StudentHealth EconomicsI am exploring people’s decisions to take the preventive cancer screenings in the context of lung cancer. My dissertation tries to understand why few people take preventive lung cancer screening with screening trials data and National survey data. The goal is to inform the health guidelines about to whom, when, and how to recommend certain preventive cancer screenings.
Advisors: Steven Stern, Mark Montgomery, and Sandro Brusco
Email: diao.hualong@stonybrook.edu - Gabriella DiTraglia
- Hongyu Duan
- Mengxiao Fang
Second Year PhDApplied MicroeconomicsMengxiao Fang was born in China and went to Rutgers University in New Jersey for her undergrad. At Rutgers, she double majored in Economics and Statistics/Mathematics. During the four years of studying, she was interested in Economics and hoped to do more profound research, which led her to pursue a PhD at SBU. As of now, her research interest is Applied Microeconomics.
Email: mengxiao.fang@stonybrook.edu - James Gluzman
Advanced Graduate StudentEmpirical Industrial Organization, Health EconomicsMy research focuses on the welfare effects of mechanisms that incentivize healthcare providers to reduce healthcare spending, where lower spending may result in lower quality healthcare.
Advisors: Yiyi Zhou, Steven Stern
Email: james.gluzman@stonybrook.edu - Dana Golden
Advanced Graduate StudentApplied Industrial Organization, Economics of Energy Markets, Environmental Economics, Corporate FinanceDana holds MS degrees in economics and analytics from Georgia Tech and has worked as an economist for the Department of Agriculture and interned as an industry analyst for the Department of Energy and as a data scientist for the Department of Treasury. Her passion for data and commodities markets led her to her current work focusing on the dynamic impacts of transmission expansion on renewables adoption in electricity markets.
Advisors: Yiyi Zhou, Steven Stern
Email: dana.golden@stonybrook.edu - Chundi GuoMore Info
Advanced Graduate StudentEmpirical Industrial Organization, Regional Economics, Applied MicroeconomicsMany consumer package goods (CPGs) markets are turbulent and evolving. I am particularly interested into any ongoing trend of what has happened out there. To name a few, consumer's shifting tastes, M & A between firms, industry related regulations, etc. I also have interest in investigating regional development in China from applied micro scope.
Advisors: Yiyi Zhou, Steven Stern
Email: chundi.guo@stonybrook.edu - Jiaxu Han
Advanced Graduate StudentIndustrial OrganizationI look into Household's car portfolio choices. Households choose to add, dispose, drive, and maintain cars when my model allows interactions between cars. This structural model allowed me to see how household decisions change when the market has different changes, such as the supply shock in 2020 and the raise of EVs.
Advisor: Steven Stern
Email: jiaxu.han@stonybrook.edu - Kenzo Ichikawa
- Brett Indelicato
Advanced Graduate StudentMacroeconomics, Environmental EconomicsBrett's research focuses on macroeconomics and environmental economics. In particular, he studies how carbon taxes and clean energy subsidies affect growth and renewable energy electricity transitions.
Advisor: Juan Carlos Conesa
Email: brett.indelicato@stonybrook.edu - Kamini JainMore Info
Advanced Graduate StudentLabor Economics, Health Economics, Family EconomicsI study the impact of child's disability on the economic well-being of the family. I estimate the impact on household labor supply and income when a disability first appears. I also aim to evaluate the long-run outcomes like wages and earnings.
Advisor: Steven Stern
Email: kamini.jain@stonybrook.edu - Sehhoon Jeong
- Kadidia Kamate
Advanced Graduate StudentMacroeconomics, Labor EconomicsKadidia's research falls mostly under macro-labor economics. It focuses in particular on labor market transitions to self-employment and explores how a high volatility in worker's labor earnings affects their decision to transition.
Advisor: Juan Carlos Conesa
Email: kadidia.kamate@stonybrook.edu - Yoonho Kim
- Kuhyun Kwon
- Haoran Li
- Hongwei Li
- Lei LiMore Info
Advanced Graduate StudentInternational Finance, MacroeconomicsEmail: lei.li.2@stonybrook.eduLei’s research focuses on international finance and applied macroeconomics, with a particular emphasis on sovereign debt crises, default risk, and structural transformation. She worked in the finance industry before joining the PhD program.
Advisors: Gabriel Mihalache, Juan Carlos Conesa - Zheshi Li
- Zhu LiangMore Info
Advanced Graduate StudentEmpricial IO, Product Design, Health EconomicsZhu's research interests include Empirical IO, Product Design, and Health Economics. His current research is focused on how risk adjustment shapes the product design of Medicare Advantage.
Advisor: Yiyi Zhou
Email: zhu.liang@stonybrook.edu - Jia Wen Liew
- Shihua Lu
- Yinxue Lu
- Xin Lu
Advanced Graduate StudentLabor Economics, Health EconomicsAdvisor: Steven Stern
Email: xin.lu.2@stonybrook.edu - Siyuan Lyu
Advanced Graduate StudentEconomic theory, InnovationI am interested in individual and firm-level innovation behaviors, with a particular focus on understanding why scientific research is experiencing a decline in 'breakthrough' moments. Currently, I am working on developing a theoretical model to unravel the patterns of firms' patenting behaviors and explore the driving forces behind leading and novel research initiatives.
Advisor: Mihai Manea
Email: siyuan.lyu@stonybrook.edu - Takahiro MoriyaAdvanced Graduate StudentApplied Microeconomics
Advisor: Steven Stern
Email: takahiro.moriya@stonybrook.edu - Yuhua Qiao
- Mansi SharmaAdvanced Graduate StudentApplied Microeconomics
Advisor: Steven Stern
Email: mansi.sharma@stonybrook.edu - Amina Sidki
Third Year PhDAmina Sidki was raised in Morocco. She earned a master's degree in finance from ENCG Kenitra and an MBA from ESCP Europe in Paris. She has over 10 years of experience in corporate finance and management consulting. During this time, she conducted studies on organizational performance management. Amina's research interests lie in industrial organizations, game theory, and spatial econometrics. Outside of her professional life, she is a mother of two and enjoys cycling.
Email: amina.sidki@stonybrook.edu - Anjali SinhaMore Info
Job Market CandidateMacroeconomics, Labor economicsJob Market Paper: Decline of the labor share in India
Advisor: Alexis Anagnostopoulos
Email: anjali.sinha@stonybrook.edu - Jiajun Tian
- Tongfang Tian
- Rong Wang
Advanced Graduate StudentEmpirical IO, Environmental Economics, Applied MicroeconomicsMy research interests are Empirical IO and Environmental Economics. My dissertation uses a dynamic model to study the effects of renewable energy on short-run and long-run electricity markets.
Advisors: Yiyi Zhou, Steven Stern
Email: rong.wang@stonybrook.edu - Siqi Wang
- Zane Weinglass
- Shafira Widjaja
Advanced Graduate StudentLabor Economics, Development EconomicsAdvisor: Steven Stern
Email: shafira.widjaja@stonybrook.edu - Kwanjai YooPersonal Website
Job Market CandidateMacroeconomics, Labor Economics, Household FinanceMy research is macroeconomics with a focus on labor and household finance. In particular, I’m interested in household consumption, saving, and portfolio choice against income risk.
Advisors: David Wiczer, Juan Carlos Conesa
Email: kwanjai.yoo@stonybrook.edu - Junyu Zhang
Advanced Graduate StudentApplied Micro Economics, Labor Economics, Health EconomicsMy dissertation explores the decision-making process of American undergraduate students concerning college financing and human capital investments, considering the backdrop of annually rising tuition fees. It also examines the impact of existing and potential student loan and grant policies on students' human capital accumulation throughout their college years.
Advisors: Steven Stern, Mark Montgomery
Email: junyu.zhang.1@stonybrook.edu - Ruhao Zhao
- Junshan Zhou
Advanced Graduate StudentMacroeconomics, Labor EconomicsMy research focuses on macro and labor field, especially the dynamics, cyclicality and drivers of those who are out of labor force.
Advisor: Juan Carlos Conesa
Email: junshan.zhou@stonybrook.edu - Yidan Zhu
