Coordinators

Luminita Stevens
Placement Director
(301) 405-3515
stevens7@umd.edu
Pablo Ottonello
Placement Director
(301) 405-7842
ottonell@umd.edu
Nolan Pope
Placement Director
(801) 995-9184
npope@umd.edu
Orpha Jewell
Coordinator
(301) 405-0931
ofjewell@umd.edu

Candidates

Name / Contact Information Fields of Interest Job Market Paper Title References
(chairs/co-chairs in bold)
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Iselin, John
(917) 697-9309
jiselin@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Public Economics

Secondary:
Labor Economics,
Applied Microeconomics

Labor Supply Effects of the California Earned Income Tax Credit Kearney, Melissa
Reck, Daniel
Abraham, Katharine
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Jaramillo, Luis
(202) 702-4444
lfj@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
(Macro) Development Economics,
Economic History,
International Trade

Secondary:
Econometrics

Innovation Spurred: Evidence from South Korea’s Big R&D Push Galiani, Sebastian
Wallis, John
Limão, Nuno
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Kim, Chan
(301) 755-8309
chankim@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
International Trade,
Innovation

Secondary:
Macroeconomics

From Research to Development: How Globalization Shapes Corporate Innovation Shea, John
Limão, Nuno
Lee, Eunhee
Li, Nan
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Lai, Weizheng
(240) 413-0847
laiwz@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Political Economy,
Chinese Economy

Secondary:
Applied Microeconomics

From Settlement to Stability: The Political Impact of Relaxing Migration Barriers in China Drazen, Allan
Kaplan, Ethan
Murrell, Peter
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Landon, Taylor
(208) 881-1372
tjlandon@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Public Finance,
Labor Economics

Secondary:
Applied Microeconomics

Publicly Contracted Private Counsel: Defense Attorney Quality, Pay, and Defendant Outcomes Kearney, Melissa
Pope, Nolan
Kuersteiner, Guido
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LeRoy, William
(518) 813-8717
wleroy@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Political Economy

Secondary:
Economic History,
Public Economics (Crime)

The Impact of Conservative Media on Southern Partisan Realignment Kaplan, Ethan
Wallis, John
Drazen, Allan
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Montaño, Sebastian
(240) 828-9332
montano@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Labor Economics,
Economics of Education

Secondary:
Household Finance,
Personnel Economics,
Applied Microeconometrics

Promotions in Law Enforcement: Financial Outcomes and Household Labor Supply Responses Urzúa, Sergio
Pope, Nolan
Hellerstein, Judith
Busso, Matias
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Navarrete, Michael
(305) 215-8309
navarrem@nber.org
Website
CV

Primary:
Labor Economics,
Macroeconomics

Secondary:
Measurement

Geospatial Heterogeneity in Inflation: The Role of Retailer Dynamics Hellerstein, Judith
Haltiwanger, John
Kaplan, Ethan
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Palazzo, Alessandra
(240) 564-1597
apalazz1@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Development Economics,
Labor Economics

Secondary:
Applied Microeconomics

Immigrants’ Skills and Capital Deepening: Evidence from Chile Goldberg, Jessica
Urzúa, Sergio
Galiani, Sebastian
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Rendell, Lea
(402) 201-4633
lrendell@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Labor,
Macroeconomics

Secondary:
Entrepreneurship,
Economics of Education

The Effect of Rising Higher Education Costs on Business Formation Abraham, Katharine
Haltiwanger, John
Kaplan, Ethan
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Roudiez, Christopher
(410) 490-5193
croudiez@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Labor Economics,
Economic History

Secondary:
Public Economics

Lucky Number 158: A New Dataset to Study the Economic Effects of WWII Service Using the Draft Lottery Wallis, John
Hellerstein, Judith
Goldberg, Jessica
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Tang, Jiahao
(240) 564-1555
jtang12@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Macroeconomics,
Macro-Finance

Secondary:
Computational Economics

Earnings-based Covenants and Intangible Investment Drechsel, Thomas
De Leo, Pierre
Shea, John
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Varejkova, Tereza
(240) 564-1598
tvarejko@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Development Economics

Secondary:
Applied Microeconometrics,
Environmental and Resource Economics

Large-Scale Irrigation and Water Use Inequality in South Africa Galiani, Sebastian
Cropper, Maureen
Kuersteiner, Guido
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Yoder, Maranna
(708) 341-9116
maranna@umd.edu
Website
CV

Primary:
Public Economics,
Environmental Economics

Secondary:
Health Economics,
Economics of Education

Exhausted? The Effect of Diesel School Bus Emissions on Academic Achievement Kearney, Melissa
Pope, Nolan
Boudreaux, Michel