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University of
Delaware
Doctor
of Philosophy in Economics Graduates
(1995-2007)
This listing of includes
the most recent employment and contact information for each person that
the department has available.
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1995
Dr. Tevfik Aksoy
(Turkey)
“A Panel Analysis of
the Determinants of Educational Achievement in the United States”
Dissertation Advisor -
Dr. Charles R. Link
BS (88) – MS (90) Middle
East Technical University Turkey – MA (93) UD
Director of Research and
Chief Strategist, Global Securities Turkey & Global Securities USA
Istanbul, Turkey
1996
Dr. Bahar Erdal
(Turkey)
“Real Exchange Rate
Volatility and Investment in Manufacturing Industries: Empirical
Evidence from European Countries and the United States”
Dissertation Advisor -
Dr. Stacie E. Beck
BA (87) Middle East
Technical University Turkey – MA (93) UD
Senior Economist,
Central Bank of Turkey, Oran, Turkey
Dr. George Allen
Sharpley Jr. (US)
“Labor-Management in
the Russian Transition”
Dissertation Advisor -
Dr. James R. Thornton
BA (81) Elizabethtown
College, PA – MA (90) University of Maryland College Park
Senior Economist,
Delaware Department of Labor, Office of Occupational & Labor Market
Information, Wilmington, DE
UD Adjunct Faculty
teaching Economics for Business Policy
1997
Dr. Matthew Allen
Martin (US)
“The Macroeconomic
Effects of Agricultural Events during the Interwar Period”
Dissertation Advisor -
Dr. James L. Butkiewicz
BS (89) US Military
Academy – MA (90) UD
Senior Economist
Economy.com, West
Chester, PA
UD Adjunct Faculty
teaching Banking and Monetary Policy
1998
Dr. Khalid Bekka (US/Morroco)
“Highway Congestion
Pricing in New Castle County, Delaware: Effects on Air Quality and
Social Welfare”
Dissertation Advisor -
Dr. Joseph I. Daniel
BS (90) Goldey-Beacom
College – MBA (93) Widener University
Senior Consultant,
Hickling Lewis Brod, Inc, Silver Spring, MD
Dr. Margaret Ziurys
Clarke (US)
“The Effect of
Branching and Banking Deregulation on Economic Growth: Evidence from the
States”
Dissertation Co-Advisors
- Dr. Burton A. Abrams/Dr. Robert Schweitzer/Dr. Russell F. Settle
BS (82) – MA (89)
Villanova University
Associate Professor,
Penn State – Berks Campus
Dr. Emmanuel Llinares
(France)
“The Industrial
Organization of Ski Areas in the United States”
Dissertation Advisor -
Dr. James G. Mulligan
BSBU (96) – MAIT (94)
University of Lyons II, France – MS (96) UD
Economist, in the
transfer pricing practice of Fidal Direction Internationale in France.
Fidal Direction Internationale is the representative firm of the KPMG
Tax network in France
Dr. Karen O'Neil
Spohn (US)
“Executive
Compensation Change-of-Control Contracts and the Principal-Agent Model”
Dissertation Co-Advisors
- Dr. Michael A. Arnold and Dr. Andy Fields
BS (81) – MS (87) UD
Assistant
Professor of Business Administration, Rivier
College in Nashua, NH
1999
Dr. Alfred O.
Gottschalck (US)
“The Effects of
Immigration on the Labor Market Outcomes of U.S. Native Workers for
1980-90: The Role of
Skill Level, English-Speaking Ability, and Ethnicity”
Dissertation Advisor -
Dr. Saul D. Hoffman
BS (81) – MS (87) UD
Economist, U.S. Census
Bureau, Washington D.C.
2000
Dr. Yvana Antoun
Chiha (Lebanon)
“Topics in Health
Economics”
Dissertation Advisor - Dr.
Charles R. Link
BSBU (92) UD – MS (95)
University of Notre Dame Lebanon
Economic Consultant,
Resolution Economics, LLC, Beverly Hill, CA
Dr. Albert H. Hauber
IV (US)
“The Effect of
Nesting Structure Specification on Welfare Estimation in a Random
Utility Model of Recreation Demand: An Application to the Demand for
Recreational Fishing”
Dissertation Advisor -
Dr. George R. Parsons
BBA (93) Temple
University of Pennsylvania – MA (94) UD
Economic Consultant,
Research Triangle Institute Health Solutions, PA
Dr. Mary Theresa
Kelly (US)
“Competition vs.
Regulation in CATV: Are Local Cable TV Markets Natural Monopolies?”
Dissertation Advisor -
Dr. John S. Ying
BS (83) Villanova
University – MBA (87) Drexel University
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics,
Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Dr. Abdus Shahid (Bangladesh)
“Effectiveness of Price and
Nonprice Promotion Programs for U.S. Poultry Exports”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. Conrado M. Gempesaw II
BSS (81) – MSS (82)
Univ. of Dhaka Bangladesh – MA (96) UD
Programmer/Analyst at
the Office of
Institutional Research
and Analysis of the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Karen Goodman Smith (US)
“The Effect of Private versus Public School Attendance on
Student Outcomes”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. Saul D. Hoffman
BS (93) Goucher College
– MA (95) UD
Economist, Social
Security Administration, Bethesda, MD
Dr. Halit Yanikkaya (Turkey)
“Trade Openness, Financial Openness, and Economic Growth”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. James L. Butkiewicz
BS (93) Gazi University
Turkey - MA (97) UD
Assistant Professor,
Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey
2001
Dr. Cagay
Coskuner (Cyprus)
“Fiscal Policies and
the Real Exchange Rates”
Dissertation Advisor
– Dr. Stacie E. Beck
BEE (95) UD – MA (97)
Virginia Polytech Institute State University
Assistant Professor,
Eastern Mediterranean University Cyprus
Dr. Frederic
Miribel (France)
“Impacts
of Information Technology on Labor Productivity: A Regional Panel
Analysis of the United States 1977-1997”
Dissertation Advisor – Dr. William R.
Latham III
BSAS (95) UD – MA (98) –
UD
Economist, Lyon Chamber
of Commerce, Lyon, France
Dr. Jeffery
Wakefield (US)
“An
Efficient Response to Beach Erosion: A Cost Effectiveness Analysis
Employing Hedonic Pricing Techniques”
Dissertation Advisor – Dr. George R.
Parsons
Environmental Economic
Consultant, Entrix, Inc., New Castle, DE and
UD Adjunct Faculty
teaching Microeconomics
2002
Dr. Joseph Carlton
Augustine (St. Kitts/Nevis)
“The Benefits and
Costs of Exchange Rate Arrangements: The Case of the
Eastern Caribbean Currency Union”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. Stacie E. Beck
BSC (83) – MSC (88)
University of West Indies
Assistant Professor,
Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Dr. David
Matthew Massey (US)
“Heterogeneous
Preferences in Random Utility Models of Recreation Demand“
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. George R. Parsons
BA (95) McDaniel College
– MA (97) UD
Economist, Environmental
Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Owen Ashton
Morgan (UK)
“Measuring the
Welfare Effects of Information Conveyance: A Contingent and Pfiesteria
Piscicida”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. George R. Parsons
BA (93) University of
Humberside England – MA (97) UD
Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Dr. Mohsen Moussa
Saad (Lebanon)
“Common Market Makers
and Commonality in Liquidity”
Dissertation Co-Advisors
– Dr. James L. Butkiewicz and Dr. Jay Coughenour
BS (96) American
University Beirut Lebanon – MA/MBA (02) UD
Assistant Professor of
Business Administration, American University in Dubai
2003
Dr. Simon
Condliffe (UK)
“Locational Behavior
of Information Technology Industry in the United States”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. William R. Latham III
BA (93) University of
Humberside England – MS (96) UD
Assistant
Professor of Economics, West Chester State University, West Chester, PA.
Dr. Erik Helm
(US)
“A Random Utility
Model for Measuring the Recreation Economic Benefits of Water Quality
Improvements in New England”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. George R. Parsons
BS (95) Towson
University – MA (99) UD
Economist, Environmental
Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Andrew
Trowbridge Hill (US)
“A Panel Study of the
Effects of Teacher Education, Class Size, and Time-on-Task on
Student Achievement:
Evidence from NELS: 88”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. Charles R. Link
BSBE (96) – MA (97) UD
Economic Education
Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Leonid
Koryukin (Russia)
“Structural
Unemployment: Analysis of Determinants and Selected Estimation Issues”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. Burton A. Abrams
MSC (89) Moscow Power
Engineering Institute - MA (96) University of Maryland College Park
Economist, Latin America
and the Caribbean, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Carol
Robbins (US)
“The Impacts of
Distance on Spillovers from Innovative Knowledge: A View from the State
Level”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. William R. Latham III
BA (96) Bryn Mawr
College
Economist, Bureau of
Economic Analysis, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Christine
Saliba (Eygpt)
“Pricing Behavior and
Equilibrium Price Dispersion in Online Markets”
This
dissertation won the University's Ryden Prize for the best
dissertation in the social sciences.
Dissertation Co-Advisors
– Dr. Michael A. Arnold and Dr. Rene Sandretto
BS (99) University of
Lyons II /UD – MA (01) UD
Consultant,
PriceWaterHouseCooper in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Rustam I. Bakimov
(Kazakhstan)
“Financial
Performance of Banks and Their Lending Reponses to Monetary Policy”
Dissertation Advisor –
Dr. James L. Butkiewicz
BA (92) - MS (97)
Kazakhstan State Academy
Assistant Professor of
Business Bang College, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2004
Dr. Boyko Dimitrov
Atanassov (Bulgaria)
“Privatization and
Corporate Governance in a Transition Economy: The Case of Bulgaria”
Dissertation Advisor:
Jeffrey B. Miller, Ph.D.
BA (93)
Univ. of National & World Economy Bulgaria -
MA (96) UD
Economic Consultant,
Global Insight, Eddystone, PA
Dr. Nilotpal Das
(India)
“Survival Analysis of
Vintages of a Service Innovation during a Process of Diffusion”
Dissertation Advisor:
James G. Mulligan, Ph.D.
MA (01) UD
Economic
Research Analyst, Bangalore India
Dr. Thomas DePalma
(US)
“Betting Market
Efficiency in the National Hockey League: An Analysis of Expansion
Seasons”
Dissertation Advisors:
Dr. Charles Link and Dr. Robert L. Schweitzer
MA (99) UD
Dr. Stephen Gros
(France)
“The
1996-1997 Financial Crisis
in Bulgaria: Links between the Banking and Currency Crises”
Dissertation Advisor:
Dr. Jeffrey B. Miller
MS (96) UD
Consultant, Hickling
Lewis Brod, Inc, Silver Spring, MD
Dr. Christophe Hillion (France)
“Oil Shocks and
Fiscal Policy: Evidence from Six OECD
Countries”
Dissertation Advisor:
David R. Stockman, Ph.D.
MA/MBA (02) UD
PriceWaterhouseCoopers,
Manhattan, Transfer Pricing Division
Martin
De Porres Kennedy (US)
“The Determinants of Legislators' Preferences for Economic Efficiency “
Dissertation Adviser: Burton A. Abrams, Ph.D.
BA(86) Villanova
MA(90) University of Pennsylvania
Dept. of Economics, Middle
Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
mdkeened@mtsu.edu
Dr. Munish Pahwa
(India/US)
“A
Simulated-Annealing Model of Optimal Hub-and-Spoke Airline Networks”
Advisor: Dr. Joseph I.
Daniel
BE (91) Barkatullah
Vishwavidyalaya, India
Economist,
Bank of America
Dr. Jay Squalli
“An Empirical
Analysis of Airline Safety”
Dissertation Advisor:
James G. Mulligan, Ph.D.
BA (96) University of
Mass, MS (00) University of North Carolina Charlotte
Assistant Professor,
American Univ. of Sharjah UAE
2005
Dr. Katherine Thomas
Harback (US)
“Airport Takeoff and
Landing Queues, Air Carrier Self-Imposed Congestion, and the
Internalization
Debate”
Dissertation Adviser:
Joseph I. Daniel, Ph.D.
BA(99) Goucher College,
MA(02) UD
Economist MITRE-2,
Mclean, VA
Dr. Plamen Iossifov (Bulgaria)
“Estimation of U.S.
Money Demand Functions Using Longitudinal Family-Level Data”
Dissertation Adviser:
James L. Butkiewicz, Ph.D.
BA(96) Varna University
Bulgaria, MA(98) UD
Economist International
Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
2006
Dr. Yigit Aydede (Turkey)
“Saving, Public Social Security and Life-Cycle
Theory: New Evidence from an Emerging Country”
Dissertation Adviser: Dr. Jeffrey B. Miller.
BEC(86) Istanbul University Turkey, MBA(04) UD
Assistant Professor of Economics, Saint Mary's
University, Halifax, Canada
Dr. Martin Yosifov (Bulgaria)
“Salary Determination and Contract Length in
Major League Baseball”
Dissertation Adviser: Dr. Charles Link
BA(97) Varna University, MA(02) UD
Marketing Director, Sysmaster Corporation,
California
Dr.
Estelle
Sommeiller (France)
“Regional Income Inequality in the United
States, 1913-2003”
Dissertation Advisers:
William R. Latham III and James L. Butkiewicz
LIC(97), MAIT(98) University of Lyons II
France,
Young Investigator's Internship, World Bank,
Washington DC
2007
Dr.
Joshua
Bamfo (Ghana)
“Assessing the Impact of the United States
Unilateral Preferential Trade Agreement with Sub-Saharan Africa”
Dissertation Adviser: Dr.
Evangelos Falaris
BA(98) University of Ghana, MA(01) University
of Guelph Canada
Ernst and
Young, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Hicham Hadni (Morrocco)
“Does the Choice of
the Listing Level Matter Evidence from Foreign Firms Cross-Listing in
the U.S.”
Dissertation Advisers:
James L. Butkiewicz, Ph.D. and Jeffery Harris, Ph.D. Finance
BA(99) University of ,
MA(01) UD
Consultant, Ernest &
Young, Washington, DC
hichamhadni@gmail.com
Dr. Hong Yin (China)
“Innovative Activity
and Technological Change in China and its Regions: Evidence from Chinese
Domestic Patents”
Dissertation Adviser:
William R. Latham III, Ph.D.
BE(88) Dong Hua
University China, MS(96) Clemson University
hyin@udel.edu
Dr. Olawole Nasser
Yayi (Benin)
"A Random Utility
Model of Trout Fishing in Delaware"
Dissertation Adviser:
George Parsons, Ph.D.
MAIT(99) University
Lyons II, MA(04) UD
Adjunct Professor, UD,
Economics Department
nassyayi@udel.edu
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