Juan Carlos Bisso

• Education

  Ph.D., Expected Spring 2008
  M.A., University of Virginia,Charlottesville, VA., 2003
  B.A., Universidad del Pacifico, Lima, Peru

• Primary Research and Teaching Fields

Law and Economics
Industrial Organization
Applied Microeconomic Theory

• Dissertation
  
  Three Essays on the Economic Incentives of Law and Contracts

• Supervisors and Telephones

  Albert Choi (434) 924-4709
  Maxim Engers (434) 924-3130

Maria Fitzpatrick

• Education

  Ph.D., Expected Spring 2008
  M.A. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2004
  B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, 2000

• Primary Research and Teaching Fields

Public Economics
Labor Economics
Economics of Education
Industrial Organization

• Dissertation
  
  Starting School at Four: The Effects of Universal Pre-Kindergarten Programs
  

• Supervisors and Telephones

  Sarah Turner (434) 924-2383
  William Johnson(434) 924-3251
  Leora Friedberg (434) 924-3225
  

Kien Trung Le

• Education

Ph.D., Expected May 2008
M.A., University of Virginia, May 2004
B.A., National Economics University, Vietnam, June 1998

• Primary Research and Teaching Fields

Development Economics
International Trade
Applied Econometrics
Survey Methods

• Dissertation
  
  Essays on the Empirical Economics of the Agricultural Household Model

• Supervisors and Telephones

John McLaren (434) 924-3994
John Pepper (434) 924-3402

Angela M. Smith

• Education

  Ph.D., Expected Spring 2008
  M.A., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2005
  B.A., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 2003
  
  

• Primary Research and Teaching Fields

Industrial Organization
Public Economics
Experimental Economics
Game Theory

• Dissertation
  
  An Experimental Study of Exclusive Contracts
  

• Supervisors and Telephones

  Charles Holt (434)924-7894
  Federico Ciliberto (434)924-6755
  
  

Elio E. Valladares

• Education

  Ph.D. Expected Spring 2008
  M.A., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 2203
  M.B.A., IESA, Caracas, Venezuela, 2001
  B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezula, 1995
  

• Primary Research and Teaching Fields

Labor Economics
Applied Microeconomics
Cross-Section Econometrics

• Dissertation
  
  A Housing Tenure Choice Model

• Supervisors and Telephones

  Ed Olsen (434) 924-3443
  Steven Stern (434) 924-6754

Oleksandr Zhylyevskyy

• Education

  Ph.D., Expected Spring 2008
  M.A. with Honors, University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, Kiev, 2002
  B.A. with Honors, University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy, Kiev, 2000

• Primary Research and Teaching Fields

Labor Economics
Game Theory
Cross-Section Econometrics

• Dissertation
  
  A Bad Peace or a Good War: A Model of Spousal Conflict

• Supervisors and Telephones

  Steven Stern (434) 924-6754
  Leora Friedberg (434) 924-3225
  Amalia Miller (434) 924-6750

Placement Director: Simon Anderson (434) 924-3861

Placement Secretary: Patty Futrell (434) 924-7996