Job Market Candidates

Please note the 2012-2013 Job Market Candidates in Public Policy and Political Economy and Government will be posted in early Fall 2012.

For questions regarding the candidates, you may contact the Placement Directors Rohini Pande and Stephen Kosack or the Program Director Nicole Tateosian.

Political Economy and Government

Paul Novosad      web site
Research and teaching fields: Development Economics, Political Economy, Firms and Entrepreneurship
Paper title: Political Favoritism and Economic Growth: Evidence from India
Recommenders: Michael Kremer, Asim Khwaja, Edward Glaeser, Alberto Alesina

Public Policy

Will Dobbie     web site
Research and teaching fields: Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Law and Economics
Paper title: "Debt Relief and Debtor Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Consumer Bankruptcy Protection"
Recommenders: Roland Fryer, Lawrence Katz, Raj Chetty, Edward Glaeser

Jeffrey Friedman      web site
Research and teaching fields: International Security
Paper title: "Breakthrough Problems and the American Indian Wars: How Cumultive Dynamics Affect Decision Making" 
Recommenders: Stephen Walt, Robert Bates, Stephen Biddle, Monica Toft, Richard Zeckhauser