Graduate Alumni

Essays on Law and Economics

Estes, Matthew ・ PhD ・ 2026

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Wu, Qianying ・ PhD ・ 2026

Advisor: Adolphs, Ralph

An Exploration of the Tangible and Intangible in Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher

Avanesov, Katherine “Katia” ・ Other ・ 2025

Advisor: Weinstein, Cindy A.; Holland, Jocelyn

Excerpts From the Collection “Mother and Father”

Cap, Chi ・ Other ・ 2025

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Essays in Experimental Economics

Detkova, Polina ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: Agranov, Marina

Core Reinforcement Learning Computations Underlying Distinct Behavioral Strategies and their Implications in Psychiatry

Ding, Weilun ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: O’Doherty, John P.

Essays in Matching Theory

Doe, Peter Nathanael ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: Echenique, Federico; Pomatto, Luciano

Essays on Sequential Sampling in Value-Based Choice

Eum, Brenden ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: Rangel, Antonio

Tensions, Trade, and Transformation: Essays on Chinese Economic History During the Warlord Era

Feng, Kexin ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent

Beyond the Battleground: T.H. Huxley’s Complex Vision of Science and Religion in Victorian Britain

Kottom, Luke ・ Other ・ 2025

Advisor: Wey-Gomez, Nicolas

Essays on Political Accountability and Representation

Morrier, Jacob ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Psychological Insights into Decisions Relevant to Public Policy

Nazareth Gallo, Marcos Felipe ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

A Forgotten Flame

Ratala, Sreeyutha ・ Other ・ 2025

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization and Corporate Finance

Shi, Ke ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent; Shum, Matthew S.

The Good Life+: Well-Being in Virtual Worlds

Speer, Edward ・ Other ・ 2025

Advisor: Quartz, Steven R.

Dot, Letter, Legend: Johann Bayer’s Graphic Code

Taveira, Mariana Vale ・ Other ・ 2025

Advisor: Gaida, Margaret

From Carbon to Silicon: A Philosophical Case for Surviving Through Mind Uploading

Taveira, Mariana Vale ・ Other ・ 2025

Advisor: Hitchcock, Christopher

Reliable Unreliability – Narrative Bias in Autofiction

Won, Elizabeth ・ Other ・ 2025

Advisor: Weinstein, Cindy; Holland, Jocelyn

Essays on Information Economics

Wu, Fan ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: Tamuz, Omer

Neurocomputational Understanding of Decision-Making in Novel Environments

Yi, Sanghyun ・ PhD ・ 2025

Advisor: O’Doherty, John P.

Mountains of Self: Dream Revelations Transcending Frame Narratives

Davis, Grace ・ Other ・ 2024

Advisor: Holland, Jocelyn

Unexpected Partisan Unity Among Congressional Leaders and Legislators Using New Latent Variable Estimation Techniques and Frameworks

Ebanks, Daniel C. ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Essays in Behavioral Economics and Game Theory

Fong, Meng-Jhang ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Agranov, Marina

Reputation and Accountability

Gailmard, Lindsey Anne ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Hirsch, Alexander V.

Huang, Wanying ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Tamuz, Omer

Institutional Design of Criminal Justice Processes

Huey, Joanna Nanami ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Hirsch, Alexander V.

Dear Goose

Kim, Joseph Hakkyu ・ Other ・ 2024

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Kim, Joseph Hakkyu ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2024

Advisor: Murphy, Dana

Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization

Kobayashi, Shunto Jerry ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Shum, Matthew S.

Beowulf and the Moral Dilemma Between Kingship and Heroism

Kulkarni, Shrishti Pankaj ・ Other ・ 2024

Advisor: Jahner, Jennifer A.

Essays on Trustworthy Online Platforms

Li, Zhuofang ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

The Paradox of Authentic Happiness and Existential Suffering

Liaw, Sarah Yuan Ni ・ Other ・ 2024

Advisor: Quartz, Steven R.

Essays in Behavioral Game Theory Solution Concepts

Lin, Po-Hsuan ・ Other ・ 2024

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Decision-Making Under Risk

Lucia, Aldo ・ PhD ・ 2024

Advisor: Sprenger, Charles D.; Agranov, Marina; Pomatto, Luciano

Characterizing the Molecular Structure of Preceramic Polysiloxanes for Freeze Casting of Silicon Oxycarbide Ceramics

Nandi, Ankita ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2024

Advisor: Faber, Katherine T.; Rossman, George Robert

Thinking Queerness and Forming Intimacies: Understanding Identity, Relationships, and Queerness in South Asian Diasporic Contemporary Literature, 1981–2022

Nandi, Ankita ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2024

Advisor: Murphy, Dana

Qital and Jihad: The Faces of Holy War in Islam

Nkurumeh, Emeka ・ Other ・ 2024

Advisor: Brown, Warren C.

The Woman Who Waits No More

Redmond, Heidi ・ Other ・ 2024

Advisor: Jahner, Jennifer A.; Pigman, George W., III

The Angel

Sharkey, Domani ・ Other ・ 2024

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Michéline

Abellard, Darleine ・ Other ・ 2023

Advisor: Murphy, Dana

Essays in Mechanism Design and Contest Theory

Goel, Sumit ・ PhD ・ 2023

Advisor: Echenique, Federico

Essays in Health Economics

Guth, Daniel Robert ・ PhD ・ 2023

Advisor: Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent

Hann-Caruthers, Wade Daniel ・ PhD ・ 2023

Advisor: Tamuz, Omer

Who’s Chinatown, Whose Chinatown? Visions of Urban Progress in Los Angeles Chinatown, 1970-2020

Jiang, Abigail Yuan-Shan ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2023

Advisor: Dykstra, Maura

Computational Methods in the Study of Political Behavior

Kann, Claudia Kenyon ・ PhD ・ 2023

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

The Influence of Négritude and Black Postcolonial Thought on Derek Walcott’s The Odyssey: A Play

Kunnam, Shwetha S. ・ Other ・ 2023

Advisor: Jahner, Jennifer A.; Pigman, George W., III

The Reproduction of Homosocial Domesticity Aboard the Pequod in Melville’s Moby Dick

Liu, Grace ・ Other ・ 2023

Advisor: Weinstein, Cindy A.

“It’s Our War Too”: Barriers to Authorship by Women Writing Vietnam War Poetry

Liu, Grace ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2023

Advisor: Jurca, Catherine

Dismantling The Help: The Hollywoodization of The Civil Rights Movement in 1963

Mendoza, Aramis Josephine ・ Other ・ 2023

Advisor: Thabet, Andrea

Good Expectations: The Paradox of Expecting Great Things

Mendoza, Lark ・ Other ・ 2023

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Dance Before the Music Stops

Sui, Margaret Yanzhu ・ Other ・ 2023

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

The Chinese Room Argument

Tibrewal, Vansh ・ Other ・ 2023

Advisor: Hitchcock, Christopher R.

Essays in Behavioral Economics

Zeidel, Jeffrey Roy ・ PhD ・ 2023

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

Female Inventors and Narratives of Innovation in Late Twentieth-Century Computing

Cheng, Myra Miaobo ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2022

Advisor: Dykstra, Maura

Titanium Is My Favorite Metal Because It Is the Hardest Metal

DeBell, Lily ・ Other ・ 2022

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Agency Problems in Political Science

Devdariani, Saba ・ PhD ・ 2022

Advisor: Hirsch, Alexander V.

Surveying Notions of Queer Asian American Community Through Literature: 1972–1998

Du, Yun Emily ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2022

Advisor: Dykstra, Maura

The Development of the Research Journal and the Prehistory of Peer Review in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society

Gorokhovsky, Elia Peter ・ Other ・ 2022

Advisor: Feingold, Mordechai

Controlling the Female Body: Obsession and Loss of Autonomy in Lolita and “Berenice”

Lee, Margaret Rachel ・ Other ・ 2022

Advisor: Weinstein, Cindy A.

Three Essays on Survey Methods and their Applications to Measuring Political Behavior and Attitudes

Li, Yimeng ・ PhD ・ 2022

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Happiness is Hedonic: In Defense of a Subjective Account of Well-Being

Palumbo, Elsa K. ・ Other ・ 2022

Advisor: Quartz, Steven R.

The Claytons

Sui, Margaret Yanzhu ・ Other ・ 2022

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Towards “Race-Conscious” Medical AI

Sundaresan, Avirath ・ Other ・ 2022

Advisor: LeBlanc, Hannah F.

WALL-E Wisdom: Lessons for Public Policy in the Age of AI

Sundaresan, Avirath ・ Other ・ 2022

Advisor: Sebens, Charles T.

Three Essays in Applied Economics

Zhang, Shiyu ・ PhD ・ 2022

Advisor: Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent

Unravel at the Seams

Basava, Hrishika ・ Other ・ 2021

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Investigating Drivers of Repeated Behaviors in Field Data

Buyalskaya, Anastasia ・ PhD ・ 2021

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

Messy Definitions and Blurred Lines: Marriage, Autonomy, and Reconciliation in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure

Chan, Andrew M. ・ Other ・ 2021

Advisor: Koch, Jonathan

The Relevance of Jazz in Modern Historiography

Chun, Bradley (Kaulana) ・ Other ・ 2021

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Navigating the Temporal Landscape of Trauma

Hu, Laura D. ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2021

Advisor: Weinstein, Cindy A.

History of Hearing Aids

Hwang, Saehui ・ Other ・ 2021

Advisor: Zwisler, Laila

Attention, Strategy, and the Human Mind

Li, Xiaomin ・ PhD ・ 2021

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

Ahab’s Solipsism and the Illusion of Self-Reliance: The Career of Herman Melville

Liu, Victoria ・ Other ・ 2021

Advisor: Weinstein, Cindy A.

Poetry Pieces

Mudide, Shiva ・ Other ・ 2021

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Fairness, Morality, and Pursuing an Ideal System of Distributive Justice

White, Ryan P. ・ Other ・ 2021

Advisor: Quartz, Steven R.

Charles the Bald: the Story of an Epithet

Anderson, Margaret Audrey ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2020

Advisor: Brown, Warren C.

Archetypes of Femininity in Shakespeare’s Tragedies

Kanrar, Nivedita ・ Other ・ 2020

Advisor: Pigman, George W., III

Three Essays in the Dynamics of Political Behavior

Kim, Seo-young Silvia ・ PhD ・ 2020

Advisor: Katz, Jonathan N.; Alvarez, R. Michael

“On Lily Bart’s Specializations and Survival in the Upper Class”: What Women Want: Desire and the Modern American Novel

Liu, Victoria ・ Other ・ 2020

Advisor: Jurca, Catherine

The Evolution of Dragons: From Living Serpents to Mythical Beasts

Lopezalles, Sierra MacKenzie ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2020

Advisor: Brown, Warren C.

Martynov, Vadim Vadimovich ・ PhD ・ 2020

Advisor: Tamuz, Omer

Exogenesis

Nuzen, Melba ・ Other ・ 2020

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Utilitarian Calculations and the Moral Status of Strong AI

Palumbo, Elsa K. ・ Other ・ 2020

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

“Otherness”: Examining the Relationship Between Human and Non-Human

Pham, Karen V. ・ Other ・ 2020

Advisor: Lewis, Nathan Saul

maybe i thought growing up would be more glamourous

Pham, Karen V. ・ Other ・ 2020

Advisor: Lewis, Nathan Saul

Decision Making Under Threat: An Ecological Framework

Qi, Song ・ PhD ・ 2020

Advisor: Mobbs, Dean

Essays on Market Design and Industrial Organization

Robinson Cortés, Alejandro ・ PhD ・ 2020

Advisor: Shum, Matthew S.

What Criteria Should be Used to Determine Whether an Automated Decision Procedure is Fair?

de Mello, Lucca Sukman ・ Other ・ 2020

Advisor: Eberhardt, Frederick

New Perspectives in Political Communication

Adams-Cohen, Nicholas Joseph ・ PhD ・ 2019

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Prodigal

Chatterjee, Mohar ・ Other ・ 2019

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

A History of Budgetary Politics in the United States

Daghlian, George Heros ・ Other ・ 2019

Advisor: Kiewiet, D. Roderick

When I Learned to be Meek

De Angelis, Maria ・ Other ・ 2019

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Caught in the Middle: Homosexual Guilt, Liminality, and the role of the ‘Novel of Identification’ in Post-World War, Pre-Stonewall America

Goulet, Michael Anthony ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2019

Advisor: Sherazi, Melanie; Haugen, Kristine L.

Essays On Decision Theory

Hamze Bajgiran, Hamed ・ PhD ・ 2019

Advisor: Echenique, Federico

Impassioned Love and Marriage in Shakespeare’s Comedies

Hollaway, Brendan J. ・ Other ・ 2019

Recollected Sanity

Liang, Crystal ・ Other ・ 2019

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Understanding How People Make Trait Attributions from Faces

Lin, Chujun ・ PhD ・ 2019

Advisor: Adolphs, Ralph

Town Meeting: A Representative but Non-Sovereign Institution

Lymperopoulos-Bountalis, Filippos ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2019

Advisor: Dykstra, Maura

Electromagnetism is Time Reversible and the Magnetic Field is a Dynamical Condition

Maskara, Nishad ・ Other ・ 2019

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

The Spectre of Race

Olaya Medina, Diego Francisco ・ Other ・ 2019

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Essays on Economics of Groundwater Resource Management

Zhao, Hao ・ PhD ・ 2019

Advisor: Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent

Computational and Neural Mechanisms Underlying Decision-Making in Humans

Adachi, Ryo ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: O’Doherty, John P.

Moral Distinctions between Passive and Active Euthanasia

Chan, Jonathan Kai Shun ・ Other ・ 2018

Advisor: Hitchcock, Christopher R.

Essays on Early-Stage Financing and Firm Behavior

Chen, Jun ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Ewens, Michael J.; Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent

Essays in Market Design

Fernandez, Marcelo Ariel ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Echenique, Federico

The Role of Human Emotion and Character in Shakespeare’s Othello vs. God and Heaven in Cinthio’s “A Moorish Captain”

Gulati, Reeti Kiran ・ Other ・ 2018

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Finding Clementia - Excerpt

Hu, Laura D. ・ Other ・ 2018

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Image of a Dragonfly

Hu, Laura D. ・ Other ・ 2018

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

The Gun Wa Trials: Chinese Doctors, Narrative Advertisement, and Consumer Fraud in the Late Nineteenth Century American West

Li, Jessica Du ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2018

Advisor: Gronningsater, Sarah

Why Was The Feminine Mystique Such a Phenomenon?: A Clarification

Liang, Crystal ・ Other ・ 2018

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

iLost: A Tale for our Time

Liu, Timothy Samuel ・ Other ・ 2018

An Exploration of Letter-Writing in Jane Austen’s Work

Nair, Maitreyi A. ・ Other ・ 2018

Advisor: Gilmartin, Kevin M.

Unobserved Heterogeneity in Observational Studies of Political Behavior

Núñez, Lucas ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

What Makes a Narrative? Understanding the Portrayals of Hermenegild’s Rebellion

Schmidt, William Charles ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2018

Advisor: Brown, Warren C.

A Case for Ecclesiastical Minting of Anglo-Viking Coins

Schneider, Joseph Edward ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2018

Advisor: Brown, Warren C.

Why Cervantes’ History is His Story

Shankar, Tara Anjali ・ Other ・ 2018

Advisor: Wey-Gómez, Nicolas

Three Essays on Mechanism Design

Song, Li ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Yariv, Leeat

Essays on Investor Beliefs and Asset Pricing

Sui, Pengfei ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Jin, Lawrence Jiaqi; Cvitanić, Jakša

Information and Strategic Decision-Making in the Oil and Gas Industry: An Empirical Assessment

Zhang, Mali ・ PhD ・ 2018

Advisor: Shum, Matthew S.

Why the Turing Test Revised is Still the Turing Test

von Ruden, Galilea Bascara ・ Other ・ 2018

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Chaucer the Beginner: Imagining Chaucer’s Creative Process in Creating “Book of the Duchess”

Edwards, Matthew Gene ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2017

Advisor: Jahner, Jennifer A.

Living with Sisyphus

Grover, Kshitij ・ Other ・ 2017

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Gaudy Night Essay

Kaczmarek, Zofii A. ・ Other ・ 2017

The Rhetoric of Change

Lin, Christina Y. ・ Other ・ 2017

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Essays on Information Collection

Mayskaya, Tatiana S. ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Echenique, Federico

Insect Sisyphus

McAndrew, Daniel E. ・ Other ・ 2017

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Objects of Interpretation in Othello

Nety, Suchita Patil ・ Other ・ 2017

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

on loving a fallen star

Pham, Karen V. ・ Other ・ 2017

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Essays on the Political Economy of Subnational Public Finances

Rosado Buenfil, Welmar Eduardo ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Kiewiet, D. Roderick

The Women of Othello: Shakespeare’s Reinterpretation of “A Moorish Captain”

Shastri, Gauri Ganesh ・ Other ・ 2017

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Essays on the Impact of Information Asymmetry

Song, Myungkoo ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Cvitanić, Jakša

Essays on Matching Theory

Zhang, Jun ・ PhD ・ 2017

Advisor: Echenique, Federico

Fifty Years of Dividing Lines: From Selma and Montgomery, 1965 to Ferguson, 2015

Balestri, Leonardo ・ Other ・ 2016

Advisor: Kousser, J. Morgan

Silent Goodbyes

Han, Sirus Kujung ・ Other ・ 2016

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

A Can of Worms

Hoza, William Michael ・ Other ・ 2016

Essays in Economic History and Applied Microeconomics

Huang, Yifei ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent

Essays in Revealed Preference Theory and Behavioral Economics

Imai, Taisuke ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

Empiricism and Mathematical Knowledge

Leeper, Gideon Jack ・ Other ・ 2016

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Encounter

Lim, Matthew J. ・ Other ・ 2016

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Essays in Econometrics and Political Economy

Montero, Sergio ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Shum, Matthew S.; Snowberg, Erik

Three Essays on Inequality and Political Economy

Myers, Samantha Louise ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent

Mechanisms Underlying Economic Choice

Nave, Gideon ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

Feminine Intellectual Fertility in the Writing of Christine de Pizan

Nety, Suchita Patil ・ Other ・ 2016

Advisor: Jahner, Jennifer A.

Shin, Euncheol ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Yariv, Leeat

Essays in Behavioral Decision Theory

Tserenjigmid, Gerelt ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Echenique, Federico

Three Essays on Information Economics

Zhang, Qiaoxi ・ PhD ・ 2016

Advisor: Echenique, Federico

Everybody Farts: Celebrating the Body and Refuting Medical Paternalism in Joyce’s Ulysses

Ann, Phoebe ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2015

Advisor: Gilmartin, Kevin M.

Three Essays on Economics and Information Shocks

Carlson, Kyle Ian ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

How Behavioral Economics Can Shape Firm Strategy and Public Policy: Lessons from the Field and Laboratory

Chao, Matthew C. ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

Death or Taxes? The Political Economy of Sanitation Expenditure in Nineteenth Century Britain

Chapman, Jonathan Neil ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Hoffman, Philip T.

That Friday

Chen, Anthony Fu ・ Other ・ 2015

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Chiong, Khai Xiang ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Echenique, Federico; Shum, Matthew S.

Value Estimation and Comparison in Multi-Attribute Choice

Fisher, Geoffrey W. ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Rangel, Antonio

The Voting Rights Act, Shelby County, and Redistricting: Improving Estimates of Racially Polarized Voting in a Multiple-Election Context

Kimble, Jaclyn ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Essays in Behavioral Decision Theory

Kovach, Matthew Luke ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Echenique, Federico

At Your Convenience: Facilitating Voting and Registration

Pellissier, Allyson Leigh ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Essays on Correlated Equilibrium and Voter Turnout

Pogorelskiy, Kirill B. ・ PhD ・ 2015

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

An Examination of a Laboratory Variant of the BIV Scenario

Geller, Jaden Matthew ・ Other ・ 2014

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Virtuosity

Liu, Anna ・ Other ・ 2014

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Huckleberry

Moore, Marlyn Joanna ・ Other ・ 2014

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

How Far from Jerusalem? Tropical Customs and the Question of Race in the Book of John Mandeville

Mukherjee, Eric S. ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2014

Advisor: Wey-Gómez, Nicolas

Time and Fate in Shakespeare’s Othello and Cinthio’s “The Moor of Venice”

Nety, Suchita Patil ・ Other ・ 2014

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Extractive Institutions in Colonial Africa

Tadei, Federico ・ PhD ・ 2014

Advisor: Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent

An Economic Approach to Consumer Product Ratings

Beckett, Dustin Hughes ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

Essays on Information, Competition, and Cooperation

Boosey, Luke Anthony ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Essays on Behavioral and Neuro-economics

Bushong, Benjamin L. ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Rangel, Antonio

Essays on Contests, Coordination Games, and Matching

Büyükboyaci Hanay, Mürüvvet Ilknur ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Yariv, Leeat; Palfrey, Thomas R.

Four Essays on the Empirical Analysis of Political Ideology

Foley, Peter William ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Essays on Learning and Econometrics

Kayaba, Yutaka ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Bossaerts, Peter L.

Essays on Economics Networks

Melo Sanchez, Cristian Emerson ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Echenique, Federico

Essays in Mechanism Design

Pereira de Freitas, Guilherme ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Essays on Cooperation and Reciprocity

Roy, Nilanjan ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

Markets and Microstructure

Ruchti, Thomas Gorden ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Shum, Matthew S.

Of Primary Importance: American Primary Elections 1945-2012

Sinclair, John Andrew ・ PhD ・ 2013

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Essays in Neurofinance

Frydman, Cary David ・ PhD ・ 2012

Advisor: Rangel, Antonio

Computational Biases in Decision-Making

Janowski, Vanessa ・ PhD ・ 2012

Advisor: Rangel, Antonio

Three Essays on Microeconomic Theory

Lee, SangMok ・ PhD ・ 2012

Advisor: Echenique, Federico

A New Approach to the Study of Political Participation

Levin Fiorelli, Ines ・ PhD ・ 2012

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Robust Dynamic Mechanisms

Mostagir, Mohamed ・ PhD ・ 2012

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Essays on Dynamic Political Economy

Nunnari, Salvatore ・ PhD ・ 2012

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

Neurometrically Informed Mechanism Design and the Role of Visual Fixations in Simple Choice

Krajbich, Ian Michael ・ PhD ・ 2011

Advisor: Rangel, Antonio

Experiments on the Dynamics of Community Formation

Robbett, Andrea ・ PhD ・ 2011

Advisor: Plott, Charles R.

Information Aggregation and Allocative Efficiency in Complex Environments

Brunner, Christoph ・ PhD ・ 2010

Advisor: Goeree, Jacob K.

Three Experimental Studies of Reward and Decision Making

Kang, Min Jeong ・ PhD ・ 2010

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

Essays in Electoral Behavior and Bayesian Data Analysis

Katz, Gabriel ・ PhD ・ 2010

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael; Katz, Jonathan N.

Information and Motivation In Organizations

Linardi, Sera ・ PhD ・ 2010

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Contracts and Markets

Maretto, Guido Tulio Andrea ・ PhD ・ 2010

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

McConnell, Margaret Anne ・ PhD ・ 2010

Advisor: Goeree, Jacob K.; Yariv, Leeat

Essays on Cooperation and Coordination

Romero, Julian Neukom ・ PhD ・ 2010

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Continuous Double Auctions and Microstructure

Alton, Michael R. ・ PhD ・ 2009

Advisor: Plott, Charles R.

Incentives and Institutions: Essays in Mechanism Design and Game Theory with Applications

Kucuksenel, Serkan ・ PhD ・ 2009

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Rational Models of Political Behavior: The Effects of Opinion, Information, and Procedures

Llewellyn, Morgan Hunt ・ PhD ・ 2009

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Essays on Law and Economics

Miller, Alan Daniel ・ PhD ・ 2009

Advisor: McAfee, R. Preston

Organizational and Financial Economics

Myung, Noah ・ PhD ・ 2009

Advisor: Cvitanić, Jakša; Echenique, Federico; Plott, Charles R.; Camerer, Colin F.

On the Interaction Between Firm Level Variables, the CAPM Beta, and Stock Returns

Panattoni, Laura Elizabeth ・ PhD ・ 2009

Advisor: Lehmann, Bruce N.

Firm Behaviour in Markets with Capacity Constraints

Young, David Thomas ・ PhD ・ 2009

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Three Papers in Neuroeconomics

Bhatt, Meghana A. ・ PhD ・ 2008

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

Investigating Psychology-Influenced Economic Models in Lab, Field, and Theory

Brown, Alexander L. ・ PhD ・ 2008

Advisor: Plott, Charles R.

Selection, Learning, and Nomination: Essays on Supermodular Games, Design, and Political Theory

Mathevet, Laurent Alexandre ・ PhD ・ 2008

Advisor: Echenique, Federico; Jackson, Matthew O.

When Candidates Attack: Who Goes Negative, and Why it Works

Mattes, Kyle Alan ・ PhD ・ 2008

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Essays on Causal Inference and Political Representation

Bailey, Delia Ruth Grigg ・ PhD ・ 2007

Advisor: Katz, Jonathan N.; Alvarez, R. Michael

A Theory of Elections and Voting Blocs

Eguia Egusquiza, Jon Xabier ・ PhD ・ 2007

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.; Jackson, Matthew O.

Behavioral Biases in Information Acquisition

Feiler, Lauren Elizabeth ・ PhD ・ 2007

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

The Pursuit of Equality through Education Finance Reform

Hill, Sarah Anne ・ PhD ・ 2007

Advisor: Kiewiet, D. Roderick

Three Correlated Essays on the Neural Foundations of Economic Decision-Making

Hsu, Ming ・ PhD ・ 2007

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

Prices, Holdings, and Learning in Financial Markets: Experiments and Methodology

Meloso, Debrah C. Z. ・ PhD ・ 2007

Advisor: Bossaerts, Peter L.; Ledyard, John O.; Zame, William R.

Political Networks

Sinclair, Deborah Elizabeth (Betsy) ・ PhD ・ 2007

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Rogers, Brian W. ・ PhD ・ 2006

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

Robust Bilateral Trade and an Essay on Awareness as an Equilibrium Notion

Čopič, Jernej ・ PhD ・ 2006

Advisor: Jackson, Matthew O.

Institutions, Incentives and Behavior: Essays in Public Economics and Mechanism Design

Healy, Paul Jay ・ PhD ・ 2005

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Minority Rights in Majoritarian Institutions

Roust, Kevin A. ・ PhD ・ 2005

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Competition and Equilibration in Financial Markets

Asparouhova, Elena Nikolaeva ・ PhD ・ 2004

Advisor: Bossaerts, Peter L.

The Shirking Model – A Theory of How People Answer Survey Questions

VanBeselaere, Carla Emily ・ PhD ・ 2004

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Edward Lewis and Radioactive Fallout: The Impact of Caltech Biologists on the Debate Over Nuclear Weapons Testing in the 1950s and 60s

Caron, Jennifer ・ Senior Thesis ・ 2003

Advisor: Kormos-Buchwald, Diana L.

Essays on Uncertainty: An Axiomatization and Economic Applications

Guarnaschelli, Serena Silvia ・ PhD ・ 2003

Advisor: Bossaerts, Peter L.

Three Episodes in Nineteenth Century United States Banking and Finance

Hoag, Christopher S. ・ PhD ・ 2003

Advisor: Davis, Lance E.

Information Aggregation, with Application to Monotone Ordering, Advocacy, and Conviviality

Klemens, Ben ・ PhD ・ 2003

Advisor: Jackson, Matthew O.

Penn, Elizabeth Maggie ・ PhD ・ 2003

Advisor: McKelvey, Richard D; Alvarez, R. Michael

Political Information, Institutions and Citizen Participation in American Politics

Wilson, Catherine Heden ・ PhD ・ 2003

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Medical Malpractice and Contract Disclosure: A Study of the Effects of Legal Rules on Behavior in Health Care Markets

Zeiler, Kathryn Marie ・ PhD ・ 2003

Advisor: Jackson, Matthew O.

The Initiative Process and the Reform of Educational Policies

Bali, Valentina Andrea ・ PhD ・ 2002

Advisor: Jackson, Matthew O.

Voting and Electoral Competition

Callander, Steven Joseph ・ PhD ・ 2002

Advisor: Banks, Jeffrey S.; Camerer, Colin F.

Understanding an Economic Dilemma: Essays on Common Property Resources

Casari, Marco ・ PhD ・ 2002

Advisor: Hoffman, Philip T.

Principal Agent Models of Bureaucratic and Public Decision Making

Gailmard, Sean Patrick ・ PhD ・ 2002

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.; Camerer, Colin F.

Behavioral Models of Strategies in Multi-Armed Bandit Problems

Anderson, Christopher Madden ・ PhD ・ 2001

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.; Border, Kim C.

Awakening a Sleeping Giant: The Riddle of Latino Political Participation

Butterfield, Tara Lee ・ PhD ・ 2001

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Cooperative and Market-Based Solutions to Pollution Abatement Problems

Fine, Leslie Rachel ・ PhD ・ 2001

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Addiction

Hung, Angela Ann-Chi ・ PhD ・ 2001

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

Voting Games with Incomplete Information

Patty, John Wiggs ・ PhD ・ 2001

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

“Protecting the Public Welfare and Morals”: Political Institutions, Federalism, and Prohibition, 1834-1934

Roberts, Reginald Eric ・ PhD ・ 2001

Advisor: Kiewiet, D. Roderick

Beyond the Ballot: the Influence of Direct Democracy on Interest Group Behavior

Boehmke, Frederick Jason ・ PhD ・ 2000

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Essays on the Industrial Organization of Telecommunications and Network Industries

Gonzalez Staffa, Alvaro S. ・ PhD ・ 2000

Advisor: Wilkie, Simon J.

Asymmetric Information and Cooperation

Kwasnica, Anthony Mark ・ PhD ・ 2000

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Interdependence in organizations and laboratory groups

Weber, Roberto ・ PhD ・ 2000

Advisor: Camerer, Colin F.

Public Institutions and Private Incentives: Three Essays

Coughlan, Peter Judd ・ PhD ・ 1999

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.; Davis, Lance E.

Issue Publics in American Politics

Glasgow, Garrett Edwin ・ PhD ・ 1999

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael

Statistical and econometric analysis of the treatment of HIV/AIDS

Ramirez, Christina M. ・ PhD ・ 1999

Advisor: Grether, David; Border, Kim C.

The design of agency relations : four essays on contract theory, applications, and experimentation

Williamson, Dean V. ・ PhD ・ 1999

Advisor: Davis, Lance E.

Discrete approximation of continuous allocation mechanisms

Yu, Jin ・ PhD ・ 1999

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Districting Principles and Democratic Representation

Altman, Micah ・ PhD ・ 1998

Advisor: Kousser, J. Morgan

Political Competition in Federations

Filippov, Mikhail G. ・ PhD ・ 1998

Advisor: Ordeshook, Peter C.; Border, Kim C.

Hanson, Robin Dale ・ PhD ・ 1998

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Nativism in the 1990s

Wang, Fang ・ PhD ・ 1998

Advisor: Alvarez, R. Michael; Border, Kim C.

A Microeconometric Analysis of Consumer Response to Direct Marketing and Mail Order

Kalsow, Gretchen Anne ・ PhD ・ 1997

Advisor: Dubin, Jeffrey A.; Davis, Lance E.

Three Essays on Russia’s Transition to Democracy

Myagkov, Mikhail G. ・ PhD ・ 1997

Advisor: Kiewiet, D. Roderick; Davis, Lance E.

Stochastic Bargaining Theory and Order Flow

Kato, Kaoru ・ PhD ・ 1996

Advisor: Bossaerts, Peter L.

Dominant Strategy Implementation on Private Goods Domains with Indivisibilities

Pápai, Szilvia ・ PhD ・ 1996

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.; Davis, Lance E.

Welfare Magnets, the Labor-Leisure Decision and Economic Efficiency

Saving, Jason Lee ・ PhD ・ 1996

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.; Davis, Lance E.

Allocation and computation in rail networks : a binary conflicts ascending price mechanism (BICAP) for the decentralized allocation of the right to use railroad tracks

Brewer, Paul J. ・ PhD ・ 1995

Advisor: Plott, Charles R.

A theoretical study of political institutions and economic policies

Chen, Yan ・ PhD ・ 1995

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.; Ordeshook, Peter C.

Bayesian Implementation

Duggan, John R. ・ PhD ・ 1995

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.; Davis, Lance E.

Three aspects of multicandidate competition in plurality rule elections

Fey, Mark ・ PhD ・ 1995

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

The formation of teams under incomplete information

Sherstyuk, Katerina ・ PhD ・ 1995

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Electoral institutional design

Shvetsova, Olga V. ・ PhD ・ 1995

Advisor: Ordeshook, Peter C.

Essays in applied economics : new techniques in aggregate data analysis

Udell, Michael Alan ・ PhD ・ 1995

Advisor: Kiewiet, D. Roderick

The Strategic Behavior of Rational Novices

Chen, Kay-Yut ・ PhD ・ 1994

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.; Plott, Charles R.

Equilibrium in dynamic economic models

Schmidt, David Russell ・ PhD ・ 1994

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

The political econmoy of state government debt : an analysis of constitutional limitations (1961-1990)

Szakaly, Kristin Erica ・ PhD ・ 1994

Advisor: Kiewiet, D. Roderick

A comparative study of capital market failure and institutional innovation

Cull, Robert Joseph ・ PhD ・ 1993

Advisor: Davis, Lance E.

Fiscal policies, optimal growth, and elections under different economic systems

Lian, Peng ・ PhD ・ 1993

Advisor: McKelvey, Richard D.

A theoretical and experimental investigation of auctions in multi-unit demand environments

Noussair, Charles Nabih ・ PhD ・ 1993

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

The Organization of Production: Moral Hazard and R&D

Polk, Charles William ・ PhD ・ 1993

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Cooperation in Reciprocity Games and in the Voluntary Contributions Mechanism

Prisbrey, Jeffrey Emig ・ PhD ・ 1993

Advisor: Palfrey, Thomas R.

Individual choice in political economy

Zeng, Langche ・ PhD ・ 1993

Advisor: Ordeshook, Peter C.

The analysis of repeated games through evolution and learning

Boylan, Richard Thomas ・ PhD ・ 1991

Advisor: McKelvey, Richard D.

Property Rights and Dynamics of Institutional Change: The Closing of the Georgia Open Range, 1870-1900

Kantor, Shawn Everett ・ PhD ・ 1991

Advisor: Kousser, J. Morgan; Davis, Lance E.

The effect of political information on direct democracy strategies and outcomes

Lupia, Arthur William ・ PhD ・ 1991

Advisor: Ordeshook, Peter C.; McKelvey, Richard D.

The Assignment Problem: Theory and Experiments

Olson, Mark Allen ・ PhD ・ 1991

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Pre-auction investment and equivalence of auctions

Guler, Kemal ・ PhD ・ 1990

Advisor: McKelvey, Richard D.

Optimal procurement and contracting with research and development

Tan, Guofu ・ PhD ・ 1990

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.

Efficiency and Stability in Partnerships

Legros, Patrick ・ PhD ・ 1989

Advisor: Ledyard, John O.; Kiewiet, D. Roderick

An Examination of Strategic Opportunities Provided by the Conference Committee Procedure in the U.S. Congress

Nagler, Jonathan ・ PhD ・ 1989

Advisor: Kiewiet, D. Roderick

The Federal Photovoltaics Commercialization Program

Pegram, William Manson ・ PhD ・ 1989

Advisor: Reinganum, Jennifer F.

Econometrics of Duopolistic Games in Prices and Advertising: The Case of the U.S. Soft Drink Industry

Gasmi, Farid ・ PhD ・ 1988

Advisor: Reinganum, Jennifer F.; Kiewiet, D. Roderick

Regulatory Theory and Its Application to Trade Policy: A Study of ITC Decision-Making

Hansen, Wendy Lynn ・ PhD ・ 1988

Advisor: Kiewiet, D. Roderick

The Fruits of Revolution; Property Rights, Litigation and French Agriculture 1700-1860

Rosenthal, Jean-Laurent ・ PhD ・ 1988

Advisor: Hoffman, Philip T.

The Political Economy of Price Supports

Campos, Jose Edgardo L. ・ PhD ・ 1987

Advisor: Reinganum, Jennifer F.; Kiewiet, D. Roderick

Financial Equilibrium, Voting Procedures, and Coalition Structures in Allocational Mechanisms

Williamson, Jack Marshall ・ PhD ・ 1987

Advisor: McKelvey, Richard D.

Signaling Games: Theory and Applications

Banks, Jeffrey Scot ・ PhD ・ 1986

Advisor: McKelvey, Richard D.

Games in Econometrics with Applications to Labor Economics

Bjorn, Paul Anders ・ PhD ・ 1986

Advisor: Vuong, Quang H.

Essays on Speculation and Futures Markets

Lien, Da-Hsiang Donald ・ PhD ・ 1986

Advisor: Quirk, James P.

Theory and Practice in the Analysis of Commodity Futures Price Distributions

Fort, Rodney Douglas ・ PhD ・ 1985

Advisor: Quirk, James P.

Studies in Market Signaling: The Firm’s Selection of Finance and Consumer Product Warranties

Gerard, James Michael ・ PhD ・ 1985

Advisor: Wilde, Louis L.

Political and Market Equilibria with Income Taxes

Snyder, James Millett, Jr. ・ PhD ・ 1985

Advisor: Kramer, Gerald H.

The Structure of Individual Decisions in American Elections: the Influence of Relevant Alternatives

McCue, Kenneth Frank ・ PhD ・ 1984

Advisor: Cain, Bruce E.

Three Essays in Law and Economics

Sadanand, Asha B. ・ PhD ・ 1984

Advisor: Wilde, Louis L.

Three Essays in Theoretical, Applied, and Normative Economics

Selinger, Stephen Richard ・ PhD ・ 1984

Advisor: Klein, Burton H.

Party and Constituency in Victorian Britain

Cox, Gary Walter ・ PhD ・ 1983

Advisor: Kousser, J. Morgan

Rational Individual Behavior and Collective Irrationality: The Legislative Choice of Regulatory Form

McCubbins, Mathew Daniel ・ PhD ・ 1983

Advisor: Ferejohn, John A.

Imperfect Information and Oligopoly with Endogenous Market Power

Sadanand, Venkatraman ・ PhD ・ 1983

Advisor: Green, Edward J.

Essays on the Economics of Sponsored Research

Balbien, Joel Abe ・ PhD ・ 1982

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.

An Assessment of the Viability of Marketable Permits

Hahn, Robert William ・ PhD ・ 1981

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.

Essays on the Role of Information in Natural Resource Exploration and Development

Isaac, Robert Mark ・ PhD ・ 1981

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.

Equilibrium Models of Multiple-Object Auctions

Palfrey, Thomas Rossman, III ・ PhD ・ 1981

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.

Legal Remedies and Reputation as Solutions to Moral Hazard in Contracting

Rogerson, William Paul ・ PhD ・ 1981

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.; Wilde, Louis L.

On the Role of Imperfect Information in Electoral Politics

Calvert, Randall Lee ・ PhD ・ 1980

Advisor: Cain, Bruce E.; Ferejohn, John A.; Wilde, Louis L.

Regulatory Distortions in Transportation and Telecommunications

Sparling, Lee Ira ・ PhD ・ 1980

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.

Essays in Forward Markets and the Uranium Industry

Binger, Brian Robert ・ PhD ・ 1979

Advisor: Quirk, James P.

Essays on the Economics of Licensing Nuclear Power Plants

Cohen, Linda Rachel ・ PhD ・ 1979

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.

Essays in Optimal Resource Allocation under Uncertainty with Capacity Constraints

Hoffman, Elizabeth ・ PhD ・ 1979

Advisor: Quirk, James P.

Microeconomic Foundations of Research and Development

Lee, Tom Kwan-Yau ・ PhD ・ 1979

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.

Axiomatic Analysis of Legal/Institutional Issues

Spitzer, Matthew Laurence ・ PhD ・ 1979

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.

Essays in Economic and Political Choice

Al-Adhadh, Naim Hassan ・ PhD ・ 1978

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.

Matthews, Steven A. ・ PhD ・ 1978

Advisor: Plott, Charles R.

A Representative Legislature and Regulatory Agency Capture

Weingast, Barry Robert ・ PhD ・ 1978

Advisor: Noll, Roger G.