Graduate Student News
Rachel Clohan's Paper Published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Congratulations to 4th year doctoral candidate, Rachel Clohan, for having her paper, "State Minimum Wage and Food Insecurity among US Households with Children" published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Co-authors include Megan Winkler, Kelli Komro, and M. Doug Livingston, and Sara Markowitz. This work was funded by Healthy Eating Research (HER), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), under Award No. 81357 (PI: Winkler).
Congratulations to Rachel!
Rachel Clohan's Paper Published in JAMA Network Open
Congratulations to 4th year doctoral candidate, Rachel Clohan, for having her paper, "State Minimum Wage and Food Insecurity among US Households with Children" published in JAMA Network Open (Impact Factor 10.5). Co-authors include Megan Winkler, Kelli Komro, M. Doug Livingston, and Sara Markowitz. This work was supported by Healthy Eating Research (HER), a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), under Award No. 81357 (PI: Winkler).
Congratulations to Rachel!
Pablo Estrada's Paper Accepted for Publication in The Stata Journal
Congratulations to doctoral candidate Pablo Estrada for having his paper, “netivreg: Estimation of Peer Effects in Endogenous Social Networks" (joint work with Juan Estrada 22G, Kim Huynh, David Jacho-Chavez, and Leonardo Sánchez-Aragón) accepted for publication in The Stata Journal.
Congratulations to Pablo!
Rachel Clohan Invited to Present Paper at American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) Conference
Congratulations to doctoral candidate, Rachel Clohan, who was invited to present her paper, "Hooked Before Cooked: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and State-level Opioid Policies" at the 14th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon) in Nashville, TN, June 22-25, 2025.
Congratulations to Rachel!
Marcelo Ortiz Invited to Present Paper at Georgia Econometrics Workshop
Congratulations to third-year doctoral student, Marcelo Ortiz, who presented his paper, "Better Understanding Triple Difference Estimators," at the Georgia Econometrics Workshop at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA, April 19, 2025.
Congratulations to Marcelo!
Michaela Philip Invited to Present Paper at the Annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Graduate Education
Congratulations to third-year doctoral student, Michaela Philip, who presented her paper, "Zoning and Highway Placement," at the Annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Graduate Education, in New Haven, CT, April 4-5, 2025.
Congratulations to Michaela!
Tianhao Zhao Invited to Present Paper at Chinese Economists Society 2025 Annual Conference
Congratulations to doctoral candidate, Tianhao Zhao, who presented his paper, "Frictions, Net Worth Shocks, and Heterogeneous Impacts" at the Chinese Economists Society 2025 North America Annual Conference at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, March 22-23, 2025.
Congratulations to Tianhao!
Noah MacDonald Invited to Present Paper at Mountain West Economic History Conference and Business History Conference
Congratulations to doctoral candidate, Noah MacDonald, who presented his paper, "The Effectiveness of Doxxing: Evidence from the Second Ku Klux Klan" at the Mountain West Economic History Conference (grad student session) in Logan, UT, February 21-22, 2025.
Noah also presented his paper "Insider Trading and Market Efficiency before the SEC: Evidence from the Teapot Dome Scandal" at the Business History Conference (regular session) in Atlanta, GA, March 15-17, 2025.
Congratulations to Noah!
Four Economics Doctoral Students Invited to Present their Papers at the Southern Economic Association 94th Annual Meeting
The following three Economics doctoral students presented their work at the Southern Economic Association (SEA) 94th Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., November 23-25, 2024.
Fourth-year doctoral candidate, Justin Eloriaga, presented his paper, “A Narrative for Fed Information Shocks."
Fifth-year doctoral candidate, Pablo Estrada, presented his paper, “Spillover Effects with Nonrandom Sample Selection."
Fourth-year doctoral candidate, Amy Lim, presented her paper, “The Effects of Stricter Licensing on Residential Childcare Supply in Georgia."
Third-year doctoral student, Guido Romero, presented his paper, “Closed-Form Bounds for Extrapolating the Results of Social Experiments to New Populations."
Amy Lim Invited to Present Paper at the APPAM Fall Research Conference
Congratulations to fourth-year doctoral candidate, Amy Lim, who presented her paper, “The Effects of Stricter Licensing on Residential Childcare Supply in Georgia” at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, November 21-23, 2024.
Congratulations to Amy!
Three Economics Doctoral Students Invited to Present Papers at the Midwest Econometrics Group Conference
The following three Economics doctoral students presented their work the 34th annual Midwest Econometrics Group Conference at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, November 1-2, 2024.
Fifth-year doctoral candidate, Pablo Estrada, presented his paper, “Spillover Effects with Nonrandom Sample Selection."
Third-year doctoral student, Marcelo Ortiz, presented his paper, "Better Understanding Triple Difference Estimators."
Fourth-year doctoral candidate, Alessia Scudiero, presented her paper, "Impulse Response Functions in Time Varying VARs: A Clustered Local Projections Approach."
Pablo Estrada Invited to Present Paper at NABE Tech Economics Conference
Congratulations to doctoral candidate, Pablo Estrada, who presented his paper, “Spillover Effects with Nonrandom Sample Selection” at the NABE Tech Economics Conference, October 27-29, 2024 in Seattle, WA.
Congratulations to Pablo!
Tianhao Zhao Invited to Present Paper at the 30th Anniversary Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings
Congratulations to doctoral candidate, Tianhao Zhao, who presented his paper, “Nonlinear Heterogeneous Impact of Net Worth Shocks” at the 30th Anniversary Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings, hosted at Purdue University, September 6-8, 2024.
Tianhao also presented his paper, "Frictions, Net Worth Shocks, and Heterogeneous Impacts" at the 2024 International Conference on Empirical Economics at Pennsylvania State University at Altoona, August 3, 2024.
Congratulations to Tianhao!
Hanna Glenn to Present Paper at European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) and European Health Economics Association Conference (EuHEA)
Congratulations to doctoral candidate, Hanna Glenn, who presented her paper, “Does Hospital Leadership Matter? Evidence from Pay-for-Performance Incentives” at two conferences this summer: The European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) in Rotterdam, Netherlands, June 27-29, 2024 and the European Health Economics Association (EuHEA) in Vienna, Austria, July 1-4, 2024.
Congratulations to Hanna!
Economics Doctoral Student Selected for the 2025 Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Congratulations to third-year doctoral student, Michaela Philip, for being selected by the Laney Graduate School for induction into the 2025 Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at Emory University. Michaela has represented the Department of Economics as a LGS-EDGE* Ambassador since 2023. Out of many qualified applicants, her application stood out as an excellent match for a Society that recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in higher education and the professoriate. Michaela will attend the National Yale Bouchet Graduate Honor Society Induction Ceremony on April 4th in New Haven, CT, as part of the Annual Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education, April 4-5, 2025.
*EDGE: Emory Diversifying Graduate Education
Graduate Students Recognized for Research and Teaching
The Department of Economics recognized the following graduate students at our awards banquet on April 14, 2025.
Economics Graduate Student Research Award of Excellence: Rachel Clohan
This award was established to honor a graduate student who exemplifies superb research abilities and an eagerness to engage in scholarly activities.
Economics Graduate Student Teaching Award of Excellence: Shabnam Shahrezaei
This award was established to honor a graduate student who exemplifies superb teaching abilities and demonstrates extraordinary dedication to teaching economics.
Congratulations to this year's Graduate Student award winners! Learn more about these annual departmental awards on our Graduate Student Awards page.
Jafet Baca to Attend 3rd Summer School in International Economics in Munich, Germany
Congratulations to rising fourth-year graduate student, Jafet Baca, who was accepted to attend the 3rd Summer School in International Economics hosted by CESifo and the Journal of International Economics in Munich, Germany, July 16 -18, 2025.
Niall Peat to Attend Econometric Society Summer School in Dynamic Structural Econometrics 2025
Congratulations to rising third-year graduate student, Niall Peat, who was accepted to attend the Econometric Society Summer School in Dynamic Structural Econometrics 2025 at University College London, June 30 - July 6, 2025.
Michelle Tao to Attend PhD Summer School on Finance and Product Markets at USI Lugano
Congratulations to rising fourth-year graduate student, Michelle Tao, who was accepted to attend the PhD Summer School on Finance and Product Markets at USI Lugano, Switzerland, June 30 - July 4, 2025.
Emerson Hamer Attends Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental and Energy Economics
Congratulations to rising third-year graduate student, Emerson Hamer, who attended the Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental and Energy Economics organized by the Energy Institute at Haas at UC Berkeley, August 19-23, 2024.
Jafet Baca Attends Summer School in International Economics
Congratulations to rising third-year graduate student, Jafet Baca, who attended the Summer School in International Economics, organized by the Journal of International Economics and the Department of Economics at the University of Oxford, UK., July 1-3, 2024.
Jin Zhang Attends Barcelona School of Economics Summer School
Congratulations to rising third-year graduate student, Jin Zhang, who attended the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE) Summer School [banking series], in Barcelona, Spain, June 25-29, 2024.
Mohammad Fidakar Featured in Emory News Center
Second-year graduate student, Mohammad Fidakar, was featured in the June 11, 2024 issue of Emory News Center about his journey fleeing persecution in Afghanistan to come to Emory to begin a Ph.D. in Economics. Marcelo Ortiz Awarded Fully-Funded Offer to OCE Summer School at University of Chicago
Congratulations to rising third-year graduate student, Marcelo Ortiz, who accepted a fully funded offer to participate in the Optimization-Conscious Econometrics (OCE) Summer School at the University of Chicago, June 3-6, 2024. As part of the Optimization-Conscious Econometrics (OCE) Conference III, the Griffin Applied Economics Incubator hosts the Optimization-Conscious Econometrics Summer School with the goal to equip graduate students with tools at the intersection of optimization and econometrics.
Alessia Scudiero Awarded AEA Summer Fellowship at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Congratulations to rising fourth-year graduate student, Alessia Scudiero, who was awarded an American Economic Association (AEA) Summer Fellowship at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland beginning in June 2024.
The Summer Economics Fellowship allows the fellow to spend a summer in residence at a sponsoring research institution. During their residency, fellows participate as members of the research community while engaged in a research project of their own choosing. Fellows will be mentored by experienced economists both on scientific issues, and career issues such as negotiating publications, the job market, and advancement strategies.