Job market candidates & PhD students
Meet our job market candidates and PhD students, the emerging scholars contributing to cutting-edge research in the Department.
PhD job market candidates
Farrokh Darvishi
MBA, Sharif University of Technology
MA Economics, University of Waterloo
PhD Economics, Concordia University
Thesis title: The Effects of tuition hikes on the Choices of College Majors
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Paul Gomme
Field of Specialization: Macroeconomics, Economics of Education
Email: fdarvishi2020@gmail.com
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Dana Ghandour
BA Economics, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MBA, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
PhD Economics, Concordia University
Thesis title: Essays on Environmental Cooperation and Trade
Thesis Supervisor: Effrosyni Diamantoudi
Field of Specialization: Environmental Economics
Jung Hwan Kim
BA Economics with Honours (Double Major with BA Chinese Language and Literature), Emory University
MA Economics, McGill University
Thesis title: Essays on Student Debt
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Heejeong Kim
Fields of Specialization: Macroeconomics, Households Finance
Saba Ranjbar
BSc Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
MSc Electrical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
MA Economics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
PhD Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Thesis title: Three Essays on the Economics of Education and Human Capital
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Jorgen Hansen
Field of Specialization: Economics of Education, Microeconometrics
Siming Xie
BA Finance, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
BSc Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
MA Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
PhD Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (expected December 2024)
Thesis title: Social Interaction and Cultural Activities: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Friendship Networks
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Ming Li
Field of Specialization: Network Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics
Job market paper: Social Interaction and Cultural Activities within Friendship Networks
Current doctoral students
Hosam Alarabi
BA in Political Science, Cape Breton University
BBA, Cape Breton University
MA in Economics, Concordia University
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2018
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Tatyana Koreshkova
Field of Specialization: Macroeconomics, Health and Education Economics
Email: hosamarabi@gmail.com
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Nyambaatar Batbayar
BA in International Economics, National University of Mongolia
MSc in Economic Analysis, Corvinus University of Budapest
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2023
Jared Buck
BA Economics, Bishop's University
PhD Date of Entry: Winter 2021
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Tatyana Koreshkova
Fields of Specialization: Macroeconomics
Erfan Dorodgar
BA Economics, Shahid Chamran University
MA Energy Economics, Azad University
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2019
Thesis Supervisor: TBA
Israa Hashem
BSc Mathematics, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Teaching Diploma, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
M.A. in Applied Economics, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2020
Fields of specialization: Market Design, Matching Theory, Microeconomics
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Szilvia Pápai
Email: israa.hashem0801@gmail.com
Md. Shahidul Islam
BSS Economics, University of Rajshahi
MSS in Economics, University of Rajshahi
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2019
Fields of specialization: Mechanism Design, Matching Market, Game theory, Microeconomics, Financial Economics
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Szilvia Pápai
Email: md-shahidul.islam@mail.concordia.ca, yesiampanna@gmail.com
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Manuel Michael Lepage Lévesque
BA Economics, Minor in Mathematics, Bishop's University
PhD Date of Entry: Winter 2020
Thesis Co-Supervisors: Dr. Szilvia Pápai and Dr. Ming Li
Fields of Specialization: Game Theory and Mechanism Design
Yuxing Liang
MA Economics, Concordia University
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2020
Thesis Co-Supervisors: Dr. Szilvia Pápai and Dr. Xintong Han
Fields of Specialization: Market Design; Matching Theory; Empirical Industrial Organization
Yaqiong Luo
BA Taxation, Minor in Accounting, Central University of Finance and Economics
MSc Finance, University of Birmingham
MA Economics, University of Saskatchewan
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2020
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Huan Xie
Fields of Specialization: Experimental Economics, Game Theory
Email: yaqiong.luo@concordia.ca
Bidhan Chandra Shaha
BSc Physics, University of Dhaka
MBA Finance, Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka
MA Public Economics, GRIPS
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2021
Supervisor: Dr. Jorgen Hansen
Fields of Specialization: Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, Child Development and Education Economics
Rajrupa Saha
B.A. Economics, University of Calcutta
M.Sc. Economics, University of Calcutta
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2019
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Dipjyoti Majumdar
Field of Specialization: Microeconometrics, with a focus in game theory and Economic Design
The Anh Vo
BA in Economics, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
MA in Development Economics, Vietnam - The Netherlands Programme, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and International Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2019
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Damba Lkhagvasuren
Field of Specialization: Macroeconomics, Applied Economics
Shaojia Wang
BBA Finance, Minor in Mathematics, St. Francis Xavier University
MA Economics, University of Alberta
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2020
Supervisor: Dr. Xintong Han and Dr. Jan Victor Dee
Fields of Specialization: Digital Economics, Industrial Organization
Email: shaojia.wang@concordia.ca
