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
Md Shahidul Islam
BSS Economics, University of Rajshahi
MSS Economics, University of Rajshahi
PhD Economics, Concordia University
Thesis title: Static and Dynamic Matching with Dichotomous Preferences
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Szilvia Pápai
Field of Specialization: Matching Theory, Market Design, Game Theory, Microeconomics
Job market paper: Overlapping Dynamic Matching with Dichotomous Preferences
Email: shahidulislampanna22@gmail.com
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Siming Xie
BA Finance, Nankai University
BSc Chemistry, Nankai University
MA Economics, Concordia University
PhD Economics, Concordia University
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
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
Israa Hashem
BSc Mathematics, Lebanese American University
Teaching Diploma, Lebanese American University
M.A. in Applied Economics, Lebanese American University
PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2020
Fields of specialization: Market Design, Matching Theory, Microeconomics
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Szilvia Pápai
Email: israa.hashem0801@gmail.com
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
MA in Development Economics, the 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. Christian Sigouin
Field of Specialization: Macroeconomics, Applied Economics
