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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

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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

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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

Email: danaghandour13@gmail.com
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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

Email: junghwan.kim@mail.concordia.ca

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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

Email: saba.ranjbar@gmail.com
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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

Email: siming.xie@concordia.ca
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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

Email: nyambaa95@gmail.com
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Jared Buck

BA Economics, Bishop's University 

PhD Date of Entry: Winter 2021
Thesis supervisor: Dr. Tatyana Koreshkova
Fields of Specialization: Macroeconomics

Email: jared.buck@mail.concordia.ca
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Erfan Dorodgar

BA Economics, Shahid Chamran University
MA Energy Economics, Azad University

PhD Date of Entry: Fall 2019
Thesis Supervisor: TBA

Email: erfan.dorodgar@mail.concordia.ca

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

Email: manuel.lepagelevesque@concordia.ca
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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

Email: yuxing.liang@concordia.ca
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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

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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

Email: bidhanchandra.shaha@concordia.ca
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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

Email: rajrupa.saha@mail.concordia.ca
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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

Email: votheanhvt@gmail.com  

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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

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