2026 Job Market Candidates
Placement Director: Professor Gianluca Violante
609-258-4003, violante@princeton.edu
Ph.D. Program Administrator: Laura Hedden
609-258-4006, lhedden@princeton.edu
| Name and Contact Information | Fields of Study | Job Market Paper | References | |
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Max Alston Phone: (609) 933-7850 Website CV |
Macroeconomics Finance |
“Household Credit, Risk Premia and Consumption”
Moritz Lenel (advisor) |
Moritz Lenel Gianluca Violante Atif Mian |
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Xuandong Chen Phone: (646) 262-4229 Website CV |
Microeconomic Theory | “Hidden Information and Worse Discrimination”
Leeat Yariv (advisor) |
Leeat Yariv Faruk Gul Xiaosheng Mu |
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Kevin Zheyuan Cui Phone: (626) 249-7175 Website CV |
Finance Asset Pricing |
“Tax Heterogeneity, Duration Risk, and the Term Structure: An Application to the Municipal Bond Puzzle”
Motohiro Yogo (advisor) |
Motohiro Yogo Wei Xiong Moritz Lenel |
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Rachel Fung Phone: (609) 933-6907 Website CV |
Labor Economics Health Economics |
“Housing Market Shocks and the Persistent Decline in U.S. Fertility”
Leah Boustan and Ilyana Kuziemko (advisors) Ph.D. 2024 |
Leah Boustan Ilyana Kuziemko Michael Pesko |
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Meghana Gaur Phone: (512) 739-7105 Website CV |
Macroeconomics Labor Economics |
“On-the-Job Learning and Automation in Career Paths”
John Grigsby (advisor) |
John Grigsby Richard Rogerson Aysegül Sahin |
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Stephanie Hu Phone: (609) 686-6745 Website CV |
Macroeconomics Applied Microeconomics |
“Small Firm Financing and Dynamics”
Richard Rogerson (advisor) |
Richard Rogerson Nobuhiro Kiyotaki David Lee |
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Anastasia Karpova Phone: (609) 933-7216 Website CV |
Health Economics Industrial Organization |
“Mechanisms of Hospital Quality Improvement: The Role of Patient Allocation”
Janet Currie and David Molitor (advisors) Ph.D. 2024 |
Janet Currie David Molitor Julian Reif |
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Amy Kim Phone: (617) 800-5343 Website CV |
Labor Economics Public Economics |
“International Students and the U.S. Skilled Workforce: Evidence from Optional Practical Training”
Leah Boustan and Ilyana Kuziemko (advisors) |
Ilyana Kuziemko Leah Boustan David Lee |
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Chun-Beng Leow Phone: (609) 933-9472 Website CV |
Macroeconomics Finance |
“Markups: Risk and Market Power”
Jonathan Payne (advisor) |
Jonathan Payne Aleksei Oskolkov Moritz Lenel Iqbal Zaidi |
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Shiqi Li Phone: (609) 786-0937 Website CV |
Macroeconomics Spatial Economics Chinese Economy |
“Redrawing the Industrial Map in China: a Spatial Political Economy Perspective”
Ernest Liu (advisor) |
Ernest Liu Wei Xiong Richard Rogerson |
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Filippo Palomba Phone: (609) 356-8011 Website CV |
Econometrics | “Sensitivity Analysis in Population Shares”
Matias Cattaneo (advisor) |
Matias Cattaneo Ulrich Mueller Kevin Dano David Lee |
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Manuel Perez Archila Phone: (917) 250-9455 Website CV |
Macroeconomics International Finance Macro-Finance |
“Foreign Banks, Exporters, and Global Financial Exposure”
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (advisor) |
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki Mark Aguiar Aleksei Oskolkov Alessandra Casella |
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Hassan Sayed Phone: (440) 840-0898 Website CV |
Economic Theory Innovation Political Economy | “Communicating with Models and Data”
Pietro Ortoleva (advisor) Ph.D. 2025 |
Pietro Ortoleva Christopher Snyder Faruk Gul |
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Karl Schulze Phone: (630) 965-1377 Website CV |
Labor Economics Economics of Education |
“College Discretion in Admissions and Student Achievement”
Adam Kapor (advisor) Ph.D. 2024 |
Adam Kapor Christopher Neilson Seth Zimmerman Leah Boustan |
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Yiying Tan Phone: (609) 933-9294 Website CV |
Microeconomic Theory Information Economics | “Experimentation Priorities with Biased Experts”
Leeat Yariv and Alessandro Lizzeri (advisors) |
Leeat Yariv Alessandro Lizzeri Mira Frick Eran Shmaya |
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Darwin Yang Phone: (972) 489-0463 Website CV |
Econometrics | “Moment Inequalities in Regressions with Incompletely Observed Covariates”
Bo Honore and Kevin Dano (advisors) |
Bo Honore Kevin Dano Michal Kolesar |
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Alicia Zhang Phone: (651) 239-0289 Website CV |
Macroeconomics Public Finance |
“Portfolio Composition and Monetary Policy Transmission”
Richard Rogerson and John Grigsby (advisors) |
Richard Rogerson John Grigsby Gianluca Violante Karthik Sastry |
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Xiang Zhang Phone: (773) 219-5773 Website CV |
Macroeconomics International Trade |
“Scale without Scope: Firm Specialization and Industry Concentration”
Eduardo Morales and Gene Grossman (advisors) |
Gene Grossman Eduardo Morales Stephen Redding Richard Rogerson |
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Qiyuan Zheng Phone: (508) 847-5581 Website CV |
Microeconomic Theory Information Design |
“Regulating Discretion through Information”
Pietro Ortoleva (advisor) |
Pietro Ortoleva Xiaosheng Mu Sylvain Chassang |
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Yuci Zhou Phone: (917) 753-3707 Website CV |
Industrial Organization Health Economics |
“Public Procurement and Private Product Distribution: Evidence from WIC and the Infant Formula Market”
Janet Currie, Jakub Kastl, Adam Kapor and Nicholas Buchholz (advisors) |
Janet Currie Jakub Kastl Nick Buchholz Adam Kapor |
Postdocs and Other Visitors
| Name and Contact Information | Fields of Study | Job Market Paper | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Hantao Wu Phone: (609) 255-0497 Website CV |
Labor Economics Public Finance Urban Economics |
“Local Disamenities, Youth Human Capital, and Optimal Zoning: Evidence from Cannabis Dispensaries”
Thomas Fujiwara and Leah Boustan (advisors) |
Leah Boustan Thomas Fujiwara Ellora Derenoncourt Desmond Ang |