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Several of our colleagues celebrating Chris Cronin’s birthday.
November 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Several of our colleagues celebrating Chris Cronin’s birthday.
Grace Ortuzar studies topics in public, urban, and health. Her JMP is "Is There a 'Scarlet E'? The Effects of Public Eviction Records on Low-Income Households." She has another publication and received an @nber.org graduate fellowship. Learn more: www.graceortuzar.com
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Grace Ortuzar
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November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Grace Ortuzar studies topics in public, urban, and health. Her JMP is "Is There a 'Scarlet E'? The Effects of Public Eviction Records on Low-Income Households." She has another publication and received an @nber.org graduate fellowship. Learn more: www.graceortuzar.com
Dario Cardamone is a macroeconomist interested in monetary and fiscal policy. His JMP is "The Macroeconomic Effects of Sovereign Risk: New Evidence from U.S. Debt Ceiling Episodes." In addition, he has a publication, an R&R, and two other working papers. www.dariocardamone.com
Dario Cardamone
Dario Cardamone
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November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Dario Cardamone is a macroeconomist interested in monetary and fiscal policy. His JMP is "The Macroeconomic Effects of Sovereign Risk: New Evidence from U.S. Debt Ceiling Episodes." In addition, he has a publication, an R&R, and two other working papers. www.dariocardamone.com
Alex Houtz is a macroeconomist. His JMP is "How Government Debt Shocks Impact the Economy." He has another completed working paper that is R&R. He has extensive teaching experience and a great set of codes posted on his website. Learn more! ahoutz.github.io/index.html
Alex Houtz | Macroeconomist
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November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Alex Houtz is a macroeconomist. His JMP is "How Government Debt Shocks Impact the Economy." He has another completed working paper that is R&R. He has extensive teaching experience and a great set of codes posted on his website. Learn more! ahoutz.github.io/index.html
Samson M'Bouke studies macro and international economics, with a particular focus on emerging and developing economies. His JMP is "The Importance of Commodity-Price Shocks." He has teaching experience in Statistics and Econometrics. Learn more: samsonmboueke.com
Samson M'boueke
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November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Samson M'Bouke studies macro and international economics, with a particular focus on emerging and developing economies. His JMP is "The Importance of Commodity-Price Shocks." He has teaching experience in Statistics and Econometrics. Learn more: samsonmboueke.com
Haley Wilbert @hwilbert.bsky.social is an applied microeconomist with interests in demography, health, history, and labor. Her JMP is "After the Cut: Cesarean Delivery and Subsequent Fertility." She also has a publication in Explorations in Economic History. sites.google.com/view/haleywi...
Haley Wilbert
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November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Haley Wilbert @hwilbert.bsky.social is an applied microeconomist with interests in demography, health, history, and labor. Her JMP is "After the Cut: Cesarean Delivery and Subsequent Fertility." She also has a publication in Explorations in Economic History. sites.google.com/view/haleywi...
Anqi Chen is a post-doc with the Center for Insurance Policy and Research, having received her PhD from @nd_econ last spring. She is on the market, with JMP "Medicare's Home Health Benefits and Elderly Living Arrangements." Learn more: ac106.github.io/job_market/
Anqi Chen
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November 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Anqi Chen is a post-doc with the Center for Insurance Policy and Research, having received her PhD from @nd_econ last spring. She is on the market, with JMP "Medicare's Home Health Benefits and Elderly Living Arrangements." Learn more: ac106.github.io/job_market/
Ge Sun is on the market and works on issues at the intersection of macro, development, and labor. Her JMP is "Expected Fertility, Labor Market Contracts, and the Gender Wage Gap." She has served as a TA for both Statistics and Econometrics. sybil-sun.github.io
Ge (Sybil) Sun — Economics Ph.D. Candidate
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at the University of Notre Dame. Macroeconomics, Labor, Development.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ge Sun is on the market and works on issues at the intersection of macro, development, and labor. Her JMP is "Expected Fertility, Labor Market Contracts, and the Gender Wage Gap." She has served as a TA for both Statistics and Econometrics. sybil-sun.github.io
Chris Monjaras studies topics in public, labor, and education. His JMP is "Credit Crunch in the Classroom: School District Financing Under Liquidity Constraints." He has taught Principles of Micro as a lead instructor. Learn more: cmonjaras.github.io
Christopher E. Monjaras
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November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Chris Monjaras studies topics in public, labor, and education. His JMP is "Credit Crunch in the Classroom: School District Financing Under Liquidity Constraints." He has taught Principles of Micro as a lead instructor. Learn more: cmonjaras.github.io
Victoria Consolvo's JMP studies the response of household shopping behavior to the recent inflationary period. She also has a working paper on the Fed and average inflation targeting. She has taught Intro to Linear Regression and Statistics. victoriaconsolvo.com/home
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Victoria Consolvo
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November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Victoria Consolvo's JMP studies the response of household shopping behavior to the recent inflationary period. She also has a working paper on the Fed and average inflation targeting. She has taught Intro to Linear Regression and Statistics. victoriaconsolvo.com/home
Andres Perez Corsini graduated from @ndecon.bsky.social last year and is currently a post-doc at USC. His JMP is "The Competitive Effects of Imports." He has extensive teaching experience, including sole instructor in Principles of Micro and Macro. Check him out: sites.google.com/view/andresp...
Andrés Pérez Corsini - Research
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November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Andres Perez Corsini graduated from @ndecon.bsky.social last year and is currently a post-doc at USC. His JMP is "The Competitive Effects of Imports." He has extensive teaching experience, including sole instructor in Principles of Micro and Macro. Check him out: sites.google.com/view/andresp...
Soo Kim is one of our graduate students on the market this year. His job market paper is titled "Structural Transformation and the Role of Financial Frictions." He has taught undergraduate Statistics and served as TA for our PhD micro sequence. Learn more: sookim-econ.github.io
Soo Kim
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November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Soo Kim is one of our graduate students on the market this year. His job market paper is titled "Structural Transformation and the Role of Financial Frictions." He has taught undergraduate Statistics and served as TA for our PhD micro sequence. Learn more: sookim-econ.github.io
Three of our current students and one of our alums today at the APPAM 2025 conference (from left to right, Chris Monjaras, Virna Vidal Menezes, alum Brianna Felegi, and Emily Davis).
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Three of our current students and one of our alums today at the APPAM 2025 conference (from left to right, Chris Monjaras, Virna Vidal Menezes, alum Brianna Felegi, and Emily Davis).
Check out our colleague Melissa Kearney on Kara Miller's new podcast, "It Turns Out," discussing how marriage has become a luxury good. www.youtube.com/@ItTurnsOutp...
It Turns Out
"It Turns Out" features great researchers, pioneering academics, and compelling storytellers. It looks at trends and data that gets you thinking about the world in new ways. The show is hosted by Kara...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Check out our colleague Melissa Kearney on Kara Miller's new podcast, "It Turns Out," discussing how marriage has become a luxury good. www.youtube.com/@ItTurnsOutp...
Last week, our department chair, Eric Sims, was awarded a University named chair. We had a surprise celebration with our dean, faculty, graduate students, and staff. Here are some pictures.
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Last week, our department chair, Eric Sims, was awarded a University named chair. We had a surprise celebration with our dean, faculty, graduate students, and staff. Here are some pictures.
New working paper from our colleague Cesar Sosa-Padilla, "The Perils of Bilateral Sovereign Debt," (with Francisco Roldan). IMF working paper. Check it out: www.imf.org/en/publicati...
The Perils of Bilateral Sovereign Debt
We study the interaction between private and official sovereign debts. We develop a quantitative sovereign default model featuring a senior creditor with whom borrowing terms are negotiated. We use th...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
New working paper from our colleague Cesar Sosa-Padilla, "The Perils of Bilateral Sovereign Debt," (with Francisco Roldan). IMF working paper. Check it out: www.imf.org/en/publicati...
We are delighted to introduce our job market candidates for the 2025–26 academic year. You can learn more about them on our website:
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
For more information about our students, please contact our Placement Director, Maciej H. Kotowski ([email protected]).
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
For more information about our students, please contact our Placement Director, Maciej H. Kotowski ([email protected]).
Students on the Job Market
A list of economics students on the job market
economics.nd.edu
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
We are delighted to introduce our job market candidates for the 2025–26 academic year. You can learn more about them on our website:
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
For more information about our students, please contact our Placement Director, Maciej H. Kotowski ([email protected]).
economics.nd.edu/graduate/stu...
For more information about our students, please contact our Placement Director, Maciej H. Kotowski ([email protected]).
Former @ndecon.bsky.social major (Class of 2011) Steve Botsford is running for US Senate in the state of Illinois. Check out his campaign website: www.botsfordforillinois.com
Steve Botsford for U.S. Senate – Build an Abundant America
Steve Botsford is running for U.S. Senate to lower costs, make housing and healthcare affordable, and build a stronger, fairer America for working families.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Former @ndecon.bsky.social major (Class of 2011) Steve Botsford is running for US Senate in the state of Illinois. Check out his campaign website: www.botsfordforillinois.com
New paper from our colleagues Melissa Kearney and Jim Sullivan, "Beyond the Myths: A Clearer Path to Poverty Alleviation in America." @aspenecon.bsky.social. Check it out: www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/...
Beyond the Myths: A Clearer Path to Poverty Alleviation in America • The Aspen Institute Economic Strategy Group
In “Beyond the Myths: A Clearer Path to Poverty Alleviation in America,” Melissa S. Kearney and James Sullivan reassess poverty trends and policy responses in the United States. They document that, co...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New paper from our colleagues Melissa Kearney and Jim Sullivan, "Beyond the Myths: A Clearer Path to Poverty Alleviation in America." @aspenecon.bsky.social. Check it out: www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/...
New @voxdev.bsky.social article from our colleague Heitor Pellegrina (along with Sebastian Sotelo). “Migration, knowledge, and comparative advantage: How Brazil’s March to the West Transformed Long-Term Trade Patterns.” Check it out: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
Migration, knowledge, and comparative advantage: How Brazil’s March to the West transformed long-term trade patterns
Evidence from Brazil suggests that the crop-specific knowledge of domestic migrant farmers, during a period of large-scale migration, was a key driver of the recent transformation of the country’s exp...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
New @voxdev.bsky.social article from our colleague Heitor Pellegrina (along with Sebastian Sotelo). “Migration, knowledge, and comparative advantage: How Brazil’s March to the West Transformed Long-Term Trade Patterns.” Check it out: voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
Heitor Pellegrina's working paper, “Public R&D Meets Economic Development: Embrapa and Brazil’s Agricultural Revolution,” is highlighted in the November NBER Digest @nber.org. Check it out: www.nber.org/sites/defaul...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Heitor Pellegrina's working paper, “Public R&D Meets Economic Development: Embrapa and Brazil’s Agricultural Revolution,” is highlighted in the November NBER Digest @nber.org. Check it out: www.nber.org/sites/defaul...
Great new paper from our former PhD student Beth Munnich forthcoming in the American Economic Review. Check it out!
Forthcoming in the AER: "Raising the Stakes: Physician Facility Investments and Provider Agency" by Elizabeth L. Munnich, Michael R. Richards, Christopher M. Whaley, and Xiaoxi Zhao. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Raising the Stakes: Physician Facility Investments and Provider Agency
(Forthcoming Article) - Principal-agent problems often extend beyond what can be directly
addressed through conventional incentive arrangements. We
examine a context where physicians are likely under-...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Great new paper from our former PhD student Beth Munnich forthcoming in the American Economic Review. Check it out!
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Our grad students are in the Halloween spirit @ndecon.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Our grad students are in the Halloween spirit @ndecon.bsky.social
Congratulations to the members of our Fed Challenge team. Based on video submissions from teams in the region, they were just selected as one of three semifinalists in the Chicago Fed district @chicagofed.bsky.social. fedandfiscalchallengend.weebly.com
NOTRE DAME FED & FISCAL CHALLENGE CLUB
By participating in three national competitions each year, our award-winning team deepens knowledge of economic principles through experiential learning. In weekly meetings over bagels, we...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Congratulations to the members of our Fed Challenge team. Based on video submissions from teams in the region, they were just selected as one of three semifinalists in the Chicago Fed district @chicagofed.bsky.social. fedandfiscalchallengend.weebly.com