Main Supervisor - In Progress
Raymond Chiasson (Toronto). In Progress. Expected 2027.
Nanxi Fu (Toronto). Co-Advisor with Matthew Osborne. In Progress. Expected 2027.
Maximiliano Machado (Toronto-Rotman). Co-Advisor with El Hadi Caoui. In Progress. Expected 2027.
Mohammad Seyedsalehi (Toronto). Co-Advisor with Stephan Heblich. In Progress. Expected 2027.
Olivia Yu (Toronto). In Progress. Expected 2028.
Main Supervisor - Awarded
Mohaddeseh Heydari Nejad (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2025. Co-Advisor with Avi Goldfarb.
o Title: "Essays on Economics of Entrepreneurship"
o First placement: Indiana University - The Kelley School of Business.
Paul Han (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2024. Co-Advisor with Yao Luo.
o First placement: Canadian Competition Bureau.
Jie Fang (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2024.
o Title: “Essays in Innovation and Patent Trade”.
o First placement: Post-Doc at McGill University.
Francis Guiton (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2024.
o Title: “Essays in Industrial Organization and Inventory Management”.
o First placement: Analysis Group – Montreal.
Yiran Hao (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2022.
o Title: “On Electric Vehicle Demand, Price Competition and Environmental Policies”
o First placement: Assistant Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University.
Paul Lim (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2021.
o Title: “Essays in Industrial Organization and Banking”
o First placement: Brattle Group
Jan Victor Dee (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2020.
o Title: “Three Essays in Industrial Organization”
o First placement: Assistant Professor at Concordia University.
Limin Fang (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2018.
o Title: “Three Essays in Industrial Organization”
o First placement: Assistant Professor at UBC–Sauder.
Erhao Xie (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2018.
o Title: “Identification and Estimation of Empirical Games Without Equilibrium Assumption”
o First placement: Bank of Canada Researcher.
Daniel Ershov (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2017.
o Title: “Three Essays in Industrial Organization”
o First placement: Assistant Professor at Toulouse School of Economics.
Mathieu Marcoux (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2017.
o Title: “Identification, Estimation and Inference in Empirical Games”
o First placement: Assistant Professor at University of Montreal.
Zhe Yuan (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2016.
o Title: “Essays on Network Competition in the Airline Industry”
o First placement: Assistant Professor at SUFE, Shanghai.
Hidenori Takahashi (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2014.
o Title: “Essays on Procurement Auctions”
o First placement: Assistant Professor at University of Mannheim.
Nathan Yang (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2012.
o Title: “Economic Spillovers and Learning from Others”
o First placement: Post-Doc at Yale School of Management.
Arvind Magesan (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2010.
o Title: “Essays on Empirical Dynamic Games and Imperfect Information”
o First placement: Assistant Prof. at University of Calgary.
Hui Wang (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2010. Co-Advisor with Aloysius Siow.
o Title: “Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics”
o First placement: Assistant Prof. at Peking University.
Max Rempel (Toronto). PhD awarded in 2010.
o Title: “Three Essays in Industrial Organization and Labor Economics”
o First placement: Managing Director of Mittelhessische Druck & Verlagsgesellschaft.
Fei Deng (Boston). PhD awarded in 2007.
o Title: “Essays on Price Competition in the Supermarket Industry”
o First placement: NERA, San Francisco.
Gustavo Vicentini (Boston). PhD awarded in 2007.
o Title: “Dynamic Spatial Competition Between Multi-Product Oligopolists”
o Lecturer at Northeastern University.
Maria Laura Alzua (Boston). PhD awarded in 2006.
o Title: “Labor Market Dualism in Developing Countries”
o Assistant Professor at Universidad de la Plata.
PhD Committee Member
29. Benjamin Couillard (Toronto). In progress. Main Advisor: Nathaniel Baum-Snow.
28. Benjamin Rommelaere (Toronto). In progress. Main Advisor: Eduardo Souza-Rodriguez.
27. Cameron Chahal (Toronto-Rotman). In progress.
26. Vanya Georgieva (Toronto). In progress. Maain Advisor: Daniel Trefler.
25. Dylan Gowans (Toronto). 2023. Main Advisor: Serdar Ozkan. First placement: Department of Finance, Canada.
24. Tomasso Alba (Toronto). 2023. Main Advisor: Matthew Mitchell. First placement : Assistant Prof. KU Leuven.
23. Hui Liu (Toronto). 2022. Main Advisor: Yao Luo. First placement: Assistant Prof. Tianjin University.
22. Torsten Jaccard (Toronto). 2022. Main Advisor: Daniel Trefler. First placement: Assistant Prof. Vancouver School of Economics.
21. Benjamin Filewod (Toronto). 2022. Main Advisor: Shashi Kant. First placement: Lecturer at London School of Economics.
20. Xinlong Li (Toronto). 2019. Main Advisor: Andrew Ching. First placement: Assistant Prof. at Nanyang Tech. University.
19. Scott Orr (Toronto). 2018. Main Advisor: Daniel Trefler. First placement: Assistant Prof. UBC–Sauder.
18. Avery Michael Haviv (Toronto). 2014. Main Advisor: Avi Goldfarb. First placement: Assistant Prof. at Rochester – Simon.
17. Yutec Sun (Toronto). 2013. Main Advisor: Avi Goldfarb. First placement: Postdoc at Telecom Paris Tech.
16. Florian Hoffmann (Toronto). 2010. Main Advisor: Shouyong Shi. First placement: Assistant Prof. at U. of British Columbia.
15. Justin Lenzo (Boston). 2006. Main Advisor: Marc Rysman. First placement: Assistant Prof. Northwestern University.
14. Catherine Rodriguez (Boston). 2006. Main Advisor: Kevin Lang. First placement: Associate Prof. at Universidad de los Andes.
13. Kasey Buckles (Boston). 2006. Main Advisor: Kevin Lang. First placement: Assistant Prof. at University of Notre Dame.
12. Zhongjun Qu (Boston). 2005. Main Advisor: Pierre Perron. First placement: Assistant Prof. at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
11. Martino De Stefano (Boston). 2004. Main Advisor: Marc Rysman. First placement: Charles River Associates.
10. Minsoo Park (Boston). 2004. Main Advisor: Marc Rysman. First placement: Assistant Prof. at Sungkyunkwan University.
9. Firat Inceoglu (Boston). 2004. Main Advisor: Marc Rysman. First placement: Assistant Prof. at Sabanci University.
8. Alfredo Cuecuecha (Boston). 2004. Main Advisor: Kevin Lang. First placement: Assistant Prof. at ITAM.
7. Ana Balsa (Boston). 2003. Main Advisor: Thomas McGuire. First placement: Assistant Prof. at Universidad de Montevideo.
6. Angela Dills (Boston). 2002. Main Advisor: Kevin Lang. First placement: Assistant Prof. at Clemson University.
5. Hsien-Ming Lien (Boston). 2002. Main Advisor: Thomas McGuire. First placement: Assistant Prof. at National Cheng-Chi University.
4. Xiaokang Zhu (Boston). 2001. Main Advisor: Pierre Perron. First placement: Assistant Prof. at Cornerstone Research.
3. Edward J. Vytlacil (Chicago). 2000. Main Advisor: James J. Heckman. First placement: Assistant Prof. at Stanford University.
2. Jun Yu (Western). 1998. Main Advisor: John Knight. First placement: Assistant Prof. at University of Auckland.
1. George Jiang (Western). 1998. Main Advisor: John Knight. First placement: Assistant Prof. at University of Groningen.
External Examiner of PhD Dissertations
Nicolás Martínez (Toulouse). July 2024. Thesis Title: “Essays in Empirical Industrial Organization”.
Ismael Mourifié (Montreal). September 2013. Thesis Title: “Essays in Partial Identification”.
Mahdiyeh Entezarkheir (Waterloo). July 2010. Thesis Title: “Essays on Innovation, Patents, and Econometrics”.
Bertel Schjernings (Copenhagen). April 2008. Thesis title: “Dynamic Aspects of Entrepreneurial Behavior”.
Graciela Sanroman (CEMFI). November 2008. Thesis title: "Microeconometric Analysis of Household Portfolios".