Economics Department - Gatton College of Business and Economics - University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics

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Martin School and Department of Economics Workshop

“Fiscal Competition: New Directions"

David Agrawal (SEC Visiting Scholar) Willilam Hoyt and David Wildasin

Tuesday, , May 28th, 2:00 PM BE 324

Three experts (David Wildasin, William Hoyt, and David Agrawal) on fiscal competition will deliver remarks concerning the future of the field. Each person will discuss, generally, what they believe are significant gaps in the literature and, more specifically, what they see as open research questions. The presenters may relate various themes to their current and anticipated research. Each scholar will give remarks for approximately twenty minutes. There will be fifteen minutes of dedicated discussion between the panelists and questions from the audience. The target audience for the roundtable includes graduate students and faculty members.

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Preliminary Exam In Microeconomics

Friday, May 31st

9:00AM-1:00PM

BE248

Academic Units

Current Department of Economics Graduate Students


Maria Apostolova-Mihaylova Email \| Vita Previous Education: BS, International Economics, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1998 MBA, Finance, Montclair State University, 2002 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2011 Year of Study: Third / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2014 Field(s) of Concentration: Macroeconomics (Long-run Growth), Public Economics Dissertation Title: Macroeconomic Effects and Microeconomic Determinants of Fertility

Salma Begum Email

Preston Brashers Email \| Vita Previous Education: BS, Economics, University of Washington, 2005 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2010 Year of Study: Fourth / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2014 Field(s) of Concentration: Public and Labor Economics Dissertation Title: Essays on Household Mobility and Policy

Sarah Burns Email \| Vita \| Website Home city/state/country: Lexinton, Kentucky Previous Education: BA, Economics; Business Administration, Transylvania University, 2008 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2010 Year of Study: Fifth / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2013 Field(s) of Concentration: Public Economics, Labor Economics Dissertation Title: Strategic Responses to Tax and Transfer Policy: Welfare Competition, Tax Competition, and the Elasticity of Taxable Income

Sun Ki Choi Email Home city/state/country: Seoul, Korea Previous Education: BA, Economics, Sogang University, 2007 MA, Economics, New York University, 2009 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2013 Year of Study: Second / Expected Graduation: Fall, 2015 Field(s) of Concentration: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics

William Cooper Email Previous Education: BA, Economics, Rhodes College, 2007 MA, Applied & International Economics, Southern Methodist University, 2008 Year of Study: Not Available / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2014 Field(s) of Concentration: Industrial Orginization Digital Economics

Chelsea Dowell Email Field(s) of Concentration: Labor Economics, Public Economics, and Health and Environmental Economics

Daniel Duncan Email Home city/state/country: Marion, KY Previous Education: BS, Economics, Murray State University, 2011 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2013 Year of Study: Second / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016 Field(s) of Concentration: Health Economics, Labor Economics, Environmental Economics

Steven Gordon Email Home city/state/country: Warrenton, Virginia Previous Education: BA, Economics, Virginia Tech, 2008 MA, Economics, George Mason University, 2009 Year of Study: First / Expected Graduation: 2016

Hao Guo Email Home city/state/country: China Previous Education: BS, Applied Meteorology, Sun Yat-sen University, 2010 MA, Economics, Sun Yat-sen University, 2012 Year of Study: First / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016

Timothy Harris Email Home city/state/country: Ogden, Utah Previous Education: BS, Economics (Pre-Law), Utah State University, 2011 MS, Economics, Utah State University, 2012 Year of Study: First / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016

Robert Paul Hartley Email Home city/state/country: Atlanta, GA Previous Education: BS, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000 MA, Economics, Georgia State University, 2008 M.Div, Theology, Emmanuel School of Religion, 2013 Year of Study: First / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016 Field(s) of Concentration: Public and Labor Economics

Martin Gray Hunter Email Home city/state/country: Ashland, Ky Previous Education: BS, Financial Economics, Centre College, 2011 Year of Study: First / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016 Field(s) of Concentration: Industrial Organization, Public Policy

Derrick Jenniges Email \| Vita \| Website Home city/state/country: Alexandria, MN Previous Education: BA, Business Economics, St. Cloud State University, 2009 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2010 Year of Study: Fourth / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2014 Field(s) of Concentration: International Trade, Industrial Organization

Xiaoxu Li Email Home city/state/country: Tianjin, China Previous Education: BS, Financial Engineering, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, 2007 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2009 Year of Study: Not Available / Expected Graduation: Summer, 2013 Field(s) of Concentration: Health Economics, Public Economics

Stephen Locke Email \| Vita \| Website Home city/state/country: Hardyville, KY Previous Education: BA, Economics, Western Kentucky University, 2008 Year of Study: Fourth / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2013 Field(s) of Concentration: Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization Dissertation Title: Two Essays on Housing: A Hedonic Analysis of the Disamentiy Related to Communication Antennas, and the Value of

Emily Marshall Email Field(s) of Concentration: Monetary and Macroeconomics

Anna Maximova Email Previous Education: BA, Economics and Finance, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2010 MS, Applied Economics, Western Kentucky University, 2012 Year of Study: Not Available / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016

Steve Muchiri Email Home city/state/country: Nakuru, Kenya Previous Education: BA, Economics, Eastern Kentucky University, 2006 MBA, Business, Eastern Kentucky University, 2010 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2012 Year of Study: Second / Expected Graduation: Fall, 2015 Field(s) of Concentration: Labor Economics Health and Environmental Economics

Simeon Nanovsky Email Home city/state/country: Kozloduy, Bulgaria Previous Education: BS, Economics, University of Iowa, 2009 BS, Mathematics, University of Iowa, 2009 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2011 Year of Study: Third / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2015 Field(s) of Concentration: International Economics

Carla Nietfeld Email Home city/state/country: St. Henry, Ohio Previous Education: BS, Applied Mathematical Economics, University of Dayton, 2012 Year of Study: First / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016

Mihai Paraschiv Email Home city/state/country: Romania Previous Education: BS, Statistics and Economic Forecasting, Bucharest University of Economics, 2008 MA, Economics, Central Michigan University, 2010 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2012 Year of Study: Second / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2015 Field(s) of Concentration: International Economics Labor Economics

Scott Pickens Email Home city/state/country: Toledo, Ohio Previous Education: BS, Telecommunications Systems Management, Murray State University, 2006 MS, Economics, Murray State University, 2012 Year of Study: First / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016

Sandeep Rangaraju Email \| Vita Home city/state/country: India Previous Education: B.Tech., Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, MBA, Management Consulting, Central Michigan University, 2009 MA, Economics, Central Michigan Univeristy, 2010 Year of Study: Third / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2014 Field(s) of Concentration: Macro and Monetary Economics, Public Finance

James Sharpe Email Home city/state/country: Saint Simons Island, GA Previous Education: BBA, Economics, Valdosta State University, 2009 BBA, Finance, Valdosta State University, 2009 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2012 Year of Study: Third / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2014 Field(s) of Concentration: Labor Economics Industrial Organization

Meredith Shores Email Previous Education: BA, Economics, University of Arizona, 2011 Year of Study: First / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016

Michael Sikivie Email

Lewis Warren Email Year of Study: Not Available / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016 Field(s) of Concentration: Labor Economics, Health Economics, and Applied Econometrics

Teguh Wicaksono Email Home city/state/country: Jakarta/Indonesia Previous Education: BA, Economics, University of Indonesia, 2003 MA, Economics, University of Sydney, 2007 MS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2011 Year of Study: Third / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2014 Field(s) of Concentration: Industrial Organization, Labor Economics, Health Economics

Andrew Wyllie Email Home city/state/country: Toronto/Ontario/Canada Previous Education: BS, Economics, University of Kentucky, 2011 BS, Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, 1990 Year of Study: Second / Expected Graduation: Spring, 2016 Field(s) of Concentration: Health and Environmental Economics

Yu You Email \| Vita \| Website Home city/state/country: China Previous Education: BS, Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2005 MA, International Studies, Ohio University, 2009 Year of Study: Not Available / Expected Graduation: Summer, 2013 Field(s) of Concentration: International Finance, Macroeconomics Dissertation Title: Essays on Capital controls and Monetary independence

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