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Author:

Kushnir, Alexey

Title:

Preference Signaling in Matching Markets

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Matching
signaling
market design
job market

File:

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Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Marek Pycia, Committee Member
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
Tymofiy Mylovanov, Committee Member
Gary Bolton, Committee Member

Author:

Riano, Alejandro

Title:

Consequences of Trade Openness on Firm-level Decisions and Implications for Volatility and Wage Inequality

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

International trade
wage inequality
volatility

File:

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Committee Members:

James R. Tybout, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James R. Tybout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andres Rodriguez Clare, Committee Member
Ruilin Zhou, Committee Member
Mark Sebastian Anner, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Chun-chieh

Title:

THREE ESSAYS ON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND CONGRESS

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

congress
compaign contributions
ideology
ideological ambiguity
voting record

File:

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Committee Members:

J Tomas Sjostrom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Coenraad Arnout P Pinkse, Committee Member
William T Bianco, Committee Member

Author:

Kvasov, Dmitriy

Title:

Essays in Economic Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

contests with limited resources
contracting on time

File:

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Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tomas Sjostrom, Committee Member
Victor Nistor, Committee Member

Author:

Maenner, Eliot

Title:

Essays on Repeated Games

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

learning
bargaining
repeated games
equilibrium selection

File:

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Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anthony Mark Kwasnica, Committee Member
Tomas Sjostrom, Committee Member
James Schuyler Jordan, Committee Member

Author:

Aryal, Gaurab

Title:

Essays in Structural Estimation of Multidimensional Screening Models

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Multidimensional Screening
Nonlinear Pricing
Structural Estimation

File:

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Committee Members:

Isabelle Perrigne And Quang Vuong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Isabelle Perrigne, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Quang Vuong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Committee Member

Author:

Hafalir, Isa Emin

Title:

Essays in Microeconomic Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Coalition Formation
Externalities
Auctions
Asymmetries
Revenue Ranking
Efficiency

File:

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Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
James Schuyler Jordan, Committee Member
Susan (Hong) Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Xue, Jun

Title:

Essays on Cooperation, Coordination, and Conformity

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

cooperation

File:

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Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nezih Guner, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Tomas Sjostrom, Committee Member
Susan Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Ivanov, Maxim

Title:

ESSAYS ON THEORY OF INFORMATION

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

cheap talk
communication
information

File:

Download Ivanov_-_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward James Green, Committee Member
Paul David Fischer, Committee Member

Author:

Bhalla, Manaswini

Title:

Essays on Informational Cascades

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Informational Cascades
Social Learning

File:

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Committee Members:

James Z Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Edward James Green, Committee Member
Susan Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Birulin, Oleksii

Title:

Efficiency in Auctions and Public Goods Mechanisms

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

efficiency
budget balance
voluntary participation
auctions
mechanism design
public goods

File:

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Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
Tomas Sjostrom, Committee Member
Susan H Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Izmalkov, Serguei

Title:

Essays on Auctions and Efficiency

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

English auction
generalized single-crossing
open ascending price auction
auction with reentry
multi-unit auctions
interdependent values
efficient auction

File:

Download it.pdf

Committee Members:

Anthony Mark Kwasnica, Committee Member
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
James Schuyler Jordan, Committee Member
Tomas Sjostrom, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Polborn, Sarah Elisabeth

Title:

Essays in Environmental Economics

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

environmental economics
global warming
lobbying
environmental policy
climate change

File:

Download diss_polborn_sarah.pdf

Committee Members:

Barry William Ickes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barry William Ickes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark John Roberts, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Michael Barth Berkman, Committee Member

Author:

Nishikawa, Shizuka

Title:

Essays on the Theory of Environmental Coalitions

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

environmental agreements
coalition formation

File:

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Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Schuyler Jordan, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Anthony Mark Kwasnica, Committee Member

Author:

Na, Sunghyun

Title:

Three Essays on Game Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Coaltion
Bargaining
Reserch Joint Venture
Contest
Team
Contract

File:

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Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
James Schuyler Jordan, Committee Member
Anthony Mark Kwasnica, Committee Member

Author:

Xiao, Jun

Title:

Essays on Contests and Bargaining

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

All-Pay Contest
Tracking
Bargaining Order

File:

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Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward James Green, Committee Member
Adam Slawski, Committee Member
Kalyan Chatterjee, Special Member

Author:

Das, Kaustav

Title:

Essays in Strategic Experimentation and Bargaining

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

R&D competition
Two-armed Bandit
Duplication
Bilateral Bargaining
Outside options
Incomplete information
Coase Conjecture

File:

Download kaustav_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Edward James Green, Committee Member
Susan Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Vikram

Title:

Essays in the Economics of Explicit Collusion

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Cartel
Collusion
Procurement
Merger
Monopolization
Price Announcements
Endogenous Quantity

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Clifford Marshall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Clifford Marshall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie M Marx, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward James Green, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Anthony Mark Kwasnica, Committee Member
Leslie M Marx, Special Member

Author:

Akyol, Ethem

Title:

Essays On Mechanism Design Without Transfers

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Mechanism Design
School Choice
Colonel Blotto
Incomplete Information

File:

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Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
Marc Albert Henry, Committee Member
Aydin Alptekinoglu, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Joosung

Title:

bargaining and mechanism design in networks

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Coalitional Formation
Multilateral Bargaining
Mechanism Design
Network
Referral Program

File:

Download dissertation_LEE.pdf

Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sona Nadenichek Golder, Committee Member
Edward James Green, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Neil Wallace, Committee Member

Author:

Basu, Somdutta

Title:

Essays in Microeconomic Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Reputation
Issuer-Pays
Competition
Individual Liability
Informal Insurance

File:

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Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
James Schuyler Jordan, Committee Member
Steven J Huddart, Committee Member

Author:

Awaya, Yu

Title:

essays on economic theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Economic theory

File:

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Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
Neil Wallace, Committee Member
Adam Smith, Committee Member

Author:

Chaturvedi, Rakesh

Title:

Essays in Bargaining and Contracts

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

bargaining
coalitions
political economy
contracts
stable property rights

File:

Download MyDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Schuyler Jordan, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Sona Nadenichek Golder, Special Member

Author:

Salcedo Gonzalez, Bruno

Title:

Essays in Economic Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Game Theory
Economics
Industrial Organization
Collusion
Pricing Algorithms
Repeated Games
Prisoners Dilemma
Risk Aversion
Rationality

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward James Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ruilin Zhou, Committee Member
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Committee Member
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Outside Member

Author:

Wong, Tsz Ning

Title:

Essays in Applied Game Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Strategic Experimentation
Patent
Persuasion Game
Authoritarian Elections

File:

Download Dissertation-Tsz-Ning_Wong.pdf

Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Edward James Green, Committee Member
Duncan Fong, Outside Member

Author:

Golovko, Sergii

Title:

Essays in Game Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Mechanism Design
Optimal Auctions
Ex-Post Verification
Limited Punishments
Strategic Communication
Persuasion
Revenue Equivalence

File:

Download thesis_golovko.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward James Green, Committee Member
Anthony Mark Kwasnica, Committee Member
Anthony Mark Kwasnica, Outside Member

Author:

Shen, Chaohai

Title:

ESSAYS ON THE ECONOMICS OF COLLUSION

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Timber auction
Leniency policy
Bidder collusion
Collusion detection
Procurement

File:

Download Dissertationfinal_Cshen.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Clifford Marshall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Clifford Marshall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sung Jae Jun, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Anthony Mark Kwasnica, Outside Member

Author:

Isogai, Shigeki

Title:

Essays on Dynamic Games and Forward Induction

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

game theory
collusion

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Clifford Marshall, Committee Member
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Lisa Lipowski Posey, Outside Member

Author:

Basu, Pathikrit

Title:

Essays in Information Economics

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Information Economics
Bayesian Persuasion
Learning
Bounded Rationality
Decision Theory
Applied Game Theory
Belief Revision

File:

Download Basu_PSU_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Neil Wallace, Committee Member
Chloe Jeanne Tergiman, Outside Member

Author:

Xiang, Wang

Title:

Essays in the Economic Theory of Social Networks

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Network
Structural Hole
Strong Tie
Monitoring
Percolation

File:

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Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
James Schuyler Jordan, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Outside Member

Author:

Krasikov, Ilia

Title:

ESSAYS ON DYNAMIC CONTRACTING

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Dynamic contracting
Dynamic mechanism design
Financial constraints
Dynamic pricing

File:

Download ilia_krasikov_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Rohit Lamba, Committee Member
Syed Nageeb Ali, Committee Member
Chloe Jeanne Tergiman, Outside Member

Author:

Hoshino, Tetsuya

Title:

Essays in Economic Theory

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Economic theory

File:

Download Thesis_Title.pdf

Committee Members:

Vijay Krishna, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vijay Krishna, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Syed Nageeb Ali, Committee Member
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
Chloe Jeanne Tergiman, Outside Member

Author:

Oz, Gokmen

Title:

Essays in Reputation Games

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Reputation
Review platforms
Media bias
Repeated games
Information design

File:

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Committee Members:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vijay Krishna, Committee Member
Henrique Roscoe De Oliveira, Committee Member
Sona Nadenichek Golder, Outside Member
Barry William Ickes, Program Head/Chair