Job Market Candidates

Thank you for visiting our Economics Job Market Candidates page. We are pleased to present our 2025-2026 PhD job market candidates. 

If you have questions concerning our students or need further assistance in contacting prospective candidates, please contact the dissertation advisor listed.

We will add candidates through the semester.  

 

10.13.25

 

 

Brigitta Jones
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Dissertation Title: The Political Economy of Rules with Applications to Private and Public Aid Programs
Advisor: Christopher Coyne
ccoyne3@gmu.edu 
Primary Fields: Political Economy, Applied Microeconometrics
Secondary Fields: Economic Sociology, History of Economic Thought
Job Paper: The Starbucks Safety Net: Solving the Samaritan's Dilemma
Email: bjones65@gmu.edu

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Benjamin W. Bauer
CV - Website

Dissertation Title: Economics of the Catholic Church
Advisor: Peter Leeson
pleeson@gmu.edu 
Primary Fields: Applied Political Economy
Secondary Fields: Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Religion
Job Paper: Competition Within the Church: Market Entry and the Rise of Traditional Catholicism in the United States
Email: bbauer2@gmu.edu

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