Job Market Candidates

We are pleased to present our 2025-2026 PhD Economics Job Market Candidates. 

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

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11.02.2025

 

 

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
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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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Kurtis A. Hingl

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Dissertation Title: Essays on the Organization and Production of Knowledge
Advisor: Peter Boettke
pboettke@gmu.edu 
Primary Fields: Industrial Organization, Political Economy                          Secondary Fields: Applied Microeconomics
Job Paper: The Prestige-Testability Tradeoff in Science
Email: khingl@gmu.edu

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