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2007-2008
Candidate Name	Dissertation
Prasun Bhattacharjee
Constantinos Charalambous
Alfredo Romero-Aguirre	Assessing the Statistical Adequacy of Regression-Like Models
Darron Thomas	Product Differentiation, Competition and Banking: Some Theoretical and Empirical Expositions

Placements of Economics Graduates for the Past Five Years
Year	Name	Employer
2008	Andre Crawford	Ernst & Young
2006	Reza Kheirandish	Clayton State University - School of Business
2006	Andreas Koutris	Discover Financial Services
2006	Hojjatallah Ghandi	Washington and Lee University
2006	Marenglen Marku	KPMG, LLP, Chicago IL
2006	Blair Mongado	Wake Forest University
2006	Nicholas Louisos	Coffey Communications, LLC, Bethseda MD
2006	Andreas Koutris	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2006	Weijia Vivian Chen	The Conference Board, New York NY
2005	Christian Rojas	University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2004	Subhadip Chakrabarti	Queen's University, Belfast
2004	Davood Souri	Sharif University
2004	Elizabeth Perry	Randolph Macon Woman's College
2004	Mana Komai	St. Cloud State University
2004	Narine Badasyan	Murray State University
2004	Rushad Faridi	Wake Forest University
2003	Matt Parrett	Deloitte Tax LLP, Atlanta, Georgia
2003	Maria Heracleous	American University, Washington D.C.
2003	Mark McLeod	The Pennsylvania State University
2003	Jeff Edwards	Texas Tech University
2002	Shabnam Mousavi	The Pennsylvania State University
2002	Julie Dolan	Economic Research Service
2002	Erika McEntarfer	Census Bureau
2002	Evan Moore	Auburn University
2001	Xiaofen Chen	Truman State University
2000	Sudipta Sarangi	Louisiana State University
2000	Chiara Gratton Lavoie	California State University
2000	Cathleen Johnson	Social Research and Demonstration Corporation
2000	Hrachya Kyureghian	American University of Armenia, Yerevan

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Department of Economics