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The Ph.D in Economics Program was create in 2002 and it has its first alumni in 2006. Today, the program has nine graduates, who, after hard work, of research, publicy defended their thesis in front of a faculty members and visiting professor’s evaluation committee.

Alumni's publications
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Our alumni are:

Mercedes Haga
Graduate on May 2010.
Research Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad de los Andes.

Diego Avanzini
Graduate on January 2010.
Visiting Research Professor, Information Economy Project, George Mason University School of Law.

Verónica Mies
Graduate on October 2009.
Assistant Professor, Economics Institute, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Rodrigo Troncoso
Graduate on July 2009.
Social Program Coordinator, Libertad y Desarrollo.

Francisca Dussaillant
Graduate on December 2008.
Academic and Researcher, Government Faculty, Universidad del Desarrollo.

Félix Villatoro
Graduate on December 2008
Superintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones Financieras.

Ricardo Guzmán
Graduate on September 2007.

Jessica Coria
Graduate on December 2006.
Research Fellow, Department Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Bernardita Vial
Graduate on December 2006
Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate, Economics Institute, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.


ALUMNI’S PUBLICATIONS (in order of publication):

Articles in Academic Journals

The Economics of Social Stratification in Premodern Societies
Ricardo Guzmán.
Journal of Mathematical Sociology, forthcoming.

The Neolithic Revolution from a Price-Theoretic Perspective
Ricardo Guzmán; Jacob Weisdorf.
Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 96, N°2, pp. 209-219, 2011.

Product Variety and the Demographic Transition

Ricardo Guzmán; Jacob Weisdorf.
Economics Letters, Vol. 107, N°1, pp. 74–76, 2010.

On the Interaction between Imperfect Compliance and Technology Adoption: Taxes vs. Tradable Emissions Permits.
Jessica Coria; Clara Villegas.
Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 38(3), pages 274-291, December.

The Intergenerational Transmission of Maternal Human Capital and the Gender Gap in Educational Attainment
Francisca Dussaillant
Economics Letters, forthcoming.

Credit Channel and Flight to Quality in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Chile
Rodrigo Troncoso
Empirical Economics, forthcoming.

Environmental Crises' Regulations, Tradable Permits and the Adoption of New Technologies 
Jessica Coria.
Resource and Energy Economics, 2010. 

Product variety and the demographic transition 
Ricardo Andrés Guzmán; Jacob Luis Weisdorf.
Economics Letters 107: 74-7, 2010.  

The Neolithic Revolution from a price-theoretic perspective.  
Ricardo Guzmán; Jacob Luis Weisdorf.
Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming, 2010.

To Trade or Not to Trade: Firm-Level Analysis of Emissions Trading in Santiago, Chile
Jessica Coria; Åsa Löfgren; Thomas Sterner.
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 91, Issue 11, November 2010, Pages 2126-2133.

Walrasian Equilibrium and Reputation under Imperfect Public Monitoring
Bernardita Vial.
The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics/: Vol. 10 : Iss. 1 (Advances), Article 23, 2010.

Tradable Permits in Developing Countries: Evidence from air pollution in Chile
Jessica Coria; Thomas Sterner.
Journal of Environment and Development 19(2), pp 145-170.

Environmental Policy, Fuel Prices and the Switching to Natural Gas in
Santiago, Chile
Jessica Coria.
Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(11), pages 2877-2884, September 2009.

Taxes, Permits and Diffusions of a New Technology
Jessica Coria.
Resource and Energy Economics Volume 31, Issue 4, November 2009, Pages 249-271.

The Delegated Portfolio Management Problem: Reputation and Herding
Félix Villatoro.
Journal of Banking & Finance, Volume 33, Issue 11, Pages 2062–2069, 2009. 

Permisos Transables de Emisión en Chile: Lecciones, Desafíos y Oportunidades para Países en Desarrollo
Enrique Calfucura; Jessica Coria; José Miguel Sánchez.
El Trimestre Económico, octubre-diciembre, 2009.
Abstract

Gravity Model Estimation with Proxy Variables and the Impact of Endogeneity on Transportation Planning
Louis de Grange; Rodrigo Troncoso; Ángel Ibeas; Felipe González.
Transportation Research Part A. Policy and Practice, Elsevier, Volume 43 (2), Pages 105-116, February 2009.

Institutions Influence Preferences: Evidence from a Common Pool Resource Experiment
Carlos Rodríguez; Juan Camilo Cárdenas; Ricardo Guzmán.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages 215-227, July 2008.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do: The Coevolution of Altruistic Punishment, Conformist Learning, and Cooperation
Carlos Rodríguez; Robert Rowthorn; Ricardo Guzmán.
Evolution and Human Behaviour, Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 112-117, March 2007.


Working Papers

To Trade or Not to Trade: Firm-Level Analysis of Emissions Trading in Santiago, Chile
Jessica Coria; Åsa Löfgren; Thomas Sterner.
Working Papers in Economics, 390, Göteborg University, Department of Economics, 2009.

Evaluación empírica del impacto de tres políticas de transporte urbano sobre el uso de transporte público.
Louis de Grange; Rodrigo Troncoso; Felipe González.
Instituto de Políticas Públicas Expansiva UDP, Documentos de trabajo N° 4, noviembre 2009.

Taxes, Permits, and the Adoption of Abatement Technology under Imperfect Compliance.
Clara Villegas; Jessica Coria.
EfD Discussion Paper 09-20, Environment for Development Initiative and resources for the Future, Washington DC, October 2009.

On Reputational Rents as an Incentive Mechanism in Competitive Markets
Bernardita Vial; Felipe Zurita.
PUC Economics Institute Working Paper, No. 354, 2009.
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Unintended Impacts of Multiple Instruments on Technology Adoption
Jessica Coria.
Working Papers in Economic 344, Göteborg University, Department of Economics.
EfD Discussion Paper 09-06, a joint publication of the Environment of Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC, March 2009.

Competitive Equilibrium and Reputation under Imperfect Public Monitoring
Bernardita Vial.
PUC Economics Institute Working Paper, No. 327, 2008.
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Permisos Transables de Emisión en Chile: Lecciones, Desafíos y Oportunidades para Países en Desarrollo
Enrique Calfucura; Jessica Coria; José Miguel Sánchez.
PUC Economics Institute Working Paper, No. 347, 2008.
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Tradable Permits in Developing Countries: Evidence from Air Pollution in Santiago, Chile
Jessica Coria.
Working Papers in Economic 326, Göteborg University, Department of Economics.
EfD Discussion Paper 08-34, a joint publication of the Environment of Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC, December 2008.

Development Paths and Dynamic Comparative Advantages: When Leamer Met Solow
Rodrigo Fuentes; Verónica Mies.
Working Papers Central Bank of Chile 453, Central Bank of Chile, 2007.

 
 
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