Economics PhD Students

Mehrdad Baratian, Economics, Tulane University

Mehrdad Baratian

Graduate student, PhD program

Mphatso Chinsinga, Economics, Tulane University

Mphatso Chinsinga

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.S. Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University 
B.S. Social Science, University of Malawi

Research interests: Health Economics, Labor Economics, and Economics of Education

Michael Cobar, Economics, Tulane University

Michael Cobar

Graduate student, PhD program

Maria Del Mar Zamora Flores, Economics, Tulane University

Maria Del Mar Zamora Flores

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.Sc. Economic Development and Growth, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain) 
B.A. Economics, Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo” (Bolivia)

Research interests: Labor Economics, Gender economics, Education and Poverty.

Vira Dubrovina, Economics, Tulane University

Vira Dubrovina

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.A. International Economics, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine 
M.A. Finance and Credit, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine 
B.A. Management, Human Resources Management in the International Market, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland

Research interests: Health Economics, Public Health, Public Finance, Human Resources Management, Econometrics

Ruipu Gao, Economics, Tulane University

Ruipu Gao

Graduate student, PhD program

Alejandro González Tapia, Economics, Tulane University

Alejandro González Tapia

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.S. Economics, Adolfo Ibáñez University. 
M.A. Public Policy, Adolfo Ibáñez University. 
B.A. Business Administration, Adolfo Ibáñez University.

Research interests: Poverty and Inequality, Public Economics, Political Economy, and Political Philosophy.

Nicholas Lacoste, Economics, Tulane University

Nicholas Lacoste

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.S. Analytics, Louisiana State University 
B.S. Economics, Louisiana State University

Research Interests: Public Finance and Taxation, Economic Development, Machine Learning Applications to Causal Inference

Chenxi Li, Economics, Tulane University

Chenxi Li

Graduate student, PhD program

My Research interests: Labor Economics, Public Economics, International Economics.

Yu Liu, Economics, Tulane University

Yu Liu

Graduate student, PhD program

Jordan Lopez, Economics, Tulane University

Jordan Lopez

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.S. Economics, University of North Texas 
B.S. Economics and Mathematics, University of North Texas

Research Interests: Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Public Policy

Barbara Lundebjerg, Economics, Tulane University

Barbara Lundebjerg

Graduate student, PhD program 
B.A. Economics, University of Northern Colorado 
B.S. Business Administration: Accounting and Finance, University of Northern Colorado

Research interests: Poverty, Crime, Education, Discrimination

Peiran Luo, Economics, Tulane University

Peiran Luo

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.S. Applied Economics, Nanyang Technological University 
B.A. Finance, Beijing Normal University

Jingwei Ma, Economics, Tulane University

Jingwei Ma

Graduate student, PhD program

Viktoriia Niziaieva, Economics, Tulane University

Viktoriia Niziaieva

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.A. Business, trade and exchange activities, University of State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, Ukraine

Research interests: Branding of Tourist Destinations, Public Administration, the Tax System, Marketing, Management, Economy of Enterprises

Gabriel Olivier, Economics, Tulane University

Gabriel Olivier

Graduate student, PhD program

Vahagn Shahnazaryan, Economics, Tulane University

Vahagn Shahnazaryan

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.A. Economics, College of Europe (Brugge, Belgium) 
Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University

Nan Zhang, Economics, Tulane University

Nan Zhang

Graduate student, PhD program
M.S. Finance, Durham University

Research interests: Development Economics, Environmental Economics, Financial Economics

Qiuyue Zhang, Economics, Tulane University

Qiuyue Zhang

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.A. Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics 
B.A. Finance, Anhui University of Finance and Economics

Research interests: Labor Economics, Economic Development

Lele Zhao, Economics, Tulane University

Lele Zhao

Graduate student, PhD program 
M.A. Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics 
B.A. Economics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics