All Wharton doctoral students build their own research interests on a foundation of rigorous research. By pushing the boundaries of understanding, they not only become experts in their fields, but also translate their research into practice, addressing relevant issues in the real world.
Doctoral Students and Research Interests
Note: If you are interested in students from a particular program, please contact the departments directly for more information.
| STUDENT NAME | RESEARCH INTERESTS | JOB MARKET PAPER | FACULTY ADVISORS |
Accounting |
|||
|
Stella Y. Park |
|
“Complex Disclosures and Investor Disagreement at Earnings Announcements” | Christopher Ittner |
|
Tanya Paul |
|
“Price Revelation and Safe Debt Creation” | Catherine Schrand |
|
Rachel Xi Zhang |
|
“Do Managers Learn from Institutional Investors through Direct Interactions?” | Brian Bushee |
Applied Economics |
|||
| Applied Economics PhD students on the job market are listed on the department website: Applied Economics PhD Job Market Candidates |
|||
Finance |
|||
| Finance PhD students on the job market are also listed on the department website: Finance PhD Job Market Candidates |
|||
|
Mehran Ebrahimian |
|
“Student Loans and Social Mobility” | Luke Taylor |
|
Mauricio Medeiros Junior |
|
“Human Capital and Startup Financing” | Luke Taylor
|
Heath Care Management and Economics |
|||
|
Stuart V. Craig |
|
“Competition in Employer Sponsored Health Insurance: Implications for a Public Option” | Matthew Grennan |
|
Molly E. Frean |
|
“Understanding Manufacturer-Sponsored Copay Assistance Programs for Pharmaceuticals” | Mark Pauly |
|
Charu Gupta |
|
“One product, many patents: Imperfect intellectual property rights in the pharmaceutical industry” | Matthew Grennan |
|
Hongyu (Karen) Zhang |
|
||
Legal Studies & Business Ethics |
|||
|
Matthew Caulfield |
|
“[Title Redacted for Ongoing Peer Review] – On CSR, Institutional Theory, and Ethics” | Alan Strudler |
Management |
|||
|
Karren Knowlton |
|
“Trailblazer Mindsets: When Being Under-represented Helps You Help Others” | Andrew Carton |
Marketing |
|||
|
Arthur Sangil Lee |
|
“Neural Correlates of Value are Intrinsically History Dependent”“Agnostic Utility Function Approximation via Cubic Bezier Splines” | Joseph W. Kable |
Operations, Information and Decisions |
|||
|
Tan (Suparerk) Lekwijit |
|
“Evaluating the Efficacy of Connected Healthcare: An Empirical Examination of Patient Engagement Systems and Their Impact on Readmission” | Christian Terwiesch |
|
Park Sinchaisri |
|
“Managing a Flexible Workforce via Behavioral and Operational Lenses” | Gad Allon |
Statistics |
|||