Ph.D. Job Market Candidates
Several Pardee RAND students and recent alumni are actively pursuing employment opportunities. Prospective employers or executive recruiters are encouraged to contact them directly by email.
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Gursel Aliyev
As part of his dissertation, Gursel developed behavioral interventions to reduce tax evasion. While his research mostly focuses on behavioral decision-making, he is interested and experienced in survey research methodology, social policy issues and health economics too. He has also taught Statistics and Microeconomics for over 10 years.
Dissertation Topic
Taxpayers Misperceptions and Two Novel Behavioral Interventions to Counter Tax Evasion
Faculty Advisors
Andrew Parker (chair); Sebastian Linnemayr; Raffaele Vardavas; Kim Bloomquist (retired Senior Economist, IRS Office of Research)
Pavan Katkar
Pavan has a background in quantitative policy analysis, international relations, and software engineering. These experiences enable him to excel at roles that attempt to address complex problems with a variety of quantitative, qualitative, and technological skills.
Dissertation Topic
Implications and Applications of Blockchain
Faculty Advisors
C Richard Neu (chair); Angel O’Mahony; Philip Evans