Job Market Candidates 2025-2026

Jacob Bills

jbbills@wisc.edu

Development economics, labor economics, economic history

Job Market Paper:
"Dropping out in uncertain times: Educational investment decisions in a changing labor market"

References:
Ian Coxhead (advisor), Institute for Developing Economies
Paul Dower (co-advisor), Agricultural and Applied Economics
Priya Mukherjee, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Ngoc Ha Do

ntdo2@wisc.edu

Environmental economics, resource economics, agricultural economics

Job Market Paper:
"The Economic Benefits of Water Rights Adjudication: Evidence from Agricultural Land Sales in Western States"

References:
Dominic Parker (chair), Agricultural and Applied Economics
Daniel Phaneuf, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Jeffery Hadachek, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Yifei Liu

yifei.violet.liu@wisc.edu

Environmental and Energy Economics, Empirical Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics

Job Market Paper:
"Permitting, Litigation Risk, and Energy Infrastructure Investment"

References:
Sarah Johnston (main advisor), Economics, University of Calgary
Daniel Phaneuf, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Dominic Parker, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Chenyu Yang, Economics, University of Maryland

Pedro Magana Saenz

maganasaenz@wisc.edu

Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, Organizational Economics, and Public Policy

Job Market Paper:
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Digital Receipts in the Ugandan Dairy Chain"

References:
Laura Schechter (advisor), Economics
Priya Mukherjee, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Andrew Stevens, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago

James Salmon

ljsalmon@wisc.edu

Garrett Shost

shost@wisc.edu

Natural resource economics, Land economics, Environmental economics, Health Economics, Transportation economics, and Public policy

Job Market Paper:
"The Effects of Conservation Easements on Housing Prices and Development"

References:
Dominic Parker (advisor), Agricultural and Applied Economics
Daniel Phaneuf, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Corbett Grainger, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Jim Teal

jteal@wisc.edu

Agricultural economics, applied risk analysis, finance, and industrial organization

Job Market Paper:
"Crop diversification and banking resilience: An entropy-based evaluation of agricultural lending performance"

References:
Andrew Stevens (advisor), Agricultural and Applied Economics
Paul Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Guanming Shi, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Nurlan Utesov

utesov@wisc.edu

Agricultural Economics, Industrial Organization, Institutional Economics

Job Market Paper:
""Technology, contracts, and coordination: Modernizing agricultural supply chains in Wisconsin potatoes""

References:
Paul Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Paul Dower, Agricultural and Applied Economics
Guanming Shi, Agricultural and Applied Economics