Recent Job Placement
The strong quantitative training allows for more rigorous research and creates excellent job opportunities for graduates. About 40% of Washington State University Ph.D. graduates take tenure-track faculty positions, another 40% take lucrative positions as econometricians or analysts with prestigious corporations, and 20% take analyst or administrative positions in governments, non-governmental organizations, or think tanks.
Recent examples of academic positions include:
| Year | Graduate Student | Dissertation Title | Major Professor | Job Placement |
| 2008 | Walters, Cory | Essays on Production: Producer Opportunism in Crop Insurance and Spatial and Temporal Stability of Nitrogen Use and Loss in Wheat Production | Shumway | Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky |
| 2007 | Costanigro, Marco | Product Characteristics and Reputation Effects in the Wine Market | McCluskey | Assistant Professor, Colorado State University |
| 2005 | Rangkakulnuwat, Poomtham | Three Essays in Application of Cointegration Analysis with Exogenous Variables and Structural Breaks | Wang/Ahn | Assistant Professor, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok |
| 2005 | Lee, Hsiang-Tai | Dynamic Futures Hedging and Consumer Shopping Behavior | Yoder | Assistant Professor, Dept. of Banking and Finance, National Chi Nan University |
| 2004 | Rahman, Tauhidur | Essays on the Measurement of Human Well-Being | Mittelhammer | Assistant Professor, University of Arizona |
| 2004 | Snarr, Hal | A Duration Analysis of Time Limited Welfare | Rosenman | Assistant Professor, North Carolina-A&T |
| 2004 | Curtis, Kynda | The Industrialized Global Market for Processed Biotechnology | McCluskey/Wahl | Assistant Professor, University of Nevada |
| 2003 | Winfree, Jason | Valuation of Conservation Properties | McCluskey | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan |
| 2002 | Molitor, Christopher | The Effect of In-School Work Experience at Community Colleges and Four-Year Colleges | Leigh | Assistant Professor, Eastern Washington University |
| 2002 | Briand, Genevieve | Applications in Natural Resource Economics | Matulich | Assistant Professor, Eastern Washington University |
| 2002 | Petrela, Eivis | The Role of Demand Seasonality and Housing Investment in the Farm Labor Market in Washington State | Wandschneider | Assistant Professor, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo |
| 2002 | Grimsrud, Kristine | Optimal Control of Pest Resistance to Transgenic Crop Varieties | Huffaker | Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico |
Recent examples of industry postions include: |
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| 2007 | Puenpatom, Rajitkanok (Amy) | Effects of Thai Healthcare Policy on Household Demand, Hospital Effeciency and Household Earnings | Rosenman | Endo Pharmaceuticals |
| 2005 | Xi, Jing | Full Bayesian Bootstrap Analysis of Simultaneous Equations: Extensions and Applications | Mittelhammer | Capital One |
| 2005 | Sreedharan, Prasanna | Trade Barriers and Market Power in the U.S. Apple Industry | Wahl/Devadoss | TNS-Global |
| 2004 | Li, Quan | The Chinese Agricultural Market: Consumer Response to Biotechnology and Foreign Direct Investment | Wahl | American Express |
| 2003 | Wei, Qizhi | The Pricing of Risk Factors in International Financial Markets | Rosenman | American Express |
| 2003 | Hu, Jianqing | Identity, Preferences and Consumption: Asian Expatriates in the United States |
McCluskey | American Express |
| 2001 | Fahs, Rafic | Semi Parametric Estimation and Inference in Multinomial Choice and System of Censored Demand Equation Models With Application to Estimating Demand System | Mittelhammer | American Express |
Recent example of Government and other positions include: |
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| 2005 | Lankoande, Mariam D. | Wildfire Economics and Policy | Yoder | Economic Analyst, Office of Budget and Economic Services, Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources |
| 2003 | Upadhyay, Bharat Mani | Analysis of Farmers' Investment Behavior for Conservation Technologies | Young | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| 2003 | Kang, Daechang | Assessment of the Productivity of Highway Stock and Maintenance Spending by Disaggregate Industry Data Analysis | Batina | S. Korean Government, Policy Analysis |
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