求选校建议 Rochester/UNC Chapel Hill/Rice/ASU Economics PhD

FelixSunUID: 3659935

Rochester, Stipend $22,000
- Pros: Good in Macro/Finance, Good in Applied Theory, Solid training, Good placement history
- Cons: Few professors in Applied Micro, Location

UNC Chapel Hill, Stipend $15,700+$8,000 (years 1-2)/$4,000 (years 3-5)
- Pros: Good in Econometrics/Financial Econometrics/Finance, Strong connection to Duke (taking courses, inviting professors to be committee members)
- Cons: Not so good in Applied Micro, Placement seems not satisfactory

Rice, Stipend $27,000
- Pros: Good in (structural) Applied Micro, Rising reputation (Rice has changed a lot in the past 5 years, and it is trying to develop a reputation, quoted from one of my recommenders), Small cohort, Location (btw I am a Houston Rockets fan)
- Cons: Uncertain placement, Small econ department and relatively narrow research fields

ASU, Stipend $23,000+$1,500 (year 1)
- Pros: Good in Applied Micro, Traditionally good in Macro, Small cohort, Relatively strong connection to Duke (several Duke PhD alums are at ASU), Good placement (Penn, Indiana, Notre Dame, Fudan, Xiamen)
- Cons: Weak in IO

My current research interests are in Labor/Education/Mechanism Design, or more generally, (structrual) Applied Micro. Rice is very enthusiastic (I have received emails from two professors other than DGS). But you know, it is always possible that one's research interests change in the future...

Many thanks for all the suggestions in advance.

哎呀走走走UID: 3925847

厉害厉害

gdgd818UID: 3945074

Vote for Rice.
恭喜楼主~~

哎呀走走走UID: 3925847

光华金融系系主任就是从Rochester出来的，我觉得这个学校楼主可以多考虑一下。

蚊卡卡UID: 3862603

哎呀走走走 发表于 2019-3-13 19:21
光华金融系系主任就是从Rochester出来的，我觉得这个学校楼主可以多考虑一下。

感觉罗切斯特是最稳妥的选择，不过地理位置实在是有点不太好。

risingntUID: 3827121

哎呀走走走 发表于 2019-3-13 19:21
光华金融系系主任就是从Rochester出来的，我觉得这个学校楼主可以多考虑一下。

别扯了，那都是哪一年的老海龟了。

现在光华金融系2018年引进是两个宾大沃顿PHD，2017年引进的是1个普林斯顿PHD，2015年引进的是伦敦政经PHD，楼主如果去罗切斯特的话，其实就是要做好去美国三流，国内二流院系的准备，而且地方还不能挑。

就这四个选，Rochester吧，北卡其次。

qwhrp94UID: 3582413

vote for rochester

I don't think rice, asu and unc are in the same tier with rochester (faculty, training, placement, reputation...). if it is me making the decision, the choice is clear.

Location is not so important if you prefer academic job than working in private sector. Besides, if you would like to do structural form, rochester is a great choice

nextdddUID: 3596130

another vote for rochester