Advisors

Ran Abramitzky (main advisor), Nick Bloom, Avner Greif

Curriculum Vitae

Isabelle_Sin_cv.pdf [Current: September 2009]

Research

“Book Translations as Information Flows: How detrimental was Communism to the flow of ideas?” with Ran Abramitzky (2009).

“Trade in Ideas: What drives book translations?” (2008). [preliminary and incomplete]

“The Dynamics of Adverse Selection in the Market for Slaves,” (2008).

"The Likely Regional Impacts of an Agricultural Emissions Policy in New Zealand: Preliminary Analysis," with Emma Brunton, Joanna Hendy and Suzi Kerr, Motu Working Paper 05-08 (2005).

"The Geographical Mobility of Maori in New Zealand," with Steven Stillman, Motu Working Paper 05-05 (2005).

“Taxes vs Permits: Options for Price-Based Climate Change Regulation,” with Suzi Kerr and Joanna Hendy, New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 05/02 (2005).

"Maori Incomes: Investigating Differences Between Iwi," with David C. Maré, Motu Working Paper 04-06 (2004).

“Bartercard?” University of Canterbury Honours Thesis (2002).

Teaching

TA for Econ 50, Economic Analysis I, Stanford University, Autumn 2008-09. 

TA for advanced undergraduate microeconomics and macroeconomics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2002.

Tips for Econ Grads

Click here for a few bits of advice I’ve gathered along the way and would like to share.

Last updated: 29 October 2009

Isabelle Sin Economics Page

Isabelle (Izi) Sin

Ph.D. Candidate

Economics Department

Stanford University

Email: isin@stanford.edu

Welcome to my Economics homepage.  Here you can find my CV, my research, information about my teaching, some tips I’ve collected that econ grads may or may not find useful, and links to relevant people and places I work with and/or like.

Research Interests

Applied Microeconomics, Economic History, the Economics of Book Translations