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Feb. 6, 2019

Ellen Bruno completed the best Ph.D. dissertation and Xun Wang completed the best M.S. thesis of all department graduate students in 2018, as selected by a faculty committee.

Each year, a faculty committee reviews all of the dissertations and theses completed by our Ph.D. and M.S. students. The best of each wins the department award and is nominated for AAEA's Outstanding Dissertation and Thesis Awards. The best dissertation also receives the department's Gordon A. King Award.

2018 Winners:

BEST DISSERTATION & GORDON A. KING AWARD:
Ellen Bruno: An Evaluation of Policy Instruments for Sustainable Groundwater Management (Chairs: Katrina Jessoe and Richard Sexton)

BEST THESIS:
Xun Wang: The Effects of Water Pricing Reforms on Urban Residential Water Demand: Evidence from Eight Municipalities in China (Chair: Katrina Jessoe)

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