Maria Marta Ferreyra

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Associate Professor of Economics

Teaching and Research Interests:

• Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Education, Industrial Organization. Focuses on the effects of large-scale reforms in K-12 education, such as school choice, school finance reform, public school accountability, and charter schools.

Useful Links:

• Vita

Published Papers: 

• Information Asymmetry and Equilibrium Monitoring in Education
  Journal of Public Economics 96(1-2), February 2012; 237-254.
  (with: Pierre Liang)
  
  
• Learning About New Products: An Empirical Study of Physicians' Behavior
  Economic Inquiry 49(3), July 2011; 876-898.
  (with: Grigory Kosenok)
  
  
• An Empirical Framework for Large-Scale Policy Analysis, with an Application to School Finance Reform in Michigan
  American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 1(1), February 2009; 147-80.
  
  
• School Finance Reform: Assessing General Equilibrium Effects
  Journal of Public Economics 92(5-6), June 2008; 1326-1351.
  (with: Dennis Epple)
  
  
• Estimating the Effects of Private School Vouchers in Multi-District Economies
  American Economic Review 97(3), June 2007; 789-817.
  
  

Working Papers: 

• Charter School Entry and School Choice: The Case of Washington, D.C.
  July, 2012.
  (with: Grigory Kosenok)
  
  
• Entry, Sorting and Incentives in the Teacher Market
  April, 2012.
  (with: Pierre Liang)
  
  

Awards:

• Excellence in Refereeing Award American Economic Review - 2012
• Teaching Award, Undergraduate Business Administration, Tepper School of Business - 2006
• Berkman Faculty Development Grant, Carnegie Mellon University - 2004-05, 2007-08 and 2011-2012
• Robock Award for Empirical Work in Economics, with Derek Neal University of Wisconsin-Madison - 2001
• Department of Economics Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison - 1997-1998
• Rotary International Scholarship - 1996

Courses Taught:

• Economics of Education (47874)
  (Ph.D. Program)
  • 2007, Mini 3 (Section: A)

• Regression Analysis (70208)
  (BSBA Program)
  • 2013, Spring (Section: 1)
  • 2013, Spring (Section: 2)
  • 2012, Spring (Section: A)
  • 2012, Spring (Section: B)
  • 2011, Spring (Section: A)
  • 2011, Spring (Section: B)
  • 2008, Spring (Section: A)
  • 2008, Spring (Section: B)
  • 2008, Spring (Section: A)
  • 2008, Spring (Section: B)

• Principles of Economics (73100)
  (B.S. in Economics Program)
  • 2009, Spring (Section: A)
  • 2009, Spring (Section: B)
  • 2009, Spring (Section: A)
  • 2009, Spring (Section: B)

• Fundamentals of Statistical Modeling (73407)
  (B.S. in Economics Program)