The Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER) is provides small donor funded Dissertation Research Awards to aid in research by UC Berkeley Graduate Students in the Ph.D. programs in Agricultural & Resource Economics, Business, Demography, Economics, and Public Policy.

The maximum award is $1,000. Grants may be used to cover out-of-pocket expenses associated with gathering data or conducting interviews in support of a Ph.D. dissertation.

Here is a list of the 2007/2008 IBER Dissertation Research Award Recipients:

• Fangwen Lu (Agricultural Economics) "Testing Peer Effects Among College Students "
• Caneel Joyce (Xlab) "Constraints and Creativity"
• Chris Rider (Business) "Economic Value of Social Capital: Evidence from U.S. Private Equity"
• Zach Grossman (Economics) "The Role of Information in Motivating Giving"
• Rocio Ritiunik (Agricultural Economics) “Drawing Your Senator from a Jar: The Effect of Term Length on Legislative Behavior"

To view past years' recipients, please choose the year from the list below

2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998