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Originally Posted by asianecon
I'm actually unsure of the placement of Toulouse MA students wrt top US programs. As I mentioned elsewhere, I know only one person who left the MA and pursued his PhD at NWU. I'm quite surprised that TMers (or at least my good friend AT) now recommend Toulouse over UPF, since it used to be the other way around. In my batch, placement record is something like: 1 guy went to HEC, another to UBC (got rejected by Minn if remember correctly). However I suspect that the best students in Toulouse usually prefer to stay in Europe hence it is not a sign weakness of the program if we don't usually see MA students in top US departments.
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I think you nailed it. Although all three institutions are excellent, I have the strong feeling that neither Tinbergen or Toulouse are a "launching pad" for a PhD in the States. I remember Ivan Marinovic, who after his master's at Toulouse went for a PhD in Accounting at Kellogg last year. But they seem not to be the rule, but rather exceptions. You are another. I always thought that most people who wanted to go for a PhD stayed at Toulouse.
Tinbergen --as well-- has a top-notch program which could compete with the best American programs, if it only was located in America (it really sounds stupid as I say this, but can't think of a better way of putting it...my brain is lacking oxygen after my current lack of admits). UPF's doctoral program has never seemed to be a formal PhD track, IMHO.
IIRC, Prof. Frank Kleibergen at Brown is a Tinbergen Institute alumnus.