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Thanks for your comment. Looks like there is quite a lot of variety, quite some Princeton/Stanford/Berkeley/Harvards but also plenty of Cornell/UCDavis/Rochester/BostonU. Good schools but they do not strictly dominate Oxford, certainly not in IO/Applied Micro. I've also seen some people transfer from London to various US Offices a few years into their career so that seems like a viable option as well.

Thanks for your advice. I am specializing in IO already so that should be fine. My interest in the field was sparked several years ago (right after I completed my masters at a continental European university) during an internship at a smaller econ consulting firm in my home country. Turned out I had a certain aptitude for it and I guess it is easy to enjoy something you are good at. I have also come to realize that I will never be a true star in my field if I stay in academics (that ship sailed after I had to reject several top US PhD programmes due to family circumstances) and most academic positions available to me do not really interest me. Due to some recent events my financial position has also greatly deteriorated, so that also adds to it. So I suppose it is a combination of factors.

Hey everyone, I've been interested in Economics Consulting firms (NERA, Cornerstone, CRA etc). Currently I am in the process of getting my PhD (Dphil) in the UK (top 15-20 worldwide) I would however love to work for one of these firms in the US, since the practices I am interested in (litigation, antitrust etc) are much less developed here in the UK. Do any of you have any experience with the recruiting process there? Is it dominated by top 10 PhD programmes or is it possible to get in from the UK side? Any insights would be much appreciated!

Hello everyone, I just wanted to ask your opinion on a few things. I am just about to graduate with an Msc in Economics from a university in the Netherlands (top 30 to top 50, depending on ranking). I took 5 years to complete this degree (including undergrad), graduating at the age of 23 at the end of September. It is possible to complete the degree in four years however this is very unusual, especially if you take the time to do extra coursework (primarily in mathematics/statistics/econometrics) and take on RA and teaching positions in your later years as I did. My goal is to eventually start a PhD programme in the US (top 10-15 if possible). Typically it is advised for continental European students to do so through a graduate degree from a top UK university. To that end I was accepted to the Mphil in Economics at Oxford for the coming academic year. Unfortunately, I recently received very bad news about the health situation of one of my close family members and as such I will not be able to attend Oxford starting this academic year. As such I intend to take up internships and continue my RA and teaching positions and apply again to the Mphil next year (deferral was not possible unfortunately). As such I will start the Mphil at the age of 24, thus completing it at age 26. My question is as follows: is it likely that I will be accepted at a top US PhD programme at that age with this background? I understand of course that this is highly conditional on courses taken, academic performance, references etc. So assuming that my record is such that I would typically have a shot at getting accepted, would this unusual path (and my age) be held against me? Thanks in advance for your comments.