Senior Honors Thesis
Writing a senior thesis is an excellent way for students to build upon their economics coursework and pursue research that is meaningful and interesting to them. It also allows students to hone the skills they鈥檝e developed and apply frameworks and knowledge in a way that develops an even greater analytical perspective.
Writing a senior thesis requires organization, planning, and focus. Students interested in writing a senior thesis should consult the Senior Honors Thesis Guidelines. The guidelines document describes the philosophy behind the senior thesis and walks you through the process of selecting a topic, engaging a faculty adviser, and registering for the two-semester senior honors thesis seminar.
Past thesis students have found this experience richly rewarding. Read the testimonials below to learn how the opportunity to work closely with a faculty adviser and to think critically and deeply about a significant intellectual problem of their own selection helped these BC alumni grow as researchers, analysts, writers and critical thinkers. While a thesis is arguably essential for students who intend to pursue graduate work in economics, it is also incredibly valuable for the majority of thesis students who follow other paths.
Students who are interested in writing a senior thesis should begin the process in the spring of their junior year (identifying a faculty adviser and developing a research idea in late March or early April).聽
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- Senior Honors Thesis
- Senior Honors Thesis (Due April 30 Junior Year)
- Senior Honors Thesis guide to
- To see samples of past theses by economics students, please visit the eScholarship page on the .
- Current and past years鈥 thesis topics
Student Testimonials
Current and Past Years鈥 Senior Honors Thesis Topics
Presentations will be in O'Neill 257.聽 We will meet from 8:30-10:15 a.m.聽 Advisers are invited to attend.聽 Each presentation should be about 15-20 minutes in length with some additional time for questions.聽聽
| March 26 | Braden Kramer: 鈥淎ssessing Initial Impacts of the Great American Outdoors Act on Gateway Community聽Demographics鈥 (Murphy) |
| April 2 | Brock Daylor: 鈥淓xpect The Unexpected: The Impact Of Natural Resource Price Volatility On Governance and Corruption鈥澛(Sanzenbacher) Adalyn Schommer: 鈥淭he Impact of Test-Optional Admissions Policies for Catholic Colleges and Universities鈥 (Sanzenbacher)聽 Liuying Huang: 鈥淭he Impact of CEO鈥檚 Involvement in the Media Industry on Financial Markets: a Case Study on Elon Musk鈥檚 Twitter Activity on Asset Prices鈥澛(Cox) Ansel Kufta: 鈥淐an Vitamin D and UV-Exposure Explain Opioid Use鈥澛(Cox) |
| April 4 | Tyler Smith: 鈥淧ost-Pandemic Inflation: An Analysis of the Causes of the Wide Variety in Inflation Across Countries Following the Covid-19 Pandemic鈥澛(Ireland) Rona Sun: 鈥淲hat is the impact of the banking crisis on society's trust in the banking system?鈥澛(Ireland) Sky Lyu: 鈥淯nveiling the Veil of Growth: The Hidden Impact of Neoliberal Economic Reformation on Labor Productivity in Chile from 1973 to 1982鈥澛(Guerron) Ian Leissner: 鈥淗ow Occupational Exposure to Automation Impacts Wages鈥澛(Cichello) |
| April 9 | Esther An: 鈥淗as increased聽working mobility post-Covid changed companys' hiring preferences of new grads in Tech, Finance, and Healthcare industries?鈥澛(Rutledge) Cooper Mae Cavallo: 鈥淪uccess or Failure:聽 Effect of the "Every Student Succeeds Act" on Eighth Grade Reading and Mathematics鈥澛(Rutledge) Christian DiBiase: 鈥淗ealthcare on the Front Lines: Economic Realities for Nurses Pre, During, and Post COVID-19 in the U.S.鈥澛(Rutledge) Garrett Domaratzky: 鈥淎 difference-in-difference estimate on the effects of ACA medicaid expansion on ER visits for individuals with poor mental health鈥澛(Rutledge) |
| April 11 | Yixiao Sun: 鈥淗ow did the entry of Japanese cars in the U.S. market change the U.S. automobiles design and consumer welfare from the 1970s to the 1990s?鈥澛(Murry) Yanting Wang: 鈥淭he Green Initiative: California's success in reducing GHG emissions鈥澛(Baum) Yuhao Wang:聽鈥淧ost-COVID Changes in Means鈥澛(McHugh) Jack Sui:聽鈥淎ssessing the variation in SNAP Participation and Food Insecurity Across States鈥澛(Anderson) |
| April 18 | Catherine Bennett: 鈥淓mergency: RN Staffing Levels, Vacancies, and Work Satisfaction鈥澛(Sanzenbacher) Emily Howell: 鈥淪tudent Loans and Financial Literacy: Set-backs or Tools for Success?鈥澛(Sanzenbacher) Zhichen Zhou: 鈥淎I fever and technology companies鈥 financial performance鈥澛(Sanzenbacher) Duncan Wang: 鈥淗ow social capital affects the overdose death rates in different races/ ethnic groups鈥澛(Heyman) |
| April 23 | Kevin Lee: 鈥淔ootball coach discount rates and draft pick trading鈥澛(Grubb) Aditya Rao: 鈥淯sing Green Bond Spreads to Quantify How United States Clean Energy Expansion Policy Shifts Investment in the European Union: A Difference-in-Difference Approach鈥澛(Grubb) Nick Traver: 鈥淟earning and Memory Given Most Information is Already Known鈥澛(Coffman) Eamon O'Malley: 鈥淐harging Ahead: Exploring the Impact of State Incentives on Electric Vehicle Adoption and Emission Reduction Targets鈥澛(Pideret) |
| April 25 | Thomas Esterbrook: 鈥淏eyond the Debate: A Meta-Analysis on Minimum Wage Effects on Employment鈥 (Quinn) Laura Lu: 鈥淭he聽impact of global conflicts on the ESG performance of companies鈥 (Maxwell) Ben Ragland: 鈥淥verworked and Underloved: Exploring the聽Relationship聽Between聽Overtime聽Work and聽Marital聽Stability鈥 (Venator) Matthew Sher: 鈥淭he Impact of Human-Capital Active Labor Market Policies on Unemployment during the 2020 Coronavirus Recession鈥 (Venator) |
| March 28 | Liam Dietrich: 鈥淥h, SNAP! The Effect of Improved Nutrition Assistance on Enrollment鈥 (Cichello) Emma Mayfield: 鈥淲inners and Losers: Enrollment Rates in Post-Civil War Liberia鈥 (Cichello) Neha Suneja: 鈥淓valuating the Impact of Crop Diversification on Smallholder Farmer Resilience in Nigeria鈥 (Cichello) Jackson Danforth: 鈥淓nvironmental Policies and Their Relative Effectiveness at Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Comparative Analysis鈥 (Sanzenbacher) |
| March 30 | Jesse Wu: 鈥淭hree Year Analysis of Tulsa Remote on U.S. Computer Scientist Migration鈥 (Kazarosian) James Monahan: 鈥淪hould States Legalize Sports Betting?聽 A Cost-Benefit Approach*鈥 (McGowan) Gural Nuriyev: 鈥淭he Deferred Acceptance Algorithm for the New-Graduate Software Engineering Labor Market鈥 (Yenmez) Yingke "Sharon" Chen: 鈥淗ow inflation affects net housing value and pension wealth in the United States鈥 (Baum) |
April 4 Note: Class starts at 8:15 a.m. | Silvia Ianeselli: 鈥淲hat is the elasticity of electric vehicle demand with respect to price and how does it聽 differ between low- and high-income households?鈥 (Sweeney) Yanjing (Helena) Xie: 鈥淚nvestigating the Immediate Economic Impact of the U.S. Government鈥檚 Rhetoric and Threats During the U.S.-China Trade War鈥 (Valchev) Joe Milosh: 鈥淎 Cost Comparison of Clinical and Novel In-Vitro Diagnostic Methods in the Incidental Cardiac Disease Patient Population鈥 (Regan / Bezzerides) Lauren Gillet: 鈥淭he Overeducation of Syrian Immigrants in Jordan鈥 (Sankaran) Thamar (Naika) Jean Laurent: 鈥淢onopolizing Bodies: An economic analysis of Kidnapping for ransom in Haiti鈥 (Sankaran) |
| April 11 | Shijian (Russell) Zhang: 鈥淐ontract Renewal Incentive Effect: Is Contract Year Phenomenon Real in the NBA?鈥 (Grubb) Louis Gleason: 鈥淜nowledge Spillovers and the International Partnership Program for Aerospace* 鈥 (Guerron) Jakin Jeong: 鈥淎 Sick Anomaly: Reevaluating the Relationship Between the Economy and the Stock Market in the Pandemic鈥 (Ireland) Chenghan Lu: 鈥淢onetary and Fiscal Policy During Covid*鈥 (Ireland) |
| April 13 | Yujia Shi: 鈥淗ow do the big tech acquisitions impact the venture capital market in the AI industry?鈥 (Murry) Katherine (Jiayu) Yan: 鈥淲hat are the effects of pandemic supply chain disruption in the automotive industry?鈥 (Murry) Julia Curtin: 鈥淭reating Two Epidemics: Mitigating OUD in Prisons with Public Policy鈥 (Wesner) William Crowley: 鈥淯ncertainty in Inflation: What Kind of Landing Are We Heading Towards?鈥 (McHugh) |
April 20 Note: Class starts at 8:15 a.m. | Zhuoran (Grace) Liu: 鈥淚nvisible Gap: Gender Wage Differentials in Modern China鈥 (Rutledge) Will Ortyl: 鈥淐losing the SNAP Gap: Under-Participation in SNAP Among Low-Income College Students鈥 (Rutledge) Grace Wagner: 鈥淏arriers to Build: Procedural Requirements and Housing Development in Greater Boston鈥 (Rutledge) Luke DeMartin: 鈥淪ystematic Behavioral Biases in Major League Baseball Umpiring鈥 (Maxwell) Haolun Huang: 鈥淓xploring Dynamic Pricing in the U.S. Rideshare Industry鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 25 | Dominic Cischke: 鈥淓RC-20 Cryptocurrency Market Efficiency: Investigating High-Frequency Efficiency and Ether Independence Across The Ethereum Merge鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Katie Garrett: 鈥淢arriage Equality and the Reported LGBT Hate Crimes Rate in the United States鈥 (Sanzenbacher) John Hayfron-Benjamin: 鈥'Hidden diversity'聽 An analysis of income differences between African Americans and Nigerian Americans through the first and second generations鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Aman Sinha: 鈥淚nflation Targeting Venezuela鈥檚 Hyperinflation鈥 (Sanzenbacher) |
| April 27 | Isabelle Bury: 鈥淒eterminants of Recidivism for the Formerly Incarcerated鈥 (Quinn) Nadia Capolino: 鈥淲orking Women: Will the Long-term impacts of Covid-19 be beneficial in the fight for gender equality?鈥 (Quinn) Andrew Pitten: 鈥淲hat Factors Mitigate Adverse Localized Effects of Trade Exposure with China鈥 (Quinn) Yunhui (Sunny) Sun: 鈥淭he impact of Housing Prices on Chinese Fertility Rate: Looking for Possible Solutions to China's Aging Society Problem鈥 (Quinn) |
| April 4 | Yiqing Kuang: 鈥淚mpact of Face Mask Mandates on the COVID-19 Cases in the United States鈥 (Baum) Caitlin Hearty: 鈥淒oes increased access to primary education decrease economic inequality in Costa Rica?鈥 (Cichello) |
| April 6 | Joe Lamoureux: 鈥淚s a Helping Hand Better than an Invisible One? The Effect of Helpfulness on Employee Engagement鈥 (Cox) John Dempsey: 鈥淧re-Health Track Educational Disparities and Impact on Future Labor Market Outcomes鈥 (Sankaran) Shaokai Wang: 鈥淭he Invisible Hand: Political Cycles, Economics, and the Stock Market鈥 (Ireland) |
| April 11 | Grace Tymann: 鈥淒oes Minimum Wage Influence Union Votes?鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Augusta Imperatore: 鈥淚s Inclusionary Zoning Creating the Inclusive Communities it Intends?鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Allison Pyo: 鈥淔rom One-Room Schools to Graded Schools: Analyzing the Shift in Education During the Mid-1800s鈥 (Rutledge / Higgins) |
| April 13 | Natalie Almonacid: 鈥淭he Great Unequalizer: How State Responses to COVID-19 Differently Impact the Unemployment Rate of Racial and Ethnic Groups鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Dylan Frick: 鈥淗ow Allowing the US to Negotiate Prescription Drug Prices Would Impact Innovation鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Ryan Ollestad: 鈥淚mproving Microloans in Developing Countries with Blockchain Technology鈥 (Regan) |
| April 20 | Rita LaPlante: 鈥淯nderstanding Green Gentrification in Boston: A GIS Approach鈥 (Maxwell) Eleana Tsiamtsiouris: 鈥淒oes the Type of Lawyer Representation Really Matter? Exploring the Differences in Defendant Outcomes between Private Retained Counsel and Private Court-appointed Counsel in Criminal Cases鈥 (Maxwell) Ryan Cattich: 鈥淓stimating the Negative Externalities of Disinformation鈥 (Wesner) |
| April 25 | Maxwell Vogliano: 鈥淓conomic Welfare: How Various Ethical Underpinnings for Calculation Affect Welfare Policy鈥 (Quinn) Chris Bunner: 鈥淭he Social Effect of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Subsidies鈥 (Sweeney) Bryan Kim: 鈥淭he ULCC Effect: How Does The Entry of Ultra-Low Cost Carriers Impact Airfares of Incumbent Airlines?鈥 (Murry) |
| April 5 | Eugene Park: 鈥淭he Relationship between Cycles and Imbalances in the Market鈥 (Murphy) Justin Lee: "Cross-Border M&A in Emerging Markets: Differences in Innovation Spillovers by Industry" (Murphy) Yin "Elaine" Huang: 鈥淭ech Hubs and Youth Employment: Evidence from Kenya鈥 (Cox) |
| April 7 | Minda Zhu: "The Effect of Changes in Tariff Policy Against China Under the Trump Administration on Domestic Unemployment in the U.S鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Matt Ventrella: 鈥淓xamining the Effects of Political Spending by Teacher Unions on Public Pension Funding鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Hannah Wolfe: 鈥淓xploring the Effects of Economic Insecurity on Deaths of Despair鈥 (Sanzenbacher) |
| April 12 | Rodrigo Ibarra Gallardo: 鈥淭he Effect of Criminal Reform on Feminicides in Mexico鈥 (Rutledge) Brendan Curry: 鈥淭he Volatility of Employment and Income of Professional Musicians before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic鈥 (Rutledge) Jason Boyle: 鈥淎n Analysis of Hospital Revenues During the Course of the 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak in Massachusetts (Richardson) |
| April 14 | Xingrui "Victor" Liu: 鈥淧redicting Fed鈥檚 Decision on Adjusting Federal Funds Rate鈥 (Ireland) Suren Akopyan: 鈥淚nvestigating the Reasons Behind the Underperformance of Value stocks in the Recent Decades鈥 (Ireland) Abbie Schlageter: "Examining the Environmental Kuznet Curve in Canada鈥檚 Transport Sector" (Maxwell) |
| April 19 | Yuchuan "Grace" Peng: 鈥淯ncovering Online Retailing: Glimpsing into the Era post- COVID鈥 (Maxwell) Matt Kraft: 鈥淪treakiness in Sports: Do Individual Players Actually Become 鈥楬ot鈥 or 鈥楥old鈥?鈥 (Maxwell) Will Peters: 鈥淭he Vaporfly Effect: Innovation or Omitted Variables?鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 21 | Julia Kraus: 鈥淕ender Quotas and Firm Performance: Evidence from Germany鈥 (Cichello) Max Bahar: 鈥淗ow Does Parental Migration Affect the Long Term Labor Market Outcomes of Left Behind Children?鈥 (Cichello) Micheal Griglak: 鈥淭he Effects of Venezuelan Migrants in the Colombian Informal Sector鈥 (Cichello) |
| April 26 | Yudong "Steve" Zhang: 鈥淭he US IPO market during COVID-19鈥 (Chahrour) Dylan Agema: "Rolling the DICE on the Doughnut: The Viability of Ethical Growth" (Akin-Olcum) Geoffrey O'Malley: "The Economic Impact of Pandemics" (Quinn) |
| March 30 | Alex Eishingdrelo: 鈥淥ffensive Play Calling in the NFL: Does the Run set up the Pass?鈥 (Murphy) William Johnson: 鈥淒o Retirement Savings Plans Help Small Businesses Attract and Retain Quality Employees?鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Jill Cusick: 鈥淓valuating the Use of Behavioral Nudging as a Policy Tool鈥 (Cichello) |
| April 1 | Vojtech Machytka: 鈥淐ost Effectiveness Analysis of Aspiration Therapy鈥 (Richardson) Liam Cleary: 鈥淧rimary Care Risk Score Coding鈥檚 Effect on Diabetic A1c levels and Other Healthcare Disparities鈥 (Richardson) Miranda McDonald-Stahl: 鈥淓valuating Addiction-Recovery Services and Barriers to Coverage Among Immigrant Populations in Boston鈥 (Regan) |
| April 6 | Matthew Lynch: 鈥淭he Impact of Student Debt on College Major Decisions鈥 (Erbil) Joshua Jiang: 鈥淓xamining Factors Predicting Recessions鈥 (Ireland) Peixuan Huang: 鈥淓valuating the Effectiveness of Financial Adjustment to External Imbalances鈥 (Valchev) |
| April 15 | Michelle Kondratiev: 鈥淭he Relationship Between State Minimum Wage and Educational Attainment鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Leonid Rempel: 鈥淢onetary Policy in Virtual Economies鈥 (Chahrour) Ziyu Fan: 鈥淐osts of Public Transportation and its Implications, a Gas Consumption Perspective鈥 (Sweeney) |
| April 22 | Kate Peaquin: 鈥淓xploring Impacts of Sectarian Violence on Retirement Outcomes in Northern Ireland鈥 (Rutledge) Cole Cassady: 鈥淭he Effects of Changes in Hospital Profitability due to the Affordable Care on Healthcare Sector Wages鈥 (Rutledge) Sherty Huang: 鈥淢etropolitan Migration and Effects on Minority Communities鈥 (Cox) |
| April 27 | Noah Jussila: 鈥淣otions of Substituability in Matching Markets鈥 (Yemnez) Jeong Yeon Cho: 鈥淣ash equilibrium analysis of the UK University Market鈥 (Yemnez) Zoe Greenwood: 鈥淟abor Market Discrimination against Ethiopian Israelis: What role does race play?鈥 (Cichello) |
| April 1 | Oliver Boucher: 鈥淭he Effect of International Political Risk on Government Bond Pricing鈥 (Murphy) Crystal Tian: 鈥淚mpacts of Patent Expiration: Prescription Drug Price and Drug Utilization under Medicare Part D鈥 (Richardson) |
| April 3 | Bianca Scharkowski: 鈥淢inimum Wage in Seattle Washington 2016 - 2018: What are the True Effects of this Policy Change?鈥 (Maxwell) Elena Tori: 鈥淓ffects of Women鈥檚 Education on Society in Developing Countries鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 8 | Margaret Andersen: 鈥淭he Impact of Domestic Violence on Children鈥檚 Health and Educational Outcomes in Uganda鈥 (Cichello) Jason Barreira: 鈥淚mpact of NFL Risk Aversion on Win Maximization鈥 (Maxwell) Jack Hammond: 鈥淭anking in the NBA鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 17 | Claire Driscoll: 鈥淎ttitudes Concerning Immigration in Post-Communist Europe鈥 (Valchev) Nicholas Bergeron: 鈥淣ew Hampshire and Vermont: Differences in the 鈥淗ub and Spoke鈥 Model of Opioid Treatment鈥 (McGowan) Conor Sheehy: 鈥淪peculative Asset Bubbles & Adaptive Expectations鈥 (Petersen) |
| April 24 | Xinyi Deng: 鈥淧re-Holiday Equity Market Anomalies in Mainland China and Hong Kong鈥 (Ireland) Ariana Kishfy: 鈥淭he Subprime Mortgage Crisis and its Effect on Geographic Mobility鈥 (Rutledge) Matthew Fernbach: 鈥淧redicting and Understanding the Effects of Automation on The Labor Market鈥 (Ekmekci) |
| April 29 | Sydney Apple: 鈥淗ousehold Bargaining in the Middle East鈥 (Olivetti) Christy Verhoog: 鈥淎nalyzing the Impact of Nigeria鈥檚 Agricultural Import Policy on Household Welfare鈥 (Anukriti) Gwyneth Miner: 鈥淩eaping What You Sow: Conflict and Seasonal Unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa鈥 (Nyshadham) |
| May 1 | Melanie Qing: 鈥淓ffects of Medicaid Expansion on Access to Prescription Drugs鈥 (Grubb) Lydia Cao: 鈥淧rice Elasticity and Product Substitutability in U.S. Television Advertising Market鈥 (Mortimer) Andrew Kuna: 鈥淔actors Affecting Prison Recidivism鈥 (Quinn) |
| April 4 | Elizabeth Kopec: 鈥淪ustainable Intergenerational Utility鈥 (Segal) Andrea Yepez: 鈥淯nderstanding Differing Effects of the Oil Price Drop on Ecuador and Colombia鈥 (Murphy) |
| April 9 | Mark Sullivan: 鈥淭he Big Shortfall: The Impact of Pension Deficits on Municipal Bonds鈥 (Rutledge) Francisco Ruela: 鈥淭he Impact of Child Earnings on Retirement Expectations鈥 (Sanzenbacher) Kyle Waters: 鈥淭he Impact of Geography and Startup Team Background in Venture Capital Funding鈥 (Cox) |
| April 18 | John Hennig: 鈥淭he Effect of Quantitative Easing on Yields and Asset Prices in Financial Markets鈥 (Ireland) Christophe Bernier: 鈥淒eveloping a Win Probability Model for Hockey鈥 (Maxwell) Amy Jin: 鈥淓ffects of Gender on Crowdfunding Behaviors鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 23 | Charles Rogan: 鈥淧rivate Label Entry Effect on National Brands and Food Prices鈥 (Grubb) Jung Ho Lee: 鈥淚s the Korean Gender Gap Understated? Evidence from Korean Labor and Income Panel Study鈥 (Olivetti) Melissa Lei: 鈥淭he Effect of the One-Child Policy to Two-Children Policy in China on International Immigration鈥 (Anukriti) |
| April 25 | Shuang Li: 鈥淎nalysis of Monetary Union Failures鈥 (Ireland) Tianhang Sun: 鈥淭he Impact of Air Pollution on Infant Health in California from 1990 to 2016鈥 (Maxwell) Erica Lindsey: 鈥淭he Misguided War on Processed Food: How and How Not to Fix the American Obesity Crisis鈥 (Quinn) |
| April 30 | Michelle Kang: 鈥淪tepping Toward Solar: The Impact of Tier Prices on Solar PV System Size鈥 (Lewbel) Christian Wilson: 鈥淚mpact of Retail Clinics On Prices for Common Physician Services鈥 (Richardson) Audrey Setiadarma (Richardson) |
| March 30 | Russ Barnard: 鈥淭he Implications for the Modern Phillips Relationship鈥 (Murphy) Xufei Shen: 鈥淎 Study of Different Factors Affecting Technology Transfer of CDM Projects in China鈥 (Sweeney) Amin Gholizadeh: 鈥淚ncreasing Market Efficiency Through Machine Learning鈥 (Murphy) [Graduated December 2016] |
| April 4 | Owen Lyons: 鈥淲hat Drives Renewable Energy Consumption?鈥 (Tresch) Christopher Dalla Riva: 鈥淭he Effect of Airbnb on New York City Hotels鈥 (Tresch) Connor Tobin: 鈥淭he Legal, Economic, and Financial Motivations Behind Corporate Tax Inversions鈥 (Tresch) |
| April 6 | Xiaojie Li: 鈥淎n Evaluation of the Stock Connect Programs in China鈥 (Baum) Ana Grisanti: 鈥淰enezuela: Its Fiscal Challenges and some Policy Solutions鈥 (Baum) Carolyn Ruh: 鈥淭he Impact of Mobile Money on Savings in Uganda鈥 (Anukriti) |
| April 11 | James Ledoux: 鈥淭he Law of Concentrations of Crime at Place鈥 (Maxwell) Nicolas Barker: 鈥淏reakdown and Analysis of Uber's Surge Pricing through Price Discrimination Theory鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 18 | Carlie Ladda: 鈥淢-Pesa: The Effects of Mobile Banking on Small Businesses in Kenya鈥 (Cichello) Greta Ritzenthaler: 鈥淐hild brides: The Causes and Repercussions of Early Marriage for Women in Uttar Pradesh, India鈥 (Cichello) Lily Peng: 鈥淕endered Effects: Analyzing the Employee/Supervisor Relationship in the IT and Healthcare Industries鈥 (Olivetti) |
| April 20 | Byeol (Ellie) Kim: 鈥淔rom Education to Medical Practice: An Analysis of American Healthcare Spending鈥 (Regan) Kanghun (Tim) Lee: 鈥淭he Economic Assimilation of Migrants and Refugees in Germany鈥 (Wagner) Kirsten Hedde: 鈥淓ducation Returns in Tanzania鈥 (Nyshadham) |
| April 25 | Ryan Schnoor: 鈥淓conomic Impact of Hosting the Olympics鈥 (Quinn) Emma Dawley: 鈥淒emography in Crisis: A Cohort Analysis of Wealth and Retirement Preparedness鈥 (Rutledge) James Ahle: 鈥淲elfare in Retirement: A Cross-Country Analysis鈥 (Rutledge) |
| April 7 | Madison Meehan: 鈥淒ivision 1 Women's Soccer: Predicting NCAA Tournament Results鈥 (Maxwell) Hyung Lee: 鈥淎nalysis of the EU Emissions Trading System鈥 (Tresch) Thomas Petricone: 鈥淓xpected Education and Income Earning Ability: Determinants and Distributions鈥 (Tresch) |
| April 12 | Andrew Ferdowsian: 鈥淎 Costly Signaling Model鈥 (Yoeli) Jeffrey Klofas: 鈥淗edge Funds and Financial Crises: 2007-2009 Performance Characteristics鈥 (Ireland) Samantha Pinsak: 鈥淓verything is not Sawa Sawa: Abuse and Informal Employment in Kenya鈥 (Erbil) |
| April 14 | Maria Boria: 鈥淗uman Trafficking and Natural Disasters: An Empirical Analysis鈥 (Anukriti) John Bagamery: 鈥淎 Hypothetical Universal US Sports Betting Market: Modeling the US Market Using Australian Panels鈥 (McGowan) |
| April 19 | Sarah Black: 鈥Superstar Effect on Professional Baseball Players' Salaries鈥 (Maxwell) Lifeng Chen: 鈥 The Impact of Medicaid on Health: Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment鈥 (Maxwell) Eduardo Karotsieris: 鈥淎ugmenting the Relative-Strength Momentum-Investing Strategy: Implications for the Efficience Markets Hypothesis 鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 21 | Andrew Lee: 鈥淢onetary Policy in Zero Rate Environments鈥 (Murphy/Schenck) Bradley Gazdag: 鈥淪elf-Checkout in Retail Costs鈥 (Grubb) Peter Stein: 鈥淭he Demand for Advertising on Television鈥 (Mortimer) |
| April 7 | Julia Gorman: 鈥淟eglislative Staff Size and Government Spending鈥 (Murphy) Joe Marin: 鈥淐onvergence in the EU鈥 (Murphy) Tony Freiji: 鈥淐ollege Graduation Rates and College Sports鈥 (Murphy) |
| April 9 | Giuliana Zaccardelli: 鈥淭he Market for Prescription Drugs: A Case Study of COX-2 Inhibitors鈥 (Regan) Andrew Millette: 鈥淭he Impact of Population Characteristics on the Effectiveness of United States Health Care Exchanges鈥 (Regan) |
| April 14 | Andrew Skaras: 鈥淟ong-term Interest Rates in the Euro Zone鈥 (Petersen) George Jiranek: 鈥淐anadian-U.S. Border Effects on Pricing in the Gasoline Market鈥 (Strasser) Paul Davey: 鈥淭he Economic and Cultural Impact of Germany's Hartz IV Reforms鈥 (Beauchamp, Economics and Resler, German Studies) |
| April 16 | Steven Wagner: 鈥淧rivatization of Prisons鈥 (McGowan) Anders Grorud: 鈥淧rimary Care and Walmart鈥 (Cichello) Jaime Fellers: 鈥淔inancial Education and Microfinance鈥 (Cichello) |
| April 21 | Angela Petrone: 鈥淗ealth Care Reform in China鈥 (Rutledge, Li) Daniel Neagu: 鈥淚mpact of Mergers and Acquisitions in Pharmaceuticals on Drug Innovation, Healthcare Costs, and Labor Markets鈥 (Grubb) John Beyer: 鈥淧ay for Delay鈥 (Grubb) |
| April 23 | Sean Dvorak: 鈥淧eer Effects in the NHL鈥 (Maxwell) Clara Dawley: 鈥淭he Oregon Health Experiment: The Effect of Health Insurance on Public Health鈥 (Maxwell) Lea Oriol: 鈥淓nvironmental Regulation and Innovation鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 28 | Sean McBride: 鈥淯ber and Taxi Medallions鈥 (Quinn) Collin Anderson: 鈥淭V Ads and Competing Firms鈥 (Mortimer) Trevor Graney: 鈥淒ivestiture in an Experimental Framework of Merger Evaluation鈥 (Mortimer) |
| April 10 | Alison Wawrzynek: 鈥淓ntrepreneurship in Post-Reunification Germany鈥 (Baum) Jordan Kelleher: 鈥淧redicting Pay-Per-View Numbers for UFC Events鈥 (McGowan) John Morrison: 鈥淭he 2008 Financial Crisis: Deregulation鈥檚 Impact on Ethical Behavior鈥 (McGowan) |
| April 15 | Brandt Davies: 鈥淓xplaining Trends in American Inequality鈥 (Tresch) Shawn Quinn: 鈥淐ongestion Tax in New York City: A Progressive or Regressive Tax? (Tresch) |
| April 22 | Nicolas Doering: 鈥淐onsumption and Happiness鈥 (Beauchamp) |
| April 24 | Caitlin Hegarty: 鈥淢isreported Data and Money Demand: The Case of Argentina鈥 (Ireland) John Sherman: 鈥淭he Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) and Speculative Bubbles: A Theoretical Analysis of Divergence in Mainstream Economic Thought鈥 (Petersen) |
| April 9 | Adam Rohde: 鈥淒o Consumers Overweight Energy and Food Prices in Expectations of Inflation?鈥 (Murphy) Eric Parolin: 鈥淔iscal and Monetary Policies over the Political Cycle鈥 (Murphy) |
| April 11 | Colleen Sinnott: 鈥淭he Medical Brain-Drain in Sub-Saharan Africa鈥 (Cox) Kevin Morris: 鈥淩emittance Flows to Latin America鈥 (McGowan) |
| April 16 | Daniel Adams: 鈥淲ho's to Gain, and Who's to Blame: The Expected Value of Strikes and Lockouts in Professional Sports Leagues鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 18 | Tian Tan: 鈥淩ole of Capital Controls in A vs. H Share Discount鈥 (Dvir) Elizabeth Raymond: 鈥淐hild Labor in India: Education and Its Effects鈥 (Fulford) Ace Pidoriano: 鈥淪ocial Media and Stock Market Movements鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 23 | Anne Pemberton: 鈥淕overnment Regulation in the Cell Phone Industry鈥 (Gollop) Andrew Choi: 鈥淓ffects of Taxation on the Income Distribution鈥 (Tresch) Ryan Giannotto: 鈥淭he Economic Costs of Remediating Dyslexia: A Cost-Benefit Analysis to the Individual and Society鈥 (Strasser) |
| April 25 | Katherine McKenna: 鈥淕lobal Housing Booms and Bubbles鈥 (Petersen) Garred Greenberg: 鈥淗ealth Care Reform鈥 (Kraus) Roger Larach: 鈥淒eterminants of Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America鈥 (Taillard) |
| April 10 | John Anderson: 鈥淭he Role of Governance in Explaining Income Differences Across Countries鈥 (Murphy) Mark Cloutier: 鈥淩ethinking the Phillips Curve: A Study of Recent Inflation Dynamics in the G-7鈥 (Murphy) Ross Tremblay: 鈥淣FL Ticket Demand: The Movement of Prices in the Secondary Market鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 12 | Mike Fernandes: 鈥淓xcitement Factors in Team Success: A Comparison Across Major Professional Sports Leagues鈥 (Murphy) Steven Schmitt: 鈥淧rivate Equity Investment in Brazil: Interest Rates and Other Key Determinants of Dealflow鈥 (McGowan) |
| April 17 | Gabe Stacy: 鈥淭he Business Cycle, the Technology Bubble, and the 鈥楴ew Economy鈥 of the 1990鈥檚鈥 (McGowan) Mark Zimowski: 鈥淭he Effect of Rising College Tuition Costs on College Demographics鈥 (McGowan) Kieran Mara: 鈥淎 Statistical Analysis of Municipal Bond Yield Anomalies鈥 (Petersen) |
| April 19 | Hanyin Cheng: 鈥淧seudo - Endowment Effect in Penny Auctions鈥 (Maxwell) Margaret Connolly: 鈥淢id-Level Providers: Limiting the Trade-Off between Quality and Cost in Health Care鈥 (Maxwell) Ben Stroud: 鈥淓ffects of High-Frequency Trading on Intraday Volatility of DJIA Components鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 24 | Sam Hocking: 鈥淢oney and Banking with Chinese Characteristics鈥 (Ghironi) Tara Sullivan: 鈥淭he Political Economy of Monetary Disunion鈥 (Ghironi) John Maney: 鈥淏ank Liquidity during the 1893 Panic and Other Financial Crises鈥 (Fulford) |
| April 26 | Lauren Marra: 鈥淭he Effectiveness of Post-Crisis U.S. Government Policy: A Look at Prices Across Asset Markets鈥 (Ireland) Ryan DiStefano: 鈥淓xamining the Economic Impact of Patent Trolls and Patent Infringement Litigation鈥 (Mortimer) Collin Currao: 鈥淧otential Benefits of Legalizing Internet Gambling鈥 (McGowan) |
| April 7 | Frances Schwiep: 鈥淭he Performance of Ex-Offenders in the Labor Market鈥 (Maxwell) Ashley Le Zhang: 鈥淢oral Hazard in Post Financial Crisis Refinance鈥 (Maxwell) Sjur Hoftun: 鈥淭he Repercussions of Title IX on Small-Time Men's Sports鈥 (Maxwell) |
| April 12 | Sean Macdonald: 鈥淎llocating Scarce Resources: A Look Inside the NFL Salary Cap鈥 (Maxwell) Chanqing Huang: 鈥淚s the U.S Trade Deficit to China Caused by Renminbi鈥檚 Undervaluation?鈥 (Dvir) |
| April 14 | Rob Galligan: 鈥淎merican Wheat Subsidies Effects on World Exports鈥 (McGowan) Cliff Baratta: 鈥淭he Effects of Fair Trade on Household Incomes for Coffee Farmers鈥 (McGowan) Nicholas Franco: 鈥淢icrofinance and Growth in Latin America鈥 (McGowan) |
| April 19 | Alvaro Zapatel: 鈥淢icrofinance and Property: A Comparative Analysis of Economic Development in Peru and Guatemala鈥 (McGowan) Michael Gordon: 鈥淓xamining the Sources and Costs of Funding Urban Mass Transit: A Case Study of Six Major Urban Transit Systems鈥 (McGowan Kevin Schuster: 鈥淭he Status and Determinants of Women's Health in America鈥 (McGowan) |
| April 26 | Lesley Zhixing Huang: 鈥淐ost-Effectiveness of Electricity Energy Efficiency Programs: Demand-Side Management鈥檚 (DSM) Future Role in Energy Markets And Feasibility of DSM-technology Transfer to China and Eastern Europe鈥 (Fulford) Claire Ruffing: 鈥淒etermined to Hope: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Microfinance in Africa鈥 (Fulford) Kathleen Iannone: 鈥淕reen Skies: Effects of Environmental Taxation on the U.S. Domestic Airline Industry鈥 (Gollop) |
| April 28 | Daniel Belton: 鈥淭he Credit Market During the Financial Crisis鈥 (Baum) Luke Fernandes: 鈥淐omparative Analysis of Exchange Rate Pass Through in Large versus Small Economies鈥 (Strasser) Evan Waters: 鈥淭he Financial Crises: An Event-based Investigation of Inflation Risk Premiums鈥 (Ireland) |
| April 15 | Kevin Walton: "The Mystery of Governance: Its Direct and Indirect Impact on Economic Growth" (Murphy) James Mack: "The Resource Curse and Macroeconomic Policy" (Murphy) Cecelia McDonald: "When the Tide Goes Out: Executive Compensation, Leverage, and Firm Performance in a Recession" (Petersen) |
| April 20 | Kyle Butler: "An Analysis of Gambling Expansion in Massachusetts: Structure and Payoffs" (McGowan) Jonathan Pike: "The Behavioral Economics of Energy Efficiency Measures" (McGowan) Steven Twomey: "The State of the Beer Excise Tax: An Examination of States' Motivations for Excise Taxation Policies on Beer" (McGowan) |
| April 22 | Joseph Duggan: "The Problem of Abortion: A Social Choice Analysis" (Segal) Michael Stork: "A Gatekeeper's Guide to Economic Evidence in Tying Law" (Ireland) Vishal Mahadkar: "The Feldstein and Horioka Puzzle: A Mark of Financial Strength and Opportunity, Not Immobility" (Strasser) |
| April 27 | Michael Polark: "A Structural Break in the Colombian Coca Market" (Dvir) Andrew Steck: "Examining the Role of Risk Appetite in a Financial Economy" (Petersen) Jeffery Zhang: "Fiscal Policy Coordination after a Financial Crisis" (Ghironi) |
| April 29 | Ryan Beck: "Effects of Environmental Regulation on Innovation Decisions" (Konishi) Jason Adams: "The NBA's Revenue Sharing Scorecard: Determinants of Financial Success for Small Market Franchises" (Maxwell) Sarah Wiewel: "Is the BCS Worth All the Fuss? The Impact on Revenues if Division I-A College Football Implemented a Post-Season Playoff System" (Maxwell) |
| April 7 | Trevor Stuart: "Corporate Governance and its Effects on Shareholder Returns" (Petersen) Discussant: Andrew Straub |
| April 14 | Andrew Straub: "How Coupled are Emerging Markets with Developed Markets?" (Petersen) Jeff Sun: "Non-Normal Distributions for Portfolio Returns" (Baum) Discussants: Joy Batra and Tom Quan |
| April 16 | Joy Batra: "Why Do Mutual Funds Advertise?" (Murphy) Tom Quan: "American Tribal Religion: An Analysis of Tribal Isolationism in the Fan Bases of the Four Major U.S. Sports Leagues" (Maxwell) Discussants: Trevor Stuart and Jeff Sun |
| April 21 | Michelle Lamy: "Non-Market Contributions to Output Across Countries" (Seitz) Ryan O'Neil: "The Effect of Women's Education on Growth" (Seitz) Discussants: Jeff Renshaw and Lauren Evangelista |
| April 23 | Jeff Renshaw: "Solar Power: Electricity Generation and Government Incentives" (Dalton/Gollop) Lauren Evangelista: "The Effect of Ethanol Use on the Prices of Corn and Gasoline" (Gollop) Discussants: Michelle Lamy and Ryan O'Neil |