The following 10 students from the Class of 2017 have earned the honors designation in the economics department after successfully completing their honors thesis (two of which earned high honors):
Annie Conway
The Impact of Charter School Laws Strength on School Closures
(Faculty Sponsor: Yang Song)
Emily Gu
The International Transmission of the US Monetary Policy Shock
(Faculty Sponsor: Richard Higgins)
Gina Joseph
The effects of Indias Panchayati Raj Institutions on child marriage
(Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla)
Troy Kelly
Effects of TV Contracts on NBA Salaries
(Faculty Sponsor: Benjamin Anderson and Carolina Castilla)
Meagan Klebanoff
Analyzing the Effect of the Common Fisheries Policy on the UKs Fishing Industry: Better with Brexit?
(Faculty Sponsor: Bob Turner)
Kayla Oliver
Accounting for Hysteresis: Incorporating Invariant Output Targeting into the Three Equation Model
(Faculty Sponsor: Tom Michl and Carolina Castilla)
Santa Ramirez Rijo
Effects of Violence Prevention and Attention Units on prevalence and perceptions of intimate partner violence in the Dominican Republic
(Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla)
Ieva Steponaviciute
Carbon Pricing in Input and Export Markets: Multinational Firms and Carbon Leakage using Bernard et als Model of Global Firms
(Faculty Sponsor: Bob Turner and Richard Klotz)
Irene Zhao
The Role of Money in a Real Business Cycle in an Open Economy
(Faculty Sponsor: Richard Higgins)
Zoe Zhong
Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes: Is Culture Relevant?
(Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla and Yang Song)