Senior Honors Thesis

Liam Dietrich: “Oh, SNAP! The Effect of Improved Nutrition Assistance on Enrollment” (Cichello)

Emma Mayfield: “Winners and Losers: Enrollment Rates in Post-Civil War Liberia” (Cichello)

Neha Suneja: “Evaluating the Impact of Crop Diversification on Smallholder Farmer Resilience in Nigeria” (Cichello)

Jackson Danforth: “Environmental Policies and Their Relative Effectiveness at Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Comparative Analysis” (Sanzenbacher)

Jesse Wu: “Three Year Analysis of Tulsa Remote on U.S. Computer Scientist Migration” (Kazarosian)

James Monahan: “Should States Legalize Sports Betting?  A Cost-Benefit Approach*” (McGowan)

Gural Nuriyev: “The Deferred Acceptance Algorithm for the New-Graduate Software Engineering Labor Market” (Yenmez)

Yingke "Sharon" Chen: “How inflation affects net housing value and pension wealth in the United States” (Baum)

April 4

Note: Class starts at 8:15 a.m.

Silvia Ianeselli: “What is the elasticity of electric vehicle demand with respect to price and how does it  differ between low- and high-income households?” (Sweeney)

Yanjing (Helena) Xie: “Investigating the Immediate Economic Impact of the U.S. Government’s Rhetoric and Threats During the U.S.-China Trade War” (Valchev)

Joe Milosh: “A Cost Comparison of Clinical and Novel In-Vitro Diagnostic Methods in the Incidental Cardiac Disease Patient Population” (Regan / Bezzerides)

Lauren Gillet: “The Overeducation of Syrian Immigrants in Jordan” (Sankaran)

Thamar (Naika) Jean Laurent: “Monopolizing Bodies: An economic analysis of Kidnapping for ransom in Haiti” (Sankaran)

Shijian (Russell) Zhang: “Contract Renewal Incentive Effect: Is Contract Year Phenomenon Real in the NBA?” (Grubb)

Louis Gleason: “Knowledge Spillovers and the International Partnership Program for Aerospace* ” (Guerron)

Jakin Jeong: “A Sick Anomaly: Reevaluating the Relationship Between the Economy and the Stock Market in the Pandemic” (Ireland)

Chenghan Lu: “Monetary and Fiscal Policy During Covid*” (Ireland)

Yujia Shi: “How do the big tech acquisitions impact the venture capital market in the AI industry?” (Murry)

Katherine (Jiayu) Yan: “What are the effects of pandemic supply chain disruption in the automotive industry?” (Murry)

Julia Curtin: “Treating Two Epidemics: Mitigating OUD in Prisons with Public Policy” (Wesner)

William Crowley: “Uncertainty in Inflation: What Kind of Landing Are We Heading Towards?” (McHugh)

April 20

Note: Class starts at 8:15 a.m.

Zhuoran (Grace) Liu: “Invisible Gap: Gender Wage Differentials in Modern China” (Rutledge)

Will Ortyl: “Closing the SNAP Gap: Under-Participation in SNAP Among Low-Income College Students” (Rutledge)

Grace Wagner: “Barriers to Build: Procedural Requirements and Housing Development in Greater Boston” (Rutledge)

Luke DeMartin: “Systematic Behavioral Biases in Major League Baseball Umpiring” (Maxwell)

Haolun Huang: “Exploring Dynamic Pricing in the U.S. Rideshare Industry” (Maxwell)

Dominic Cischke: “ERC-20 Cryptocurrency Market Efficiency: Investigating High-Frequency Efficiency and Ether Independence Across The Ethereum Merge” (Sanzenbacher)

Katie Garrett: “Marriage Equality and the Reported LGBT Hate Crimes Rate in the United States” (Sanzenbacher)

John Hayfron-Benjamin: “'Hidden diversity'  An analysis of income differences between African Americans and Nigerian Americans through the first and second generations” (Sanzenbacher)

Aman Sinha: “Inflation Targeting Venezuela’s Hyperinflation” (Sanzenbacher)

Isabelle Bury: “Determinants of Recidivism for the Formerly Incarcerated” (Quinn)

Nadia Capolino: “Working Women: Will the Long-term impacts of Covid-19 be beneficial in the fight for gender equality?” (Quinn)

Andrew Pitten: “What Factors Mitigate Adverse Localized Effects of Trade Exposure with China” (Quinn)

Yunhui (Sunny) Sun: “The impact of Housing Prices on Chinese Fertility Rate: Looking for Possible Solutions to China's Aging Society Problem” (Quinn)

Yiqing Kuang: “Impact of Face Mask Mandates on the COVID-19 Cases in the United States” (Baum)

Caitlin Hearty: “Does increased access to primary education decrease economic inequality in Costa Rica?” (Cichello)

Joe Lamoureux: “Is a Helping Hand Better than an Invisible One? The Effect of Helpfulness on Employee Engagement” (Cox)

John Dempsey: “Pre-Health Track Educational Disparities and Impact on Future Labor Market Outcomes” (Sankaran)

Shaokai Wang: “The Invisible Hand: Political Cycles, Economics, and the Stock Market” (Ireland)

Grace Tymann: “Does Minimum Wage Influence Union Votes?” (Sanzenbacher)

Augusta Imperatore: “Is Inclusionary Zoning Creating the Inclusive Communities it Intends?” (Sanzenbacher)

Allison Pyo: “From One-Room Schools to Graded Schools: Analyzing the Shift in Education During the Mid-1800s” (Rutledge / Higgins)

Natalie Almonacid: “The Great Unequalizer: How State Responses to COVID-19 Differently Impact the Unemployment Rate of Racial and Ethnic Groups” (Sanzenbacher)

Dylan Frick: “How Allowing the US to Negotiate Prescription Drug Prices Would Impact Innovation” (Sanzenbacher)

Ryan Ollestad: “Improving Microloans in Developing Countries with Blockchain Technology” (Regan)

Rita LaPlante: “Understanding Green Gentrification in Boston: A GIS Approach” (Maxwell)

Eleana Tsiamtsiouris: “Does 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” (Maxwell)

Ryan Cattich: “Estimating the Negative Externalities of Disinformation” (Wesner)

Maxwell Vogliano: “Economic Welfare: How Various Ethical Underpinnings for Calculation Affect Welfare Policy” (Quinn)

Chris Bunner: “The Social Effect of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Subsidies” (Sweeney)

Bryan Kim: “The ULCC Effect: How Does The Entry of Ultra-Low Cost Carriers Impact Airfares of Incumbent Airlines?” (Murry)

Eugene Park: “The Relationship between Cycles and Imbalances in the Market” (Murphy)

Justin Lee: "Cross-Border M&A in Emerging Markets: Differences in Innovation Spillovers by Industry" (Murphy)

Yin "Elaine" Huang: “Tech Hubs and Youth Employment: Evidence from Kenya” (Cox)

Minda Zhu: "The Effect of Changes in Tariff Policy Against China Under the Trump Administration on Domestic Unemployment in the U.S” (Sanzenbacher)

Matt Ventrella: “Examining the Effects of Political Spending by Teacher Unions on Public Pension Funding” (Sanzenbacher)

Hannah Wolfe: “Exploring the Effects of Economic Insecurity on Deaths of Despair” (Sanzenbacher)

Rodrigo Ibarra Gallardo: “The Effect of Criminal Reform on Feminicides in Mexico” (Rutledge)

Brendan Curry: “The Volatility of Employment and Income of Professional Musicians before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic” (Rutledge)

Jason Boyle: “An Analysis of Hospital Revenues During the Course of the 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak in Massachusetts (Richardson)

Xingrui "Victor" Liu: “Predicting Fed’s Decision on Adjusting Federal Funds Rate” (Ireland)

Suren Akopyan: “Investigating the Reasons Behind the Underperformance of Value stocks in the Recent Decades” (Ireland)

Abbie Schlageter: "Examining the Environmental Kuznet Curve in Canada’s Transport Sector" (Maxwell)

Yuchuan "Grace" Peng: “Uncovering Online Retailing: Glimpsing into the Era post- COVID” (Maxwell)

Matt Kraft: “Streakiness in Sports: Do Individual Players Actually Become ‘Hot’ or ‘Cold’?” (Maxwell)

Will Peters: “The Vaporfly Effect: Innovation or Omitted Variables?” (Maxwell)

Julia Kraus: “Gender Quotas and Firm Performance: Evidence from Germany” (Cichello)

Max Bahar: “How Does Parental Migration Affect the Long Term Labor Market Outcomes of Left Behind Children?” (Cichello)

Micheal Griglak: “The Effects of Venezuelan Migrants in the Colombian Informal Sector” (Cichello)

Yudong "Steve" Zhang: “The US IPO market during COVID-19” (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)

Alex Eishingdrelo: “Offensive Play Calling in the NFL: Does the Run set up the Pass?” (Murphy)

William Johnson: “Do Retirement Savings Plans Help Small Businesses Attract and Retain Quality Employees?” (Sanzenbacher)

Jill Cusick: “Evaluating the Use of Behavioral Nudging as a Policy Tool” (Cichello)

Vojtech Machytka: “Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Aspiration Therapy” (Richardson)

Liam Cleary: “Primary Care Risk Score Coding’s Effect on Diabetic A1c levels and Other Healthcare Disparities” (Richardson)

Miranda McDonald-Stahl: “Evaluating Addiction-Recovery Services and Barriers to Coverage Among Immigrant Populations in Boston” (Regan)

Matthew Lynch: “The Impact of Student Debt on College Major Decisions” (Erbil)

Joshua Jiang: “Examining Factors Predicting Recessions” (Ireland)

Peixuan Huang: “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Financial Adjustment to External Imbalances” (Valchev)

Michelle Kondratiev: “The Relationship Between State Minimum Wage and Educational Attainment” (Sanzenbacher)

Leonid Rempel: “Monetary Policy in Virtual Economies” (Chahrour)

Ziyu Fan: “Costs of Public Transportation and its Implications, a Gas Consumption Perspective” (Sweeney)

Kate Peaquin: “Exploring Impacts of Sectarian Violence on Retirement Outcomes in Northern Ireland” (Rutledge)

Cole Cassady: “The Effects of Changes in Hospital Profitability due to the Affordable Care on Healthcare Sector Wages” (Rutledge)

Sherty Huang: “Metropolitan Migration and Effects on Minority Communities” (Cox)

Noah Jussila: “Notions of Substituability in Matching Markets” (Yemnez)

Jeong Yeon Cho: “Nash equilibrium analysis of the UK University Market” (Yemnez)

Zoe Greenwood: “Labor Market Discrimination against Ethiopian Israelis: What role does race play?” (Cichello)

Oliver Boucher: “The Effect of International Political Risk on Government Bond Pricing” (Murphy)

Crystal Tian: “Impacts of Patent Expiration: Prescription Drug Price and Drug Utilization under Medicare Part D” (Richardson)

Bianca Scharkowski: “Minimum Wage in Seattle Washington 2016 - 2018: What are the True Effects of this Policy Change?” (Maxwell)

Elena Tori: “Effects of Women’s Education on Society in Developing Countries” (Maxwell)

Margaret Andersen: “The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children’s Health and Educational Outcomes in Uganda” (Cichello)

Jason Barreira: “Impact of NFL Risk Aversion on Win Maximization” (Maxwell)

Jack Hammond: “Tanking in the NBA” (Maxwell)

Claire Driscoll: “Attitudes Concerning Immigration in Post-Communist Europe” (Valchev)

Nicholas Bergeron: “New Hampshire and Vermont: Differences in the “Hub and Spoke” Model of Opioid Treatment” (McGowan)

Conor Sheehy: “Speculative Asset Bubbles & Adaptive Expectations” (Petersen)

Xinyi Deng: “Pre-Holiday Equity Market Anomalies in Mainland China and Hong Kong” (Ireland)

Ariana Kishfy: “The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and its Effect on Geographic Mobility” (Rutledge)

Matthew Fernbach: “Predicting and Understanding the Effects of Automation on The Labor Market” (Ekmekci)

Sydney Apple: “Household Bargaining in the Middle East” (Olivetti)

Christy Verhoog: “Analyzing the Impact of Nigeria’s Agricultural Import Policy on Household Welfare” (Anukriti)

Gwyneth Miner: “Reaping What You Sow: Conflict and Seasonal Unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa” (Nyshadham)

Melanie Qing: “Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Access to Prescription Drugs” (Grubb)

Lydia Cao: “Price Elasticity and Product Substitutability in U.S. Television Advertising Market” (Mortimer)

Andrew Kuna: “Factors Affecting Prison Recidivism” (Quinn)

Elizabeth Kopec: “Sustainable Intergenerational Utility” (Segal)

Andrea Yepez: “Understanding Differing Effects of the Oil Price Drop on Ecuador and Colombia” (Murphy)

Mark Sullivan: “The Big Shortfall: The Impact of Pension Deficits on Municipal Bonds” (Rutledge)

Francisco Ruela: “The Impact of Child Earnings on Retirement Expectations” (Sanzenbacher)

Kyle Waters: “The Impact of Geography and Startup Team Background in Venture Capital Funding” (Cox)

John Hennig: “The Effect of Quantitative Easing on Yields and Asset Prices in Financial Markets” (Ireland)

Christophe Bernier: “Developing a Win Probability Model for Hockey” (Maxwell)

Amy Jin: “Effects of Gender on Crowdfunding Behaviors” (Maxwell)

Charles Rogan: “Private Label Entry Effect on National Brands and Food Prices” (Grubb)

Jung Ho Lee: “Is the Korean Gender Gap Understated? Evidence from Korean Labor and Income Panel Study” (Olivetti)

Melissa Lei: “The Effect of the One-Child Policy to Two-Children Policy in China on International Immigration” (Anukriti)

Shuang Li: “Analysis of Monetary Union Failures” (Ireland)

Tianhang Sun: “The Impact of Air Pollution on Infant Health in California from 1990 to 2016” (Maxwell)

Erica Lindsey: “The Misguided War on Processed Food: How and How Not to Fix the American Obesity Crisis” (Quinn)

Michelle Kang: “Stepping Toward Solar: The Impact of Tier Prices on Solar PV System Size” (Lewbel)

Christian Wilson: “Impact of Retail Clinics On Prices for Common Physician Services” (Richardson)

Audrey Setiadarma (Richardson)

Russ Barnard: “The Implications for the Modern Phillips Relationship” (Murphy)

Xufei Shen: “A Study of Different Factors Affecting Technology Transfer of CDM Projects in China” (Sweeney)

Amin Gholizadeh: “Increasing Market Efficiency Through Machine Learning” (Murphy) [Graduated December 2016]

Owen Lyons: “What Drives Renewable Energy Consumption?” (Tresch)

Christopher Dalla Riva: “The Effect of Airbnb on New York City Hotels” (Tresch)

Connor Tobin: “The Legal, Economic, and Financial Motivations Behind Corporate Tax Inversions” (Tresch)

Xiaojie Li: “An Evaluation of the Stock Connect Programs in China” (Baum)

Ana Grisanti: “Venezuela: Its Fiscal Challenges and some Policy Solutions” (Baum)

Carolyn Ruh: “The Impact of Mobile Money on Savings in Uganda” (Anukriti)

James Ledoux: “The Law of Concentrations of Crime at Place” (Maxwell)

Nicolas Barker: “Breakdown and Analysis of Uber's Surge Pricing through Price Discrimination Theory” (Maxwell)

Carlie Ladda: “M-Pesa: The Effects of Mobile Banking on Small Businesses in Kenya” (Cichello)

Greta Ritzenthaler: “Child brides: The Causes and Repercussions of Early Marriage for Women in Uttar Pradesh, India” (Cichello)

Lily Peng: “Gendered Effects: Analyzing the Employee/Supervisor Relationship in the IT and Healthcare Industries” (Olivetti)

Byeol (Ellie) Kim: “From Education to Medical Practice: An Analysis of American Healthcare Spending” (Regan)

Kanghun (Tim) Lee: “The Economic Assimilation of Migrants and Refugees in Germany” (Wagner)

Kirsten Hedde: “Education Returns in Tanzania” (Nyshadham)

Ryan Schnoor: “Economic Impact of Hosting the Olympics” (Quinn)

Emma Dawley: “Demography in Crisis: A Cohort Analysis of Wealth and Retirement Preparedness” (Rutledge)

James Ahle: “Welfare in Retirement: A Cross-Country Analysis” (Rutledge)

Madison Meehan: “Division 1 Women's Soccer: Predicting NCAA Tournament Results” (Maxwell)

Hyung Lee: “Analysis of the EU Emissions Trading System” (Tresch)

Thomas Petricone: “Expected Education and Income Earning Ability: Determinants and Distributions” (Tresch)

Andrew Ferdowsian: “A Costly Signaling Model” (Yoeli)

Jeffrey Klofas: “Hedge Funds and Financial Crises: 2007-2009 Performance Characteristics” (Ireland)

Samantha Pinsak: “Everything is not Sawa Sawa: Abuse and Informal Employment in Kenya” (Erbil)

Maria Boria: “Human Trafficking and Natural Disasters: An Empirical Analysis” (Anukriti)

John Bagamery: “A Hypothetical Universal US Sports Betting Market: Modeling the US Market Using Australian Panels” (McGowan)

Sarah Black: “Superstar Effect on Professional Baseball Players' Salaries” (Maxwell)

Lifeng Chen: “ The Impact of Medicaid on Health: Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment” (Maxwell)

Eduardo Karotsieris: “Augmenting the Relative-Strength Momentum-Investing Strategy: Implications for the Efficience Markets Hypothesis ” (Maxwell)

Andrew Lee: “Monetary Policy in Zero Rate Environments” (Murphy/Schenck)

Bradley Gazdag: “Self-Checkout in Retail Costs” (Grubb)

Peter Stein: “The Demand for Advertising on Television” (Mortimer)

Julia Gorman: “Leglislative Staff Size and Government Spending” (Murphy)

Joe Marin: “Convergence in the EU” (Murphy)

Tony Freiji: “College Graduation Rates and College Sports” (Murphy)

Giuliana Zaccardelli: “The Market for Prescription Drugs: A Case Study of COX-2 Inhibitors” (Regan)

Andrew Millette: “The Impact of Population Characteristics on the Effectiveness of United States Health Care Exchanges” (Regan)

Andrew Skaras: “Long-term Interest Rates in the Euro Zone” (Petersen)

George Jiranek: “Canadian-U.S. Border Effects on Pricing in the Gasoline Market” (Strasser)

Paul Davey: “The Economic and Cultural Impact of Germany's Hartz IV Reforms” (Beauchamp, Economics and Resler, German Studies)

Steven Wagner: “Privatization of Prisons” (McGowan)

Anders Grorud: “Primary Care and Walmart” (Cichello)

Jaime Fellers: “Financial Education and Microfinance” (Cichello)

Angela Petrone: “Health Care Reform in China” (Rutledge, Li)

Daniel Neagu: “Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions in Pharmaceuticals on Drug Innovation, Healthcare Costs, and Labor Markets” (Grubb)

John Beyer: “Pay for Delay” (Grubb)

Sean Dvorak: “Peer Effects in the NHL” (Maxwell)

Clara Dawley: “The Oregon Health Experiment: The Effect of Health Insurance on Public Health” (Maxwell)

Lea Oriol: “Environmental Regulation and Innovation” (Maxwell)

Sean McBride: “Uber and Taxi Medallions” (Quinn)

Collin Anderson: “TV Ads and Competing Firms” (Mortimer)

Trevor Graney: “Divestiture in an Experimental Framework of Merger Evaluation” (Mortimer)

Alison Wawrzynek: “Entrepreneurship in Post-Reunification Germany” (Baum)

Jordan Kelleher: “Predicting Pay-Per-View Numbers for UFC Events” (McGowan)

John Morrison: “The 2008 Financial Crisis: Deregulation’s Impact on Ethical Behavior” (McGowan)

Brandt Davies: “Explaining Trends in American Inequality” (Tresch)

Shawn Quinn: “Congestion Tax in New York City: A Progressive or Regressive Tax? (Tresch)

Caitlin Hegarty: “Misreported Data and Money Demand: The Case of Argentina” (Ireland)

John Sherman: “The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) and Speculative Bubbles: A Theoretical Analysis of Divergence in Mainstream Economic Thought” (Petersen)

Adam Rohde: “Do Consumers Overweight Energy and Food Prices in Expectations of Inflation?” (Murphy)

Eric Parolin: “Fiscal and Monetary Policies over the Political Cycle” (Murphy)

Colleen Sinnott: “The Medical Brain-Drain in Sub-Saharan Africa” (Cox)

Kevin Morris: “Remittance Flows to Latin America” (McGowan)

Tian Tan: “Role of Capital Controls in A vs. H Share Discount” (Dvir)

Elizabeth Raymond: “Child Labor in India: Education and Its Effects” (Fulford)

Ace Pidoriano: “Social Media and Stock Market Movements” (Maxwell)

Anne Pemberton: “Government Regulation in the Cell Phone Industry” (Gollop)

Andrew Choi: “Effects of Taxation on the Income Distribution” (Tresch)

Ryan Giannotto: “The Economic Costs of Remediating Dyslexia: A Cost-Benefit Analysis to the Individual and Society” (Strasser)

Katherine McKenna: “Global Housing Booms and Bubbles” (Petersen)

Garred Greenberg: “Health Care Reform” (Kraus)

Roger Larach: “Determinants of Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin America” (Taillard)

John Anderson: “The Role of Governance in Explaining Income Differences Across Countries” (Murphy)

Mark Cloutier: “Rethinking the Phillips Curve: A Study of Recent Inflation Dynamics in the G-7” (Murphy)

Ross Tremblay: “NFL Ticket Demand: The Movement of Prices in the Secondary Market” (Maxwell)

Mike Fernandes: “Excitement Factors in Team Success: A Comparison Across Major Professional Sports Leagues” (Murphy)

Steven Schmitt: “Private Equity Investment in Brazil: Interest Rates and Other Key Determinants of Dealflow” (McGowan)

Gabe Stacy: “The Business Cycle, the Technology Bubble, and the ‘New Economy’ of the 1990’s” (McGowan)

Mark Zimowski: “The Effect of Rising College Tuition Costs on College Demographics” (McGowan)

Kieran Mara: “A Statistical Analysis of Municipal Bond Yield Anomalies” (Petersen)

Hanyin Cheng: “Pseudo - Endowment Effect in Penny Auctions” (Maxwell)

Margaret Connolly: “Mid-Level Providers: Limiting the Trade-Off between Quality and Cost in Health Care” (Maxwell)

Ben Stroud: “Effects of High-Frequency Trading on Intraday Volatility of DJIA Components” (Maxwell)

Sam Hocking: “Money and Banking with Chinese Characteristics” (Ghironi)

Tara Sullivan: “The Political Economy of Monetary Disunion” (Ghironi)

John Maney: “Bank Liquidity during the 1893 Panic and Other Financial Crises” (Fulford)

Lauren Marra: “The Effectiveness of Post-Crisis U.S. Government Policy: A Look at Prices Across Asset Markets” (Ireland)

Ryan DiStefano: “Examining the Economic Impact of Patent Trolls and Patent Infringement Litigation” (Mortimer)

Collin Currao: “Potential Benefits of Legalizing Internet Gambling” (McGowan)

Frances Schwiep: “The Performance of Ex-Offenders in the Labor Market” (Maxwell)

Ashley Le Zhang: “Moral Hazard in Post Financial Crisis Refinance” (Maxwell)

Sjur Hoftun: “The Repercussions of Title IX on Small-Time Men's Sports” (Maxwell)

Sean Macdonald: “Allocating Scarce Resources: A Look Inside the NFL Salary Cap” (Maxwell)

Chanqing Huang: “Is the U.S Trade Deficit to China Caused by Renminbi’s Undervaluation?” (Dvir)

Rob Galligan: “American Wheat Subsidies Effects on World Exports” (McGowan)

Cliff Baratta: “The Effects of Fair Trade on Household Incomes for Coffee Farmers” (McGowan)

Nicholas Franco: “Microfinance and Growth in Latin America” (McGowan)

Alvaro Zapatel: “Microfinance and Property: A Comparative Analysis of Economic Development in Peru and Guatemala” (McGowan)

Michael Gordon: “Examining the Sources and Costs of Funding Urban Mass Transit: A Case Study of Six Major Urban Transit Systems” (McGowan

Kevin Schuster: “The Status and Determinants of Women's Health in America” (McGowan)

Lesley Zhixing Huang: “Cost-Effectiveness of Electricity Energy Efficiency Programs: Demand-Side Management’s (DSM) Future Role in Energy Markets And Feasibility of DSM-technology Transfer to China and Eastern Europe” (Fulford)

Claire Ruffing: “Determined to Hope: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Microfinance in Africa” (Fulford)

Kathleen Iannone: “Green Skies: Effects of Environmental Taxation on the U.S. Domestic Airline Industry” (Gollop)

Daniel Belton: “The Credit Market During the Financial Crisis” (Baum)

Luke Fernandes: “Comparative Analysis of Exchange Rate Pass Through in Large versus Small Economies” (Strasser)

Evan Waters: “The Financial Crises: An Event-based Investigation of Inflation Risk Premiums” (Ireland)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Trevor Stuart: "Corporate Governance and its Effects on Shareholder Returns" (Petersen)

Discussant: Andrew Straub

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

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

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

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