Economics Senior Thesis
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2017 Senior Thesis Titles
Alaa Abdelfattah ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Jeff Carpenter]
Multitasking Effect on Productivity: An Experimental Approach
Jackson Adams ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Jeff Carpenter]
H.I.T. or Miss
Taylor Banaszewski ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Jeff Carpenter]
Loans, Sliders, and Status: Experimental Research Studying A Person's Willingness To Acquire Debt and Expend Effort When Status Is Achievable
Marcos Barrozo ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong]
The Straight Road to Child Health - Evidence from Rural Nigeria
Hannah Blackburn ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong]
African Institutions and Child Health: Do Famines Happen in Democracies?
Jake Brown ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong]
The Political Response to Police Misconduct: Evidence from the NYPD
Birgitta Cheng ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong]
Access to Contraceptives and the Birth Gap Between Races
Sebastian Colville-Reeves ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Jeff Carpenter]
The effect of Matching on Philanthropic Giving
Sean Indrelie ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong]
Access to Methadone Maintenance Treatment and the Opiate Crisis
Allen Jackson ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Jeff Carpenter]
Examining Labor Force Outcomes for Vietnam War Veterans: Volunteers versus Draftees
Nikki Lantigua ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong]
Carnegie Libraries: An Investigation on the Impact of the Presence of the Carnegie Libraries
on Literacy Rates and School Participation
Jason Lock ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Jeff Carpenter]
Investing in the Illusion of Control: Assessing the Impact of Competition on Magical Thinking and its Implications for Financial Decision-Making
Madeline Logue ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Jeff Carpenter]
Does Universal, Pre-Kindergarten Encourage Female Labor Force Participation?
Travis Stephens ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong]
The Sharing Economy: Understanding the Distortionary Effects of Airbnb on Residential Rents
Patrick Tang ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Jeff Carpenter]
The Implications of Team Production on Job Design
Madeline Webb ’17 [Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong]
Unchartered Waters: School Choice & Juvenile Crime