Thesis Honors
Below are the 2022 Economics Honors Recipients.
Honors High Honors* Highest Honors**
Maxwell James Auborn*
Artificial Intelligence and its Effect of College Major Decisions
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Ellen Ann Barney
Income and local context in recent U.S. presidential elections
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Ethan Maximilian Berner**
Estimating the Effect of Nuisance Property Ordinances on Eviction and Homelessness
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Sophie Grace Charron*
Examining the ADA’s impact on labor market outcomes for people with work-limiting disabilities
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Cynthia Xi-Ya Chen**
Double of Nothing: Examining the Social Impact of Tribally Owned Casinos on Native American Populations
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Lingxi Chen
The Effect of Increased Access to IVF on Women’s Careers
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Lily Rose Colón
Partisan Information Choice
Thesis Advisor: Andrea Robbett
Ernesto Rigoberto Cuxil Pérez
How do declines in net migration and decreases in remittances affect labor participation in Rural Guatemala?
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Katarina Flik
Toxic Water: PFAS Contamination in Public Water Systems and Teen Fertility in California
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Austin Gill
The Effect of Sanctuary Jurisdictions on Low-Skill Native Workers in Florida
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Catherine Han
AFDC to TANF: The Effect of Welfare Generosity on Abortions and Births
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Harvey Hassan
Learning to live with Climate Change: The effectiveness of adaptive measures in Agriculture
Thesis Advisor: Phani Wunnava
Sam Kamau
Are Developing Countries Really Less Happy Than Developed Countries? Exploring Uncertainty and the Happiness Index as Reported by the World Happiness Report
Thesis Advisor: Andrea Robbett
Yuta Kato
The Olympic Games: Assessment of the Factors Determining Participation and Success
Thesis Advisor: Phani Wunnava
Grace Kirkpatrick
Measuring the impact of state level educational expenditures on labor market outcomes for individuals with adverse childhood experiences
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Riley Elizabeth Kinum**
Restrictive Reproductive Policy and its Effects on Female Employment in the Nineteenth Century
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Benjamin P. Lahey*
Deconstructing the Beveridge Curve: Matching Efficiency in U.S. Commuting Zones and a Solution to the Vacancy Data Shortage
Thesis Advisor: Andrea Robbett
Alexander Lee
The impact of ESG scores on firm price risk during crisis
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Michelle Liu**
Tokenized Project Financing: Potential Alternative to Public Equity Finance
Thesis Advisor: Phani Wunnava
Anthony Edward Marinello
The Workaholic College Student: Are Rising Tuition Cost the Driving Factor behind increases in Undergraduate Student Employment?
Thesis Advisor: Phani Wunnava
Henry McDonough*
The Effect of Cognitive Load on Risk Taking and Susceptibility to the Illusion of Control
Thesis Advisor: Jeff Carpenter
Quinlan McGaugh*
Hesitation Kills - Measuring the Impact of the ACA’s Medicaid Expansion on Covid-19 Health Outcomes
Thesis Advisor: Phani Wunnava
Claire Moy
Broadband Ho!: Evaluating Broadband Deployment in Rural America’s Growth
Thesis Advisor: Phani Wunnava
Tai Nguyen
The Response of Retail Spending and Real Consumption to Housing Wealth Shocks: Evidence from Geographically Linked Retail Data
Thesis Advisor: Phani Wunnava
William Jared Oppenheim*
The Effect of Body-Worn Cameras on Police Killings in the United States
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Kavita Patel**
Does Marijuana Reform Improve Racial Disparities in Incarceration Rates?
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
John Kroger Pettengill**
Spillovers from WWII Army Air Force Bases on Local Economies in the Rural United States
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Christian Poulson*
Diversity in Start-up fundraising: Gender and Race Education
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Zachary S. Shapiro**
Sports gambling and tax revenue
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Shridhar Hari Singhania
Free Lunches? Education & Health Impacts of India’s ‘Mid-Day Meal’ Program
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Joseph W. Spada**
The effect of New Jersey’s 2019 Minimum Wage Increase on Employment
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Patrick Stevenson
The Effects of the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests on Elections and Police Violence
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Frieda Violet Thaveethu
Reducing the Burden? The Effects of Mail-order Abortion Pills on Clinic Visits and Distance Traveled
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Xiaoyu Wu**
Follow the Cues: The Effects of Republican Leaders’ Testimonials on COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in the United States
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong