Thesis Honors
Below are the 2021 Economics Honors Recipients.
Honors High Honors* Highest Honors**
Aidan Kolbe Acosta*
Cap-and-Trade and Environmental Justice: A Study of California’s RECLAIM Program
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Jordan Ali Bessalel*
Risk Taking in a Dynamic Environment with Paper or Realized Conditions
Thesis Advisor: Andrea Robbett
Emily Bian*
Black Lives Matter: The Consumer Impacts of Corporate Activism
Thesis Advisor: Martin Abel
Abdoul Nasser Bounia Yahaya
West Africa’s Post-colonial trade dependency: Were British former colonies better prepared to tackle international trade than the French former colonies at independence?
Thesis Advisor: Martin Abel
John William Brady*
Happiness in the Green Mountain State: An analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on subjective well-being in Vermont
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey Carpenter
Henry Harris Cronic*
Stakes, Competition, and Magical Thinking
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey Carpenter
Whitney P Findlay
The Racial Disparities of Energy Poverty in the United States
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey Carpenter
Hadjaratou Gado Alzouma
Path to better health? The Effect of Road Proximity on Maternal Health in Nigeria
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Rebecca Grais*
The Effects of Education Finance Reform in Illinois
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Youssef Halim*
What is Wrong with Muslims? Investigating the Mechanisms behind US Labor Market Dicrimination Against Muslims Using Information Updating
Thesis Advisor: Martin Abel
Tanner Michael Hellickson
Medicare Eligibility’s Effects on Health Outcomes
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Nicholas B Hill
Professional Sports Franchise Determinants Across Leagues
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey Carpenter
Corey D Jalbert**
Measuring the effects of forest fires on eviction rates in California, 2000-2016
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Gillinda Molly James*
Can Your Accent Help You Find an Apartment? Linguistic housing discrimination and renting among speakers of Standard American English, African American Vernacular English and Caribbean Accented English
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey Carpenter
Yihe Jiang**
The Effect of In-utero Ramadan Exposure on Birth Outcomes and Maternal Investments
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Keun Young Jennifer Ko
Unconcerned or Uninformed? The Effect of Increased Transparency on Personal Data Value
Thesis Advisor: Martin Abel
Wyllis Steven McKissick*
Unconcerned or Uninformed? The Effect of Increased Transparency on Personal Data Value
Thesis Advisor: Martin Abel
John Francis Mikus*
The Effect of COVID-19 Government Lockdowns on Commercial Real Estate Performance
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Stefan Helguero Morgan*
Debiasing COVID-19 Mortality Risk Perceptions
Thesis Advisor: Jeffrey Carpenter
Samuel Mason Olmsted
Deception under the Spotlight: How Does Snowfall Deception Change for the Largest Ski Corporation?
Thesis Advisor: Andrea Wolcott
Ho June Rhee**
“Coughing while Asian”: The Spread of Xenophobia through Media and the Impact of Anti-Asian Hate on AAPI Identity and Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Thesis Advisor: Martin Abel
Nolan Scott Shapiro**
Swift, Certain, and Fair Prison Sanctioning: Does Washington State Prove its Effectiveness?
Thesis Advisor: Andrea Robbett
Thomas Joseph Tarantino*
The Robinhood Effect: The Impact of Retail Investors on Small-Cap Stock Volatility
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Henry C Walsh
Affective Polarization and Moral Wiggle Room
Thesis Advisor: Andrea Robbett
Zhewei Yang**
Hidden Benefits: The Effect of Face Masks and Racial Discrimination
Thesis Advisor: Martin Abel