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