2025 Econ and IP&E Thesis Poster Session
Monday, May 12, 2025
3:30–5:00 PM ET
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
Econ Theses
Erick Gong’s students
Grace Augspurger
Improving Consumer Decisions in the ACA Marketplace: A Lab-Based Experiment on the Effect of Risk-Tailored Cost Estimates
Ian Bolton
The Effects of Red Flag Laws on Suicides Across US Counties
Ted Chambers
Infrastructure Change and Public Health Outcomes: Vision Zero and Pedestrian Fatalities
Emily Fox
Examining The Scope of Damage: How Do School Shootings Harm Mental Health Outcomes Beyond Those Directly Involved?
Amaan Habibulla
When Disaster Strikes: Do Sovereign Debt and Capital Markets React?
Jack McGuire
Who’ll Stop the Rain: The Effect of Natural Disasters on Local Elections
Alex Milley
The Role of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange and Trade Liberalization on Human Livelihood Outcomes
Maeve Nolan
Pursuing Policy for the Preservation of Place: An Analysis of Act 250, Vermont’s Pivotal Land Use Regulation, and its Implications for Housing and Economic Wellbeing
Mika-Anne Reha
Examining Quebec’s Language Policy: The Impact of Bill 101 on Immigrant Children’s Educational and Labor Outcome
Ezekiel (Zeke) Hooper
How teen smartphone use affects teen birth rates
John Maluccio’s Students
Eleanor Margaret Coughlin
Push Factors of Migration in Honduras: Analyzing the Role of Violence and Economic Conditions
Kelcey Dion
Evaluating the learning effects of conditional cash transfers: An experimental analysis on primary school student test scores
Tom Haugen
Demographic Transitions: Can High Levels of Economic Development Cause an Increase in Fertility Rates?
Matt Hiller
The Differential Impact of Corruption on Firm-Level Outcomes Based on Varying Firm-level characteristics by
Evan Iskenderian
Carbon Leakage in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Its Impact on Lower Developed Economies
Chloe Katz
Second Generation Effects of AGI-K: a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Kenya
Charles Ellsworth Lewis
How Does Exposure to Recessions During Formative Years Impact Financial Risk Attitudes?
Jake Oblak
Minor Leagues, Major Aspirations: The Impact of Minor League Sports Stadiums on County-Level Labor Markets
Kate Wohl
The Effect of a Childhood Nutrition Intervention on Economic and Labor Market Outcomes in Guatemala
David Munro’s Students
Pierce Bigelow
Monetary Policy Shocks and Home Values in the United States: Evidence using Zillow Data from 2000-2019
Nathan Feinstein
The Effects of Overconfidence on Investment Decisions
Helena Gu
Zoning Reforms and Housing Affordability: Evidence from the Minneapolis 2040 Plan
Taylor Han
The invisible toxins in water: assessing the impact of reduced community water fluoridation on children’s cognitive development
Marco Alberto Motroni
Studying Believability Differences in Magic and Mentalism
Andrew Neumann
The Role of Independent Energy in Building Resilient Economies
Cole Siefer
More Guns, More Crime? Examining New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act
Barry Yang
Does Work-Based Learning Improve Job Quality? Evidence from Spain’s Dual VET Reform
IP&E Theses
Afra Fairooz
IMF Loans: How rising cost and conditionality are stifling investments in Pakistan’s energy sector
Thesis Advisors: Sunder Ramaswamy & Kemi Fuentes-George
Rosella Graham
Geoengineering: Planet Politics and the Price We Pay
Thesis Advisors: Obie Porteous & Gary Winslett
Remzije Kupe
Digital Industrial Policies and the Path to Economic Transformation
Thesis Advisors: Kristina Sargent & Gary Winslett
Tessa Marker
Is there a Green Side to Privatization? A case study Analysis of Privatization in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico’s Energy Sectors
Thesis Advisors: John Maluccio & Nadia Horning
Gustavo Romero
Global Trends in Dedollarization: Evidence from Russia, Türkiye, and Indonesia
Thesis Advisors: John Maluccio & Sarah Stroup
Ishaani Sharma
The Economic and Political Viability of Solar-Powered Desalination in Jordan
Thesis Advisors: Kristina Sargent & Gary Winslett
Oliver Song
Unpacking Sinophobia in Kazakhstan: What Explains Shifting Public Opinion Towards China
Thesis Advisors: Will Pyle & Jessica Teets