Thesis Honors
Economics Honors Recipients.
2025 Economics Honors Recipients
Honors High Honors* Highest Honors**
Grace Augspurger*
Improving Consumer Decisions in the ACA Marketplace: A Lab-Based Experiment on the Effect of Risk-Tailored Cost Estimates
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Pierce Knox Bigelow*
Monetary Policy Shocks and Home Values in the United States: Evidence using Zillow Data from 2000-2019
Thesis Advisor: David Munro
Onat Birsen**
Unequal Burden: The Impact of the Man in the House Rule on Black Welfare Recipients
Thesis Advisor: Erin Wolcott
Ian Samuel Bolton**
The Effects of Red Flag Laws on Suicides Across US Counties
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Theodore Ward Chambers**
Infrastructure Change and Public Health Outcomes: Vision Zero and Pedestrian Fatalities
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Tianyu Chen**
Returning the Favor: The Effect of Campaign Contributions on Federal Assistance
Thesis Advisor: Erin Wolcott
Margaret Coughlin*
Push Factors of Migration in Honduras: Analyzing the Role of Violence and Economic Conditions
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Kelcey Aline Dion**
Evaluating the Learning Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers: An Experimental Analysis of Primary School Student Test Scores
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Maximilion T Doherty-Konczal** (‘24.5)
The Cost of Declaration: Corporate Bankruptcy and Unemployment
Thesis Advisor: Erin Wolcott
Nathan Harrison Feinstein
The Effects of Overconfidence on Investment Decisions
Thesis Advisor: David Munro
Emily Gwinn Fox
Examining The Scope of Damage: How Do School Shootings Harm Mental Health Outcomes Beyond Those Directly Involved?
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Tobin W Graf (‘24.5)
Do Technology Shocks Increase Income Inequality? Mixed Evidence from Developed Economies
Thesis Advisor: Erin Wolcott
Danqing (Helena) Gu**
Zoning Reforms and Housing Affordability: Evidence from the Minneapolis 2040 Plan
Thesis Advisor: David Munro
Breanna Lisa Guo** (24.5)
Fired Up or Burnt Out: The Impact of Wildfires on Voter Preferences and Participation in the US
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Andrew Herbert Haas
The Cost of Sentiment Swings: How Election Expectations Impact US Stock Market Volatility
Thesis Advisor: Erin Wolcott
Yiran (Taylor) Han**
The invisible toxins in water: assessing the impact of reduced community water fluoridation on children’s cognitive development
Thesis Advisor: David Munro
Caroline Winter Harding* (24.5)
Behind Closed Doors: Investigating the Link Between Weather Disasters and Intimate Partner Violence in the United States
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Thomas Jacob Haugen *
Demographic Transitions: Can High Levels of Economic Development Cause an Increase in Fertility Rates?
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Matthew Theodore Hiller**
The Differential Impact of Corruption on Firm-Level Outcomes Based on Varying Firm-level Characteristics
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Evan Iskenderian
Carbon Leakage in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme and Its Impact on Lower Developed Economies
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Chloe Tapper Katz*
Second Generation Effects of AGI-K: A Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Kenya
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Chloe Tapper Katz*
Second Generation Effects of AGI-K: A Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Kenya
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Will Jed Lichstein*
Political-Economic Uncertainty and U.S. Equity Markets: How Presidential Elections Impact Market Returns and Volatility
Thesis Advisor: Erin Wolcott
Huthefa Maalim** (‘24.5)
Legal Origins and Deforestation
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
John Francis McGuire**
Who’ll Stop the Rain: The Effect of Natural Disasters on Local Elections
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Alexander Milley*
The Role of the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange and Trade Liberalization on Human Livelihood Outcomes
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Marco Alberto Motroni*
Studying Believability Differences in Magic and Mentalism
Thesis Advisor: David Munro
Andrew Robert Neumann*
The Role of Independent Energy in Building Resilient Economies
Thesis Advisor: David Munro
Maeve Kathryn 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
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
James Thomas Oblak**
Minor Leagues, Major Aspirations: The Impact of Minor League Sports Stadiums on County-Level Labor Markets
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio
Patrick Doyle O’Neill* (24.5)
Monopolizing Skiing: Snowfall Variance and the Emergence of Conglomerates in the United States Ski Industry
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Kylie A Quinlan*
A Neglected Nation Within Our Nation: Re-Aligning Policy Preferences for the Navajo Economic Condition
Thesis Advisor: Erin Wolcott
Lujing Rui**
Is the Impact of Foreign Official Purchases on Treasury Yields Different at the Zero Lower Bound?
Thesis Advisor: Erin Wolcott
Hannah Zoe Sayre** (‘24.5)
Making Room for Vacationers: The Effect of Airbnb on Eviction in the United States
Thesis Advisor: Caitlin Myers
Claire Sophia Huddleston Shapiro* (‘24.5)
Contemporary Cobalt Mining and Development in The DR Congo
Thesis Advisor: Erick Gong
Cole Bailey Siefer**
More Guns, More Crime? Examining New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act
Thesis Advisor: David Munro
Noé Vyizigiro (‘24.5)
The Power of Currency Regime: How Does Exchange Rate Volatility Drive Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Thesis Advisor: Erin Wolcott
Katharine A Wohl*
The Effect of a Childhood Nutrition Intervention on Economic and Labor Market Outcomes in Guatemala
Thesis Advisor: John Maluccio