The following 10 students from the Class of 2017 have earned the honors designation in the economics department after successfully completing their honors thesis (two of which earned high honors):
Annie Conway
鈥The Impact of Charter School Laws Strength on School Closures鈥
(Faculty Sponsor: Yang Song)
Emily Gu
鈥The International Transmission of the US Monetary Policy Shock鈥
(Faculty Sponsor: Richard Higgins)
Gina Joseph
鈥The effects of India鈥檚 Panchayati Raj Institutions on child marriage鈥
(Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla)
Troy Kelly
鈥Effects of TV Contracts on NBA Salaries鈥
(Faculty Sponsor: Benjamin Anderson and Carolina Castilla)
Meagan Klebanoff
鈥Analyzing the Effect of the Common Fisheries Policy on the UK鈥檚 Fishing Industry: Better with Brexit?鈥
(Faculty Sponsor: Bob Turner)
Kayla Oliver
鈥Accounting for Hysteresis: Incorporating Invariant Output Targeting into the Three Equation Model鈥
(Faculty Sponsor: Tom Michl and Carolina Castilla)
Santa Ramirez Rijo
鈥Effects of Violence Prevention and Attention Units on prevalence and perceptions of intimate partner violence in the Dominican Republic鈥
(Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla)
Ieva Steponaviciute
鈥Carbon Pricing in Input and Export Markets: Multinational Firms and Carbon Leakage using Bernard et al鈥檚 Model of Global Firms鈥
(Faculty Sponsor: Bob Turner and Richard Klotz)
Irene Zhao
鈥The Role of Money in a Real Business Cycle in an Open Economy鈥
(Faculty Sponsor: Richard Higgins)
Zoe Zhong
鈥Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes: Is Culture Relevant?鈥
(Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla and Yang Song)