Student Paper Contest Winners
Communication:
- State Characteristics and Carbon Emissions – Briana Berninghaus, Lindsey Hawk and Devon Stuhlsatz
- MLB Team Success: Offense vs. Defense – Andrew Argeros, Ryan Brauer, Jake Dujmovic
- The One Child Policy and Reproductive Justice: Son Preference, Sex Selection, Violence and Demography – Isabel Pastoor
Senior Thesis:
- The Political Economy of State-Level Social Cost of Carbon Policy – Will Macheel
- Do Biometric Smartcards Help the Neediest Most? Evidence From a Large-Scale Field Study in Andhra Pradesh – Noam Benkler
- The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Social-Safety-Net Dependence Over Time – Camille Baker
Term Paper:
- The Effects of Access to Clean Water and Sanitation on Households in Healthcare Expenditure: Evidence from the Philippines – Tianrui Liu
- The Effect of Unemployment on the Decision to Enter the Illegal Ivory Trade – Elizabeth Kula
- Natural Disasters and FDI: Evidence from India – Aidan Toner-Rodgers
Economic Communications:
- Feel the Burn: Sexual Transmitted Infections and Birth Control Choices in U.S. Young Adults – Lauren Lenzen and Victoria Kalina
- A Proposal to Increase Funding for Programs Combating the U.S. Opioid Crisis – Laura Herman and Ashley Chavez
- A Policy Approach to Transphobia – Kapono Asuncion
Senior Thesis:
- What is the Impact of a Medicaid expansion on the bankruptcy rate? Evidence from the ACA – Noah Zwiefel
- Whose “War on Coal”? – Dasom Isabella Ham
- The Effects of Lan Inheritance Laws on Agricultural Investment in Polygynous Households: Evidence from Uganda – Khadidja Ngom
Term Papers:
- Intertemporal Decision Making: ‘Smokers’ vs ‘Vapers’ -Isaac Liu and Jacob Trout
- Evaluating Minnesota Minimum Wage Increases Using Synthetic Control Methods – Matthew Yang
- The Efficacy of State-Level PrEP Access Programs: A Tal of Two States – Noah Zwiefel
Senior Thesis:
- What makes a Successful Social Enterprise – Iris Arbogast
- Isolating Discrimination in the Sexual Orientation Wage Gap – David McKinley
- Do Students Benefit form an Extra Year of High School? A Study of Ontario’s Removal of Grade 13 – Avinash Moorthy
- Woman Against Women? An Experimental Approach to Single-Gender Competitive Performance – Victoria Cragg Peterson
Term Papers:
- Overconfidence and Excess Entry in Entrepreneurship – Adom Mills-Roberson, Qian Wang
- Microfinance and Women’s Empowerment: The Effect of Microfinance on Fertility Rates and Female Workforce Involvement – Laura DeMane
- Output Convergence in the United States: Evidence from State-Level Data- Chan Wang
Senior Thesis:
- Can the Rise of Dual-Earning Households Explain Gentrification of US Central Cities? – Stefan Faridani
- Temporary Assistance with Lasting Effects: A report on Policies of Self-Determination in Native America- Ryan A. Mather
- The Relationship Between Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption and Long-Run Growth: A Vector Autoregressive Approach – II Shan Ng
Term Papers:
- Adverse Food Price Shocks, Employment, and Wage Income: Evidence form Tanzania – Ibrahima Dieye
- Booyah! An Analysis of Mad Money Stock Recommendations – Matthew Dakken
- Determinants of Diversification: A Study of Ecuadorian Exports – Ryan A. Mather
Senior Thesis:
- Is the Affordable Car Act’s Individual Mandate a Certified Job-Killer? – Cory Stern
- Skill Spills: A Cross-Skill Group Analysis on Wage of Good Jobs – Robert Krossa
- The War on Error: Air Strike Efficacy and Boomerang Effects – Benny Goldman
Term Papers:
- Has Affordable Car Act Successfully Brought Down Individual Market Premiums in the United States? – Qisheng Li
- Can the cost of education explain the shape of the income distribution? – Stefan Faridani
- Heroin and Nalxone: Disentangling an Epidemic – Hope Johnson
- The Two Envelope Paradox – Alex Hang and Mark Ward
Senior Thesis:
- Estimating Earnings Differentials among Military Veterans – Shawn M. Tangen
- Capital, Scale, and Risk Constraints to Vegetable Adoption Among Smallhold Farmers in Nepal – Erik Katovich
- Happiness and Time Preference: An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Individual Happiness and Information on Intertemporal Choice and Delaying Gratification – Daniel Flesher
Term Papers:
- Fear and Marketing: How does the Feature of Voice and Speed a Which Side Effects are Read in Direct Consumer Advertising (DTCA) of Pharmaceuticals Affect Consumers’ Willingness to Pay? – Cody Dail and Huiting Fan
- How Do Incremental Wage Increases Affect Low-Wage Workers’ Health Levels? – Cory Stern
- Terror Attacks and Bond Yeilds in the European Union: An Autogressive Transfer Function Approach – Benny Goldman
Senior Thesis:
- Does Bilingual Education Improve Peruvian Ingigenous Students’ Academic Achievement? –
- Punishment Past the Cell: An Analysis of Employment and Earnings of Ex-Offenders – David Stillerman
- Structural Change in the Demand for Housing Services and Policy Implications – Nhu Nguyen
- Stuck in the Middle: The substitution Effect of Digital Technology on Middle Skilled Jobs – Shannon Cordes
Term Papers:
- The Impact of Information Delivery Improvement on Prescription Adherence among HIV Positive Individuals – Ozlem Barin
- International Business Cycle Transmissions and News Shocks – Yingtong Xie
- Do expected marginal revenue products for National Hockey League players equal the price in daily fantasy games? – Benny Goldman
- Public Transit and Employment Access- The Effects of Hiawatha Rail Transit on Employment in Minneapolis, MN – Alexander H. Bentz
Senior Thesis:
- The Behavioral Effects of Early Interventions for Children from Low-Income Households – Ben Bedore
- Do wind turbines affect the sale price of single-family homes? Evidence form McLean County, Illinois – Natalie Camplair
- Do Differences in Unemployment Benefits Explain Unemployment in Spain Relative to Portugal? – William Creedon
- How do Residential Recycling Programs Affect the Ratio of Secondary to Virgin Production in the Paper Industries? – Yiwen Hu
- Mutually Reinforcing Debt and Financial Crises in Spain and Ireland: A VAR Approach – Sasha Scarlett Indarte
Senior Thesis:
- Bringing Home the Bacon: How Does Slicing the Pork Affect Electability and Fundraising of Congressional Candidates? – Tyler R. Peterson
- What Factors Influence Consumers’ Decisions to Purchase Energy Star Appliances? – Rosamound Mate
- Historical Economic Integration in Europe: Application of a Threshold Auto-Regressive Model with Price Data from: 1295-1914 – Ruben Ramirez
- Mus on your Face, Big Disgrace Vs. The Wisdom of Crowds: Macroforecasters’ Herding Behavior Over Time – Adam Freedman
Term Papers:
- Brains over Brawn: Are there lower levels of wage discrimination between the sexes in industries that require less physical strength and more cognitive skill? – Jessica Baier
- Do Commercial Banks’ Foreign Claims affect Sovereign Bond Yields in the Euro Zone? – William Creedon
- The Effect of Welfare on Educational Advancement among Unmarried Mothers – Thomas Hegland
- How Does Mass Media Exposure Affect Knowledge of Different Contraceptive Techniques Among Women in Brazil? – Caroline Davidson
- Does Proximity to Wind Farms Affect the Value of Nearby Residential Properties? Evidence from Washington and New York States – Natalie Camplair
Senior Thesis:
- Cointegration of International Stock Markets: An Investigation of Diversification Opportunities – Taimur Ali Khan
- Horizontal Education Inequalities and Civil Conflict: The nexus of ethnicity, inequality, and violent conflict – Katharine Lindquist
- How Does Light Rail Transit Affect Urban Land Use? – Needham Hurst
- What is the effect of trade on the gender wage gap in the Mexican manufacturing sector? – Jimerson J. Asencio Ferrufino
Term Papers:
- An Analysis of the Relationship between Financial Aid for Higher Education and Crime Rate – Yuyoung Park
- Does childhood immunization lead to future gains in individual labor productivity? Evidence from the Philippines – Philip J. Titcombe
- Monetary Assessment and Predicted Utility Dissociation Across Two Goods – Senthuran Raveendranathan, Tristan Taru
Senior Thesis:
- Ignorance is Bliss… Or is It? An Empirical Look at the Relationship Between Higher Education and Happiness – Jaselyn B. Taubel
- Macroeconomic Impacts of Oil Price Levels and Volatility on Indonesia – Marcel Gozali
- The Wage Effects of Obesity in the U.S. Labor Market: Are Obese Paid Less Because of Health Insurance? – Megan Mileusnic
Term Paper:
- Coke or Pepsi? An Inflationary Debate: Accounting for Product Variety in the New Keynesian Phillips Curve – Nels Lind
- Do Bank Mergers Create Shareholder Value? An Event Study Analysis – Varini Sharma
- The Effects of Economic Factors in Determining the Transition Process in Europe and Central Asia – David Lopez
- The Size Effect and the Capital Asset Pricing Model – Nikhil Gupta
Senior Thesis:
- Business Cycles and Health; How the Level of Development of a Country Affects the Relationships between the Strength of its Economy and the Health of its Population – Samantha Morin
- Causality and Comparative Advantage: Vietnam’s Role in the Post-ICA International Coffee Market – Lindsey Grace Stockman
- The Dynamic Effects of Changes in Business and Income Taxes on Output: Evidence from American Fiscal Policy – Jacob O. Schak
Term Paper:
- Does Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Favor Properties Adjecent to the Development Site? – Atang Gilika
- Anonymity and Cooperation: Experimental Evidence from a Public Good Game – Dakota Ryan
- Does Perceiving a Shorter Life Expectancy Make You More Likely to Commit a Crime? – Jeremy Roth
Senior Thesis:
- Measuring the Impact of Microcredit Programs: Evidence from Rural Households in Bangladesh –
- Spatial Patterns of Foreign Direct Investments – Kaitlyn Orr
- What is the Price Elasticity of Waiting Time for Taxis in Yaoundé, Cameroon? – Patrick James Gilmartin
Term Papers:
- Did the Hiawatha Light Rail Line Increase Single-Family Residential Property Values? – Adam Kent and Joseph Parilla
- Does NBA Attendance Respond to an Increased Emphasis on Offense? – Todd Copenhaver
- The Impact and Efficiency of EITC Parameter Changes on Work – Nate Black
Senior Thesis:
- Democracy, Property Rights and FDI in Developing Countries A Regional Analysis – Brendan Pierpont
- The Excess Smoothness Puzzle, Habitat Formation, and Forward-Looking Behavior in Aggregare Consumption – Mike Gravelle
- The Role of Reputation in Online Markets for Small-Ticket Goods: An eBay Case Study – Anthony Quill
Term Papers:
- The Effect of School Inputs on Dropout Rates in Mennesota School Districts – David M. Vock
- The Impact of Stock Market Liberalization on Emerging Equity Market Volatility A Simulation Approach – Pawan Dhir
- Veteran Status and Civilian Wages – Jamie Wyeth
Senior Thesis:
- Emissions Policy with Endogenous Technological Change and Knowledge Spillovers – Davin Reed
- Food for Thought: The Impact of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Grocery Prices –
- How does Hosting the Olympic Games Impact Employment in the Host City? – Lee Tucker
Term Papers:
- Incidence Analysis of a Unit-Based Garbage Tax – Francie Streich
- The Determinants of Economic Growth after a Currency Crisis A Cross Country Analysis – Pawan Dhir
- Violent Conflict and Foreign Direct Investment Developing Economies: A Panel Data Analysis – Brendan Pierpont
Senior Thesis:
- Determinants of Asset Prices, Testing For Stock Market Overvaluation, and the Role of Monetary Policy – Kristina Kappmeyer
- Rural Credit Markets in Vietnam: Theory and Practice – Giang Ho
- Undergraduate Debt and the Propensity to Peruse Post Baccalaureate Education – Stacey L. Sogard
Term Papers:
- Do Privatized and Newly Created Firms have Higher Levels of Productivity? Evidence from Slovenia – Professor Gary Krueger
- D-Score: Bankruptcy Prediction Model for Middle Market Public Firms – Martins Blums
- Interpreting “Good” and “Bad: News Signals: The Effects of Dividend Initiations on Stock Price Returns – Jeremy Schultz
- At What Cost? An Estimation of the Effect of Macroeconomics Contradiction on Girls’ Educational Attainment in Argentina – Misha Anne Werschkul
- Does the Death Penalty Deter Capital Crime? An Econometric Analysis – Ruchira M. Jha
- Application of Gender and Development: An Econometric Analysis of Women’s Autonomy and Fertility Behavior – Jim Salle
- The Effect of Open Space on Residential Property Values in St. Paul, MN – Soren Tyler Anderson
Minnesota Economic Association:
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Saint John’s University
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Chair, Economics Department
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Ashley Koshiol
Department Coordinator
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