2007 SENIOR ECONOMICS MAJORS
HONORS THESES PRESENTATIONS
All final
presentations will be held in
9:00 Alexander Karlan, Ambiguity Aversion and Its Effects on
Sample Selection for Laboratory Economic Experiments
10:00 Krista Nylen, Gender Dynamics in Competition: A Study of Strategic Behavior on Reality Television
11:00 Stephen Abbott, Investment and the Rise of the Service Economy
1:00 Martin Williams, The Social and Economic Impacts of
2:00 Zachary Grossman, Measuring the Link between Asset Returns and Economic Growth
3:00 Lauren Fernandez, The Effects of Expanding School Choice in the
9:00 Arjun Chandar, Aid Effectiveness and Growth in the Developing World: Does Institutional Quality Matter?
10:00 Martha Rogers, Tax Havens: Their Limitations and Effectiveness at Attracting Foreign Direct Investment in Developing Countries
11:00 Cagatay Bircan, The Effects of
Foreign Direct Investment on Wage Inequality in Developing Countries: A Case
Study of
1:00 Philip
Arnolds, Healthcare, Welfare, and
Wealth: The Effect of Medicaid Eligibility on Household Assets
2:00 Rowena Ahsan, The Determination of Foreign Aid and its Impact on Recipient Countries
3:00 Candice Corvetti, Housing Price Capitalization of Education by Part Year Residents
4:00 Laurence
Dworkin, Mountains and Seas of
People: A Simple "New Economic
Geography"-Based Simulation of Chinese Migration Trends