Student Research

Economics Honors Thesis Awards

2008

Ashley Harris, honors “The Impact of Brownfields on Housing Values in Worcester” (advisor Jacqueline Geoghegan)
George Keppler, honors “The Hedge Fund Industry” Movement of Assets and Funds” (advisor Wayne Gray)
Michael Melville, honors “Fall Popularity: A Study of TV Rating and Professional Sports” (advisor SangHoo Bae)
Naomi Parker, highest “A Roll Call Analysis of Agricultural Protection” (advisor John Brown)
Nagraj Rao, honors “Suburbanization and Residual Water Demand: A Case Study of Ipswich, MA” (advisor Jacqueline Geoghegan and C. Polsky, in collaboration with Kaushik Ghosh, grad student)

2007

Jameela Amiruddeen, high honors “Effect of Trade Liberalization/Openness on the Gender Wage Disparity in Sri Lanka” (advisor Madhavi Bokil)
Huyen Nguyen, highest honors “Learning to be Global: Trade and Productivity in Vietnam’s Garment and Textile Industry” (advisor John Brown)
Ankit Tambe, honors “The Effects of Family Size, Income and Age at Immigration on the Academic Performance of Children of Immigrants” (advisor Madhavi Bokil)

2006

Rebecca Batza, highest honors “The Effects of Fiscal Policy on the Current Account: Evidence form aVector Autoregression Approach” (advisors Madhavi Bokil, Myles Callan)
Uyen Le, honors “Enough Already? Optimal Family Size in America” (advisor Wayne Gray)
David Kramer, honors “The Effect of Smart Growth Policies on Sprawl” (advisor John Brown)
Larissa Price, high honors “From Export-Led Growth to Import-Substitution Decline: Policy and Productivity in the Uruguayan Beef Industry” (advisor John Brown)
Sattha Prasitwarakul, honors “Speculative Currency Attacks” (advisor Myles Callan)
Rebecca Fox, honors “The Solow Model’s Missing Link: Gender Equality” (advisor Wayne Gray)
Alex Leibowitz, highest honors “Microfinance: Is Outreach an Impediment to Financial Self-Sustainability?” (advisor Amy Ickowitz)

2005

Alex Krofta, high honors “Environmental Regulation and Economic Growth: Air Quality Attainment Status and the Manufacturing Sector” (advisor Wayne Gray)
Daniela Valle, honors “Business Strategy and Financial Performance during Recession” (advisor Wayne Gray)
Xiang Xiao, honors “Keys to Success in the Olympic Games” (advisor Wayne Gray)
Tsz Wai So, honors “Does Accession to WTO Stimulate Faster Growth?” (advisor Daniel Bernhofen)
Larson Bullock, highest honors “The Effects of Concentration on the Media Industry: A Study of Mid-Size Radio Markets” (advisor John Brown)
Michael Agnelli, honors “Public Transportation: Neither Here nor There” (advisor John Brown)