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Author:

McGillian, Allison R.

Title:

Are Diamonds Really Forever? A Study of the History and Future of the Diamond Industry

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

diamonds
diamond industry

File:

Download SHC_Submission2.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Hillen, Blair Matthew

Title:

STRIVING FOR COMPETITIVE BALANCE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: OPTIMIZATION OF REVENUE SHARING

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

revenue sharing
Major League Baseball
competitive balance

File:

Download Hillen_Blair_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Mark Mc Leod, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Varner, Catherine Elaine

Title:

Fertility Transition and Stalling in the Face of Socioeconomic Progress and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

fertility
HIV/AIDS
sub-Saharan Africa
demographic transition
development

File:

Download Varner-Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Fry, Jaime Lynn

Title:

The Democratic Republic of Congo's Mineral Dependency

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

natural resources
Democratic Republic of Congo
economic growth
Zaire

File:

Download Thesis_electronic.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Faculty Reader

Author:

Cornejo, Katherine Grace

Title:

EXAMINING THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

unions
productivity
income inequality

File:

Download Cornejo.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Paul Clark, Thesis Supervisor
Paul Clark, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Albano, Maria Christine

Title:

THE DARK MARKET OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE THE POWER OF PURCHASING POWER PARITY

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

foreign exchange
purchasing power parity
market exchange rates
purchasing power parity puzzle

File:

Download Maria_Albano_Final_Draft.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jonathan W Eaton, Thesis Supervisor
Jonathan W Eaton, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Massaley, Miatta Jeannette

Title:

Structural Adjustment in sub-Saharan Africa

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

the International Monetary Fund
infrastructure
GDP
fiscal
conditionalities
agricultural
adjustment
monetary
policy
structural adjustment
trade
the World Bank.

File:

Download Massaley_Thesis_1.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Faculty Reader

Author:

St.Clair, Noelle

Title:

Kiva Microfinance: Ethically and Efficiently Reducing Poverty One Loan at a Time

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

microfinance
ethics
kiva
poverty

File:

Download stclair_thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor
Vincent M Colapietro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Marek, Stephanie Leona

Title:

THE RESOURCE EFFECT: CORRELATIONS BETWEEN EXPORTABLE RESOURCE RELIANCE, ECONOMIC POLICY, AND VARIOUS FREEDOMS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Transition Economics
Resource Effect
Post-Soviet

File:

Download Marek_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Baughman, Tyler Jared

Title:

ADOPTION OF THE EURO: MARKET SIGNALS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

European Monetary Union
Greece
moral hazard
signaling

File:

Download Baughman-Adoption_of_the_Euro.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Shapiro, Thesis Supervisor
Stephen Ross Yeaple, Thesis Supervisor
Robert Packer, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor