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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:

Johnston, Andrew Tripp

Title:

LOST IN TRANSLATION An Examination of Foreign Aid Using Agency Theory

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

foreign aid
agency theory

File:

Download Andrew_Johnstons_Schreyers__Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Crowley, Aly G.

Title:

18 or 21: The Economic Implications of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age in the United States

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

minimum legal drinking age

File:

Download Crowley_Aly_EconomicsoftheMLDA_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Paulovich, Alexis

Title:

AIG: MISCONCEPTIONS, PRECIPITATING FACTORS IN GOVERNMENT BAILOUT, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

American International Group
Government Bailout
Credit Default Swaps
Regulatory Arbitrage
Executive Compensation

File:

Download Paulovich_ThesisFinal.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

George David Haushalter, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. George David Haushalter, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, 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:

Stancato, Brendan Robert

Title:

CEO Compensation Volatility Over the Business Cycle

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

CEO
Business Cycle
Compensation
Real wages
Salary
Bonus

File:

Download Stancato_Brendan_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Theodore Papageorgiou, Thesis Supervisor
Theodore Papageorgiou, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Pakzad-Hurson, Bobak

Title:

NON-SYMMETRIC STABLE SETS IN THE MAJORITY PILLAGE GAME

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Pillage games
cooperative game theory
anarchy

File:

Download BPH_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Schuyler Jordan, Thesis Supervisor
James Schuyler Jordan, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Yuan, Chuling

Title:

THE STORY OF UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CHINA

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Economics and Finance

Keywords:

filtering model
unaffordable housing
Chinese housing

File:

Download Thesis_Chuling_Yuan.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

N Edward Coulson, Thesis Supervisor
N Edward Coulson, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Edwards, Christopher Pierce

Title:

Financial Market Responses to Policy Options in Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Singapore during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

financial markets
policy options
1997 crisis
asian financial crisis
singapore
indonesia
hong kong

File:

Download THESIS_FINAL_April_18.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Bumba Mukherjee, Thesis Supervisor
Subhanan Mukherjee, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Frankenfield, David

Title:

The Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Three-Country Case Study

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

human fertility
Sub-Saharan Africa
demographic transition

File:

Download Frankenfield_David_FertilityTransitionCaseStudy.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Williams, Henry F

Title:

OVEREXPLOITATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES: CAUSES AND PRESCRIPTIONS

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

overfishing
Regional Fishery Management Organizations
Individual Transferable Quotas
Cournot-Nash

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Krill, Joshua

Title:

The United States Healthcare System: An Economic Analysis of it's Components

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

healthcare
economics
regression
cost
technology
insurance
life expectancy

File:

Download Krill_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Edward James Green, Thesis Supervisor
Edward James Green, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Griffith, Jessica Greer Mary

Title:

Preservation and the Public: An Exploratory Examination of the National Park Service

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Economics and History

Keywords:

National Park Service
Economics
parks

File:

Download Preservation_and_the_Public_Thesis_JGG.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Ma, Junzheng

Title:

US ANTIDUMPING POLICIES TOWARDS CHINA: A SAFEGUARD THAT IS NOT SAFE

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

antidumping
China
trade

File:

Download MA.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Andrés Rodríguez Clare, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Andrés Rodríguez Clare, 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:

Cannon, Mark J

Title:

Student Government Budgets: A Causative Analysis

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

econometrics
student government
UPUA
Stata
budgets
student leadership
student affairs
economic analysis
student fees
government structures

File:

Download Student_Government_Budgets_A_Causative_Analysis2.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

N Edward Coulson, Thesis Supervisor
N Edward Coulson, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, 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

Author:

Gerhardt, William Scott

Title:

Whither the Numbers? The Effects of U.S. News and World Report Law School Rankings on Application and Matriculation Decisions between 2002 and 2007

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

signaling
U.S. News and World Report
lawyers
rankings
higher education
law school
labor economics

File:

Download GerhardtHonorsThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

John Jesse Cheslock, Thesis Supervisor
John Jesse Cheslock, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor