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Author:

Cavanagh, Angela Rae

Title:

The Role of Aid and the Ease of Doing Business in the Economic Development of Haiti

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

regression analysis
aid
ease of doing business
foreign direct investment
Haiti
development

File:

Download Angela_Cavanagh_FINALDRAFT.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Faculty Reader
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Decuollo, Alecia Grace

Title:

The Cost of Weather Forecast Error in Electricity Prices in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Economics and Energy, Business and Finance

Keywords:

Electricity
Forecast/Observation Weather
Energy

File:

Download DeCuollo_Alecia_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

George Spencer Young, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Supervisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Thesis Honors Advisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Mohoric, Andrew Shea

Title:

The Impact of Economic Development Programs and the Potential of Business Incubators in Haiti

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Economic Development
Haiti
Business Incubators
Mohoric
Roberts

File:

Download Mohoric_Andrew_TheImpactOfEconomicDevelopment.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor
James R. Tybout, Faculty Reader

Author:

Li, Li

Title:

Is Trade Adjustment Assistance Effective?

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

TAA
Trade Adjustment Assistance
International Trade
International Economics
Specific-factors model
trade
globalization

File:

Download Li_Li_TAA_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Antonik, Anthony Jacob

Title:

The Impacts on African Oil & Mineral Trade as a Result of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Africa's Extraction Sector

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

China
Africa
Foreign Direct Investment
Extraction
Oil
Petroleum
Minerals
Base Metals
Precious Metals
Trade
Exports

File:

Download anthony_antonik_thesis_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wilburne, Dane R

Title:

Toward a Theory of Cities: Empirical Evidence of and a Proposed Explanation for Urban Scaling

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

cities
urban
scaling
power law
economics

File:

Download Wilburne_Dane_TowardATheoryofCities.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

N Edward Coulson, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kurtek, Joseph Thomas

Title:

The Implications of the Addition of an NFL Team and Stadium on the Los Angeles Housing Market

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

NFL
Stadiums
Economics
Southern California
Kurtek
Joseph
Urban
Housing
Football

File:

Download Kurtek_Joseph_ThesisNFLTeaminLosAngeles.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

N Edward Coulson, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Dragalin, Michaela

Title:

Does the European Union Positively Affect the Economies of Developing Nations When They Enter the Union?

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

European Union
Free-Trade Agreement
Moldova

File:

Download Dragalin.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Stephen Ross Yeaple, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Feng, Guanhao

Title:

COINTEGRATION AND VAR INNOVATION RESPONSE ANALYSIS OF UNEMPLOYMENT, EXCHANGE RATES, AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Economics and Statistics

Keywords:

COINTEGRATION
VAR INNOVATION RESPONSE ANALYSIS
UNEMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE

File:

Download Thesis_of_Guanhao_Feng.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Herman J Bierens, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor
Naomi S Altman, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Stretton, Paul Samuel

Title:

Exploring the Relationship between Productivity and Trade in Brazil

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Productivity
Trade
Economics
Brazil

File:

Download Stretton_Paul_ProductivityTradeBrazil.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Miskewicz, Erich Thomas

Title:

an explanation of household formation and composition in developed and developing countries

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

household formation
household composition
marriage
cohabitation
household production

File:

Download Miskewicz_Erich_householdformationandcomposition.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Faculty Reader

Author:

Eastman, Evan Mark

Title:

Economies of Scale in the Auto Insurance Industry

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Economies
Scale
Insurance
Auto
Economics

File:

Download Eastman_Evan_EconomiesofScaleAutoIns.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Dewey, Robert Benjamin

Title:

Dollarization in Latin America The Cases of Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Dollarization
Latin America

File:

Download THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Saroj Bhattarai, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Mcconnell, Emily Elizabeth

Title:

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND ITS IMPACT UPON POLITICAL INSTABILITY: AN INDEPTH EXAMINATION OF THE ARAB SPRING

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Economic Growth
Political Instability
Arab Spring

File:

Download McConnell_Emily_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Shutt, Allison J

Title:

The Acumen Fund and Development Indicators: Low-cost bednets and impact on health in Tanzania

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

development economics
economics
Tanzania
international economics
health indicators
malaria
Africa
transitional economics

File:

Download Shutt_Allison_TheAcumenFundandDevelopmentIndicators.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Arakali, Shuvya T

Title:

Can Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Be Implemented On A large Scale In India?

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

conditional cash transfer
CCT
India
development economics

File:

Download Arakali_Shuvya_CCTprograms.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor
James R. Tybout, Faculty Reader

Author:

Cadmus, Alexander Jay

Title:

Institutional Art Funding: the Interaction of Governmental and Private Donation

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

institutional arts
public finance
crowding effects
charitable giving

File:

Download cadmus_final_submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Stephen Ross Yeaple, Thesis Supervisor
Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Honors Advisor
James R. Tybout, Faculty Reader

Author:

Bartell, Nathan Roderick

Title:

R&D Elasticity and Firm Performance: An Empirical Analysis

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

R&D
elasticity
firm performance
production function

File:

Download Bartell_Nathan_RDproductivity.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wang, Li

Title:

Should China Cancel the One Child Policy? An Empirical Research Based on Population and Economy Data

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

One Child Policy
China
Demographic Shifts

File:

Download Li_Wang_final_draft.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor
James R. Tybout, Faculty Reader

Author:

Dawson, William Frederick

Title:

The Effect of Import Competition on Ghanaian Manufacturing Firms after Trade Policy Liberalization: 1991-2002

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Economics
trade
reform
liberalization
productivity
globalization
manufacturing
imports
competition
Ghana

File:

Download 1-Dawson_FinalSubmission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James R. Tybout, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor