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Author:

Jiang, Liyin

Title:

Geographic Heterogeneity of Returns to Education in China

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

returns to education
geographic heterogeneity
China

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Stuby, Luke Thomas

Title:

Factors Affecting the Practice Location Decisions of General Practice Doctors in the Philadelphia Area

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Affordable Care Act
Doctor Distribution
Access to Care
Poisson Regression

File:

Download Luke_Stuby_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Singh, Nimarjit

Title:

Foreign Direct Investment in India: Macroeconomic Determinants and Economic Growth

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Foreign Direct Investment
economic growth
fdi-gdp
fdi-exports
indian economy. FDI in India

File:

Download Nimarjit_Singh_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Nichols, Thomas E

Title:

Consistency in Forecasting Oil Prices and Gross Domestic Product

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Crude Oil
Oil prices
Forecasting
GDP
Consistency

File:

Download Nichols_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Barry William Ickes, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Brillman, Alexander Zevin

Title:

Hurdles to legislation based carbon emission reduction schemes

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

carbon tax
cap and trade

File:

Download Brillman_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Mark John Roberts, Thesis Supervisor

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:

Huwyler, Michael Daniel

Title:

Heterogeneity and the Winner's Curse

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

winner's curse
auctions
heterogeneity
eBay
Corvette

File:

Download Huwyler_Michael_HeterogeneityandtheWC.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Peter William Newberry, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

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

Author:

Long, Ningning

Title:

The housing affordability in Chinese cities based on different tiers and regions with its influential factors analysis

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

housing affordability
urban and region economics
Chinese economics

File:

Download Final_Thesis--Long.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

N Edward Coulson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Jones, Corinne Louise

Title:

Exchange Rate Pass-through: Evidence from China

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

exchange rate pass-through
processing trade
import intensity

File:

Download thesis_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Kala Krishna, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Rizzotti, Matthew James

Title:

An Analysis of the Factors Driving Hospital Readmissions, and the Potential for Coordination Games Under the Medicare Readmissions Reduction Program

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

economics
Obamacare
hospital
health
coordination
game theory
Affordable Care Act
Readmission Reduction Program

File:

Download Thesis_Revision_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Russell Wade Cooper, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kincheloe, Connor M

Title:

The Department of Justice Leniency Program and the Dissolution of Cartels in a Game of Mixed Strategies

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Cartels
Collusion
Leniency Program
Mixed Strategies

File:

Download Kincheloe_Connor_LeniencyProgram.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Edward James Green, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Zeng, Yiyang

Title:

Local Government Financing Vehicles (LGFVs) – A Lens of the Potential Financial Instability in China

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

credit
local government
LGFV
debt
wealth management products
bond
financial crisis

File:

Download Zeng_Yiyang_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Ruilin Zhou, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Schanzenbach, Brian James

Title:

are major league baseball players psi their marginal revenue product?

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

marginal revenue product
baseball
MLB
economics
sports
MRP

File:

Download Thesis_Draft_-_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

N Edward Coulson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Faculty Reader

Author:

Levin, Harrison Albert

Title:

The Economic Impact of Minor League Baseball

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

economics
sports economics
minor league baseball
local economies
compensating differentials
unemployment rate

File:

Download Levin_Harrison_economicimpactofminorleaguebaseball.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

N Edward Coulson, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lin, Yuxiang

Title:

College Rankings and Return to Tertiary Education in China

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

China
Education Return
College Rankings
Education quality
CHIPs
gaokao

File:

Download LIN_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Russell Wade Cooper, Thesis Supervisor
James R. Tybout, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Bucci, Hannah Marie

Title:

Do Microfinance Organizations Increase Social Capital? an Evaluation of the Evidence

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

microfinance
social capital
group lending
women

File:

Download Final_Draft_4.7.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Luo, Wei

Title:

War and Peace: Investment Banks Under Dodd-Frank

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

investment bank
Dodd Frank
financial reform
banking regulation

File:

Download WEI_LUO_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Stephen Ross Yeaple, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor
James R. Tybout, Faculty Reader

Author:

Li, Runbo

Title:

Education Attainment, Socioeconomic Segregation, and School Finance

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

education
attainment
socioeconomic
segregation
school
finance

File:

Download 1-Li_Runbo_EducationSegregation.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Kuang, Baoqi

Title:

an empirical analysis of Chinese structural transformation in three sectors

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

development
growth
TFP
labor reallocation

File:

Download Kuang_StructuraltransformationinChina.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Johnson, Douglas M

Title:

An Empirical Analysis of the Efficient Market Hypothesis In Light of the 2008 Financial Crisis

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Efficient Market Hypothesis
Financial Crisis

File:

Download Douglas_Johnson_-_Final_Thesis_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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