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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:

Lee, Dongkeun

Title:

On decision theory models incorporating the Ellsberg paradox

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Ellsberg paradox
Economics
Microeconomics
Decision Theory
Anticipated Utility
Choquet Integral
Expected Utility

File:

Download Lee_Dongkeun_Ellsberg_paradox.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Kalyan Chatterjee, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor
N Edward Coulson, Faculty Reader

Author:

West, Sara Colleen

Title:

The Financial Impact of a Post-season Playoff in College Football

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

college football
playoff
Bowl Championship Series
BCS
regular season attendance
TV contract revenue
television contract

File:

Download 1-West_Sara_CollegeFootballPlayoff.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Lorenz, David Andrew

Title:

Predicting the Financial Benefit form Relocating Struggling NHL Franchises to High-Demand Markets

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Sports Economics
Economics
Econometrics
NHL
Hockey

File:

Download Lorenz_David_NHLFinancial.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Neely, Dane William

Title:

Unconventional Monetary Policy and Beyond

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Unconventional monetary policy
conventional monetary policy
effectiveness of monetary policy

File:

Download Neely_Dane_unconventionalmonetarypolicy.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

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:

Perrotta, Fernanda Analia

Title:

The Burden That Inflation Imposes On Society: The Case Of Argentina

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Seigniorage
Convertibility Plan
Argentina
Hyperinflation
Laffer Curve
Gini Index
Lorenz Curve

File:

Download Perrotta.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Jiang, Huijing

Title:

Corporate Reputation vs Marginal Cost: An Empirical Analysis

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Corporate Reputation
Related Party Trade
Multinational Corporations
Environmental Performance Index
Empirical Analysis

File:

Download Jiang_H_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Hite, Kathryn Elaine

Title:

Evaluating Microcredit Using Randomized Controlled Experiments

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

microcredit
economics
randomized controlled experiments
Grameen Bank

File:

Download hite_kathryn_evaluatingmicrocredit.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Ringel, Benjamin Harry

Title:

A Quantitative Analysis of the Use and Efficacy of the Franchise Tag in the National Football League

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

econometrics
treatment regression
NFL
franchise tag
economic analysis
sports
salary cap
STATA
probit

File:

Download BenjaminRingelThesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Bryant, Andrew David

Title:

Revisiting the Superstar Externality: Lebron's 'Decision' and the Effect of Home Market Size on External Value

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Economics
Sports Economics
National Basketball Association
NBA
LeBron James
superstar

File:

Download Andrew_Bryant_SHC_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Prichard, Stephen Chadwick

Title:

Speculation in the Foreign Exchange Markets Using Intertemperal Empirical Models

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Speculation
Foreign Exchange
Technical Analysis

File:

Download Speculation_in_the_Foreign_Exchange_Markets_Using_Intertemperal_Empirical_Models.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Tatko, Ryan W

Title:

Cursed Equilibrium Refinements in Sequential Auction Games

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

auctions
game theory
economics
Nash equilibrium

File:

Download MasterThesisFinalI.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor
Vijay Krishna, Thesis Supervisor

Author:

Kannell, Daniel Alexander

Title:

Happiness and Economic Inequality – Evaluating the Effects of National Inequality on Levels of Happiness

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

economics
economic
inequality
happiness

File:

Download kannell_daniel_happinessandeconomicinequality.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Wang, Yuan

Title:

The Efficiency of Prize Money Structure of WTA Tournaments

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Labor Economics
Sport Economics
Tennis Tournament
Prize Money Structure

File:

Download Wang_Yuan_Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

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

Author:

Hayes, Duncan Wistar

Title:

Family Background, Education, and Income Mobility: A Closer Look at the American Dream

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Family Background
Education
Income Mobility
American Dream
Intergenerational Income Mobility

File:

Download Hayes_Duncan_IncomeMobility.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Brewer, Molly Anne

Title:

Microfinance: A Review of the Challenges and Tactics to Reaching the Poor in Developing Countries

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Microfinance
poverty
targeting
poorest
training

File:

Download Brewer_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Born, Nathan Patrick

Title:

A CONSUMPTION BASED ASSET PRICING MODEL OF THE YIELD CURVE

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Yield curve
interest
interest rate
Expectations Hypothesis
economics
asset pricing
consumption based asset pricing model

File:

Download Born_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Alessandro Dovis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Dau, Nicholas Michael

Title:

Using Consensus Modeling to Formulate a More Accurate Economic Forecast

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

forecasting
economics
GDP
CPI
inflation
interest rates
consensus

File:

Download Dau_Nicholas_UsingConsensusModelingtoFormulateaMoreAccurateEconomicForecast.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Andres Aradillas Lopez, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Carle, Joshua David

Title:

an application of entry and exit modelling to the internet service provider market

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Internet Service Provider
ISP
Entry and Exit
Ordered Probit
FCC
Competition

File:

Download Carle_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Charles Theodore Murry, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Zhuguan, Yangxi

Title:

The End of the One-Child Policy: An Analysis of China's Family Planning Policy and the 2013 Mitigation Policy

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

China
family planning policy
demographic economics
labor economics
progression projection

File:

Download Yangxi_Zhuguan_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Rimel, Chelsie D

Title:

The Effect of Ownership Structure on Winning Percentage in Major League Baseball

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

sports
economics
baseball
mlb

File:

Download Chelsie_Rimel_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Peter William Newberry, Thesis Supervisor
David Shapiro, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Galanti, Alec J

Title:

The value of a young professional's personal brand

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Online Reputation Value
Reputation Management
Search Engine Optimization
Reputation Pricing
Reputation Market

File:

Download Galanti_Alec_Thesis_Final_new.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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

Author:

Patchen, Rachel A

Title:

Fertility Transitions in sub-saharan Africa: Trends in Declining Fertility

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Economics
Fertility
Sub-Saharan Africa
Demographic Transition

File:

Download Final_Patchen_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

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