Senior Essays Nominated for Prizes
Four departmental prizes will be awarded at commencement ceremonies this year to Economics and Economics and Math majors for the best senior essays. With more than 60 senior essays written in the Department of Economics, 14 were nominated for prizes.
The prizes for distinguished papers include: The Charles Heber Dickerman Memorial Prize for the best departmental essay; The Ronald Meltzer/Cornelia Awdziewicz Economic Award for two outstanding senior essays; The Ellington Prize for the best departmental essay in the field of finance.
Senior essays are nominated for a prize by both a student’s advisor, as well as a second reader from the department, after which a committee comprised of faculty members from the Department of Economics read and select the winning essays. This year’s nominations are:
- Adrian Rodrigues
Panacea or Pariah: The Labor Market Returns of Private For-profit Institutions and Community Colleges - Anthony Tokman
Crime and the Geography of the City: Measuring the Effect of Crime on Urban Residential Patterns - Apsara Iyer
Agricultural and Mining Labor Interactions in Peru:A Long-Run Perspective (1571-1812) - Avery Schwartz
Arbitrage in the European Soccer Betting Market - Darien Lee
Unemployment Insurance: Disincentive Effects on Job Search in the Great Recession - Edward Kong
Estimating Competitive Eects in Firm Entry with Applications in the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry - Hugh Sullivan
Environmental News and Noise in Financial Markets: Event Studies Concerning the Effect of Environmental Performance on Financial Performance - Jason Brown
Analyzing the Long-Term Performance of Activist Targets - Jeffrey Guo
Regional Differences in Consumer Confidence, Consumption, and Employment: 2001-2014 - Jonathan Lam
Robo-Advisors: A Portfolio Management Perspective - JP DeOliveira
Is There a Case for a Brazilian Exit from the Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR)? A Quantitative Assessment of Policy Options - Kenza Bouhaj
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993: Impact on Female Employment and Income - Maia Eliscovich Sigal
Socioeconomic Effects of Oil Drilling: The Case of Ecuador - Siqi Wang
Organizational Structure and Entry Decisions: A Study of the Retail Home Improvement Sector from 2005-2011