Senior Independent Study Theses from 2023
Stages of Change: Investigating the Supply of Different Emotional-Themes Concert Dance Production in Economics Recession, Dantong Bi
Department: Economics; Theatre and Dance
Understanding Integrative Rhetorical Complexity’s Effect on Public Opinion of Ballot Initiatives in Conjunction with a Contingent Valuation of a Ballot Initiative to Improve Water Quality Trading Systems., Tanner C. Burt
Department: Economics; Political Science
Investment in Tomorrow: Evaluating the Relationship Between School District Funding and Student Performance, Alexander Owen Drewes
Department: Economics
“Navigating the Storm”: Exploring the Relationship Between Stochastic Market Disruptions and Supply Chain Resilience., Elyazid N. Elhamriti
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
Evaluating a Monetary Value for Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Difference in Differences Case Study of Colorado's 2013 House Bill 13-1293, Tucker R. Joseph
Department: Economics
A Drunken Carnival of Hate: The Impact of a Minority Group’s Growth on Intergroup Conflict, Yeeun Koh
Department: Economics; Mathematics
Gold Sounds: An Empirical Analysis of Popular Music From the 1960s to Today, Ian Hueston Leon
Department: Economics
The Impacts of Language Policy in Migrants Choice and Economic Developments in Singapore, Zhehao Liu
Department: Economics
The Power of Narratives: Exploring the Influence of Propaganda Narratives on U.S. Ethiopian Migrants’ Remittance-Sending Behavior Post 2020 Ethiopia/Tigray Conflict, Alegnta Mezmur
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
Assimilation and Identity: Examining the Cultural and Economic Assimilation of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Morocco, Zineb Sair
Department: Economics
Don't Fight the Fed? An Analysis of the Role of Monetary Policy in the Formation of Bubbles in the Housing Market, Claira E. Schiffrik
Department: Economics
Consumer Transparency in Real Estate: A Study on Data Accessibility and its Role as an Inhibitive Element of Search Costs within the Housing Market, Paris M. Stirrat
Department: Economics
Analyzing Income Inequality and Crime Through Gentrification, Langston Williams
Department: Economics
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2022
Barriers To Entry: Do Students’ Perceptions Of Economics Contribute To The Underrepresentation Of Women And Gender Minorities In The Field?, Madison Buckley
Department: Economics; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
A Comprehensive Empirical And Simulation Analysis On How Minimum Wage Increases Impact Unemployment, Brandon Charles
Department: Computer Science; Economics
Class, Clubs, Work, Or Relax: Evaluating The Relationship Between College Activities And Earnings Immediately After Graduation, Justin Clement
Department: Economics
Large-Scale Land Acquisitions And Its Impact On Rural Smallholder Farmers In Ghana., Hanniel Kakraba- Ampeh
Department: Economics
Separate And Unequal: The Effect Of School Quality Differentials On Labor Market Outcomes For Southern Educated And Working African Americans 1935-1968, Keegan Davis King
Department: Economics
Using Nudges To Promote Healthier Decisions In The USA, Ezana Kiros
Department: Economics
Wage And Other Forms Of Discrimination Against Migrant Nurses In The U.S.: A Mixed-Methods Approach, Mahi Lal
Department: Economics
The Economic Impact Of Ocean Acidification On Coral Reefs: An Evaluation Of The Provisioning Services Of The Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Aubry Miller
Department: Economics
Explaining The Impact Of Corruption In The Infrastructure Field, Nebyou Minassie
Department: Economics
Cheer Me Up: A Game Theoretic Optimisation Analysis Of The Relationships Between Morale, Corruption And Individual Tax Evasion Decisions, Pragya Mittal
Department: Economics; Mathematics
An Analysis Of The Effects Of The Rapidly Growing Technology Industry On Income Inequality In The United States, Shawn Ngwena
Department: Economics
The Impact Of Air Pollution On Medical Expenditure, Claudia Rose Mandela Partridge
Department: Economics
Human Capital Investment Through Education: The Way To An Equitable Middle Class In South Africa, Laura Elizabeth Peterjohn
Department: Economics
Intermittent Fasting: A Cost-Effective Mechanism To Improve Productivity And Decrease Adverse Stress Response?, Nivedita Rathaur
Department: Economics; Biology
Covid-19 As An Endogenous Disruptor Of The World Oil Market, Benjamin C. Schrock
Department: Economics
The Effects Of Diversity And Inclusion Policies On Business Performance, Eraj Sikandar
Department: Economics
Modelling The Joint Dynamics Of Exchange Rates, Interest Rates And Oil Prices Using Vector Autoregression, Angad Singh
Department: Mathematics; Economics
Violent Means For Secure Ends: How An Absence Of State Social Safety Nets Impacts The Prevalence Of Violent Political Activity, Tabitha Skornik-Hayes
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
Are Corporations The Answer? An Empirical Study On The Impact Of Environmental Performance Ratings Reducing Emissions On A Global Scale, Michael Thomas
Department: Economics
Remittances – A Child’s Ticket To Better Education: A Case Study Of Nepal; Evaluating The Schooling Decisions Of Households Receiving Remittances In Nepal, Rishika Todi
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
“Don’t You Have A Conscience?”: The Economic Underpinnings Of Corruption And Its Portrayal In Russian Media, Katherine Yordy
Department: Economics; Russian Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2021
“Hey, check out my new kicks!”: An Analysis of Consumption and Market Demand of Exclusive Sneakers, Sanket Chavan
Department: Economics
"The Refugees are Better Off Than We Are": Evaluating the Impact of Syrian Refugees on Jordanian Labor Markets, Maggie Dougherty
Department: Economics
The Impact of Opinion Leaders on YouTube Towards Consumer Purchase Intention, Yu Hu
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
Market Structure and Quality of Service: Investigating Oligopolies and the Quality of Nursing Home Care in California During The COVID-19 Pandemic, Tessa Ireton
Department: Economics
Impact of School Vouchers on Guardian Investment in Education, Madeleine Keller
Department: Economics
Pretty Pink Penny: Exploring Consumer Behavior and Gender-Based Price Discrimination, Nasua Oforiwa Labi
Department: Economics
The Great Outdoors, Indoors: An Evaluation of Green Spaces and Housing Prices in Pittsburgh, PA, Will McCullough
Department: Economics
ESPN as a Two-Sided Market: How Fantasy Football Users Impact Advertising Prices, Joseph C. Passodelis
Department: Economics
Joseph Passodelis Senior I.S, Joseph Christopher Passodelis
Department: Economics
An Analysis on Free-to-Play and Premium Games and Their Effects from Positive Network Externalities and Keeping Up With The Joneses Theories, Zach Dean Schuch
Department: Economics
Is the Ichimoku Kinko Hyo System Beneficial to Investors?, Brandon David Vincenzo
Department: Economics
Match-Fixing in Cyprus: Examining the Impact on Fans' Soccer Attendance, Andreas Xenofontos
Department: Economics
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2020
Using Monte Carlo Simulations to Study the Effects of Subsidies on the Market-Share of Electric-Vehicles, Yash Bajaj
Department: Economics; Computer Science
Do Professional Sport Franchises Help Public Welfare or Their Own Pockets? A Study Analyzing Corporate Social Responsibility in Professional Sports Through the NFL, Caelan Doherty
Department: Economics
To Know, to Care, and, to Educate: Examining the Effectiveness of Behavioral Interventions in Improving Saving Behavior, Anushkaa Gupta
Department: Economics; Psychology
Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN: The Economic and Locational Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in the Context of Indonesia, Jason P. Gustely
Department: Economics
Explaining the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: An Analysis of Farmers' Land Tenure Security in Rural Ghana., Efua Hayford
Department: Economics
A Theory of Fire Service Provision: With an empirical analysis of response time, suppression time, and service output, Hyong-gu Hwang
Department: Economics; Mathematics
An Exploration of Changes and the Effectiveness of Gendered Marketing in Young Adult Novels, Olivia Maher
Department: Economics; English
The Role of National Culture on Risk Preference, Akari Sato
Department: Economics; Psychology
An Efficiency Analysis of Football Clubs in the English Premier League, Aakash Thapa
Department: Economics
Internal Migration and its Effects on Property Value: A Case Study of Spain., Eduardo Vetancourt
Department: Economics
Incentives to Buy: An Analysis of Trading Behavior Among Competitive Teams in Major League Baseball, Eric F. Wasserzug
Department: Economics
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2019
The Effect of Unemployment on Alcohol Consumption, Isabel Adelson
Department: Economics
The Social Network of Crime: How do our Social Interactions Predict Criminal Behavior?, Kevin Beck
Department: Economics
A Study of Contractual Structure in Subscription Service Models and Consumer Purchasing Behavior, Raghu Choudhary
Department: Economics
Gold Mine or Bronze Bust: Analysis of the Impact of Fiscal Policy Expansion during the Olympic Games on Income Inequality, Cameron Jeffrey Gelwicks
Department: Economics
The Impact of Austerity Measures on Gender Inequality in Europe, Magia Karagianni
Department: Economics
Beauty-Based Consumer Discrimination in Modern Dance, Rachel Lau
Department: Economics
The Effect Of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act On Investment And Macroeconomic indicators, Khanh Pham
Department: Economics
What to do about Grandma: A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Surrogate, End-of-Life Healthcare Decision Making, Jeremy Smucker
Department: Economics
Evening the Playing Field: Mitigating the Impact of Gender Differences in Risk Preferences and Investment Behavior, Jordan Stone
Department: Economics
Influences of the U.S. Monetary Policy on the Current Account Balance of High Income E.U. Countries, Nolan Sundheimer
Department: Economics
Using Taxes to Create a More Sustainable Tuna Fishery: A Simulation Model, Penluck Sutarat
Department: Economics
How Team Building Influences Team Outcomes, Yichen Tang
Department: Economics; Psychology
The Effects of Trust and Socialization on Contract Performance: An Experimental Economics Study, Leonard Wine
Department: Economics
The Effects of Women's Bargaining Power on Household Health in Developing Countries, Beatrice M. Yarema
Department: Economics
Return Migration and The Urban-Rural Income Gap in China, Jingxia Zheng
Department: Economics
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2018
The Make or Buy Decision Across Borders: A Transaction Cost Economics Approach to Vertical Integration, Aidan Crowe
Department: Economics
Institutional Ownership and Corporate Performance: An Empirical Analysis of America's Publicly-Held Firms, Eric Fenton
Department: Economics
"Are We Not Peasants too?": Investigating the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity in Rural India, Maansi Kumar
Department: Economics
Residential Choice as a Prisoner's Dilemma: How Segregation Preferences Lead to Suboptimal Societal Outcomes, Jeremy Miller
Department: Economics
Does TRIPS Enlarge the Income Gap in Developing Countries? An Analysis of the Pharmaceutical Industry, Xander Nicolson
Department: Economics
Location Location Gender: How Variables Impact Household Head Financial Decisions in Rural and Urban Regions throughout China, Margaret Sestito
Department: Chinese Studies; Economics; Global and International Studies
The Impacts of Minimum Wage Increases on Productivity and Unemployment Rates, Jacob Sparks
Department: Economics
Does Insurance Impact Happiness? An Analysis of Crop Micro-Insurance Structures' Impact on the Well Being of Farmers within Developing Economies: A Sri-Lankan Study Using a Utility Framework & Linear Algebra Perspective, Giorgio Tramonto
Department: Economics; Mathematics
Affordable Care Act: Is it Enough?, Manogjna Vaddiraju
Department: Economics; Philosophy
An Investigation of Heterogeneity in Immigrant Groups: Do Refugees Experience Less Desirable Labor Market Outcomes Compared to Economic Immigrants?, Guanrong Wang
Department: Economics
Retirement Saving and Health Spending Accounts, Ryan E. Wobbe
Department: Economics
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2017
Skilled Emigration, Return, and Human Capital Formation: A Game Theoretic Approach, Ruben Aguero Quinteros
Department: Economics; Mathematics
Locational Decisions of Charter Schools: Probing Market-Oriented School Choice, David Arroyo
Department: Economics
Does it Pay to Play? A Study of the Employability of Student Athletes, Davis Elkins
Department: Economics
An Evaluation of the Implications of a Living Wage Policy With Considerations for Spatial Differentials: An Examination of the Northern California Metropolitan Labor Markets, Garret Hodos
Department: Economics
China’s Oil Market Facelift: Examining the Impacts and Implications of China’s Efforts to Liberalize its Oil Market, Kate E. Kremling
Department: East Asian Studies; Economics
The Effects of Government-Provided Education Benefits on Enlistment and Reenlistment in the U.S. Military during the Global War on Terror, Kimberly L. McKee
Department: Economics
Get You a Girl That Can Do Both: A Feminist Economic Analysis of Parental Leave Policies and Labor Force Participation in the United States, Germany, and Turkey, Heather Smith
Department: Economics; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The State of Corruption: Crony Capitalism Negatively Impacts Economic Output at the State Level, Alex H. Tench
Department: Economics
Bright Lights and Big Ideas: An Investigation on the Impact of Innovative Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Agglomeration Economies on Urban Economic Performance, Sarah Vechik
Department: Economics
Economics under Fire: Understanding GDP and HDI through Social Capital and its Relationship with Noteworthy Intra-State Conflicts, Samuel T. Waters
Department: Economics; Global and International Studies
Senior Independent Study Theses from 2016
Lets Make India Great Again: The Effect of China’s Currency Manipulation on India’s Balance of Payments, Vedant Bansal
Department: Economics
Gift Exchange and Reciprocation in the Context of Music Consumption, Shelby Bretschger
Department: Economics; Sociology and Anthropology
Can the Herb Really Heal the Nation: The Effect of Medical Marijuana Legalization on the Opioid Epidemic, Kathleen J. Glowacki
Department: Economics
Quantifying Identity: What a Study On Food Insecurity in the LGB Community Tells Us About Choice, Intersectionality, and the Construction of Knowledge, Emily C. Hrovat
Department: Economics; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The Liberal Arts Factor: Having a CEO With a Liberal Arts Degree, Matthew H. Keeney
Department: Economics
A Weighty Matter: A Study of Obesity and its Impact on Wages, Jeremy M. Lenz
Department: Economics
Innovation Through Technical Change: The Differential Effects Technology Expenditures Have on the Wages of Employees Within the Oil and Gas Industry, Michael L. Mays
Department: Economics