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The following 10 students from the Class of 2017 have earned the honors designation in the economics department after successfully completing their honors thesis (two of which earned high honors):

Annie Conway

“The Impact of Charter School Laws Strength on School Closures”
(Faculty Sponsor: Yang Song)

Emily Gu

“The International Transmission of the US Monetary Policy Shock”
(Faculty Sponsor: Richard Higgins)

Gina Joseph

“The effects of India’s Panchayati Raj Institutions on child marriage”
(Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla)

Troy Kelly

“Effects of TV Contracts on NBA Salaries”
(Faculty Sponsor: Benjamin Anderson and Carolina Castilla)

Meagan Klebanoff

“Analyzing the Effect of the Common Fisheries Policy on the UK’s Fishing Industry: Better with Brexit?”
(Faculty Sponsor: Bob Turner)

Kayla Oliver

“Accounting for Hysteresis: Incorporating Invariant Output Targeting into the Three Equation Model”
(Faculty Sponsor: Tom Michl and Carolina Castilla)

Santa Ramirez Rijo

“Effects of Violence Prevention and Attention Units on prevalence and perceptions of intimate partner violence in the Dominican Republic”
(Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla)

Ieva Steponaviciute

“Carbon Pricing in Input and Export Markets: Multinational Firms and Carbon Leakage using Bernard et al’s Model of Global Firms”
(Faculty Sponsor: Bob Turner and Richard Klotz)

Irene Zhao

“The Role of Money in a Real Business Cycle in an Open Economy”
(Faculty Sponsor: Richard Higgins)

Zoe Zhong

“Gender Differences in Risk Attitudes: Is Culture Relevant?”
(Faculty Sponsor: Carolina Castilla and Yang Song)