Horne, Peter, 2010. How Well Can Individuals Predict Their Own Deaths.

       Recipient of the Outstanding Thesis Award for 2010.

 

Valchev, Rossen, 2009. Transparency and Performance in Bureaucracies.

       Recipient of the Outstanding Thesis Award for 2009.

 

Brady, Kristyn, 2008. State Government Size and Economic Growth: A Panel Data Analysis of the United States Over the Period 1986-2003.

       Recipient of the Outstanding Thesis Award for 2008.

 

Whitaker, Mark, 2007. The Impact of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth.

       Recipient of the Outstanding Thesis Award for 2007.

 

Curcio, Chris, 2006. A New Economic Measure of the Standard of Living Ranking U.S. Metropolitan Areas.

       Recipient of the Outstanding Thesis Award for 2006.

 

Schepis, Karissa, 2004. The Probability of a Legislator Being the Decisive Voter: Implications for Shrinking the Size of Government.

       Recipient of the Outstanding Thesis Award for 2004.

 

 

 

Baldini, Kevin, 2010. Moral Hazard in Baseball: Does Relief Pitching Increase the Number of Hit Batsmen?

 

Fallon, Catie, 2010. Fix or Float: Why Do Countries Choose Different Exchange Rate Regimes?

 

Heisler, John, 2010. A Survey Analysis of the Relationships Between Economic News and Consumer Behavior.

 

Lewis, William, 2010. The Impact of Legislative Term Limits on State Fiscal Policy.

 

Lucas, Anthony, 2010. Retirees and Health Insurance: An Analysis of Their Private, Public, and Out of Pocket Usage After They Migrate South.

 

Marano, Frank, 2010. Is There a Connection Between Single Parent Children and Crime?

 

O’Malley, Karlie, 2010. Do Psychological Cues Alter Our Discount Functions?

 

Orr, Christina, 2010. Moral Hazard: The Relationship Between State Auto Insurance Coverage Minimums and Traffic Fatalities.

 

Pulito, John, 2010. Does Government Regulation of Alcohol Have an Effect on Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities: A Panel Analysis of the United States Between 1982 and 2002.

 

Vigneault, Jason, 2010. The 2009 Car Allowance Rebate System: An Analysis of the Change in Gasoline Consumption.

 

Calise, Cristina, 2009. Forecast and Failure Models: Light of Life’s Bridge Housing Program.

 

Heier, Mark, 2009. The Effect of Guaranteed Contracts in Professional Sports.

 

Imler, Alexis, 2009. An Analysis of Energy Commodity Prices and Macroeconomic Variables on Coal Spot Prices.

 

Inden, Margaret, 2009. A Panel Analysis of Demographic Characteristics on U.S. State Traffic Fatality Rates: 1994 to 2006.

 

O’Sullivan, Maureen, 2009. Estimating Social Security Damages in Matters of Personal Injury and Wrongful Death.

 

Phillips, Jeremy, 2009. Estimated Exhaustive Regression: Redefining the Cross-Model Test Statistic via Simulation.

 

Sciandra, Maria, 2009. An Empirical Study of the Consumer Choice Process in a Monopolistically Competitive Environment.

 

Troyan, Mark, 2009. An Economic Analysis of College Athlete Graduation Rates: A Closer Look at Title IX.

 

Vogelgesang, James, 2009. Is the Influence of Government Size on Social Welfare Different Among Differently Developed Nations: A Panel Analysis.

 

Gorman, Collen, 2008. An Economic Analysis of the Effects of Exchange Rate Regimes on International Trade.

 

Lammela, Jason, 2008. Net Present Value of a Higher Education: A Study of Majors Across Different Universities.

 

Litvin, Andrew, 2008. Evaluating the Effects of Race and Gender on Lost Social Security Retirement Benefits.

 

Ausherman, Grant, 2007. Differentiating the Method of Compensation to Illustrate the Differences Between a Publicly and an Employee Owned Firm: An Experimental Analysis.

 

Lepro, Michael, 2007. A Forecast of the U.S. Business Cycle Using Three Different Approaches.

 

Loewer, James, 2007. Estimating the Amount of Time Spent: Household Production and Caring & Helping.

 

Manchester, Patrick, 2007. Can Foreign Investment in U.S. Treasury Bonds Explain the Municipal Bond Puzzle?

 

Monfredi, Joe, 2007. Evaluation of a Laddered Rate Method Versus Various Discount Methods in Wrongful Death Litigation.

 

Semanchik, Michael, 2007. An Estimation of the Substitution Effect of Casino Revenue on Lottery Revenue in the State of Pennsylvania.

 

Hazard, Jude, 2006. Are We Color Blind Yet? An Investigation of Racism in American Academia.

 

St. Leger, John P., 2006. Crime in America: An Examination of Becker’s Paradigm via a Social-Indicators Model.

 

Yarborough, Jaclyn, 2005. Enterprise Zones: The Urban Myth of Urban Revitalization.

 

Dausch, Mark, 2004. Down to the Buzzer: Does Athletic Success Affect Alumni Donations?

 

 

Selected Senior Theses