Schedule for Thesis Presentations, Spring 2018

All sessions are in Maloney 313. We will meet from 8:30-10:15 a.m. Advisers are invited to attend. Each presentation should be about 20-25 minutes with some additional time for questions. The room is equipped for power point presentations and also has an overhead projector. Please bring a computer with you for your presentation.

April 4

Elizabeth Kopec: “Sustainable Intergenerational Utility” (Segal)

Andrea Yepez: “Understanding Differing Effects of the Oil Price Drop on Ecuador and Colombia” (Murphy)

April 9

Mark Sullivan: “The Big Shortfall: The Impact of Pension Deficits on Municipal Bonds” (Rutledge)

Francisco Ruela: “The Impact of Child Earnings on Retirement Expectations” (Sanzenbacher)

Kyle Waters: “The Impact of Geography and Startup Team Background in Venture Capital Funding” (Cox)

April 18

John Hennig: “The Effect of Quantitative Easing on Yields and Asset Prices in Financial Markets” (Ireland)

Christophe Bernier: “Developing a Win Probability Model for Hockey” (Maxwell)

Amy Jin: “Effects of Gender on Crowdfunding Behaviors” (Maxwell)

April 23

Charles Rogan: “Private Label Entry Effect on National Brands and Food Prices” (Grubb)

Jung Ho Lee: “Is the Korean Gender Gap Understated? Evidence from Korean Labor and Income Panel Study” (Olivetti)

Melissa Lei: “The Effect of the One-Child Policy to Two-Children Policy in China on International Immigration” (Anukriti)

April 25

Shuang Li: “Analysis of Monetary Union Failures” (Ireland)

Tianhang Sun: “The Impact of Air Pollution on Infant Health in California from 1990 to 2016” (Maxwell)

Erica Lindsey: “The Misguided War on Processed Food: How and How Not to Fix the American Obesity Crisis” (Quinn)

April 30

Michelle Kang: “Stepping Toward Solar: The Impact of Tier Prices on Solar PV System Size” (Lewbel)

Christian Wilson: “Impact of Retail Clinics On Prices for Common Physician Services” (Richardson)

Audrey Setiadarma (Richardson)