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)