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.

March 30

Alex Eishingdrelo: “Offensive Play Calling in the NFL: Does the Run set up the Pass?” (Murphy)

William Johnson: “Do Retirement Savings Plans Help Small Businesses Attract and Retain Quality Employees?” (Sanzenbacher)

Jill Cusick: “Evaluating the Use of Behavioral Nudging as a Policy Tool” (Cichello)

April 1

Vojtech Machytka: “Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Aspiration Therapy” (Richardson)

Liam Cleary: “Primary Care Risk Score Coding’s Effect on Diabetic A1c levels and Other Healthcare Disparities” (Richardson)

Miranda McDonald-Stahl: “Evaluating Addiction-Recovery Services and Barriers to Coverage Among Immigrant Populations in Boston” (Regan)

April 6

Matthew Lynch: “The Impact of Student Debt on College Major Decisions” (Erbil)

Joshua Jiang: “Examining Factors Predicting Recessions” (Ireland)

Peixuan Huang: “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Financial Adjustment to External Imbalances” (Valchev)

April 15

Michelle Kondratiev: “The Relationship Between State Minimum Wage and Educational Attainment” (Sanzenbacher)

Leonid Rempel: “Monetary Policy in Virtual Economies” (Chahrour)

Ziyu Fan: “Costs of Public Transportation and its Implications, a Gas Consumption Perspective” (Sweeney)

April 22

Kate Peaquin: “Exploring Impacts of Sectarian Violence on Retirement Outcomes in Northern Ireland” (Rutledge)

Cole Cassady: “The Effects of Changes in Hospital Profitability due to the Affordable Care on Healthcare Sector Wages” (Rutledge)

Sherty Huang: “Metropolitan Migration and Effects on Minority Communities” (Cox)

April 27

Noah Jussila: “Notions of Substituability in Matching Markets” (Yemnez)

Jeong Yeon Cho: “Nash equilibrium analysis of the UK University Market” (Yemnez)

Zoe Greenwood: “Labor Market Discrimination against Ethiopian Israelis: What role does race play?” (Cichello)