Honors Thesis Spring 2022

Presentations will be in Maloney 313. We will meet from 8:30-10:00 a.m. Advisers are invited to attend. Each presentation should be about 20-25 minutes with some additional time for questions.

April 4

Yiqing Kuang: “Impact of Face Mask Mandates on the COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the United States” (Baum)

Caitlin Hearty: “Education on Inequality: To What Extent Does education Inequality Drive Income Inequality in Mexico?” (Cichello)

April 6

Joe Lamoureux: “Evolution at Work? Coworker Altruism and Productivity” (Cox)

John Dempsey: “Pre-Health Track Educational Disparities and Impact on Future Labor Market Outcomes” (Sankaran)

Shaokai Wang: “The Invisible Hand: Political Cycles, Economics, and the Stock Market” (Ireland)

April 11

Grace Tymann: “Together We Bargain, Divided We Beg The Question: How Do Minimum Wages Impact Labor Union Election Results?” (Sanzenbacher)

Augusta Imperatore: “Is Inclusionary Zoning Creating the Inclusive Communities it Intends?” (Sanzenbacher)

Allison Pyo: “From One-Room Schools to Graded Schools: Analyzing the Shift in Education During the Mid-1800s” (Rutledge / Higgins)

April 13

Natalie Almonacid: “The Great Unequalizer: The Impact of COVID-19 Policies on Racial and Ethnic Groups' Employment Outcomes” (Sanzenbacher)

Dylan Frick: “How Would Government Negotiation of Drug Prices Impact Innovation? A Medicare Part D Case Study” (Sanzenbacher)

Ryan Ollestad: “Improving Microloans in Developing Countries with Alternative Credit Scoring and Blockchain Technology” (Regan)

April 20

Rita LaPlante: “Next Stop Eastie: Using Machine Learning to Predict Socioeconomic Change in Boston and Beyond” (Maxwell)

Eleana Tsiamtsiouris: “Does the Type of Lawyer Representation Really Matter? Exploring the Differences in Defendant Outcomes between Private Retained Counsel and Private Court-appointed Counsel in Criminal Cases” (Maxwell)

Ryan Cattich: “Estimating the Negative Externalities of Misinformation” (Wesner)

April 25

Maxwell Vogliano: “Rethinking Welfare Metrics: Beyond Aggregative and Composite Indicators to a Dashboard Approach" (Quinn)

Chris Bunner: “The Significance of Shared Private Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: An Econometric Analysis of California’s Charging Infrastructure” (Sweeney)

Bryan Kim: “The ULCC Effect: How Does The Entry of Ultra-Low Cost Carriers Impact Airfares of Incumbent Airlines?” (Murry)