Honors in Economics
Honors in Economics
The Honors Program for Economics, Applied Economics, and Math-Economics Majors
The honors program is designed to encourage in-depth study and research at a level that approaches graduate school. For honors in the Department of Economics, the senior thesis is defended and then, if approved, revisions are made.
To qualify for honors in economics, students must
- major in economics, applied economics, or math-economics
- have an overall GPA of at least 3.0
- have a GPA of at least 3.3 in economics courses
- have the recommendation of their senior thesis sponsor
- defend their senior thesis before a panel of faculty
- carry out any revisions suggested by the faculty panel
For more information about this program, contact Elia Kacapyr at kacapyr@ithaca.edu.
Honors Students and their Senior Thesis Titles
2007
Andrew Boslett Some Conjectures on Discounting Distant Future Benefits
Brian DeAngelo The Taylor Rule as a Guide to Monetary Policy
Snigdha Dutt Aids in India: A study on Rural Women
Benjamin McKee The Efficiency of the NFL Betting Market
Ha Phuong Phan Drivers of Corporate Bond Spreads
2006
Paola Acosta Healthcare Coverage for Low-income Families
Warren Carnow Estimating a Taylor Rule for Monetary Policy
Dana Jaffe Forecasting Recessions with Monetary Variables
2005
Grant Bledsoe Free Agency in Baseball
Samira Choudhury The Determinants of Alcohol Consumption among College Students
Ivan Topelov Development and Loans in the Third World
2004
Jenna Aldridge Gender Equality in Developing Nations
Victoria Besner Economic Literacy
Kortney Borgozy Predicting Economic Activity with the Yield Curve
Sabik Enayet Advertising and Competition among Firms
Marc Israel Outsourcing and American Wages
Jason Levine Stock Market Bubbles and Monetary Policy
Rachel Munn Cluster Analysis and Determinants of Economic Growth
Elliott Randall Water Allocation Schemes in the Western United States
Asher Rogovy An Assessment of European Central Bank Choices
Alesha Simpson CARICOM and Jamaica
