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