Economics DepartmentHonors Thesis Poster Session
Every spring, students have the opportunity to present their honors research in a poster format at the poster session. Other students and faculty are welcome to attend.
Undergraduate Research Symposium
The Undergraduate Research Symposium provides a forum through which Honors Program students can give an oral presentation of their work and compete with students from other nearby North Carolina schools, including Davidson College, Elon University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Best Thesis Prize
The Department of Economics is pleased to be able to offer the Allen Starling Johnson, Jr. Best Thesis Prize, given yearly in recognition of outstanding research by an undergraduate and through the honors program. All theses that earn Distinction are published and available through Perkins Library. Another quick source is the Duke Journal of Economics. Each year it publishes top undergraduate theses, including Best Thesis Prize winners.
Those interested in viewing all past theses may do so via the Honors Theses Archive.
| Year | Winner(s) | Thesis |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Ralph Lawton | Evolution of Wealth and Consumption in the Aftermath of a Major Natural Disaster |
| 2019 | Lucas Do | Investigating a Case of Alleged Collusion in Michigan Public Oil and Gas Lease Auctions |
| 2018 | Maya Durvasula | 24K Magic: Evidence on Maternal Asset Ownership and Children’s Long Term Outcomes in Indonesia |
| 2017 | Zachary Lim, Gerald Tan and Jackie Xiao | Structural Estimation of FCC Bidder Valuation |
| 2016 | Clement Lee | The Market for Apples: A Theory of Identity and Consumption |
| 2015 | Jonathan Gao | Competition from Incumbent Firms During Airline Mergers |
| 2014 | Alexander Bloedel | Faith in the Future and Social Conflict: Economic Growth as a Mechanism for Political Stabilization |
| 2013 | Mitchel Gorecki | Geo-Spatial Modeling of Online Ad Distributions |
| 2012 | Peichun Wang | Empirical Evidence of Airline Merger Waves Based on a Selective Entry Model |
| 2011 | Jeffrey Shih-kai Shen | Market Power & Reciprocity among Vertically Integrated Cable Providers |
| 2010 | Matthew Rognlie | Spurious Jump Detection and Intraday Changes in Volatility |
| 2009 | Sarah Murray | Valuing Localized Externalities: Hog Operations in North Carolina |
| Allison Smith | Does the Quality of Public Transit Affect Commuters' Response to Gasoline Price Changes? | |
| 2008 | Andrey Fradkin | A Comparative Study of the International Content of Implied Volatiling |
| 2007 | R. Selin Dilmener | A Theory of Evacuation as a Coordination Problem |
| Tzuo Hann Law | The Elusiveness of Systematic Jumps | |
| 2006 | Joel Wiles | Mixed Strategy Equilibrium in Tennis Serves |
| 2005 | Shiying Lee | Financial Market Development: Does Financial Liberalization Induce Regulatory Governance Reform? |
| Yuanshu Deng | Another Pricey European Import: An Economic Analysis of the Artist's Resale Right |