HONORS PROJECTS

Many Economics majors choose to complete an Honors project on a topic of their interest. Most or all of the work associated with an Honors project is done in the senior year, though it may be begun earlier, and culminates in a research or critical paper or its counterpart in the creative arts.

Here's a sampling of what some of our students have worked on:

• John Matthew C. Camara '19, "Ethnic Enclaves: Wage Premium or Wage Penalty for Second Generation Asian Americans?"
  Prof. Judith McKinney, Adviser
• Lindsey Mulligan '18, “Humanity at Work: The Social Implications of Technological Advancements”
  Keoka Grayson, Adviser
• Clinton Dunn '17, "Major League Discrimination: Wage Premiums for International and Designed Players in Major League Soccer"
  Prof. Christina Houseworth, Adviser
• Jacob A. Powell '14 "The Origins of Crisis - A Marxian Analysis from 1970s to the Great Financial Crisis"
  Joseph Rebello, Adviser
• Michael D. Green '14 "A Mathematical Model of College Friendships"
  Yan Hao, Adviser
• Yuqi Ge '14 "Art Finance and Economic Crisis: A Study of Capital Gains on Art Sales"
  Warren Hamilton, Adviser
• Kathryn Klutts '09 "Corporate Social Responsibility"
  Prof. Christopher Gunn, Adviser
• Derrick Moore '07 "The Impact of Federal Spending on Productivity for the US Economy: An Analysis of Research and Development Spending from the National Science Foundation"
  Prof. Patrick McGuire, adviser
• Leanne Roncolato '07 "Feminist Movements: Analyzing Alternative Development Programs in Sandinista Nicaragua and India's State of Kerala" (Economics and Social Justice)
  Prof. Christopher Gunn, Adviser
• Ayo Abogen '06 "An Input Output Model of the Finger Lakes Region: Policy Simulations on the Impact of an INcrease in Spending on the Finger Lakes Region
  Prof. Patrick McGuire, Adviser
• Michelle Grocke '06 "The Overall Well-Being of the United States: An Analysis, a Critique and a New Perspective"
  Under the direction of Prof. Pat McGuire and Prof. Jo Beth Mertens
• Shannon Phillips '05 "An Economic Model of the Finger Lakes Region
  Prof. Patrick McGuire, adviser
• Matthew Simpson '04 "Sleeping With an Elephant: A Canadian Defense Against 21st Century U.S. Protectionism"
  Prof. Christopher Gunn, Adviser
• Sarah R. Powell '05 "The Significance of Foreign Direct Investment in the Hungarian Privatization Process"
  Prof. Jo Beth Mertens, Adviser
• Amber Beutel '02 "Having Your Fish and Eating Them, Too: An Economic Analysis of Fisheries Management"
  Prof. Jo Beth Mertens, Adviser

CLUBS

The HWS Investment Club is a student-run organizations that may be of interest to students studying economics.

For more information about this organization or to learn about starting your own economics-themed club, contact Kristen Tobey (tobey@hws.edu) in the Office of Student Activities.