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.