List of Tepper Senior Honors Theses in Economics

Courtney Chin: Are Luxury Goods Pro Cyclical: Studying the Volatility Effects (Advisor: Prof. Yaroslav Kryukov)
Alisa Deychman: Examining Kimberly-Clark and Scott Paper Merger (Advisor: Prof. Timothy Derdenger) [Full Text PDF]
Swati Gupta: Effects of Financial Constraints on Innovation Races and Clinical Trials (Advisor: Prof. Yaroslav Kryukov)
Yaqi Niu: The Determinants of Self-Employment in Mexico and Household Transitions between 2002 and 2005 (Prof. Rebecca Lessem) [Full Text PDF]
Risa Shen: The Effect of Unemployment Benefits on Job Search Duration and Post-Unemployment Wage (Prof. George-Levi Gayle) [Full Text PDF]
Ashish Thakrar: The Rising Cost of Diabetes Care: Annual Variations in Expenditures, Decomposed by Price and Utilization (Prof. Marty Gaynor) [Full Text PDF]
Lyubov Zeylikman: What's the Deal with Free Shipping? (Prof. George-Levi Gayle) [Full Text PDF]

Dina Megretskaia: Investigating the Effect of Payment Medium on Consumer Spending (Prof. Elif Hafalir)
Shweta Suresh: Impact of Social Risk Aversion and Audience Effects on Generosity to the Poor (Prof. Christina Fong) [Full Text PDF]
Akshay Upadhyay: Increasing Reliability: Attracting More Clients to Microfinance Institutions (Prof. Stephen Spear)
Sebastian Wai: Patenting an Industry: Tracking Semiconductor Investors in Silicon Valley and Beyond (Prof. Steven Klepper) [Full Text PDF]

Engin Altinoglu: Do Zoning Ordinances Effect Distribution of Housing? (Advisor: Prof. Dennis Epple)
Utku Karagoz: Comparison of the Financial Crisis in Turkey in 2001 with the Financial Crisis in the United States in 2008 on the Basis of Banking Sectors and Regulations (Advisor: Prof. Sevin Yeltekin)
Richard Katzwer: Finding Nash Equilibria in Asymmetric Auctions with Resale: Numerical and Analytical Developments (Advisor: Prof. Isa Hafalir)
Lauren McMicken: The Industrial Revolution and the Information Age: An Analysis of the Criticisms of the Industrial Revolution and the Corrections of the Information Age (Advisor: Prof. Stephen Spear)
Brian Moon: Exploration of Government Policy through a DSGE Model (Advisor: Prof. Chris Sleet)
Daniel Park: Altruistic Economics: Why this is a Soung Alternative to Neo-Classical Economics (Prof. Stephen Spear)
Lindsey Reese: Tax Returns and Charitable Contributions (Advisor: Prof. Roberto Weber)
Hon Ming Quek: Examining Causes of Delay in State Court Level Civil Trials (Advisor: Prof. Yaroslav Kryukov)
D. Scott Taylor: Modeling the Price Dynamics of Catastrophe Bonds (Advisor: Benoit Morel)

Jerome Combes-Knoke: The Valuation of Alternative Energy Proposals in Stochastic Markets (Advisor: Prof. Benoit Morel)
Akshaya Jha: Estimating the Effects of School Closings on Student Retention (Prof. Dennis Epple) [Full Text PDF]
David Mirksy: Considerations for an NFL Rookie Pay Scale (Advisor: Prof. George-Levi Gayle) [Full Text PDF]
Athip Tantivorawong: An Econometric Analysis on Factors that Affect Teenage Pregnancy Based on 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (Advisor: Prof. Stephen Spear) [Full Text PDF]
Andre F. Tartar: Do Special and Charter Schools Help Attainment in Public Schools? (Advisor: Prof. Maria Ferreyra) [Full Text PDF]

Robert L. Jefferson: Anti-Foreign Sentiment in the California Gold Rush (Advisor: Prof. Karen Clay) [Full Text PDF]
Michael C. Lee: Kodak-Fujifilm Trade Allegations and the Discovery of "The Petition Effect" Using Stock Prices Analysis (Advisor: Prof. Patrick Sileo)
Sudeep Paul: The Effect of Induced Competition on Decision-Making within the Auction Model (Advisor: Prof. Roberto Weber)
Rebecca H. Radkoff: Food Price and Market Behavior in the California Gold Rush (Advisor: Prof. Karen Clay) [Full Text PDF]
Sara K. Wille: Housing and Development in Pittsburgh: Lessons from Minneapolis' Corridor Housing Initiative (Advisor: Prof. Stephen Spear)

Justin A. Berka: The Good, The Bad, and the Waiting: Simulating Generalized Second-Price Auctions for Online Advertising (Advisor: Prof. Patrick Sileo)
Mercy Chang: Migration, Risk, and Insurance: Evidence from the California Gold Rush (Advisor: Prof. Karen Clay) [Full Text PDF]
Randall C. Jones: Migrating to Riches? Evidence from the California Gold Rush (Advisor: Prof. Karen Clay) [Full Text PDF]
Seng Keat Teh: Option Valuation and Hedging Using Volatility-Adjusted Pricing Kernels (Prof. Stanley Zin)
Brandi M. Tish: Forecasting Real GDP Growth (Advisor: Prof. Holger Sieg) [Full Text PDF]
Henry S. Tsai: Economic Inequalities of Major League Baseball (Advisor: Prof. Burton Hollifield) [Full Text PDF]

Andy Butler: Breaking the Ranks: A Closer Look at the Problems and Imperfections in College Football's Bowl Championship Series (Advisor: Prof. Patrick Larkey)
Max Egan: Descriptive Analysis of Charitable Giving Behavior to Pittsburgh Cultural Organizations (Advisor: Prof. Holger Sieg) [Full Text PDF]
Aileen Ma: An Examination of Music Downloading and its Effects through Stock Price Analysis (Advisor: Prof. Karen Clay) [Full Text PDF]
Lin Tian: Singapore Monetary System -- How Does it Work? (Advisor: Prof. Bennett McCallum) [Full Text PDF]
Yew Choe Wong: The Self-fulfilling Effects of the Business Week Graduate Business School Ranking (Advisor: Prof. Dennis Epple) [Full Text PDF]

Website Accessiblity