Recent Honors Theses

Theses marked with a star received a grade of Highest Honors; all others received Honors.

Chen, Nancy, "An Empirical Analysis of Attitudes Toward Political Corruption and Vote Buying in Taiwan."
Howell, Mitchell, "The Unemployment Effects of Minimum Wages and Social Security in France."*
Kechley, Aaron, "Transaction Cost Economics, Capital Market Development, and Establishment Size Distribution."
Poon, Shing Chi, "The Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions, Stock Market Performance, and Financial Leverage on Research and Development by High Technology Firms."
Ramadorai, Tarun, "Price Volatility and Investment in Developing Countries."*

Ahuja, Ashvin, "Chronic High Infation in Vietnam: Dynamic Credibility and Disinflation without Cost."*
Bhakoo, Girish, "Fighting for Survival: A Framework for Analysis of the Russian Government's Attempts to Control Output and Inter-Enterprise Arrears During Transition."*
Broehl, Julia, "For Richer and for Poorer: the Declining Marital Status Wage Premium."
Hao, Yvonne, "Technological Capabilities and Firm Size: the Korean Chaebols and the Monterrey Grupos."*
Kurita, Andrew, "Foreign Investment and Informal Influence in 19th Century Argentina and Contemporary Malaysia."
La, Julie Tran, "Engines of Transition & Growth: the Non-State Economic Units of Vietnam."
LaCour, Charles, "An Economic Analysis of the Northeastern Oyster Industry."
Lewis, Ethan, "Subsidies and Economic Diversity in U.S. Higher Education: a Disaggregation of Patterns and Trends, 1987 - 1991."
Murphy, Chris, "Minimum Wages in France and the United States."
O'Keefe, Dunnigan, "Organization In-Formation: Information Technology and Corporate Hierarchy."*
Roiter, Eric, "Pricing and Price Discrimination in Trauma and Critical Care: an Interpretive and Empirical Analysis."
Rowland, Eric, "A Hedonic Property Value Analysis of the Environmental Amenities Returning to Owners of Waterfront Property on the Damarscotta River."*
Sleeper, Nate, "An Analysis of the Highest Salaries in Academia."
Weber, Valerie, "An Investigation of Private Management of Public Schools as an Avenue of Educational Reform."

Cotner, Jennifer, "The Effects of Family Background Characteristics on High School Achievement and Post-Secondary Educational Attainment."
Esbenshade, Andrew, "The Potential for Water Markets in California."
Leonard, James, "US-Japanese Strategic Alliances in the Semi-Conductor Industry."
Miller, Henry, "Understanding and Situating Dialogic Concerns in Economic Research."
Riff, Daniel, "Assessing the Chicago School's Paradigm Shift: on the Divergent Antitrust perspectives of Chicago's Old and New."
Stillman, Steven, "Human Capital Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Regression Analysis."
Vongsinsirikul, Pinnarat, "AFTA Effects of Trade Creation and Trade Diversion on Thailand's Industries and its Competitiveness."

Chun, Michael, "The Implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement for the Wine Industry in North America."
Earle, Katherine, "The Ethics, Economics and Law of Insider Trading."
Edman, John, "The Economic Strength and Profit Potential of Major League Baseball, and a Study of its Expansion Potential."
Edson, Jonathan, "The Post-Cold War Defense Industry: Can it Convert?"
Jensen, Robert, "Women, Wages and Persistence: the Time Profile of Displacement-Induced Earnings Losses."*
Lundman, Robert, "Escaping Poverty in the United States."
Nasser, Jonathan, "Education and AIDS: the Solution to a Market Failure."
Patel, Sandeep, "Big Trees for Small Farmers: an Economic Analysis of Tree Growing in Highland Kenya."*
Tietelbaum, Joshua, "School Choice and the Democratic Purpose of Education: Theory and Evidence."*

Fealing, Burt, "Differences in the Rate of Return for a College Education by Race and Gender."
Forbes, Kristin, "Intergenerational Mobility and the Male-Female Dichotomy."*
Riker, David, "Testing the Permanent Income Hypothesis in Japan and Korea."*
Smith, Ian, "Federal Research Funding: an Assessment of the Effects of the Organization and Operation of Universities."*
Warren, Tom, "Endowments at Public Universities and Related Foundations: a Growing Force?"

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