Thesis Seminar
Schedule, Spring 2002 (Gasson 309, 9:00-10:30 am, except as noted)
April 2:
Heather Milkiewicz: The Effects of European Monetary Union on Foreign Direct Investment in the European Union (Murphy)
Chitrawan Srisanan: Intellectual Property Rights and Externalities from Imitation (Murphy)
April 4:
Nikolay Dakov: An Analysis of the Microbrewery Market (McGowan)
Matt Calner: Should the NASDAQ Switch from an Implicit Cost Structure to an Explicit Cost Structure? (McGowan)
April 9:
Don Giuseppi: Corporate Consolidation in the Financial Services Industry (McGowan)
Dan Portnov: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Casino Gambling (McGowan)
April 11:
Michelle Kozlov: What is the Impact of Intellectual Property Legislation on Invention? (Gollop)
Kevin Castelo: Explaining the Failure of Deregulation in California's Energy Market (Gollop)
**** Note: No Class on April 16 ****
April 18 (8:30-10:30):
Michael Barry: Economic Analysis of Pension Provisions in the Tax Act
of 2001 (Munnell)
Sean Barrett: Retirement Age Implications of the Shift from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Munnell)
Katherine McGinnes: The Development of Ireland (Ghironi)
April 23 (8:30-10:30):
Ben Biddle: Competition in Mercosur (Marcouiller)
Tony Beirne: The Effect of Attitudes Toward Thinness on Economic
Success or Failure (Marcouiller)
Brett Bannon: Does Political Power and Wealth Determine The Distribution of Pollution? (Murphy)
April 25 (8:30-10:30):
Brian Langan: A Rational Look at Excise Taxes and Advertising in the Cigarette Industry (McGowan)
Talene Najarian: The Transition to Capitalism in Armenia (Petersen)
Shannon Finnegan: The Economic Effects of Advertising of Mental Health
Prescription Drugs (Petersen)
April 30 (8:30-10:30):
James Rice: Explaining the Rapid Growth of the Asian
Tigers--Productivity Growth versus Capital Investment (Anderson)
Thuy Le: Educational and Economic Attainment of East Asian Americans
(Gottschalk and Cox)
Claire Anderson: The Effect of Religion on Saving Habits (Cox)