Schedule for Thesis Presentations, Spring 2003

 

All sessions are in Carney 203 from 9:00-10:15.  I have grouped students by adviser to make it easier for advisers to attend.  Each presentation should be no more than 25 minutes in length. 

 

 

April 1

 

Chris Calmeyn:  How Synchronized is the Business Cycle Across Countries? (Murphy)

 

Doug Campbell:  Strong Yen: Strong Country?  An Analysis of Japanžs Strong Yen Policy (Murphy/Hayao -Political Science)

 

Tara Wilcox:  A Study of Eurozone Convergence: The Case of Spain (Baum)

 

 

April 3

 

Stanislaw Haciski:  Massachusetts Welfare Policy in the Aftermath of Federal Welfare Reform (Tresch)

 

Kristine Lock:  The Microsoft Antitrust Case - Winners and Losers (Petersen)

 

Francis Quimby:  Household Wealth and Consumer Spending in the 1990s (Murphy)

 

 

April 8

 

Brett Huneycutt:  Migrant Remittances and Microenterprises in El Salvador (Cox)

 

Mireille Samaan:  The Effect of Inequality on Mobile Phone Penetration (Cox)

 

Nina Suryoutomo: The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on the Employment of Single Mothers (Cox/Gottschalk)

 

 

April 10

 

David Puzey:  Institutional Conflicts between Capitalism and Democracy (Munnell/Kilcoyne-Philosophy)

 

Matthew Riordan:  The Effect of Pension Accounting the Reported Earnings of Top U.S. Firms (Munnell)

 

Patrick Sullivan:  The Household Wealth Effect (Munnell)

 

 

April 15

 

Kevin Meme:  Foreign Aid and Malaria in Malawi (Anderson)

 

James Pustejovsky:  Externalities in the Choice of an Exhaustion Regime (Anderson)

 

Jennifer Silva:  Does the Size of Currency Denominations Matter for the Economy? (Ghironi)

 

 

April 22

 

Brad McCarthy:  Do Higher Taxes on Malt Beverages Make Drinkers Happier? (McGowan)

 

Daniel Lim:  Internalizing the Economic Impacts of Indonesian Forest Fires (Konya)

 

Caroline Moriyama:  The Economic Consequences of Turkish Accession to the European Union with a Focus on Labor Migration (Konya)

 

 

April 24

 

Bryan Kang:  The Impact of State-Sponsored Gaming Industries on the Budget of State Governments (McGowan)

 

Michael Mancini: Cigarette Smuggling - An Empirical Study (McGowan)

 

Michael Spinello:  Internet Gambling (McGowan)

 

 

April 29

 

Cara O'Connor:  Economic Development in Western New York State (Arnott)

 

John Donato:  Revenue Sharing and Baseball, Connecticut (Arnott)