The following students from the Class of 2020 have earned the honors designation in the Economics Department after successfully completing their honors thesis (4 of which earned high honors):
High Honors:
Ruixing (Tim) Lin
"Foreign Investors and Firm Innovation: Evidence from the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect"
(Faculty Advisor-Professor Takao Kato)
Jacob Scott
"Measurement Sensitivity in Field-of-Study Mismatch Research"
(Faculty Advisor-Professor Takao Kato)
Alexandra Richer
"Are Unions Harming their Members? A Cross-Country Analysis of Unions' Impact on Automation"
(Faculty Advisor-Professor Ben Anderson)
Meredith Starrett
"Examining Firm-Bank Switching Following Leveraged Lending Guidance"
(Faculty Advisor-Professor Michael Connolly)
Honors:
Michael Reed
"An Analysis of Community Development Block Grant Distributions from 2000 to 2005"
(Faculty Advisor-Professor Michael Haines)
Yingying (Chloe) He
"Inward Investment Efficiency in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Countries"
(Faculty Advisor-Professor Dean Scrimgeour)
Helen Misiewicz
"The Gender Investment Gap: How Gender Identities May Affect Investment Decisions"
(Faculty Advisor-Professor Yang Song)
Catria Gadwah-Meaden
(Faculty Advisor-Professor Daniel Ludwinski)