Academic Year 2023
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/23 | Seth Thomas | The Current State of the Gig Economy Amidst an Ever-Changing Workplace: A Consideration of Demographic Variation in Who Gig Workers are and How They are Fairing? |
Doug Lamdin, Christelle Viauroux |
| 5/23 | Jose Colantoni | Testing the validity of machine learning counterfactual prediction methods: An evaluation of ML-generated counterfactuals in low-frequency data conditions |
Maria Bernedo |
Academic Year 2022
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/22 | Katherine GIannini | To What Extent Are Hospitals Profit Maximizers? The Role of Market Concentration in Price Negotiation | Ryan Mutter |
| 5/22 | Elizabeth Blake | Cost Benefit Analysis of a Hypothetical Safe Consumption Site in Baltimore City: Revisited post Covid -19 Pandemic | McLaren Zoe |
| 8/23 | Amy Soukup | Rethinking Park Access In Baltimore | Yusuke Kuwayama, Dillion Mahmoudi |
| 8/23 | Sven Narula | Mexican Immigration and the Local Average Wage Effect: A Labor Market Analysis | Oleg Firsin |
Academic Year 2021
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/21 | Moises Marin | Time-to-Event Modeling to Uncover the True Effect on Standardized Testing on Colllege Success | Lisa Dickson |
| 5/21 | Oluwaseun Odibo | The Domestic Price and Output Effects of a Restriction on Foreign Exchange Requests for Imports of Rice: Evidence from Nigeria | Oleg Firsin |
| 5/21 | Brandee Blumenthal | Looking at the Effect of Race on Sentence Length for Drug Trafficking Offenses | Lauren Edwards |
| 5/21 | Justin Johnson | Measuring the Relationship Between Single-Family Zoning Restrictions and Residental Segregation in the Baltimore Region | Pamela Bennett, Dillon Mahmoudi |
Academic Year 2020
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8/20 | Ashley Dolgoff | Returns Relative to College Major Across Time…..…………………….. | Lisa Dickson |
| 12/20 | Tanguy Ringoir | The Effects of a County-Level E-cigarette Tax on Youth Vaping Incidence and its Policy Implications | Dennis Coates |
Academic Year 2019
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/19 | Jessica Lincoln | Are you RGGI for this? An Analysis of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative’s Impact on Particulate Matter and Health | Nick Kelly |
| 6/19 | Hunter Shelton | The Growth, Development, and Performance of Socially Responsible Exchange-Traded Funds | Doug Lamdin |
| 12/19 | Logan Johnson | Does Telehealth Effect Rural Costs? | Nancy Miller |
Academic Year 2018
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/18 | Catherine Mata Hidalgo | Impact of the Access to Public Child Care on Employment, Education Attendance, and Time Spent on Unpaid Domestic Work of Women in Costa Rica∗ | Tim Gindling |
| 7/18 | Jonathan Yoe | Has post-2008 Monetary Policy Been Successful?: The Fed’s Unconventional Policy versus the Taylor Rule from 2008-2017 | Ryan Brady |
| 3/18 | Megi Wiley | Social Capital and Output per Worker | Tim Gindling |
| 6/18 | Nolan O’Toole | Right-to-Work Laws’ Effect on Occupational Safety and Health | Tim Gindling |
| 5/18 | Daniel Louloudes | The Effect of Income Expansion on Health: Observed by Using the 2009 Expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit as a Source of Exogenous Variation | Lisa Dickson |
Academic Year 2017
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/17 | William Parry | Merger to Delays? An Analysis of the Relationship between the US Airways & American Airlines Merger and Delayed Flights | Christelle Viauroux |
| 7/17 | Sayer Niblett | Microfinance and Poverty: A Country-level Panel Data Analysis | Gindling |
| Bekzod Mirahmedov | Financial Knowledge and Financial Market Participation | Doug Lamdin |
Academic Year 2016
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/16 | Kevin Baier | The Effect of ARRA EITC Expansion on Social Mobility Spending Between EITC Recipients With and Without At Least Three EITC Eligible Dependents | Dennis Coates |
| 5/16 | Bryan Gale | Living in a Food Desert and Health Outcomes | Brent Gibbons |
| 12/15 | Thomas Hsu | U.S. Recession Forecasting Using Probit Models with Asset Index Predictor Variables | Chunming Yuan |
| 10/15 | Steve Maschke | Optimal Stopping for College Applicants in Brazil | Christelle Viauroux |
| 3/16 | William Wittler | Sentiment Analysis in Risk Preference: A Case Study in the Maryland State Lottery | Christelle Viauroux |
Academic Year 2015
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/15 | Lukas Glos | Inequality in Access to Piped Water Systems Between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Populations: Evidence from Peru | Tim Gindling |
| 5/15 | Tejan Shah | Determining the Factors that Negatively Affect the Utilization on Informational Preventive Care | Bing Ma |
| 5/15 | Matt Snead | An Evaluation of the Maryland Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Programs | Scott Farrow |
Academic Year 2014
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5/14 | Richard Bowers | Accounting for Cost Reductions and the Role for Subsidies in Emerging Energy Technologies | Ginny McConnell |
| 5/14 | David Farkas | The Cost Efficiency of Nitrogen Removal from Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay | Scott Farrow |
| 12/14 | Ivone Gadala-Maria | Evaluating the Impact of Ocean and Air Infrastructure on Trade: A Gravity Model Approach | WendyTakacs |
| 5/14 | Atara Oliver | Borrowing for School and a Home: Student Loan Debt and Home Purchase | Dennis Coates |
Academic Year 2013
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/14 | Tunde Adedipe | The Impact of the Volcker Rule on Systematically Important Financial Institutions: An Event Study | Doug Lamdin |
| 12/13 | Katherine Bryant | Schools for Educational Evolution and Development (SEED): A Benefit-Cost Evaluation | Lisa Dickson |
| 05/14 | Jackson Costa | The Return Characteristics of REITs and Portfolio Considerations | Doug Lamdin |
| 08/13 | Esra Yavuz Erdem | Effects of Mother’s Smoking Behaviors on Birth Weight | Bing Ma |
| 06/13 | David Song | On the Influences of Race and Immigration on STEM Degree Attainment | Marvin Mandell |
| 08/12 | Atinderjit Toor | The Financial Literacy and Financial Behavior Among the Young: Do the Differences in State Education Policies Matter? | Chunming, Yuan |
| 08/13 | Jessica Wilson | Free Banking: A Viable Alternative to Central Banking | Morgan Rose |
Academic Year 2012
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/12 | Chava Carter | Do Modern Sultans Beget Black Swans? An Analysis of State Fragility in the Middle East and North Africa | Tim Gindling |
| 30/12 | Yi-An Chen | Gender Difference in Stature: Evidence from the Great Chinese Famine | Bing Ma |
| 05/12 | Larry Jerome | A Test of the Robustness of Benefit-Cost Evaluations of Welfare-to-Work Programs | David Greenberg |
| 05/12 | Nitesh Kumar | Determinants of the Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions | Tim Gindling |
| 05/12 | Tanu Pongsiri | How Does Austerity Affect Credit Default Swap Spreads? | Chunming Yuan |
| 08/12 | Amy Rayburn | The Effects of Economic Development on Water Quality: An Econometric Analysis of the Effects of Urban Growth on Pollutant Levels in the Patuxent River | Ginny McConnell |
| 05/12 | Matt Spadafora | Is the Second Time a Charm? The Return of NFL Franchises and their Economic Impact on Metropolitan Areas | Dennis Coates |
| 05/12 | Sharanjit Toor | Gender Differences in Financial Literacy in the U.S.: Evidence and Implications for Consumer Policy | Doug Lamdin |
| 05/12 | Juan Vega-Rodriguez | An Analysis of Procyclicality of Allowances for Loan and Lease Losses in the U.S. Banking System and the Basel III Accord | Morgan Rose |
Academic Year 2011
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/11 | Rita Choi | Implementing Economic Sanctions: The Impact of U.N. Resolution 1718 on Exports to North Korea | Wendy Takacs |
| 08/12 | Xiaotao Ran | Disparity of Education Attainment Among Hispanic Second-Generation Immigrants | Tim Gindling |
| 5/11 | Stephen Ross | The Costs of Meeting Maryland’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard Through Wind: An Analysis of Potential Onshore Wind Farms in the PJM Region | Ginny McConnell |
Academic Year 2010
| Date | Student | Presentation Title/Topic | Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/10 | Akindele Bamidele | Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: To What Extent Does Ethnic Diversity Affect School Enrollment in Sub-Saharan Africa? | David Mitch |
| 06/10 | Peng Chu | How Did Social and Economic Conditions Affect Regional Education and its Change in the British Industrial Revolution | David Mitch |
| 03/09 | Kyle Clelan | Credit Rating Changes and Stock Price Reactions: New Evidence from REITs | Doug Lamdin |
| 05/10 | Kisou Kusuzaki | Recent Trends of Suicides in Japan 1998-2008: Role of Shocks and Part-time Employment | Dave Marcotte |
| 08/10 | Andrew Madison | The Effect of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 on Racial Disparities in Home Health Care | Marsha Goldfarb |
| 05/10 | Betty Osias-Kivuvu | The Role of Central Bank Independence in International Monetary Policy Coordination | Chunming Yuan |
| 5/10 | Shelley Stegman | Consumer Valuation of Fuel Economy | Ginny McConnell |
| 05/10 | Dan Wu | Fiscal Policy and Endogenous Economic Growth in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Provinces Investigation | Matthias Cinyabuguma |