Thesis Awards & Examples

When writing a thesis or trying to come up with an idea of what to write, it can be helpful to look at other theses. Here are some previous theses which students have written. All the theses mentioned below have gotten awards. Happy reading!

Remember that your thesis abstract is the first thing people read when looking for research papers. It appears in search results and is the key to researchers finding out whether your paper fits their needs. The thesis guidelines will help you write your abstract after your paper is written. Pay special attention to the thesis abstracts of the award winning theses listed below.

Robin Satterwhite Thesis Award

Presented to the graduating senior who has done outstanding innovative independent research, either towards his/her senior thesis or some other economics project.

2022-2023

Dova Castaneda Zilly - An Overhaul of Fracking Policy in Colorado: A Density-Based Spatial Analysis of Policy Actor Positionality & Participation

Julia Willick - CEO Overconfidence, Gender, and the Leverage Ratio

2021-2022

Co-Movement of Statistics in Service and Manufacturing: A Wavelet Coherence Analysis and the Effects of Robotization on Employment and Development

2018 - 2019

Quantifying the Impacts of Sustainable Groundwater Management: Modeling Financial Losses from Groundwater Reductions in the Lower Santa Clara River Valley

2016 - 2017

The New Glass Ceiling: Incarceration's Effects on Lifetime Wage Growth

2015 - 2016

Orchestrating Financial Health in Music: Nonprofit Organizations Getting in Tune with a Sustainable Model

Income Elasticity of Intra-Household Health Gaps in India

2014 - 2015

The Impact Of The Complete Food Environment On County-Level Obesity Rates

The Impact Of International Information Disclosure Requirements On Market Discipline

2013 - 2014

Accounting for purpose in the age of accountability : grounded theory and discretion in educational institutions

2012 - 2013

Modeling the Sustainability of Tourism in Leh, India "The Little Tibet": An Econometric Analysis

A new approach to acquiring energy savings : an analysis of homeowner preferences for energy efficiency programs

2011 - 2012

Middle School Matters: A Duration Model Analysis

Self-Esteem, Education, and Wages Revisited

Ray O. Werner Thesis

Presented to the graduating senior who has written the most outstanding senior thesis.

2022-2023

Lilly Schmachtenberger - Renewable Energy Consumption and Economic Growth Nexus: Differential Impact Between Developed and Developing Economies

2021-2022

Nudging SUstainable Behavior: Applying Behavioral Economic Strategies to Gauge and Grow Consumer Demand for Single-Use Plastic Alternatives 

2018 - 2019

Do Senators moderate in election years? Evidence from Twitter

2016 - 2017

First Mover Advantage in Sequential Bertrand Markets: An Experimental Approach

Is It Economics, or the Bad Luck of a Conflict-Ridden DNA: A Study of the Causes of Civil War in the Middle East and North Africa

2015 - 2016

How Strategy Affects Performance: An Analysis of the Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility on Cost of Equity Capital

2014 - 2015

The impact of political violence on tourism in Nepal

The Effect of the Earned Income Tax Credit on the Intensive Margin of Labor Supply

2013 - 2014

Climate policy impacts : an endogenous optimization model and the regional greenhouse gas initiative

2012 - 2013

The hand of God or death : mitigating earthquake fatalities through aid and infrastructure

2011 - 2012

Stuck in a rut with primary products: the impact of colonization on trade and growth patterns

Quantitative Measures of Mortgage Market Instability

Bruni Awards

Presented to senior thesis writers who show promise to produce their thesis results in a peer reviewed journal or to present the paper at a peer reviewed academic meeting.

2018 - 2019

Quantifying the Impacts of Sustainable Groundwater Management: Modeling Financial Losses from Groundwater Reductions in the Lower Santa Clara River Valley

The New Glass Ceiling: Incarceration's Effects on Lifetime Wage Growth

Why Do New Ventures Succeed? An Analysis of New-Firm Survival and Success

Behavioral Analysis of Rage Donating From 2014 through the 2016 Presidential Election

THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING PART: THE IMPACT OF BARRIERS TO ENTRY ON FEMALE PARTICIPATION AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES

2016 - 2017

Stock Market of Students: Using Financial Models to Peer into the Risk-Return Universe of College Admissions Officers

Do Movies Age Like a Fine Wine, or Get Lost on Dusty Shelves?: A Study of Netflix User Ratings

Exploring the Association Between Stock Price and Accounting Performance Measures for the Pivoting Company: A Case Study of Logitech

2015 - 2016

5.0.0 Shades of Android: Determining App Preferences from User Reviews

The Impact of Political Violence on Tourism in Nepal

Experimental Findings and Adaptive Learning in a Five-player Centipede Game

2014 - 2015

Stock Price Response to Customer Satisfaction Changes: An Analysis of Nondurable and Durable Goods Manufacturers

Competitive Balance in the Champions League Era: How One Financially Unregulated Decade Has Altered the Competitive Behavior of English Premier League Soccer Clubs

Experimental findings and adaptive learning in a five-player Centipede game

 

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