Honors 2025

2025 ECONOMICS HONORS THESIS PRESENTATIONS

All presentations will be in Griffin 6.

Monday, May 19

9:00am – Joseph Lev, “Unlimited Power: ChatGPT Data Centers and the Effect on Energy Insecurity”

10:00am – Karla Cabrera, “The Pollution to Prison Pipeline: Investigating the Relationship Between Pollution and Discipline in Massachusetts High Schools”

11:00am – Henry White, “Frozen in Fear: The Chilling Effect of Anti-Asian Hate on Subway Ridership in New York”

12:00pm – Thomasina Hare, “Beyond QALYs and DALYs: How Assumptions About the Value of Human Life Shape Health Policy”

1:00pm – Gabe Miller, “Time is money: The impact of foreclosure duration on home loan originations”

2:00pm – Utsav Bahl, “From Staggered to Strategic: Firm-Level Markups and the Microfoundations of Monetary Transmission”

3:00pm – Benjamin Alexander, “Regional Inequality in the United States, a Panel Cointegration Approach”

4:00pm – Caprice Turchiano, “The ACA Medicaid Expansion: Eligibility, Healthcare Coverage, and Uninsurance Disparities”

Tuesday, May 20

9:30am – Olivia Winters, “The Effect of Ability Tracking on School Enrollment: Evidence from Middle School Algebra”

10:30am –  Laura Allemann Chamon, “Building Momentum: The Effect of Bolsa Família on Educational Outcomes”

2:00pm – Agustin Aliaga, “Amenities, Apartments, and Arbitrage: Work-from-Home and Migration to a New Spatial Equilibrium”

4:00pm – Elyes Laalai, “Patents and Progress: Linking Innovation Timelines to Real Income Growth”

FALL 2024 ECONOMICS HONORS THESIS PRESENTATIONS

Wednesday, December 11 in Griffin 6

2:00pm — Jacob Cohen, “Financial Innovation in Overlapping Generations