Academics
Senior Theses: 2001 - 2008
Department of Economics and Business
Lake Forest College
| 2001 | ||
| Antov, Dimitar S. | Game theory applied to bargaining in economics: General perspectives and a new mathematical model. | |
| Durso, Christopher K. | Race still matters: Growth and development of the St. Louis metropolitan area. | |
| Fisher, Jacob Thomas | The decision-making of high capitalism. | |
| Horwitz, Mark | An analysis of Chile's social security system as a possible model for the United States. | |
| Mathew, Blessy | Labor force participation of women: A comparative study of the United States and India. | |
| 2002 | ||
| Myer, Arden M. | Dirty economics: A historical analysis of Argentina's incurable crisis. | |
| Talreja, Pooja | The announcement & inclusion effect: evidence from the Dow Jones 30 Industrials and the Standard & Poor's 500. | |
| 2003 | ||
| Bastermajian, Harry | The economic viability of a Palestinian state. | |
| Beightley, Jennifer | An income model for the composers of popular music throughout music history. | |
| Castiglia, Kimberly M. | Hispanics in the United States: A struggle to maintain status in the labor force. | |
| Harmon, Laura | The flat tax as a means of reducing tax avoidance and evasion. | |
| Vlaikov, Stoyan | Currency boards in developing countries. | |
| Williams, Rick J. | Tort and retort: Misconceptions of the American lawsuit crisis. | |
| 2004 | ||
| Averbuch, Eugene | Testing game theory in a classroom environment. | |
| Fador, Kris | From Guernica to Dresden: Strategic Bombing in the European Theater in World War II. | |
| 2005 | ||
| Dookhony, Loveena | The impact of orphanhood on health status and educational attainment of children in Uganda. | |
| Garabedian, Haik | Labor in Central and Eastern Europe. | |
| Klein, Allison | Water allocations: Balancing equity and efficiency. | |
| Murphy, Kiel T. | How enrollment in employer-based health insurance depends on firm size and a worker's wage. | |
| 2006 | ||
| Dinh, Lam N. | 21st century pharmaceuticals: An updated analysis of new drug development. | |
| Dziadula, Eva | The effect of dental insurance on undertaking an advised treatment. | |
| Herold, James | The European Union: A promise delivered or promise deferred? | |
| Lupo, Katie | The convergence of the German labor market post-unification. | |
| 2007 | ||
| DeMarco, Joseph M. | The 2004-05 NHL lockout and its effect on the league's labor market. | |
| Knowling, Mackenzie L. | The winners and losers of NAFTA: A closer look at Mexico and the United States. | |
| Roche, Clayton | Obesity and the good life. | |
| 2008 | ||
| Braden, Kim | On the Road to a Better Costa Rica: CAFTA-DR and its Social and Economic Impacts. | |
| Fernando, Nelka | The economic impact of day laborers on local communities: an analysis of the Belmont Milwaukee day labor corner. | |
| Nicholas, Patrick | El supermercado muy grande: The economic impact of Wal-Mart in the United States and Mexico. | |
| Lowry, Carolyn E. | Between Iraq and a hard place: An analysis of Turkey's foreign policy using prospect theory. | |
| Shaler, Laney | Borders are porous: an analysis of trade blocs and border policy responses. | |
| VonDruska, Jeffrey A. | What it takes to win in baseball. | |
| Winkels, Paige | Is tax reform necessary? An analysis of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and the current Bush proposals. | |
| 2009 | ||
| Burg, Bryan | Abortion and Female Labor Force Participation Rates: Evidence Post Roe v. Wade. | |
| Gaulke, Amanda | Hispanic Immigration and U.S. Policy: Separating Myth from Fact. | |
| Zapryanova, Mariyana | United States Immigration Policy: Past, Present, and Future. | |