These are examples of Economics Honors theses submitted in Spring 2009 and Spring 2011. Some submissions have been omitted because they contain proprietary data, or because we do not have permission from the author to post the work. This is not a reflection on the quality of their work. All work is © 2009-2011 by the individual authors. All rights reserved.

Spring 2011

• The Impact of Changing East Asian Trade Dynamics on Japanese Growth, Rahim Dharssi
• Measuring Cultural Fluency in Berkeley Unified School District: Steps Toward an Effective Parent Involvement Strategy, Sachi Takahashi-Rial
• Stock Market and Consumption: Evidence from China, Leslie Hau
• Impact of Rural-to-Urban Migration on Agricultural Commodity Inflation in China, Kan Liu
• The Temporal Component of Reference Point Determination, Mikaela Aziz
• Persistent Discrimination in Residential Mobility Between Cities and Suburbs: Flight from Minority Suburbs Succeeds Flight from Minority Cities, Jeanette Ling
• Religion and Economic Development - A study on Religious variables influencing GDP growth over countries, Wonsub Eum
• Stock Market Repurchases: The Undervaluation and Negative Outlook Theories, Tammy Tieu
• Housing Wealth and Consumption in the Chinese Urban Economy: Evidence from Micro-Data, Yizhou Jin
• True Value in the NBA:An Analysis of On-Court Performance and Its Effects on Revenues, Harrison Li
• NAFTA and Female Labor Market Outcomes in Mexico, Emily P Tsitrian
• To Host or Not to Host? A Comparison Study of the Long-Run Impacts of the Olympic Games, Anita Mehrotra
• The Role of Contractionary Monetary Policy in the Great Recession, Charlie Deist
• The Costs and Returns to Medical Education, Nicholas Roth
• Online Sports Gambling: A Look into the Efficiency of Bookmakers' Odds as Forecasts in the Case of English Premier League, Jasmine Siwei Xu
• The Effect of Drug Decriminalization in Portugal on Homicide and Drug Mortality Rates, Daniel Reuben Yablon

Spring 2009

• An Examination of International Drivers of Educational Achievement, Benjamin Bruno Johnson
• Voter Uncertainty and Economic Conditions: A Look into Election Competitiveness, Christopher V. Lau
• The Economics of Signing Petitions: Social Pressure versus Social Engagement, Diane Alexander
• Testing the Efficient Markets Hypothesis: A Behavioral Approach To the Current Economic Crisis, Iulia Stefan
• Nuclear Proliferation and the Deterrence of Conventional War: A Proposal, Justin Pollard
• Changing Endowment Sizes and Prices of Giving in Ultimatum Games, Kevin Haas
• Selective Beliefs over Preferences, Luke A. Stewart
• Difference of Percentiles: A New Look at the Ability Bias, Paul Lewicki
• The Effect of Mass Transit Systems on Price of Condominium in Bangkok, Peson Sirikolkarn
• The Sour Side of Today’s Housing Market: Testing internal relationships and understanding the composition of today’s market., Peter Lewicki
• The Impact of Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments on Listed United States Companie, Richard Schimbor
• The Transformation of the Demographic Differential Between the U.S. Military and the U.S. Population, Ryan Moffett
• Not Just a TRIP! Two Cases of Business Strategy and Economic Incentives to Patent in Beijing, Shelley Jingyi Jiang
• The Effect of Fertility Levels on The Educational Attainment of Children in Uganda, Tara Roach
• Unionization and Incentives: Evidence from the Field, Thomas Winberry
• Education and Wage Differential by Race: Convergence or Divergence?, Tian Luo
• Job Security and Productivity: Evidence From Academics, William Leung
• A Survey of the Ratio of Mortgage Assets to Total Assets and Its Relation to Regulation, Yelena Bakman