Economics & Business

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

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.