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Guide to the Stanford University, Department of Economics, Honors Theses

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Guide to the Stanford University, SC4-3863 1 Department of Economics, Honors Theses Overview Call Number: SC4-3863 Creator: Stanford University. Department of Economics. Title: Stanford University, Department of Economics, honors theses Dates: 1971-2008 Physical Description: 8 Linear feet (160 volumes in 17 boxes) Summary: Honors theses written by undergraduate students in the Stanford University Department of Economics. Language(s): The materials are in English. Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford, CA 94305-6064 Email: [email protected] Phone: (650) 725-1022 URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc This collection was transferred to the Stanford University Archives by the Department of Economics in several accessions. Additional theses were transferred by the Hume Writing Center in 2011. Information about Access This collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of intended use. No photocopies may be made. Ownership & Copyright Copyright is retained by the creator for materials they have authored or otherwise produced. Transmission or reproduction of materials requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Cite As [Identification of item], Stanford University, Department of Economics, Honors Theses (SC4-3863). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Scope and Contents note This collection consists of honors theses written by undergraduate students in the Stanford University Department of Economics. Access Terms Economics--Study and teaching (Higher). Student papers.

Theses pre-1989

Box 1 Angelillo, Neil, Tax Reform and Real Estate: The Effect on REITs. June 4, 1987 Box 1 Bakkensen, Ralph, A comparative analysis of the impact on social welfare of Oregon's "Bottle Bill" and Washington's "Model Litter Control Act". June 6, 1973 Box 1 Basham, Mindy, Interstate Banking: A Time for Change. June 1, 1984 Box 1 Bertelson, Robert C., An Analysis of the Impact of Money Market Funds on Financial Intermediation in the United States. June 4, 1982 Box 1 Christopher, Robert Artie, Garlic in Gilroy: an analysis of the American fresh garlic industry. Anna Laura Myers Prize. May 1976 Box 1 Cooperman, Wayne, Commodity Bonds as a New and Betther Method of Lending to the Third World. 1988 Box 1 Corl, James S., The Tax Reform Act of 1986: Capital and the Prospects for Fairness, Simplicity, and Growth. 1988 Box 1 Covinton, Matthes S., Political Business Cycles in the United States. 1988 Box Ernst, Joanne Alice, An analysis of increasing concentration in the United States brewing industry. [missing] June 1982 Box 2 Fairlie, Robert, The Demand for Direct Service Airline Travel. June 4, 1987

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Box 2 Fenyo, Kenneth, Fairness, Simplicity and Growth: The Politics and Economics of Tax Reform. 1988 Box 2 Flamm, Ken, Cows and conflict: the political economy of beef consumption in Chile. June 1973 Box 2 Gash, John, A Test of Semi-Strong Form Efficiency in the Stock Market. 1988 Box 2 Harrison, Craig R., The determining of program structure and benefit liberality of unemployment insurance in the United States. Anna Laura Myers Prize. May 1976 Box 2 Hellman, Robert B. Jr., Investment Durability Bias, An Analysis of the Economic Recovery Act of 1981. June 4, 1982 Box 2 Horn, Michael, An analysis of gold markets. 1979 Box 2 Hu, Wei-Yin, Wage, Employment and Gender Effects of Comparable Worth in San Jose. 1988 Box 3 Ingram, William D., Regional economic integration in Western Africa Ghana, and the Ivory Coast: a case study. Anna Laura Myers Prize. 1979 Box 3 Johnson, Diane C., Educational Reform: Bringing Efficiencey to Schools. June 1, 1984 Box 3 Kriger, Adam M., Education Production Functions: the Educational Economies of Integration. 1988 Box 3 Luczo, Stephen James, An economic explanation of the Black fertility decrease in the U. S. South 1895-1940. Box 3 Mason, Herbert O., Farm labor unionism in the Kern county table grape industry: an economic perspective. May 1971 Box 3 Matheson, Scott, Interfuel Competition and Energy Concentration. Anna Laura Myers Prize. October 1974 Box 3 Miller, Timothey M., The Japanese Success in the American Auto Market. 1988 Box 3 Miracky, William, Stabilization Policy in the Open Economy Under Imperfect Capital Mobility. June 1987 Box 3 Moghadam, Kimya, The Latin American Debt Crisis. June 1984 Box 4 Muth, Daniel F., An Analysis of the Interaction of Stock Market Prices with Real Macro-economic Behavior. 1988 Box 4 Page, John M., Jr., The automobile assembly industry and regional economic growth in northern Chile. May 1970 Box 4 Raphael, Scott D., An economic analysis of the air traffic congestion problem at Los Angeles International Airport: seeking a short-rn solution. Anna Laura Myers Prize. 1979 Box 4 Rasinki, Susan, Foreign Debt: Factors Leading up to Mexico's 1982 Financial Crisis. 1984 Box 4 Ratner, Morrie, Optimial Liability in the Asbestos context. 1988 Box 4 Sidak, Joseph Gregory, Antitrust treble damages and economic efficiency. Anna Laura Myers Prize. 1977 Box 4 Simon, Perry, Market population and radio programming diversity: a theoretical, empirical, and policy analysis. Anna Laura Myers Prize. 1977 Box 4 Slipe, Rebecca, Closing the Wage Gap. The Experience of the 1980s. 1988 Box Stupfel, Mark J., The nature of exposure and optimal hedging strategies for a trading firm. [missing] May 1981 Box 4 Vayle, Eric J., Specific Factors in Britain: Explaining the Relation of Sectoral Upheaval to the Economic Decline of Late-Victorian Britain. 1988 Box 4 Wernecke, William A., The mixed corporation model in Brazil: a case analysis of three state steel firms. 1964-1976. Anna Laura Myers Prize. 1977 Box 4 Wymore, Bruce Edward, The Role of Expected Inflation and Consumer Uncertainty in Determining Consumption Behavior. Anna Laura Myers Prize. June 1975 Accession ARCH-1989-116 Theses

Box 1 Al-Jubeir, Mahar, The Hidden Cost of Taxing Oil Imports: Analyzing the Oil Import Tax. May 1989 Box 1 Chang, Steven, Security Market Returns: An Application of the Switching Regression Model with Endogenous Multiswitching. May 1989 Box 1 Gerstman, Gary D., Western Joint Ventures in the USSR: An Evaluation of Problems and Prospects. May 1989

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Box 1 Hedien, Mark J., Lending to Latin American Governments 1820-1914: Penalties for Default. May 1989 Box 1 Honerkamp, John, Listen to the Technology: A Case Against Federal Funding of Commercial R&D. 1989-90 Box 1 Jones, Christopher L., Nonlinear Neural Network Models for Economic Time Series Analysis. May 1989 Box 2 Lau, Lucius B., An Analysis of Trad Policy and the US Steel Industry. June 1989 Box 2 Levey, Brian H., Should We Throw "Sand in the Gears"?: An Analysis of Financial Regulatioin in Wake of Black Monday. June 1989 Box 2 Mayer, Lloyd, Poverty in the United States: A Public Policy Approach. May 1989 Box 2 Moss, Jonathan, Is a Housing Allowance a Satisfactory Response to Our Nation's Housing Crisis. 1989 Box 2 Norris, Craig D., Winner Takes All: College Football Television in the Aftermath of 'NCAA v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. May 1989 Box 2 Schmidt, Stephen, The Sensitivity of the United States to Income Inequality, 1964-1982. May 1989 Box 2 Taychakhoonavudh, Neeracha, Thailand's Development As A Newly Industrialized Country. May 1989 Accession ARCH-1990-132 Theses

Box 1 Barnett, Steven, Regional Decentralization of the Soviet Economy. 1990 Box 1 Beasley, Allen, Health Care Market Failures in the US: Problems of Cost-containment and Access. 1990 Box 1 Bhattacharya, Jayanta, Medical Malpractice Risk and Physician Specialty Choice: A Study. 1990 Box 1 Bridwell, Paul, A Financial Analysis of Capital Intensity in the Integrated circuit Industry. 1990 Box 1 Epstein, Rebecca L., An Evaluation of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act: The Effects on the Value of Thrift Institutions. 1990 Box 1 Feferman, Flavio, A Regional Profile of Technology in Brazilian Agriculture with Some Implictions for Rural Employment. 1990 Box 2 Gustafson, Stephen Philip, An Analysis of the Integrated Circuit Industry in the United States and Japan: The Role for US Government Policy. 1990 Box 2 Jones, David L., Industry Effects of the Switch from Fixed to Floating Exchange Rate Regimes on the Volatility of Equity Risk Premiums. 1990 Box 2 Lee, Julie Juhyun, Empirical Performance of the Efficient Contract Model of Union-Management Bargaining. 1990 Box 2 Lim, Jae Y., Regression Analysis on Medicare Expenditures and the Effect of the Prospective Payment System. 1990 Box 2 Sarathy, Sanjay, An Economic Analysis of India's Foreign Exchange Regulatory Act of 1973. 1990 Box 2 Sarkis, Ziad, Pure Expectations. 1990 Box 2 Strumpf, Koleman, Towards an Effort System of Economic Justice. 1990 Box 2 Vazquez, Mitchelle, The Impact of Corporate Takeovers on Labor in the United States. 1990 Box 2 Waggoner, Ellen, The Performances of the American and British Television Industries: An Economic Analysis of their Differing Program Mixes. 1990 Accession ARCH-1991-092 Theses

Box 1 Akers, Kim, Overpaid Boys or Underpaid Men: The Salary Determination Process in the NBA. 1991 Box 1 Berk, Karen, Bank Reform: Inaction due to Econmoic and Political Conflict. 1991 Box 1 Blosser, Shawn, Privation in East Germany: What Makes it So Special?. 1991 Box 1 Bok, Tomas, Reforming the Polish Economic System. 1991 Box 1 Boone, Torrence, The Impact of Risk Aversion on the Distributional Patterns of Blacks in the Labor Market. 1991 Box 1 Cha, Joseph, Below-Cost-Timber-Sales: Economic and Environmental Consequences. 1991

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Box 1 Chang, David, A comparison of Optimal and Heuristic Search Strategies. 1991 Box 1 Diffendal, Ed, Conclusion and Implications of the Random Walk Hypothesis for the Casual Investor. 1991 Box 1 Dirks, David, The Future of Fiscal Sovereignty in the European Monetary Union Lessons Learned from the United States. 1991 Box 1 Feldman, Andrew, Environmental Degredation and High Fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. 1991 Box 1 Fisher, Mark, The Passing of the Lords of the Lakes and Forests: An Institutional Analysis of the Competition and Collusion in the Canadian Fur Trade, 1800-1825 . 1991 Box 2 Goldin, Jay R., Harnessing the Hong Kong Economy: The Monetary and Exchange Regime Challenges. 1991 Box 2 Henisz, Witold J., Olympic Myth and Olympic Reality. 1991 Box 2 Hsaio, Monica, Institutional Investors' Role in Corporate governance: A Survey of th Trends of Institutional Share-Ownership of Large US Corporations . 1991 Box 2 Kafka, Steven J., Balance or Bias?: The Use of Economic Analysis as a Political Tol in Environmental Policymaking. 1991 Box 2 Lam, Tuam, The Economics of Cooperatives. 1991 Box 2 Lee, YongJae, The Industrial Development of South Korea. 1991 Box 2 Lipschultz, Marc, A Comprehensive Real Estate Pricing Model. 1991 Box 2 Maggioncaldo, Jeff, Locational Value of Commercial Real Estate in the Twin Cities. 1991 Box 2 Malueg, Debbie, The Economy of Major League Baseball. 1991 Box 2 Morgan, Sussana M., The Determinants of Direct Foreign Investment in Finance: An Empirical Study of US Bank Expansion in Developing Countries and the Impact of Host Country Regulations . 1991 Box 2 Noor, Waseem, Investigating the Social and Environmntal Impacts of Development Projects: A Case Study of the Sardar Sarovar Dam Project. 1991 Box 3 Rabin, Bradford, Examining the Cost Effectiveness of Comprehensive Prenatal Care for the Poor. 1991 Box 3 Rosen, Rick, Understanding the Development of the Bahamas: A Structuralist Approach. 1991 Box 3 Rossol, Joshua, Human Sponges: Labor Subcontracting in the United STates Nuclear Power Industry. 1991 Box 3 Shirley, Chad, The Allocation of Airside and Terminal Capacity at Bay Area Airports. 1991 Box 3 Tan, Kokhuan, Links Between National Stock Markets. 1991 Box 3 Watts, C. Christopher, Setting Priorities for Health Care Provision to the Poor: Theory and Application to Medical Reform in Oregon. 1991 Accession ARCH-1992-099 Theses

Box 1 Arney, Richard B., Parallel Developments in the History of Scientific and Economic Thought, Focusing on Rene Descartes, Sir Isaac Newton, Adam Smith, and David Ricardo . April 1992 Box 1 Barsa, Michael Roland, Transportation and the Environment in the European Community. March 1992 Box 1 Christofferson, Scott, Efficiency Consequences of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Post-Deregulation Airline Industry. May 1992 Box 1 Cohen, Jennifer Gail, Assessing the Causes of US Hospital Closures in the 1990s. Spring 1992 Box 1 Gay, Claudine, Towards the Small Family Norm. An Easterlin and Crimmins' Interpretation of Fertility Trends in Haiti. May 1992 Box 1 Grigg, Dana Joelee, Exchange Rate Volatility and Quantitative Trade Restrictions: Implications for the GATT. June 1992 Box 1 Hoshen, Gur, Household Time Allocation, Education, and Their Effects on Child Achievement. May 1992 Box 1 Lehavi, Ari, Inflation Gone Rampant: Stabilizing the Israeli Economy, 1960-1991. May 1992

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Box 1 Ng, Anita, Liberalization of China: The Tax Question with Hong Kong. June 1992 Box 1 Palmer, Jeremy, South Korean Strategic Economic Planning: 1962-1990; A Qualified Miracle. June 1992 Box 2 Rai, Ashok S., Are Democracies More Successful Than Dictatorships at Reducing Chronic Poverty?. May 1992 Box 2 Rieder, Alyssa C., Reforming the Federal Deposit Insurance System. May 1992 Box 2 Tolman, Brett, An Analysis of Physical Deliver on Energy Futures Traded on teh New York Mercantile Exchange. Spring 1992 Box 2 Tsai, Wilson, Leverage and Investment Opportunities: An Empirical Study of the Free Cash Flow Theory of Capital Structure. Spring 1992 Box 2 Wong, Andrew Kai-Tek, Real, Monetary, and External Sources of Business Cycles in Hong Kong. May 1992 Accession ARCH-2011-152 Theses

Box 1 Dang, Ky, Forecasting the growth of the Internet: a diffusion model approach. 1996 Box 1 Danilchouk, Victoria I., Technical change and the nature of competition: electronic stock brokerage. 1997 Box 1 Dave, Rishsi, Patterns of success in the Indian software industry. 1996 Box 1 Dmitriev, Kirill, Small-scale privatization in Ukraine: theory and practice. 1996 Box 1 Griffin, Devin, Has Ghana positioned its tourism industry to generate sustainable economic development?. 2002 Box 1 Hudson, Charles, Brazil in the world economy: a survey of the historical path of development and a discussion of Brazil's prospects under Mercosur. 1998 Box 1 Leventis, Andrew Vernon, Unemployment insurance recipiency in California: a macro and micro evaluation of the state's recent experience. 1993 Box 1 Llata, George G., Corporate tax integration: the quest to end the double taxation of capital income. 1997 Box 1 McNary, Robert, The network penetration effects of telecommunications privatization and competition. undated [2000?] Box 1 Miller, Conrad, Teacher sorting and own-race teacher effects in elementary school. 2009 Box 1 Rickertsen, Kathryn Y., Virtually true: children's acquisition of false memories in virtual reality. undated [2008?] Box 1 Halweil, Brian, Huertos familiares: biointensive farming in Mexico: household food production as a means to improve health, income and the environment . 1997 Box 2 Baeck, Lawrence Keith Eitan, Cigarette demand and government intervention: an examination of state cigarette demand function response to tax increases. undated [1994?] Box 2 Bennett, Bob M., The Egyptian 1952 agrarian reform and the Japanese 1946 agrarian reform: a comparative study. 1984 Box 2 Covaci, Mihail A., Devising an effective package of active labor market policies in a transition economy: an empirical analysis of the determinants of unemployment duration in Romania . 1998 Box 2 Najda, Charles, Low-cost carriers and low fares: competition and concentration in the U.S. airline industry. 2003 Box 2 Nardinelli, Kate, Do analyst earnings forecast revisions reflect the information contained in stock prices?. 2002 Box 2 Poon, Julian Wing-Kai, Allocative efficiency and economic growth: the role of education in the economic development of Singapore. 1996 Box 2 Shotts, Jeffrey A., A study of price dispersionh in the domestic airline industry. undated [1998] Box 2 Silverman, Jennifer, Genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer. 2002 Box 2 Weller, John B., A study of tourism and its effect on the economy of Ely, Minnesota. 1997 Box 2 Ng, Betty, The potential effects of Korean reunification on South Korean trade. 1993 Box 2 Khedekar, Sumit, Pricing sovereign debt as an option: theory and evidence. Box 3 Yasuda, Ayako, The performance and roles of Japanese development banks. 1993

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Box 3 Tilton, Andrew, From socialism to capitalism: unique characteristics of the Eastern German transition to a market economy. 1993 Box 3 Wan, Donna, Rural women's employment in China under the reforms. 1993 Box 3 Skuble, Nadine F., University technology licensing: a case study of Stanford's OTL. 1994 Box 3 McCarroll, Steven Andrew, Capacity, competition and price determination in residential real estate brokerage. 1993 Box 3 Jayaratnam, Ashwini, How does the black market exchange premium affect foreign direct investment (FDI)?. 2003 Box 3 Liu, Ben, Product market monopoly and worker compensation: are labor unions required for monopolies to share rents with workers?. 2001 Box 3 Vardy, Nicholas A., Hungarian enterprise behaviour, Oskar Lange's model of market socialism and the 'soft' budget constraint. 1987 Box 3 Ahoobim, Oren, Social Security reform: understanding the risks and tradeoffs. 1998 Box 3 Jain, Vinita, The influence of socioeconomic status and cultural variables on tumor size at diagnosis of breast cancer patients in India. 2000 Box 3 Dworniak, Maciej W. T., The performance of initial public offerings in the United States and in Poland. 1998 Box 3 Cottrill, Lance, The price- and profit-concentration relationships in banking. 1994 Box 3 Chen, Johnny P., Non-performing loan securitization in the People's Republic of China. 2004 Box 3 Ye, Lei (Sandy), U.S. trade policy and the Pacific Rim, from Fordney-McCumber to the Trade Expansion Act of 1962: a political-economic analysis. 2007 Box 3 Silverstein, Dana Lyn, The paradox of cooperation in prisoner's dilemma experiments. 1998 Box 3 Voicu, Cristian, The dynamics of procurement auctions. 2002 Box 4 Vernon, Jessica , Quantitative restrictions and quality upgrading: the case of the Multi-Fibre Agreement . 2008 Box 4 Takapong, Saranwut, The "common lender effect": are banking centers crisis carriers?. 2008 Box 4 Sheu, Wendy, Driving away inequities: uncovering the distributional effects of a gasoline tax. 2003 Box 4 Stamatian, Andrei, Determinants of bank interest rate spreads and profitability in Romania, 1991-1999. 2000 Box 4 Campbell, Stewart A., Price effects surrounding composition changes of the S&P 500: aggregate effects since 1999. 2002 Box 4 Okafor, Chika, Degrees of separation: an alternate cause of discrimination. 2007 Box 4 Cho, Ann, An empirical study of the effect of downloads on CD album sales. 2004 Box 4 Warren, Emily, What does migration mean for children left behind? Educational evidence from Guatemala. 2008 Box 4 Fielding-Singh, Vikram, Reputation buildgin as counterterrorism: theory and evidence. 2005 Box 4 Droesch, Audrey, Hollywood north: the impact of costs and demarcation rules on the runaway film industry. 2002 Box 4 Fisher, Douglas, The effects of reimbursement on treatment decisions and outcomes of heart attack patients. 1998 Box 4 Bishop, Ellie, Angel investors, risk, and social networks. 2001 Box 4 Campbell, Michelle, Hong Kong, China, and technological change: an application of the product cycle model. 1996

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