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Thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous alum, the department now has funds to support honors thesis research in economics. Interested students should contact Prof. Tom Downes.

Learn more about writing a successful senior honor thesis or visit the Tufts Digital Collections and Archives website for guidelines for an honors thesis.

2007 Theses

Master's Theses (April 2007)

Lala Ma
"Social Trust and Social Networking."
Advisor: Yannis Ioannides
Awarded April 2007. Also the recipient of the Frank Holzman Award.

Kaipin Shan
"Essays on Labor Markets."
Advisors: Marcelo Bianconi and Yannis Ioannides
Awarded April 2007

Senior Honors Theses (May 2007)

Alexander Antoniou
"Do Quality Indicators Affect Tuition? An Empirical Study of Graduate Medical School Tuition."
Advisor: Jeff Zabel
Awarded Honors

Mickey A. Ferri
"Deal or No Deal: A Study in Decision Making Under Uncertainty."
Advisor: David Garman
Awarded Highest Honors

Alexander Golub-Sass
"The Impact of Two-Part Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals: A Case for Efficiency and Morality."
Advisor: Drusilla Brown
Awarded Highest Honors

Ross Karpman
"Successful Online Dating: Does Size Matter? An Empirical Study of Network Effects Within Online Dating Websites."
Advisors: George Norman and Marcelo Bianconi
Awarded High Honors

David Kelley
"A National Renewable Portfolio Standard."
Advisor: Gilbert Metcalf
Awarded High Honors

Miles Mattson
"International Intellectual Property Law and the Determinants of Antiretroviral Prices in the Developing World."
Advisor: Drusilla Brown
Awarded Highest Honors

Christina Ng
"Labor, Trade and Politics: A Look into the Palestinian Economy."
Advisor: Enrico Spolaore
Awarded High Honors

Christine Offerman
"The Role of Differential Patent Lengths in Providing Access to Essential Medicines in Developing Countries."
Advisor: Drusilla Brown
Awarded Highest Honors

Callie Sigal
"Equal Education for All? The Evolution of U.S. Education Provision Policy and its Impact on Minority and Low-Income Student Populations."
Advisor: Thomas Downes
Awarded High Honors

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