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Summer 2011 Project List

• "Evaluating the Effect of Fuel Economy Standards on Driver Safety." Alexa Atamanchuk. Sponsor: Damien Sheehan-Connor

• "Systems of Numerical Acquisition in Cognitive Development." Alexander Hoyle. Sponsor: Anna Shusterman

• "School Choice and Academic Achievement in Comparative Perspective." Catherine Doren. Sponsor: Daniel Long

• "Student Mobility and School Achievement in the Context of No Child Left Behind Legislation." Eden Engel-Rebitzer. Sponsor: Lisa Dierker

• "The Scoop on the Spill: The Media, Public Opinion & the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill." Francesca Jones. Sponsor: Erika Franklin Fowler

• "Global Governance: An Analysis of Codex Alimentarius Attendance." Ivan Stoitzev. Sponsor: Michael Nelson

• "A Web Application For Pyschometric Tests." Julian Applebaum. Sponsor: Steven Stemler

• "Analyzing Risk Taking of German Banks, 1895-1933." James Fang. Sponsor: Richard S. Grossman

• "Skin in the Game: The Impact of Managerial Investment in No Load Mutual Funds." James Hounsell and Jeffrey Legunn. Sponsor: Abigail Hornstein

• "The COMT Polymophism and Hostility in Schizophrenia." Jed Rendleman.

• "Welfare Reform Revisited: The Impact of TANF on Cyclical Vulnerability." Kevin Arritt. Sponsor: Wendy Rayack

• "Current Account Revearsals and Structural Change in Developing and Industrialized Countries." Lisa Lee. Sponsor: Bill Craighead

• "Do On-Screen Citations Affect Perceptions of Political Ads?" Matthew Motta. Sponsor: Erika Fowler

• "Leveling the Playing Field: Local Televisions' Effect on the Electorate's 'Knowledge Gap.'" Michael Yoshida. Sponsor: Erika Fowler

• "Attribution Error in Economic Voting: Evidence from Trade Shocks." Rosa Hayes. Sponsor: Masami Imai

• "Corporate Capital Budgeting During Periods of CEO Turnover." Saumya Chatrath. Sponsor: Abigail Hornstein

• "The Changing Transmission Mechanism of U.S. Monetary Policy." Shuran Zhang, Pao-Lin Tien.

• "Introduction to TreeNet Modeling: Comparing Accuracy of Earnings Predictions." Zachary Tausanovitch and Joyce Jacobsen