Department of Economics

Student Research Presenters At Eastern Economics Association Conference
2010
Brieanna Hoban, The Impact of Casinos on Dropout Rates in MN
Joseph Bottrell, Lending Growth in North Dakota

2009
Amy Kemp, Factors Affecting Youth Crime Rates
Jacob Claussen, Structural Unemployment In The Fargo Moorhead Area
Derick Hermanson, Crime in the USA:  A Panel Analysis
Vaneesha Dusoruth

2008
Lea Brandel, Women's Choice Of Majors:  Evidence From A Survey
Matthew Borgen, Wal-Mart Super Centers' Impact Local Grocery Prices

2007
David Slovik, The Impact of Commute Time on the Labor Force Participation of Women

2006
Alyson Froslie, Female Labor Force Participation:  A Cross-Sectional Study of Major U.S. Cities
James Daniels, The Sugar Beet Industry in ND and MN
Cory Markert, Economic Analysis of the Recording Industry

2005
Jesse Hoban, Red Tape & Economic Growth
David Torpen, Economic Analysis of Minnesota Lake Property Prices
Rachel Norness, The Male-Female Earnings Gap in Minnesota
Derek Hagen, Real Estate Prices in Fargo-Moorhead

2004
Robert Valdez, Labor Market Discrimination Against Hispanics in Minnesota
Dustin Jeske, Estimating Agricultural Land Prices
Mindy Heller, The Economic Impact of Stadia on Cities

2003
Trevor Ernst, The Industrial Organization of the Construction Industry in Fargo-Moorhead

Minnesota State University Student Academic Conference Presenters

2010
Erik Hanson, Professional Sports Substitutes and the Demand for Major League Baseball
James Teigland, Economics and Eli Whitney: Lessons in Intellectual Property Rights
Brieanna Hoban, The Impact of Casinos on Dropout Rates in MN
Jonathan Swart, The Evolution of an Ever Changing Solid Waste/Recycling Market:  A Look at Consumer Waste
Jena Thompson, Farm By-Products as a Source of Renewable Energy
Nileendra Abeywardene, Elasticity of Rationality
Mark Frenzel, Recessionary Religion: The Effects of Recessionary Pressures on Religious Structure
Jared Dion, Does Money Talk? How the Composition of Individual Presidential Campaign Donations Impacts
Clayton Kramer, Medical Tourism: Alternatives to the US Healthcare System
Motoki Akagi, Examination of Modern Economic Society
Isaac Thomas, The Meteoric Rise of the Motorcycle Industry in Chongqing China
David Geeslin, Music Recording Industry Change:  Where The Tune Will Come From
Joseph Bottrell, Lending Growth in North Dakota
Tiffany Zilka, Gender Gap in U. S. Unemployment
Amjad Habouch, The Quality of Life in the USA, Thailand and Turkey: Does Economic Growth Matter?


2009
Alexander Kangas, More Homeowner Loss?  The Effects of Ulitlity Construction
Keega Stock, Economic Impact of Drug Prohibition
Lindsay Brustad, The Effects Of International Trade On Human Development In Developing Countries:  A Statistical Analysis
Jacob Claussen, Structural Unemployment In The Fargo Moorhead Area
Amy Kemp, Factors Affecting Youth Crime Rates
Derick Hermanson, Crime in the USA:  A Panel Analysis

2008
Eric Sobolik, Industry Study
Abdullahi Mohamed, Wage Differentials for Immigrant Women in the United States: Effect of Gender and Ethnicity
Nathan Och, The Potential Impact of a Mass Trasist System on Congestion Costs
Daniel Schoenecker, The True Value of the Dollar Menu
Craig Ehrmantraut, Health Care Reform
Eric Bigelow, Urban Growth Boundaries and Housing Prices
Robert Haas, An Analysis of the International Automobile Industry
Achala Acharya, Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth in India
Sumi Sharma, China's Economic Growth
Charles Johnson, The Payoff of Self- Directed Work Teams
Matthew Borgen, Effect of Wal-Mart Supercenters on Grocery Prices in Minnesota
Prashant Shrestha, Forecasting Crude Oil
Ross Aldentaler, Free Trade Block Comparison of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Naomi Turman, An Examination of "Glass Ceiling" Barriers by White Women and African-American Women in Corporate America
Olesya Kurilo and Subhechhaya Shrestha, Women Unemployment in the United States and Europe from the Years 1970-1990

2007
Michael Olson, An Examination of the Effects of a Minimum Wage Increase
David Slovik, The Impact of Commute Time on the Labor Force Participation of Women
Samantha Pierson, Drug Prohibition
Akiko Nakamura, Alternative Environmental Policies Regarding Global Climate Change
Lucas Walton, A Look into the Airline Industry
Dwight Leidholm, Rising costs of Healthcare
Shiho Imonate, Analysis of Human Mortality
Luke Schulz, Taxing the Fat out of America
Ross Godfread, Opportunity Costs in Drug Rehabilitation
Joe Denker, Title IX in Division II
Ryan Facobs & Jeannie Kempers, Recent Progress in Poverty Reduction in MN
Seth Lachowitzer, River Blindness
Derick Hermanson, The U.S.-China Trade and its Positive Impacts on the U.S. Rural Economy
Matthew Greer & Alishia Salmen, Switching from Gasoline to Ethanol:  Cost Implications on Various Social Groups in the USA

2006
Alyson Froslie, Female Labor Force Participation:  A Cross-Sectional Study of Major U.S. Cities
Cory Markert, Economic Analysis of the Recording Industry
Ananda Gurung, U.S. Automobile Industry
Joe Larson, Title IX in Division II
DeeDee Doso, Unemployment in America
Theresa Obeng, Credit Card Debt Among College Students
Lee Isaacson, Economic and Social Consequences of the Mounting U.S. Debt
Christopher Prahl, NAFTA and Its Effects on U.S. Jobs
James Daniels, The Sugar Beet Industry in ND and MN
Nirmal Raj Poudyal, Trade Imbalances Between USA and China 1999-2005
Suzanne Johnson, Will Social Security Be There For You?

2005
Stephen Carland, Determinants of Selling Price on eBay
Karim Dhanani, Income Inequality
Adam Gierszewski, Qantitative Analysis of Online Auction of Coins
Derek Hagen, Real Estate Prices in Fargo-Moorhead
Alex Huseby, Determinants of Crime of Fargo Moorhead
Scott Johnsrud, National Healthcare in the United States
Joe Larson, Inflation and Unemployment, Empirical Evidence on the Phillips Curve 1950-1999
Damien Scott, The Impact of Tuition Increases on University Enrollment
David Torpen, Economic Analysis of Minnesota Lake Property Prices