Student Research Projects From Prior Years
Eastern Economics Association Conference Presenters
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
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