Economics
The goal of the Economics Department is to educate engaged citizens who understand the economic institutions they are part of and who are able to assess and develop opportunities for responsible participation and positive social change.
The Senior Program
The Senior Project in economics can be satisfied either by a project in a designated 500 level course or by a Senior Thesis. Projects require a paper or a series of papers demonstrating a mastery of advanced methods, an understanding of the scholarly literature on a topic or an understanding of the evolution of important issues in the discipline. The Senior Thesis is a written report of an original research project undertaken in the department's Research Seminar (Economics 560). Students participating in this seminar make a number of presentations of their work in progress during the semester and usually submit their theses to the department for consideration for department honors. On several occasions, these theses have become the basis for collaborative work with faculty supervisors that has resulted in publications in professional journals.
Recent projects in economics include:
- Effects of Various Covid-19 Restrictions on Trust in Government
- The Impact of the EU’s General Data Privacy Regulation on Artificial Intelligence Investment
- COVID-19 and Retirement Expectations: Examining Age-Specific Effects and the Role of Retiree Health Insurance
- Paid Parental Leave and Food Insecurity: The Effects of Statewide Policies
- Words Can Hurt: How Fed Speak Affects Financial Markets
- Determinants of Transportation Mode Choice of American Commuters
- The Semiconductor Industry’s Business Model Disparities
- Historical Events at Hamilton and Alumni Giving
- The Impacts of Neighborhood Greenness on Wellbeing: Evidence from the New York BRFSS
- Measuring the Effectiveness of the EU Emissions Trading System: Country and Industry Level Analysis
- Exploring Art as an Asset Class in Portfolio Diversification
- An Analysis of Housing Market Expectations: Determinants and Correlation with Real House Prices
- Religion and Subjective Well-Being in Taiwan
- Does the Mafia Reduce Crime? An Analysis of Mafia Asset Seizures on the Crime Rate
- Urgent Care Center Entry Effects on Healthcare Utilization and Costs
- Tracking Errors of Fixed Income ETFs
- Groundwater Lithium Levels and Crime: Evidence from a Novel Dataset
- The Impact of Temperature and Other Environmental Events on the Growth of the Advocacy Non-Profit Sector
- Service Specialization and Hospital Mergers
- Impacts of Mongolia’s Pro-Natalist Policy
- The Effect of Market Volatility and Outcomes on Investor Mental Health
- What Changes Inflation Expectations: A VAR Approach
Contact
Department Name
Economics Department
Contact Name
Stephen Wu, Chair
Clinton, NY 13323