The seventh annual Undergraduate Research Symposium was held in April 2009 in the Social Sciences building. Congratulations and thanks to all the authors, who wrote outstanding papers and gave polished presentations.

Charles Becker & Ed Tower, Faculty Advisors to the Journal

Articles

Assessing Consumer Valuation of Fuel Economy in Auto Markets by Nicholas Bunn and Daniel Fifer

Soft-Targets and Incentive Compensation in Non-Profit Organizations by Helin Gai

Testing the Relationship Between Oil Equities and Oil Futures with High-Frequency Data: A Look at Returns, Jumps and Volatility by Brian Jansen

Do Medical Malpractice Reforms Affect Health Care Costs and Outcomes? by Matt Johnson

Caught Red-Handed: Corporate Labor Practices and the Investigatory Media, a New Look at Corporate Social Responsibility by Jessica Lohrman

Contagion in Risk Markets by Matthew Moore and James Schulhof

Does the Quality of Public Transit Affect Commuters’ Response to Gasoline Prices? by Allison Smith

Does the NBA Encourage Early Entry? by Griffin Tormey

A Theory of Optimal Sick Pay by Andrew Tutt

The Impact of Sector and Market Variance on Individual Equity Variance by Haoming Wang

The Risk-Loving Decisions of Low-Income Households by Sarah Whitley

The Thought That Counts: Towards a Rational Theory of Gift-Giving by Lydia Yao