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VOL. XXXVII, Summer 2025

The Duke Journal of Economics is published each year to showcase outstanding research in economics by Duke Graduate and Undergraduate students.

We congratulate the authors of the research presented in this issue.

Charles Becker, Lawrence Kreicher, and Ed Tower, Faculty Advisors to the Journal 

 

Undergraduate Articles

Antonio, Isabella–The Effect of Community Uninsurance Rates on Access to Health Care among the Insured

Chovatia, Vineet–Action or Distraction? Assessing the Impact of Post-2020 Police Use of Force Reforms in American Cities

Duhon, Jack–The Impact of Quiet Zone Implementation on Accident Incidence at Highway-rail Grade Crossings

Elliott, Brendan–The Impact of Land Use Restriction on Housing Supply and Urban Form

Geitner, Adeleine–Directing Development: Do One-Way Roads Inhibit the Effect of Downtown Investment? A Case Study of Hickory, North Carolina

Hoang, Minh Phuong–How Foreign Direct Investment Impacts Domestic Productivity: The Case of Vietnam

Hu, Maggie–Alcohol Use and Assault: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the Minimum Legal Drinking Age

O’Brien, Timothy–The Impact of Family Policies on Fertility in OECD Countries

Park-Walters, Jake–Externalities of Overhead Power Lines on Residential Housing Values

Schultze, Michelle–In the Shadow of War: Assessing Conflict-Driven Disruptions in the Kyrgyzstan-Russia Labor Pipeline via a Gradient Boosting Approach to Nowcasting

Wang, Audrey–Economic Perception and Cable News: Evidence from Panel Data, 2016–2020

 

Postgraduate Articles

Su, Yizhi–Local Centralization and Human Capital: Evidence from Incorporating-County-into-Prefecture Reform in China