The eighth annual Undergraduate Research Symposium was held in April 2010 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
The Dynamics of Health Care Demand During an Illness Episode by David Benson
Collusion with Three Bidders at First-Price Auctions by Andrew Born
Do Teenagers Exhibit Rational Expectations About Mortality, Fertility and Education Outcomes by Nikolay Braykov
Entering the Campus Courtship Culture: Factors that Influence College Students’ Relationship Types by Scott Casale
Measuring the Likelihood of Small Business Loan Default: Community Development Institutions and the Use of Credit-Scoring to Minimize Default Risk by Andrea Coravos
Female Surname Choice: Historical, Cultural, and Branding Influences at Duke University by Corinne Grzybowski and Andrea Coravos
Oil Prices and Monetary Policy: Counterfactual Monetary Policy Responses to Oil Price Shocks by YingTe Tony Huang
Forecasting Existing Home Sales Using Google Search Queries by Brian Humphrey
Currency Crisis Early Warning Systems: Robust Adjustments to the Signal-Based Approach by Andrew Kindman
Spurious Jump Detection and Intraday Changes in Volatility by Matthew Rognlie
Rebalancing, Conditional Value-at-Risk, and t-Copula in Asset Allocation by Irvin Wang and Perry Zheng
