Below is a list of the levels of distinction awarded to each honors student since 2003.
| Year | Name | Advisor | Type | Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Antonio, Isabella My | DeSimone, Jeffrey | High Distinction | The Effect of Community Uninsurance Rates on Access to Health Care among the Insured |
| 2025 | Bailey, Ian Carlson | Kim, Grace | High Distinction | Radio Waves and Ballot Boxes: How Conservative Broadcasting Influenced Southern Electoral Behavior |
| 2025 | Chovatia, Vineet | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Action or Distraction? Assessing the Impact of Post-2020 Police Use of Force Reforms in American Cities |
| 2025 | Duhon, Jack Warner | DeSimone, Jeffrey | High Distinction | The Impact of Quiet Zone Implementation on Accident Incidence at Highway-rail Grade Crossings |
| 2025 | Elliott, Brendan Patrick | Kim, Grace | Distinction | The Impact of Land Use Regulation on Housing Supply and Urban Form |
| 2025 | Geitner, Adeleine | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Directing Development: Do One-Way Roads Inhibit Downtown Growth? A Case Study of Hickory, North Carolina |
| 2025 | Hoang, Minh Phuong Nguyen | Malesky, Edmund | Distinction | How Foreign Direct Investment Impacts Domestic Productivity: The Case of Vietnam |
| 2025 | Hu, Maggie Qiupei | DeSimone, Jeffrey | High Distinction | Alcohol Use and Assault: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the Minimum Legal Drinking Age |
| 2025 | Kagan, Helena Elizabeth | DeSimone, Jeffrey | High Distinction | Drought Exposure and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program: Impacts on U.S. Cattle Populations |
| 2025 | Klassen, Karianna Bergit | DeSimone, Jeffrey | Distinction | Who Gets Wind? Investigating Economic Attributes of Iowa Counties Prior to Wind Turbine Development |
| 2025 | O'Brien, Timothy Lloyd | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | The Impact of Family Policies on Fertility in OECD Countries |
| 2025 | Ojo, Temitope Ayokunmi | Bundorf, M. Kate | High Distinction | Medicaid Managed Care and Emergency Department Utilization: A North Carolina Analysis |
| 2025 | Papavassiliou, Nicholas Vassilios | DeSimone, Jeffrey | High Distinction | Evaluating Emissions Reductions through the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: A State and Plant-Level Analysis |
| 2025 | Park-Walters, Jake Daehyo | Berger, David | High Distinction | Externalities of Overhead Power Lines on Residential Housing Values |
| 2025 | Ravi, Sidharth | Miller, Genna | Distinction | Reel Representation: The Economic Impact of Gender on Bollywood Box Office Revenue |
| 2025 | Schultze, Michelle Kristen | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Assessing Conflict-Driven Disruptions in the Kyrgyzstan-Russia Labor Pipeline via a Gradient Boosting Approach to Nowcasting |
| 2025 | Wang, Audrey S | Ba, Bocar | High Distinction | Economic Perception and Cable News: Evidence from Panel Data, 2016–2020 |
| 2025 | Zhu, Lewis Liewei | Thomas, Duncan | High Distinction | The Changing Impact of School Suspensions on Student Outcomes: Evidence from North Carolina Public Schools |
| 2025 | Lauren, Tse | Bundorf, M. Kate | Distinction | Elder Financial Fraud: The Economic and Ethical Case for Instituting Mandatory Reporting Laws in Financial Institutions |
| 2024 | Brew,Ronan Finn | DeSimone, Jeffrey | High Distinction | A Two-Stage Analysis Considering Gun Theft & Overall Crime: Evidence from Child Access Prevention Laws |
| 2024 | Bussey,Jakobe Zamir | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | The Press and Peace, Examining Iraq War Coverage in Newspapers using BERT LLMs |
| 2024 | Catao,Marcos Hirai | Thomas, Duncan | High Distinction | Affirmative Action and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Brazil |
| 2024 | Clark,William Hartman | Sadowski, Philipp | High Distinction | The Sub-proportionality of Subjective Probability Weighting in Poker |
| 2024 | Cui,Yaxuan | Garlick, Robert | High Distinction | Free University? An Investigation of Australia’s 1974 Free Higher Education Policy and Its Impact on Enrollment, Degree Completion, Later-Life Occupational Status, and Income |
| 2024 | Freireich,Thomas Dean | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Fact or Fluff: Does Wording Used by Gene Editing Companies Affect Investor Behaviors? |
| 2024 | Gong,Feishi | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Blaze of Distrust: The Impact of Wildfires on Social Capital and Governance in Brazilian Amazonia |
| 2024 | Gong,Kenneth Kaishi | Marx, Leslie | High Distinction | A Comparison of the HHI and the Procurement-Based Framework in Merger Review |
| 2024 | Gupta,Parinay | Darity, William | Distinction | Intergenerational Economic Transfers and Wealth Inequality in the United States |
| 2024 | He,Amanda | McDevitt, Ryan | Distinction | Investing in Rural Healthcare: Impact of Private Equity Acquisition on Financial and Utilization Outcomes of Rural Hospitals |
| 2024 | Hervey,Jacob Kohlmann | Bayer, Patrick | High Distinction | Splitting Hairs or Splitting Regions: The Differential Democratic Impacts of Splitting ZIP Codes vs. Counties During Redistricting |
| 2024 | Johnson,Lucas Michael | Kim, Grace | Distinction | Airline Non-Price Competition Between FSC and LCC Carriers: Varying Airline Optimization Strategies |
| 2024 | Liu, Audrey | Field, Erica | High Distinction | Effects of Neighborhoods on Children’s Educational Outcomes in Indonesia |
| 2024 | Qian,Lilia Yimin | Hoover, Kevin | High Distinction | Beyond the But-For World: Weak-necessity causal reasoning for model-based counterfactuals in law and economics |
| 2024 | Rajavel,Heera | Kreicher, Lawrence | Distinction | Do Green Stocks Get You the Green? Differential Impacts of S&P 500 ESG Index Labels on Firm Stock Prices |
| 2024 | Reinhard,Madeleine Hanson | DeSimone, Jeffrey | High Distinction | Arts Organizations and Community Socioeconomic Development |
| 2024 | Ullendorff,Abigail Rose | DeSimone, Jeffrey | High Distinction | The Effect of Gun Prevalence on the Occurrence of School Shootings |
| 2024 | Yang,Rosalind | Bayer, Patrick | Distinction | School Choice and Neighborhood Change in Post-Katrina New Orleans |
| 2024 | Zhang,Zixin | Nechyba, Thomas | High Distinction | The Impact of 2021 Advance Child Tax Credit Payments on Low-Income Households’ Labor Supply |
| 2024 | Zhao,Zixin | Kranton, Rachel | High Distinction | Religious Identity and Climate-Sustainable Behavior |
| 2023 | Cole,Harrison Zane | Kreicher, Lawrence | Distinction | Shades of Green: An Examination Into Second Party ESG Ratings In The Municipal Green Bond Market |
| 2023 | Colicchio,Thomas Alfredo | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | Bias in Fact Checking? An Analysis of Partisan Trends Using PolitiFact Data |
| 2023 | DeChurch,Cameron James | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | The Effect of Algae Blooms on Property Values located on Florida’s Indian River Lagoon |
| 2023 | Govan,Esme | Baron, Jason | High Distinction | Bailing on Justice: Plea Bargain Sentencing Outcomes |
| 2023 | Griffin,Andrew Ryan | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Impact of Language Access Laws on LEP Infant Mortality Rates |
| 2023 | Hidalgo,Ignacio Manuel | Kim, Grace | High Distinction | Private Equity IPOs: long term performance and drivers of success |
| 2023 | Karna,Neha Anoop | Kim, Grace | High Distinction | What Affects Post-Merger Innovation Outcomes? An Empirical Study of R&D Intensity in High Technology Transactions Among U.S. Firms |
| 2023 | Khoo,Qi Xuan | Garlick, Robert | High Distinction | To what extent does relative maturity affect student outcome between tracked and untracked education system? Evidence from TIMSS 2019 |
| 2023 | Levine,Eli | Hotz, V. Joseph | Distinction | An Analysis of the Labor Market Returns to Community College and Trade School |
| 2023 | Lombardo,Richard Timothy | Thomas, Duncan | High Distinction | Reconstruction following Destruction: Entrepreneurship in the Aftermath of a Natural Disaster |
| 2023 | O'Keefe,Susan Sawyer | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Improving Institutional Performance: Foreign Aid Evaluation and Determinants of Foreign Aid Project Success Ratings |
| 2023 | Patel,Ayaan Sundeep | Lanteri, Andrea | Distinction | Price Determinants and Depreciation of Used Cars Post-COVID-19 |
| 2023 | Ren,Kaiyu | Xiao, Peng-peng | Distinction | Short-term Effectiveness of Chinese Stock Connect Program — a Study of Adjustment to Pricing Dynamics of Cross-listed Stocks |
| 2023 | Ren,Ridge Zhong-Yuan | Leven, Ronald | Distinction | Effect of Student Effort and Parent Attitude on Education Attainment and Job Outcome: Evidence from Multi-year Survey in Gansu, China |
| 2023 | Sizemore,Lauren Mackenzie | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | The True Cost: An Aggregate Analysis of the Advanced Clean Cars II Policy |
| 2023 | Wijesekera,Nicholas Kiran | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Illuminating the Economic Costs of Conflict: A Nightlight Analysis of the |
| 2023 | Xu,Emily Tongxin | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | Determinants of Sustained Success in NFT Markets |
| 2023 | Zhao,Yinhong | Harvey, Campbell | High Distinction | The Cost of Delay: Evidence from the Ethereum Transaction Fee Market |
| 2023 | Zhao,Yirui | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Technological Impacts on Return to Education in Brazil |
| 2023 | Zhong,Judy Tianhong | Bundorf, M. Kate | High Distinction | Impact of Medicare Advantage Supplemental Benefit Expansion on Startup Funding |
| 2023 | Zuo,Tianjiu | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Municipal and Cooperative Internet on Broadband Entry and Competition |
| 2022 | Alleyne,Jair | Becker, Charlie | Distinction | Is Affordable Housing Moving Mobile? Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on Demand for Manufactured Housing |
| 2022 | Brandt,Alexander Michael | Kranton, Rachel | High Distinction | Economic Situations and Social Distance: Taxation and Donation |
| 2022 | Chouliara,Despoina | Peretto, Pietro | High Distinction | Corporate Governance in State-Owned and Privately-Owned Enterprises |
| 2022 | Cooksey,Jackson Lee | Becker, Charlie | High Distinction | The Russian Maternity Capital Policy: Two Models |
| 2022 | Giridharan,Sahana | Sloan, Frank | Distinction | Generic Entry and The Effect on Prices in the Prescription Drug Market |
| 2022 | Hastings,Ryan Jones | Timmins, Chris | High Distinction | Does Responsiveness to Mortality Risk Vary by Age? Evidence from Pandemic Health Outcomes and Movement Patterns |
| 2022 | Hyun,Kiwan | Jurado, Kyle | Distinction | Bayesian Non-Parametric Risk Metric |
| 2022 | Jain,Nehal | Xiao, Peng-peng | Distinction | Financial Inclusion and Women's Economic Empowerment in India |
| 2022 | Kandula,Praneeth | Gennetian, Lisa | Distinction | Withdrawal: The Difficulty of Transitioning to a Cashless Economy |
| 2022 | Kanj,Riad | Becker, Charlie | High Distinction | Economic Effects of the War in Donbas: Nightlights and the Ukrainian fight for freedom |
| 2022 | Luetkemeyer,Arthur | Timmins, Chris | High Distinction | The Effect of Sustainability Reporting on ESG Ratings |
| 2022 | Morgenstern,Glen | Becker, Charlie | Distinction | Subprime’s long shadow: Understanding subprime lending’s role in the St. Louis vacancy crisis |
| 2022 | Nguyen,Anh-Huy | Arciciacono, Peter | High Distinction | Revisiting California Proposition 209: Changes in Science Persistence Rates and Overall Graduation Rates |
| 2022 | Paretti,Daniella Victoria | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Tale of Two Cities: An Econometric Analysis of East & West Coast Fine Art Galleries |
| 2022 | Quijano,Cheyenne Danielle | Field, Erica | Distinction | A perfect storm: The effect of natural disasters on child health |
| 2022 | Rateb,George Botros | Ba, Bocar | High Distinction | The Case for Clemency: Differential Impacts of Pretrial Detention on Case and Crime Outcomes |
| 2022 | Satish,Sanjay | Garlick, Robert | High Distinction | Peer Effects & Differential Attrition: Evidence from Tennessee’s Project STAR |
| 2022 | Sun,Tony | Thomas, Duncan | High Distinction | Short and Long-Term Impacts of a Large-Scale Natural Disaster on Individual Labor Outcomes: Evidence from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami |
| 2022 | Wang,Hannah Jacqueline | Field, Erica | Distinction | The Effect of Workforce Participation and Household Income Contribution on Women’s Healthcare Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh |
| 2022 | Wang,Megan Felicia | Timmins, Chris | High Distinction | Impact of Utility-Scale Solar Farms on Property Values in North Carolina |
| 2022 | Welton,Daniella Marie | Miller, Genna | Distinction | Analysis of the Impact of Gender and Age of Protagonists in Top-Grossing Films from 2000-2019 on Film Success |
| 2022 | Wilson,Bryn Elizabeth | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | After The Mega-Buyout Era: Do Public-to-Private Transactions Still Outperform? |
| 2022 | Wu,Julia Yee-Ting | Berger, David | High Distinction | Heterogeneity in Mortgage Refinancing |
| 2021 | Ashforth, Alec | Maurel, Arnaud | High Distinction | Labor Market Effects of the Minimum Wage in South Korea |
| 2021 | Cavallero, Elena | Murray, Brian | High Distinction | Forecasting the Effects of Battery Recycling on the Global Cobalt Market |
| 2021 | Chen, Richard | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | Bang for Your (Green) Buck: The Effects of ESG Risk on US M&A Performance |
| 2021 | Dodd, Stephanie | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | The Impact of Conflict on Economic Activity: Night Lights and the Bosnian Civil War |
| 2021 | Hurli, Shreya | Berger, David | Distinction | Predicting the Work Task Replacement Effects of the Adoption of Machine Learning Technology |
| 2021 | Jiang, Yurong | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Closing the Digital Divide: Evaluation of FCC’s Connect America Fund |
| 2021 | Korn, Rachel | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | The Effects of Pharmaceutical Price Regulation on Probability of Patenting in OECD Countries |
| 2021 | Kosachevskyy, Maksym | Li, Jia | High Distinction | Distribution of Risk and Return in Variations of Volatility Arbitrage |
| 2021 | Lakhanpal, Arjun | Luck, Jason | Distinction | Analysis of Brain Diagnoses and the Incidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy |
| 2021 | Mehlhop, Emma | Becker, Charles | Distinction | Myocardial Infarction, Health Behavior, and the Grossman Model |
| 2021 | Schultz, Jessica | Bianchi, Francesco | High Distinction | Inflation Expectations over the Life Cycle under Rational Inattention |
| 2021 | Snyder, Paul | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Informing the Investor: A Comparative Analysis of the Importance of Pre-Initial Public Offering (IPO) Information on Stock Performance |
| 2021 | Turk, Cassandra | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Impacts of Housing Interventions on Neighborhoods in Durham County |
| 2021 | Wang, Mary | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | Maternal Grandparent Living Arrangements and the Motherhood Wage Penalty for Mothers in China |
| 2021 | Williams, Robert | McDevitt, Ryan | Distinction | The Effects of Leveraged Buyouts on Health Outcomes |
| 2020 | Ahluwalia, Arjun | Miller, Genna | Distinction | Predictors of Student Loan Repayments: A Comparison Between Public, Private For-Profit and Private Nonprofit Schools |
| 2020 | Babucci, Tommaso Carlo Filippo | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | Taxing Marijuana and the Road to Reparations: Comparing the Colorado and Illinois Cannabis Markets |
| 2020 | Bakshi, Mannat | Miller, Genna | Distinction | Predictors of Student Loan Repayments: A Comparison Between Public, Private For-Profit and Private Nonprofit Schools |
| 2020 | Carroll, Anderson | Schmid, Lorrie | High Distinction | Nonprofit Location, Survival, and Success: A Case Study of El Sistema USA |
| 2020 | Chasan, Jacob | Abdulkadiroglu, Atila | Distinction | Redefining Resource Allocation in Computing Systems |
| 2020 | Cherman, Max | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Variability in Jury Awards for Noneconomic Damages in Motor Vehicle Negligence Cases |
| 2020 | Chodavadia, Saheel | Garlick, Robert | High Distinction | Navigating the Maize of Poverty: Intra-Household Allocation and Investment in Children’s Human Capital in Tanzania |
| 2020 | Daniel, Charles | Pfaff, Alexander | Distinction | The Upstream and Downstream Effects of Government Industrial Policy in the Rare Earth Elements Industry |
| 2020 | Epstein, Jacob | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | The Elusive "Stock-Picker's Market": Dispersion and Mutual Fund Performance |
| 2020 | Feng, Xinmei | Becker, Charles | Distinction | The Impact of Agglomeration Externalities on Product Innovation Output in Chinese Industrial Firms |
| 2020 | Ganapathy, Pranav | Ridley, David | High Distinction | Incentive Programs for Neglected Diseases |
| 2020 | Gupta, Nalini | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | Comparing the Performance of Active and Passive Mutual Funds in Developing and Developed Countries |
| 2020 | Hilsenrath, Alexander | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | Exploring an Alternative to Student Loans- Constructing the Demand for Income Share Agreements |
| 2020 | Jain, Aaditya | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | Bridging the Persistence Gap: An Investigation of the Underrepresentation of Female and Minority Students in STEM Fields |
| 2020 | Jiao, Jenny | Bayer, Patrick | High Distinction | Patrolling the Future: Unintended Consequences of Predictive Policing in Chicago |
| 2020 | Jones, Nell | Munger, Michael | Distinction | User Loyalty and Willingness to Pay for a Music Streaming Subscription |
| 2020 | Juneja, Divya | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Where You Live and Where You Move: A Cross-City Comparison of the Effects of Gentrification and How these Effects Are Tied to Racial History |
| 2020 | Kaston, Bailey] | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | Bridging the Persistence Gap: An Investigation of the Underrepresentation of Female and Minority Students in STEM Fields |
| 2020 | Kornkven, Audrey | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | The Impact of Medicare Nonpayment: A Quasi-Experimental Approach |
| 2020 | Lawton, Ralph | Thomas, Duncan | High Distinction | Evolution of Wealth and Consumption in the Aftermath of a Major Natural Disaster |
| 2020 | Levi, Parker | Patton, Andrew | High Distinction | Forecasting Corporate Bankruptcy: Applying Feature Selection Techniques to the Pre-and Post-Global Financial Crisis Environments |
| 2020 | Levin, Michael | McDevitt, Ryan | Distinction | The Effects of Health IT Innovation on Throughput Efficiency in the Emergency Department |
| 2020 | Ma, Kevin | Jurado, Kyle | Distinction | Hedonic Pricing in the Sneaker Resale Market |
| 2020 | Mathewos, Kedest | Leachman, Lori | High Distinction | Investigating the Impact of Chinese Financing on Productivity in the African Continent |
| 2020 | Melita, Anthony | Kim, Grace | Distinction | Private Equity Buyouts and Strategic Acquisitions: An Analysis of Capital Investment and the Timing of Takeovers in the United States |
| 2020 | Nicholson, Michael | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | An Unequal Dream: The Mortgage Rate Premium Paid by Black Communities |
| 2020 | Noonan, Peter | Leven, Ronald | Distinction | Determining the Drivers of Acquisition Premiums in Leveraged Buyouts |
| 2020 | Prasad, Varun | Roberts, James | High Distinction | Competition and Innovation: Evidence from Third-Party Reprocessing in the Medical Device Industry |
| 2020 | Sanfilippo, Alexander | Roberts, James | Distinction | Behind the Scenes:" An Empirical Investigation of Broadway Show Success Factors |
| 2020 | Tan, Michael | Xu, Daniel | Distinction | Investigating Underpricing in Venture-Backed IPOs Using Statistical Techniques |
| 2020 | Tian, Yuanshi | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | Where did the money go? Impact of the ECB’s Corporate Sector Purchase Program on eurozone corporate spending |
| 2020 | Treiber, Matthew | Jurado, Kyle | Distinction | Hedonic Pricing in the Sneaker Resale Market |
| 2020 | Zimmer, Paul | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | Exploring an Alternative to Student Loans- Constructing the Demand for Income Share Agreements |
| 2019 | Aggarwal, Aashna | Meeks, Robyn | Distinction in Research | Evaluating Economic Impacts of Electrification in Zambia |
| 2019 | Albert, Kelly | McCartney, Hugh | Distinction | Family Leave and Child Care Policy Across States: Implications for Labor Force Participation Over Time |
| 2019 | Alsaadi, Faisal | Leachman, Lori | Distinction in Research | The Impact of a Fixed Exchange Rate Regime on Growth and Volatility in an Oil-dependent Economy |
| 2019 | Ameri, Armin | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Durham and Gentrification: Assessing the Impact of Displacement in the Bull City |
| 2019 | Barton, Hayley | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | The Impact of Violence in Mexico on Education and Labor Outcomes: Do Conditional Cash Transfers Have a Mitigating Effect? |
| 2019 | Battle-McDonald, William | Roberts, James | High Distinction | The Impact of Collegiate Athletic Success and Scandals on Admissions Applications |
| 2019 | Buyuk, Ekim | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Landlords and Evictions: Changes in the Ownership of Multi-Family Rental Properties and Its Impact on Housing Stability in Durham, NC |
| 2019 | Curtis, Joshua | Leachman, Lori | High Distinction | The Future of Economic Geopolitics: Network Effects in Intercultural Trade |
| 2019 | Dearing III, John | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Responses to EU Carbon Pricing: The Effect of Carbon Emissions Allowances on Renewable Energy Development in Advanced and Transitional EU Members |
| 2019 | Dias, Matheus | Wang, Xiao Yu | High Distinction | Cashing Out the Benefits: The Spillover Impact of Cash Transfers on Household Educational Investment |
| 2019 | Do, Khuong Ba Thien | Roberts, James | High Distinction | Investigating a Case of Alleged Collusion in Michigan Public Oil and Gas Lease Auctions |
| 2019 | Echavarria, Cipriano | Robinson, David | Distinction | The Impact of Post-IPO Private Equity Ownership on Long-Term Company Performance |
| 2019 | Elworthy, Harold | Bayer, Patrick | High Distinction | Does Media Coverage of Sexual Assault Cases Cause Victims to Go to the Police? Evidence from FBI Data and Google Trends |
| 2019 | Farrell, Matthew | Weller, Brian | High Distinction | Is Smart Money Smart? The Costs of Hedge Funds Trading Market Anomalies |
| 2019 | Fenton, Tyler | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | Wrangling the Herd: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Industry Approach to Herding Market Behavior |
| 2019 | Graber-Lipperman, Jacob | Kimbrough, Kent | High Distinction | The Impact of Originality in a Transitioning Movie Industry |
| 2019 | Hanson, Erik | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | ICT Behavior at the Periphery |
| 2019 | Henderson, David | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Evidence of Stalinist Terror In Modern Adult Height Data |
| 2019 | Hernandez, Sonia | Kimbrough, Kent | Distinction | The Impact of Microfinance on Women's Empowerment: Evidence from Rural Areas of Uganda |
| 2019 | Huang, Preston | Jurado, Kyle | Distinction | Leverage and Varying Metrics of Firm Performance |
| 2019 | Kotzin, Jarred | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | Wrangling the Herd: A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Industry Approach to Herding Market Behavior |
| 2019 | Lampert, Ethan | Zanalda, Giovanni | High Distinction | Social Capital and Financial Development after Economic Shocks: Evidence from Italy after the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 |
| 2019 | Legard, Yusuke | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Overreaction in the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) |
| 2019 | Li, Xinchen | Timmins, Christopher | Distinction | Is Inclusionary Zoning a Proper Remedy for the Affordable Housing Crisis? —A Case Study of IZ Programs in New Jersey and North Carolina |
| 2019 | LoTurco, Justin | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | ICT Behavior at the Periphery |
| 2019 | Mok, Grace | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Do Evictions Cause Income Changes? An Instrumental Variables Approach |
| 2019 | Ochse, Mitchell | Wang, Xiao Yu | High Distinction | Cashing Out the Benefits: The Spillover Impact of Cash Transfers on Household Educational Investment |
| 2019 | Patel, Hemal | Clements, Dennis | High Distinction | The Effect of Tourism on Child Health Outcomes in Roatán, Honduras |
| 2019 | Peterson, Grace | Kim, Grace | Distinction | Immigrant Workers in a Changing Labor Environment: A study on how technology is reshaping immigrant earnings |
| 2019 | Rao, Sujay | Zanalda, Giovanni | High Distinction | Social Capital and Financial Development after Economic Shocks: Evidence from Italy after the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 |
| 2019 | Richason, Louden | Shanahan, Suzanne | Distinction | Asylum Determination within the European Union (EU): Whether Capacity and Social Constraints Impact the Likelihood of Refugee Status Determination |
| 2019 | Song, William | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | The Effect of Marriage on the Wages of Americans: Gender and Generational Differences |
| 2019 | Suhail, Maria | Robinson, David | Distinction | The Impact of Post-IPO Private Equity Ownership on Long-Term Company Performance |
| 2019 | Swallow, Myla | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Investigating the Costs of Religious Observance: Cross-Country Analysis of Islamic Banking |
| 2019 | Tong, Theresa | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | The Effect of Marriage on the Wages of Americans: Gender and Generational Differences |
| 2019 | Torrens, Natasha | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Female Labor Force Participation in Turkic Countries: A Study of Azerbaijan and Turkey |
| 2019 | Vargo, Richard | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Investigating the Costs of Religious Observance: Cross-Country Analysis of Islamic Banking |
| 2019 | Wiehe, Stephanie | Collard-Wexler, Allan | High Distinction | Pack Size and Pricing: Brand, Quantity, and Cost Considerations in Pricing Multipacks of Toothpaste |
| 2019 | Yao, Shengjie | Kim, Grace | High Distinction | For Love of the Game: A Study of Tournament Theory and Intrinsic Motivation in Dota 2 |
| 2019 | Zhang, Jenny Yanjia | Roberts, James | Distinction | How Expensive Is This Suit? An Analysis of Corporate Litigation Settlements and Brand Value |
| 2018 | Arcasoy, Alican | Munger, Michael | Distinction | Reforming Turkey’s Judiciary to Meet European Union Standards: A Cost-Benefit Analysis |
| 2018 | Burkholder, Dane | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Regulatory Uncertainty: The Impact of the 2015 Open Internet Order on Broadband Infrastructure Investment |
| 2018 | Cashin, Shane | Kim, Grace | Distinction | The Future of Payment Transactions: The Convenience and Security of Mobile Payments |
| 2018 | Chen, Yanwen | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | How Consumers Respond to Food Safety Crisis: A Study of Peanut Butter and Egg Recalls on Consumer Behavior |
| 2018 | Cole, Thomas | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Are Hollywood Stars Worth the Price Tag? |
| 2018 | Dessau, Michael | Leachman, Lori | Distinction | What Fosters Innovation? A Cross-Sectional Panel Approach to Assessing the Impact of Cross Border Investment and Globalization on Patenting Across Global Economies |
| 2018 | Durvasula, Maya | Thomas, Duncan | High Distinction | 24K Magic: Evidence on Maternal Asset Ownership and Children’s Long Term Outcomes in Indonesia |
| 2018 | Foote, Chris | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Are Hollywood Stars Worth the Price Tag? |
| 2018 | Gardner, Nicholas | Thomas, Duncan | High Distinction | Measuring the Long-term Effects of Orphanhood |
| 2018 | Geng, Zhaochong | Garlick, Robert | Distinction | Deciphering Chinese Financing to African Countries |
| 2018 | Hoecker, Ryan | Timmins, Christopher | Distinction | The Impact of Environmental Disamenities on Property Values: Evaluating the Municipal Fringe |
| 2018 | Jain, Aakash | Pizer, Billy | High Distinction | Global Warming and Obesity: The Effect of Ambient Temperature on BMI |
| 2018 | Karamardian, Michael | Roberts, James | High Distinction | The Effect of Competition on Strategic Discharge at Long-Term Acute-Care Hospitals |
| 2018 | Kiffel, Michael | Tower, Ed | Distinction | An Analysis of Passive and Active Bond Mutual Fund Performance |
| 2018 | Kropf, Anna | Becker, Charles | Distinction | Entrepreneurial Attractiveness: Amazon, Google, and the Search for Innovative Hot Spots |
| 2018 | Lim, Chin Jie | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Regulatory Uncertainty: The Impact of the 2015 Open Internet Order on Broadband Infrastructure Investment |
| 2018 | Lim, Elizabeth | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Evaluation of the Impact of New Rules in FCC’s Spectrum Incentive Auctions |
| 2018 | MacGibbon, Christopher | Patton, Andrew | High Distinction | Multi-Horizon Forecast Optimality Based on Related Forecast Errors |
| 2018 | Malik, Shihab | Leachman, Lori | Distinction | The Impact of a Fixed Exchange Rate Regime on Growth and Volatility in an Oil-dependent Economy |
| 2018 | Marshall, Michael | Kimbrough, Kent | Distinction | The Toll of Commuting: The Effects of Commute Time on Well-Being |
| 2018 | Mitchell, Frances | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Evaluation of the Impact of New Rules in FCC's Spectrum Incentive Auction |
| 2018 | Moorthy, Neelesh | Cohen, Wesley | Distinction | Evaluating The Forward Citations-Patent Value Relationship: The Role Of Competition |
| 2018 | Pandit, Chinmay | Nechyba, Thomas | Distinction | Benefit Spillovers and Higher Education Financing: An Empirical Analysis of Brain Drain and State-Level Investment in Public Universities |
| 2018 | Parenti, Meredith | Hotz, Joseph | High Distinction | The Effects of Parental Division of Employment on Child Outcomes During Adulthood |
| 2018 | Perry-Carrera, Brian | Kim, Grace | High Distinction | Effect of Sentiment on Bitcoin Price Formation |
| 2018 | Reddy, Aasha | Darity, William | High Distinction | Endogeneity in the Decision to Migrate: Changes in the Self-Selection of Puerto Rican Migrants before, during, and after the Great Recession |
| 2018 | Rokosz, Rafal | Tiryakian, Ed | High Distinction | Evaluating Asset Bubbles within Cryptocurrencies using the LPPL Model |
| 2018 | Rosenblum, Justin | Macartney, Hugh | Distinction | Analyzing Student and Family-Level Effects on a Family’s Contributions to Fund a College Education |
| 2018 | Sharma, Rahul | Sanders, Gillian | Distinction | Assessing the Impacts of an Aging Population on Rising Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Expenditures within the United States |
| 2018 | Trivedi, Akshaya | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Evaluation of the Impact of New Rules in FCC’s Spectrum Incentive Auction |
| 2018 | Vega, Nicholas | Leachman, Lori | Distinction | What Fosters Innovation? A Cross--Sectional Panel Approach to Assessing the Impact of Cross Border Investment and Globalization on Patenting Across Global Economies |
| 2018 | Walker, William | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | Incentives to Quit in Men’s Professional Tennis: An Empirical Test of Tournament Theory |
| 2018 | Wayne, Moses | Bayer, Patrick | Distinction | The Impact of Access to Public Transportation on Residential Property Value: A Comparative Analysis of American Cities |
| 2018 | Xiao, Chenglong | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Structural Estimation of FCC Bidder Valuation |
| 2018 | Zeng, Weiran | Hoover, Kevin | Distinction | Prediction in Economics: a Case Study of Economists’ Views on the 2008 Financial Crisis |
| 2018 | Zhong, Stephanie | Field, Erica | High Distinction | Sister competition and birth order effects among marriage-aged girls: Evidence from a field experiment in rural Bangladesh |
| 2018 | Zipf, John | Macartney, Hugh | Distinction | Analyzing Student and Family-Level Effects on a Family’s Contributions to Fund a College Education |
| 2017 | Anand, Ibanca | Caldwell, Bruce | High Distinction | Economic Models and Magical Realism: An interdisciplinary approach to development through a concurrent analysis of 1960’s-70’s Latin American Structuralism and One Hundred Years of Solitude |
| 2017 | Arefeen, Junaid | Hoover, Kevin | High Distinction | Proposing an Alternative to the European Central Bank's Fiscal Convergence Criteria |
| 2017 | Bangia, Sachet | Thomas, Duncan | High Distinction | Protecting Long Term Human Capital in a Financial Crisis |
| 2017 | Crews, Levi | Peretto, Pietro | High Distinction | Monetary Unions and Long-Run Growth |
| 2017 | Gidumal, Shiv | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Determinants of NFL Spread Pricing: Incorporation of Google Search Data Over the Course of the Gambling Week |
| 2017 | Goldstein, Drew | Arcidiacono, Peter | Distinction | Long-Term Contracts and Predicting Performance in MLB |
| 2017 | Habtom, Makda | Macartney, Hugh | Distinction | Perceptions vs. Reality: School Climate in Miami-Dade County |
| 2017 | Hasegawa, Kaho | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Japan’s “Furusato Nouzei” (Hometown Tax): Which areas get how much, and is it really working? |
| 2017 | Hopkinson, Oliver | Fisher, Mary Beth | Distinction in Research | Private Equity Buyout Competitive Advantage |
| 2017 | Jiao, Wenfei | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | A Brief Review and Analysis of Spectrum Auctions in Canada |
| 2017 | Knaide, Jeff | Timmins, Christopher | Distinction | Low Income Residential Solar: A SASH Evaluation |
| 2017 | Kozina, Yuliya | Macartney, Hugh | Distinction | Perceptions vs Reality: School Climate in Miami-Dade County |
| 2017 | Lee, Kai Yu | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Segregation, Bargaining Power and Environmental Justice |
| 2017 | Lim, Zhao Ting | Jurado, Kyle | High Distinction | Structural Estimation of FCC Bidder Valuation |
| 2017 | Martinez-Cid, Ricardo | Field, Erica | Distinction | The Puzzle of Mobile Money Markets: An Example of Goldilocks Conditions |
| 2017 | Martinez-Cid, Ricardo | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | A Brief Review and Analysis of Spectrum Auctions in Canada |
| 2017 | Milioti, Roman | Boyd, Gale | Distinction | The Impact of Fossil Fuel Prices on Alternative Energy Stocks |
| 2017 | Muench, Roland | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Determinants of NFL Spread Pricing: Incorporation of Google Search Data Over the Course of the Gambling Week |
| 2017 | Nahouraii, Lauren | Falba, Tracy | Distinction | The Cost-Effectiveness of Shared Medical Appointments for Type II Diabetes at Duke Family Medicine |
| 2017 | Nalla, Susheel | Tower, Edward | Distinction in Research | Vanguard’s Index Funds vs. Vanguard’s Managed Funds: a Nine Style Box and Fama-French Multi-Variable Regression Approach |
| 2017 | Nnoromele, Chidinma | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | An Analysis of Small Bidder Preferences in Spectrum Auctions |
| 2017 | Nnoromele, Chidinma | Munger, Michael | Distinction | The Effects of Religion and Patriarchal Norms on Female Labor Force Participation |
| 2017 | Pernas, Gonzalo | Field, Erica | Distinction | The Puzzle of Mobile Money Markets: An Example of Goldilocks Conditions |
| 2017 | Pollack, Brian | Roberts, James | High Distinction | What Gets Paid? Analyzing the Major League Baseball Contract Market |
| 2017 | Qiang, Ashley | Timmins, Christopher | Distinction | The Link between Gentrification and Displacement and the Effects of Displacement on Residents in Los Angeles County |
| 2017 | Ramoutar, Eric | Ilut, Cosmin | High Distinction | The Investment Cost of Currency Crises in Emerging Markets: An Empirical Treatment from 1994-2015 |
| 2017 | Shorin, Grant | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | Team Payroll Versus Performance in Professional Sports: Is Increased Spending Associated with Greater Success? |
| 2017 | Tan, Gerald (Ren Hao) | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Structural Estimation of FCC Bidder Valuation |
| 2017 | Van Liedekerke, Matthew | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | Determinants of Franchise Value in the National Basketball Association |
| 2017 | Venkannagari, Priyanka | Becker, Charles | Distinction | The Neighborhood Effect on Health Outcomes for Women in Urban India |
| 2017 | Xu, Jiakun | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Hedonic Modeling of Singapore's Resale Public Housing Market |
| 2017 | Zeren, Jeffrey | Fisher, Mary Beth | Distinction | Macroeconomic and Capital Market Determinants of Venture Capital Investment |
| 2017 | Zrenner, Alexandra | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Small Bidder Preferences in FCC Spectrum Auctions |
| 2016 | Anderson, Rachel | Kuran, Timur | High Distinction | Variations in Turkey's Female Labor Market: The Puzzling Role of Education |
| 2016 | Chia, Wei Jie | Kuran, Timur | High Distinction | The Pen or the Sword: Determining the Effects of Different Types of Coups D’état on Income Inequality |
| 2016 | Di Giulio, Elizabeth | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Tying the Knot: Links Between the Labor and Marriage Markets |
| 2016 | Dorchuck, Daniel | Fisher, Mary Beth | Distinction | Modeling Variation in U.S. Bank Holding Companies’ Net Interest Margins |
| 2016 | Ganesan, Jayanth | Tower, Edward | Distinction in Research | Valuating Stock and Bond Portfolio Allocations using CAPE and Tobin’s Q |
| 2016 | Garand, Jennifer | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | The Decision to Marry or Cohabit and Economic Crises |
| 2016 | Haris, Shafiq | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Tying the Knot: Links Between the Labor and Marriage Markets |
| 2016 | Huang, YunChu | Becker, Charles | Distinction | Predicting and Optimizing Surgical Outcomes with Duke NSQIP Data |
| 2016 | Jalota, Suhani | Field, Erica | High Distinction | The effect of slum redevelopment on child health outcomes: Evidence from Mumbai |
| 2016 | Kelly, Grant | Collard-Wexler, Allan | High Distinction | Bidding For Parking: The Impact of University Affiliation on Predicting Bid Values in Dutch Auctions of On-Campus Parking Permits |
| 2016 | Lee, Clement | Kranton, Rachel | High Distinction | The Market for Apples: A Theory of Identity and Consumption |
| 2016 | Lessard, Kelly | Falba, Tracy | Distinction | Obesity and its Impact on Job Quality |
| 2016 | Lim, Victoria Zhen Yi | Roberts, James | Distinction | Increased Foreign Revenue Shares in the United States Film Industry: 2000 – 2014 |
| 2016 | Manjee, Kehaan | De Marchi, Neil | Distinction | Adam Smith and Sayyid Qutb: A comparison of two different worldviews |
| 2016 | McAneny, Meghan | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | Gender Equality as a Result of Offering Employee Benefit Policies |
| 2016 | McGough, Caitlin | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | An Economic Approach to Evaluating the Impact of AML/CFT Regulations |
| 2016 | Newman, Dylan | Arcidiacono, Peter | Distinction | Predicting Transfer Values in the English Premier League |
| 2016 | Obiofuma, Chuka | Boyd, Gale | Distinction | The Effects of Global Oil Price on Government Investment the Nigerian Agricultural Sector |
| 2016 | Pan, Feng | Burnside, Craig | High Distinction | Understanding the Argentine Peso's Devaluation in 2014-Analysis on Argentina's Fiscal Sustainability from 1993 to 2013 |
| 2016 | Prezioso, Alexander | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Tying the Knot: Links Between the Labor and Marriage Markets |
| 2016 | Rosen, Joshua | Arcidiacono, Peter | Distinction | Determining NBA Free Agent Salary from Player Performance |
| 2016 | Salisbury, Reptonq | Kim, Grace | Distinction | The Effect of Social, Cultural, and Political Values on Entrepreneurial Perceptions and Venture Creation: A Global Investigation |
| 2016 | Saraon, Arjan | Kranton, Rachel | Distinction | How Consumers Make Impulse Purchases and the Influence of Peers and a Market-Based Setting |
| 2016 | Shikhaleev, Artur | Roberts, James | Distinction | The Effect of Federal Regulations on the Outcomes of Auctions for Oil and Gas Leaseholds |
| 2016 | Snyder, Abigail | Becker, Charles | Distinction | Determinants of SAT Scores in North Carolina |
| 2016 | Stevenson, James | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | Where Did The Liquidity Go? The Cost of Financial Regulation to Foreign Exchange Markets |
| 2016 | Temple, Michael | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Tying the Knot: Links Between the Labor and Marriage Markets |
| 2016 | Tingle, Amy | Hotz, V Joseph | High Distinction | Program Characteristics and Economic Conditions That Affect WIC Participation |
| 2016 | Turner, Logan | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Tying the Knot: Links Between the Labor and Marriage Markets |
| 2016 | Ueland, Joseph | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Tying the Knot: Links Between the Labor and Marriage Markets |
| 2016 | Zipf, Kevin | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Tying the Knot: Links Between the Labor and Marriage Markets |
| 2015 | Baak, Chun Sun | Collard-Wexler, Allan | Distinction | Adoption Subsidy, Foster Care Payment, and Foster Care Adoption: A Two-stage Least Squares Approach |
| 2015 | Becker, Nicholas | Jaimovich, Nir | High Distinction | Inflation Volatility and Economic Growth: A Disaggregated Analysis |
| 2015 | Biwott, Winnie | Hamoudi, Amar (PPS) | Distinction | Women’s Land Rights and Empowerment: Impact of the Land Tenure Regularization Reform (LTR) on Contraceptive Use and Domestic Violence in Rwanda |
| 2015 | Chen, Shelley | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | The Professor and the Coal Miner: The effect of socioeconomic and geographical factors on breast cancer diagnosis and survival outcome |
| 2015 | Gao, Jonathan | Roberts, James | High Distinction | Competition from Incumbent Firms During Airline Mergers |
| 2015 | Golzar, Taliya | Tower, Edward | Distinction | An Economic Analysis of Marijuana Legalization in Florida |
| 2015 | Hollis, Russell | Collard-Wexler, Allan | High Distinction | Medicare’s Prospective Payment System: Do Differences in the Reimbursement Rate Affect Quantity of Care Delivered and Hospital Billing Practices? |
| 2015 | Jain, Ritika | Mohanan, Manoj (PPS) | Distinction | Understanding Financial Incentive Health Initiatives: The Impact of the Janani Suraksha Yojana Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Institutional Delivery Rates and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure |
| 2015 | Khine, Minn Htet | Kim, Grace | High Distinction | How does being a serial creator affect probability of campaign success on Kickstarter? |
| 2015 | Kim, Woojin | Kranton, Rachel | High Distinction | To compete or not to compete? Experimental evidence on the competitiveness of South Koreans and North Korean refugees |
| 2015 | Lee, Joonkyu | Tower, Edward | Distinction | The Quest for Survival: Modeling Congressional Voting Behavior with Campaign Contributions |
| 2015 | Lho, Esther | Timmins, Christopher | Distinction | Shale Gas Development and Housing Value in the United Kingdom: Impact of the 13th Onshore Licensing, 2008 |
| 2015 | Lipscomb, Max | Roberts, James | High Distinction | Resource Adequacy and Energy-Only Market Design: Assessing the Impact of ERCOT's Operating Reserve Demand Curve |
| 2015 | Liu, Chang | Li, Jia | Distinction | Word-of-Mouth Effects in the Holdings and Trading Activities among Canadian Mutual Fund Managers |
| 2015 | Liu, Xinran | Collard-Wexler, Allan | Distinction | Do Popular Books Always Make for Popular Movies? |
| 2015 | Muggeridge, Paige | Burnside, Craig | Distinction | The Implications of Population Aging for Economic Growth |
| 2015 | Roeder, Daniel | Patton, Andrew | High Distinction | Dealing with Data: An Empirical Analysis of Bayesian Black-Litterman Model Extensions |
| 2015 | Tai, Zixuan | Becker, Charles | Distinction | Housing Space and Economy in Second-tier Cities in China: An Empirical Study of the Shenyang Housing Market |
| 2015 | Westphal, Ryan | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | Deterring Inefficient Gambling in Risk Taking Agents |
| 2015 | Wiesner, Hoel | Marx, Leslie | Distinction | Optimizing the Electricity Bill |
| 2015 | Willoughby, Jack | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | Security Without Equity? The Effect of Secure Communities on Racial Profiling by Police |
| 2015 | Xie, Julian | Sloan, Frank | Distinction | The Relationship between Electronic Health Records and Billing in California Emergency Departments |
| 2015 | Xu, Rui | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Google Search Volume Index: Predicting Returns, Volatility and Trading Volume of Tech Stocks |
| 2015 | Yam, Nicholas | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | The New Landscape of the NBA: The 2011 Collective Bargaining Agreement's Impact on Competitive Balance and Players' Salaries |
| 2015 | Yang, Lucie | Sadowksi, Philipp | Distinction | A computational model of food choice: Utility optimization through external cuing and heuristic search |
| 2015 | Ye, Yifan | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | The Subsidized Hong Kong Property Market: |
| 2015 | Yoon, Joon Sang | Olsson, Per (Fuqua) | Distinction | Multiples Valuation and Abnormal Returns |
| 2015 | Yoon,Jisoo | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | The Effect of Minority History on Racial Disparities in the Mortgage Market: A Case Study of Durham and New Haven |
| 2014 | Axmann, Nikolaus | Tower, Edward | High Distinction | What is the effect of regulatory supervision on the profitability and outreach of microfinance institutions? |
| 2014 | Bloedel, Alexander | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | Faith in the Future and Social Conflict: Economic Growth as a Mechanism for Political Stabilization |
| 2014 | Britto, Christian | Ambrus, Attila | High Distinction | Optimal Lineups in Penalty Kick Shootouts: An Empirical and Theoretical Investigation |
| 2014 | Choi, Sean (Suk Hyun) | Kim, Grace | Distinction | Understanding SME Finance: Determinants of Relationship Lending |
| 2014 | De Donato, Andrew | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | The Impact of Greek Affiliation on Grades and Course Selection |
| 2014 | Elliott, Taylor (Lindsey) | Nechyba, Thomas | Distinction | Early Identification of Students at Risk for High School Dropout |
| 2014 | Fenster, Dana | Macartney, Hugh | High Distinction | Implications of Teacher Tenure on Teacher Quality and Student Performance in North Carolina |
| 2014 | Gracey, Jordyn | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction in Research | The Determination of Newspaper Slant in Small Markets |
| 2014 | Hogan, Richard Phillips | Burnside, Craig | High Distinction | Market Dynamics and the Forward Premium Anomoly: A Model of Interacting Agents |
| 2014 | Hubbard, Lucas | Ambrus, Attila | High Distinction | Optimal Lineups in Penalty Kick Shootouts: An Empirical and Theoretical Investigation |
| 2014 | Inder, Gabrielle | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Exceeding the Threshold: Analysis of Public Information Transfer using Instrumental Variables |
| 2014 | Ishikawa, Aki | Becker, Charles | Distinction | The effect of Mexico's Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Migration Decisions |
| 2014 | Kandimalla, Yeshwanth | Munger, Michael | Distinction | The Impact of Online Streaming on Primetime Viewership |
| 2014 | Khemlani, Anisha | Carnes (PPS) | Distinction | Determining the Effect of Personal and Familial Wealth on Congressional and State Legislative Election Outcomes |
| 2014 | Li, Gang | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | Corporate Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction in North American Construction Industry |
| 2014 | Li, Rebecca | Cook, Philip | High Distinction | Marijuana pricing structure and state-level price determinants |
| 2014 | Lindsey, Derek | Nechyba, Thomas | High Distinction | Early Identification of Students at Risk for High School Dropout |
| 2014 | McKelway, Madeline | Field, Erica | High Distinction | The Impact of Micro-Banking on Health: Evidence from Self-Help Group Involvement and Child Nutrition |
| 2014 | Myer, Evan | Burnside, Craig | High Distinction | Market Dynamics and the Forward Premium Anomoly: |
| 2014 | Potts, Michael | Weintraub, E. Roy | Distinction | Martin Bronfenbrenner: An Economist in the American Occupation of Japan |
| 2014 | Riddick, Winston | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | The Impact of Suburbanization on Poverty Concentration: Using Transportation Networks to Predict the Spatial Distribution of Poverty |
| 2014 | Rooney, Timothy | Becker, Charles | Distinction | The Relationship between and Geographic Distribution of Breast Cancer Statistics: Diagnosis, Survival, and Mortality in Selected Areas in the United States, 1973-2004 |
| 2014 | Royal, Patrick | Burnside, Craig | Distinction | The Economic Effects of Military and Non-Military Government Spending |
| 2014 | Siman, Kelsey | Maurel, Arnaud | High Distinction | Undergraduate Education and the Gender Wage Gap: An Analysis of the Effects of College Experience and Gender on Income |
| 2014 | Singh, Raj | Falba, Tracy | Distinction | Has Tort Reform Been Effective in Abating the Medical Malpractice Crisis? An Empirical Analysis from 1991-2012 |
| 2014 | Solanki, Jiten | Falba, Tracy | Distinction | Has Tort Reform Been Effective in Abating the Medical Malpractice Crisis? An Empirical Analysis from 1991-2012 |
| 2014 | Vandendries, Lynn | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | The Impact of State and Local Government Spending on Charitable Giving in the United States |
| 2014 | Wang, David | Becker, Charles | Distinction | High Occupancy Toll Lanes: Do They Reduce Congestion? |
| 2014 | Wu, Hai Lin (Helena) | Leachman, Lori | Distinction | Video Game Sales: Does Diversity Pay? |
| 2014 | Yetter, Joseph | McDevitt (Fuqua) | High Distinction | A Franchise Educaiton: The Impact of High School Quality on the Operations of Quick Service Restaurant Franchises in Texas |
| 2014 | Yin, Lucy | Sloan, Frank | Distinction | Are the Chinese Altruistic? Explaining Motives behind Chinese Intergenerational Transfers using the Strategic Bequest Motive |
| 2014 | Zhang, Yuci (Jenny) | Patton, Andrew | Distinction | Conditional Beta Model for Asset Pricing By Sector in the U.S. Equity Markets |
| 2014 | Zhu, Hong | Wang, Xiao Yu | Distinction | The Rise of Mobile Money in Kenya: The Changing Landscape of M-PESA's Impact on Financial Inclusion |
| 2013 | Atwood, Thomas | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | The Role of Income in Environmental Justice: A National Analysis of Rage, Houseing Markets, and Air Pollution |
| 2013 | Battinelli, John | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | The Impact of Macroeconomic Surprises on Mergers & Acquisitions for Real Estate Investment Trusts |
| 2013 | Becerra, Sophia | Munger, Michael | Distinction | Tax Evasion and Tax Morale in Latin America |
| 2013 | Bentley, Andrew | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | Forecasting Beta Using Conditional Heteroskedastic Models |
| 2013 | Brown, Christopher | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | The Role of Income in Environmental Justice: A National Analysis of Race, Housing Markets, and Air Pollution |
| 2013 | Chiang, Trent | Ridley, David | High Distinction | Federal and Industrial Funded Research Expenditures and University Technology Transfer |
| 2013 | Chordia, Ishita | Leventoglu, Bahar | Distinction | Evaluating the Motivation and Feasibility Theory in Predicting the Onset and Severity of Civil Conflict |
| 2013 | Cunha, Renan | Becker, Charles | Distinction | Manufactured Housing Securitization |
| 2013 | De, Rajlakshmi | Leachman, Lori | High Distinction | Fiscal Multicointegration and Sustainability in OECD Economies |
| 2013 | De, Rajlakshmi | Becker, Charles | Distinction | Forieng Aid Allocation and Impact: A Sub-National Analysis of Malawi |
| 2013 | Dong, Shuya | Boyd, Gale | Distinction | Coal and Natural Gas Competition in U.S. Power Generation |
| 2013 | Froelich, Kelly | Arcidiacono, Peter | Distinction | Is the Blind Side Tackle Worth it?: An Analysis of the Salary Allocation of the NFL Offensive Line |
| 2013 | Gorecki, Mitchel | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Geo-Spatial Modeling of Online Ad Distributions |
| 2013 | Hogan, Kevin | Field, Erica | Distinction | Profits and Poverty: The Impace of Profit Status on the Microfinance Industry |
| 2013 | Hornell, Johan | Miller, Genna | High Distinction | The Impace of Population Mobility on the Repayment Rates in Microfinance Institutions |
| 2013 | Li, Linda | Ridley, David | High Distinction | Price Disscrimination and Bargaining Power in the Global Vaccine Market |
| 2013 | Lim, Heehyun | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Enhanced Versus Traditional Indexation for International Mutual Funds: Evaluating DFA, Wisdontree and Rafi Powershares |
| 2013 | Marks, Jonathan | Boyd, Gale | Distinction | Explaining Merger and Acquisition Premiums in the U.S. Electric and Natural Gas Sectors in a Period of Deregulation from 1990-2012 |
| 2013 | Martorana, David | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | Dynamic Risk Frameworks for Commodity Portfolio Optimization |
| 2013 | McCutchan, Sabrina | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Government Allocation of Import Quota Slots to US Films in China’s Cinematic Movie Market |
| 2013 | Meir, Marissa | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Race and Pollution Correlation as Predictor of Environmental Injustice |
| 2013 | Nance, William | Roberts, James | High Distinction | Collusions in Auctions: A Case Study in Oil and Gas Land Auctions |
| 2013 | Nayak, Rahul | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | Incentives and Characteristics that Explain Generic Prescribing Practices |
| 2013 | Nazzal, Omar | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | Debunking the Cost-Shifting Myth: An Analysis of Dynamic Price Discrimition in California Hospitals |
| 2013 | Pfeiffer, Jackson | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | Variance Risk Premium Dynamics: The Impact of Asset Price Jumps on Variance Risk Premium |
| 2013 | Reid, John (Battinelli) | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | The Impact of Macroeconomic Surprises on Mergers & Acquisitions for Real Estate Investment Trusts |
| 2013 | Saifan, Sami | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | Post Earnings Announcement Drift Among IPOs |
| 2013 | Short, David | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | An Empirical Analysis of Airline Network Structure: The Effect of Hub Concentration on Airline Opertaing Costs |
| 2013 | Sun, James | Thomas, Duncan | High Distinction | Formal/Informal Labor Market Dynamics Following the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami |
| 2013 | Van Dusen, Robert | Sloan, Frank | Distinction | Trauma Center Efficacy: Certification Status and Its Effect on traffic Fatalities at Varying Radii |
| 2013 | Vernerey, Allison (Hornell) | Miller, Genna | Distinction | The Impact of Population Mobility on Repayment Rates in Microfinance Institutions |
| 2013 | Wang, Kevin | Cohen, Wesley (Fuqua) | Distinction | Market Valuation of Patent Characteristics |
| 2012 | Bailey, Emily | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Unitization of Oil Reserves in Alaska and the Supply Elasticity of a Common Pool Resource |
| 2012 | Basandra, Nitish | Weintraub, E. Roy | Distinction | Martin Bronfenbrenner and Japan's Post-WWII Economic Recovery |
| 2012 | Bhattacharya, Vivek | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | Cross-Stock Comparisons of the Relative Contribution of Jumps to Total Price Variance |
| 2012 | Bodnar, Katharine | Sweeting, Andrew | High Distinction | Price Partitioning and Consumer Rationality in Internet Markets |
| 2012 | Burr, Thomas | Nechyba, Thomas | High Distinction | An Assessment of Teach for America Effectiveness and Spillover Effects in North Carolina |
| 2012 | Chen, Ching-Ching | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Understanding the Value of Amenities: A Study of the Land Value Determination Process in Hangzhou, China |
| 2012 | Chen, Xiao | Brav, Alon | Distinction | MOTIVATION AND REASONING BEHIND CHINESE ENTERPRISES OVERSEAS LISTING |
| 2012 | Chen, Yunze | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Are asset allocation funds good at market timing? |
| 2012 | Choi, Kyu Won | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | Relative contribution of common jumps in realized correlation |
| 2012 | Cox, Samantha | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Job Choices, Flexibility and Maternal Labor Force Participation |
| 2012 | Ding, Cong | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | The Predictability of the Chilean Yield Spread as an Indicator |
| 2012 | Fakhoury, Basel | Bayer, Patrick, | Distinction | Economic Racism: A Look at Rental Prices in 1930 |
| 2012 | Fan, Melanie | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | Volatility and Correlation Modeling for Sector Allocation in International Equity Markets |
| 2012 | Fang, Danjie | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | After the Storm |
| 2012 | Ge, Michael | Munger, Michael | Distinction | Federal Outlays: The Effect of the President and Electoral Politics |
| 2012 | Green, Ross | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | Policy in competitive insurance markets: incentivizing risk sharing and cost efficiency |
| 2012 | Guo, Yangyang | Yildirim, Huseyin | High Distinction | Does Price Have a Payoff? |
| 2012 | Hunt, Shane | Jaimovich, Nir | Distinction | The Hidden Costs of Central Bank Borrowing |
| 2012 | Jeon, Jayoung | Roberts, James | Distinction | The Influence Effect of Critics' Reviews on Foreign and Domestic Movies |
| 2012 | Jiao, Luxuan | Roberts, James | Distinction | The Influence Effect of Critic Reviews on Foreign and Domestic Movies |
| 2012 | Jones, Benjamin | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | Game Theory and the World Marathon Majors |
| 2012 | Kang, Polly | Vigdor, Jacob | Distinction | The Negative Effect of Residential Broadband Availability on Educational Attainment in the US |
| 2012 | Lei, Mingwei | Tauchen, George | Distinction | Examination of Time-Variant Asset Correlations Using High- Frequency Data |
| 2012 | Li, Amy | Sloan, Frank | Distinction | Health Care Utilization and Health Status of NCMS Elderly Enrollees in China: Evidence from CHARLS Data |
| 2012 | Liang, Sijing | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Motivation and Reasoning Behind Chinese Enterprises Overseas Listing |
| 2012 | Lightcap, Bradford | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | The Effects of Digital Media on Advertising Markets |
| 2012 | Lin, Zifan | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | How Do Different Parental Beliefs and Parenting behaviors Affect Students’ College Academic Performance? |
| 2012 | LoSardo, Matt | Tower, Edward | Distinction | A Further Exploration of Reverse Takeovers as an Alternative to Initial Public Offerings |
| 2012 | Low, Ian | Arcidiacono, Peter | Distinction | Capturing a College Education’s Impact on Industry Wages Across Time: An Analysis of Academic Factors that Affect Earnings |
| 2012 | Mekjian, John | Roberts, James | Distinction | Auctions as an Alternative to Book Building in the IPO Process: An Examination of Underpricing for Large Firms in France |
| 2012 | Mitha, Amaan | De Marchi, Neil | Distinction | Optimal Ordering in Sequential English Auctions |
| 2012 | Moon, Catherine | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | Possibility of Cost Offset in Expanding Health Insurance Coverage: Using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2008 |
| 2012 | Muttreja, Vansh | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Effects of Wages of Government Officials on Corruption in Developing Countries |
| 2012 | Nathan, Vignesh | Patton, Andrew | High Distinction | Foreign Exchange Responses to Macroeconomic Surprises: Playing “Peek-a-Boo” with Financial Markets |
| 2012 | Peek, William | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | The Effects of Digital Media on Advertising Markets |
| 2012 | Portelli, Samuel | Weintraub, E. Roy | High Distinction | Probabilistic Risk, Neuroeconomic Ambiguity, and Keynesian Uncertainty |
| 2012 | Srinivas, Shreyas | Weintraub, E. Roy | Distinction | Martin Bronfenbrenner and Japan’s Post-WWII Economic Recovery |
| 2012 | Stashko, Allison | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | The effects of prevention and treatment interventions in a microeconomic model of HIV transmission |
| 2012 | Sun, Hao | Tauchen, George | Distinction | Jump Robustness of Realized Beta and Disentanglement of Jump Beta |
| 2012 | Wang, Peichun | Roberts, James | High Distinction | Empirical Evidence of Airline Merger Waves Based on A Selective Entry Model |
| 2012 | Wang, Pengpeng | Sloan, Frank | Distinction | Health Care Utilization and Health Status of NCMS Elderly Enrollees in China: Evidence from CHARLS Data |
| 2012 | Wei, Shuting | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | Simultaneous occurrence of price jumps and changes in diffusive price volatility |
| 2012 | Xie, Meng | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Do Vanguard ETF Investors Make Good Decisions? – Testing the Bogle Hypothesis |
| 2012 | Yuan, Kate | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | Volatility and Correlation Modeling for Sector Allocation in International Equity Markets |
| 2012 | Zhang, Kan | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | Integrating Medicare and Medicaid Healthcare Delivery and Reimbursement Policies for Dual Eligible Beneficiaries: A Cost-Efficiency Analysis of Managed Care |
| 2012 | Zhu, Junliang | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | A Further Exploration of Reverse Takeovers as an Alternative to Initial Public Offerings |
| 2012 | Zhu, Stephen | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | The Impact of Spectrum Quality on Wireless Telecom Competition |
| 2012 | Zhu, Zhirui | Boyd, Gale | High Distinction | Indentifying Supply and Demand Elasticities of Iron Ore |
| 2011 | Agostino, Rebecca | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Neighborhood Effects and School Performance: The Impact of Public Housing Demolitions on Children in North Carolina |
| 2011 | Benesh, William | Bianchi, Francesco | Distinction | Taming the Dragon: The Modernization of the Chinese Equity Markets and its Effects on IPO Underpricing |
| 2011 | Blum, Rachel | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | IPO Timing Determinants |
| 2011 | Bromley, Joanna | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Market Multiples: Assessing the Relationships between M&A Deal Multiples, Market Conditions, and Target Accounting Measures |
| 2011 | Burke, Anna | Connolly, Michelle | Research Distinction | Personalizing Political Ideology in the News: The Impact of News Aggregators and Collective Filtering |
| 2011 | Clipp, Celeste | Wilbur, Kenneth | Distinction | An Exploration of Multimedia Multitasking: How TV Advertising Affects Google Search |
| 2011 | Ding, Yang | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Crisis Period Forecast Evaluation of the DCC-GARCH Model |
| 2011 | Freitas, Sarah | Tower, Edward | Research Distinction | Openness to Ideas and Long Run Growth |
| 2011 | Goodman, Jared | Bermeo, Sarah | Distinction | Taking Another Look at Multilateral Aid Flows: Reconsidering the Dynamics of the U.S.'s Strategic Use of Development Aid |
| 2011 | Gorback, Caitlin | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Trailer Park Economics |
| 2011 | Jain, Kunal | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | Heterogeneous Autoregressive Beta Model |
| 2011 | Kist, Hans | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | The Marital Wage Premium for Men: What is it today, and what is the cause behind it? |
| 2011 | Kupiec, Kevin | Lopomo, Giuseppe | High Distinction | Introducing Random Bias into the Principal Agent Problem |
| 2011 | Li, Chengyu | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Contagion in Emerging Market Equities |
| 2011 | Li, Haiying | Conitzer, Vincent | High Distinction | Matching Offer in the Provision of Public Goods |
| 2011 | Li, Richard | Sanders, Seth | High Distinction | Welcome to the United States: Self-selection of Puerto Rican Migrants |
| 2011 | Misra, Yamini | Kramer, Randall | Distinction | The Economic Penalty of Dengue |
| 2011 | Mital, Karna | Abdulkadiroglu, Atila | High Distinction | Dynamic Kidney Exchange: Match Quality and the Inclusion of Compatible Pairs |
| 2011 | Ni, Chen | Ridley, David | Distinction | Developing Drugs for Developing Countries |
| 2011 | Nowak, Robert | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | A Stress Test for Global Financial Regulation: The Basel Accord's Role in Mitigating Banking Crises |
| 2011 | Oh, Suanna | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | The Nurture Effect: Like Father, Like Son. What about for an Adopted Child? |
| 2011 | Oprea, Alexandra | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | How will they fare on "Judgement Day"? Reputational Herding in Professional Communities |
| 2011 | Pryor, Johnathan | Goodwin, Craufurd | High Distinction | Winner-Take-All Economics: Professional Inquiry and Public Discourse on Material Inequality. |
| 2011 | Ryu, Angela Minwood | Tauchen, George | Distinction | Beta Estimation Using High Frequency Data |
| 2011 | Say, Rollin | Kranton, Rachel | Distinction | Should I Stay or Should I Go Now (to the Hospital)? |
| 2011 | Schwert, Andrew | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Crisis Period Forecast Evaluation of the DCC-GARCH Model |
| 2011 | Seidel, Steven | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | Incentives in Professional Tennis: Tournament Theory |
| 2011 | Shen, Shih-Kai | Marx, Leslie | High Distinction | Market Power & Reciprocity Among Vertically Integrated Cable Providers |
| 2011 | Silverman, Joshua | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | Incentives in Professional Tennis: Tournament Theory |
| 2011 | Sirenko, Maxim | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Market entry, a vehicle for innovation? |
| 2011 | Varma, Avtar | Marx, Leslie | Research Distinction | Mechanism Design in the Case of Two Objects with the Possibility for Compementarity |
| 2011 | Zhang, Xiaoyue | Falba, Tracy | Distinction | Do Recessions Improve the Teenage Obesity Rate? |
| 2011 | Zhou, Ruijia | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | M&A Multiples and their Link to the Macroeconomic Environment |
| 2011 | Zhu, Yiwen | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | Contagion in Emerging Market Equities |
| 2010 | Amatyakul, Pongpitch | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | The Relationship Between Trading Volume and Jump Processes in Financial Markets |
| 2010 | Benson, David Andrew | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | The Dynamics of Health Care Demand During an Illness Episode |
| 2010 | Bhat, Rashmi | Tarozzi, Alessandro | Distinction | Agricultural Suicides in India: The Role of Rainfall and Relation to Economic Theory |
| 2010 | Borges, Gabriela | Rossi, Barbara | Distinction | Forecasting Global Commodity Prices Using South-American Exchange Rates |
| 2010 | Born, Andrew | Marx, Leslie | High Distinction | Collusion with Three Bidders at First-Price Auctions |
| 2010 | Braykov, Nikolay | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | Do Teenagers Exhibit Rational Expectations About Mortality, Fertility and Education Outcomes? |
| 2010 | Brunell, David | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Do Political Connections Help Firms Gain Access to Bank Credit in Vietnam? |
| 2010 | Casale, Scott | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | Entering the Campus Courtship Culture: Factors that Influence College Students’ Relationship Types |
| 2010 | Coravos, Andrea | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Measuring the Likelihood of Small Business Loan Default: Community Development Institutions and the use of Credit-Scoring to Minimize Default Risk |
| 2010 | Dechert, Michael | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | Improving the Business of Risky Business: An Ex-post Evaluation of VaR’s Statistical Input Assumptions |
| 2010 | Garces, Julia | Miller, Genna | Distinction | Equity-Infused Microfinance: A Collaborative Success |
| 2010 | Gross, Elad | Arcidiacono, Peter | Distinction | The Determinants and Social Benefit of Student Summer Activity: An Analysis of the Determinants of Summer Activity Participation by Elementary and Secondary Students, and the Resulting Social Benefit of Summer Activity Participation on Crime |
| 2010 | Grzybowski, Corinne | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Female Surname Choice: Historical, Cultural, and Branding Influences at Duke University |
| 2010 | Hanson, Caroline | Hotz, V Joseph | High Distinction | Gender, Family Structure, and Unemployment Insurance: Do Gender and Family Structure Affect the Unemployment Spells of Benefit Recipients? |
| 2010 | Hu, Halley | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | The Marital Wage Premium for Men: What is it today, and what is the cause behind it? |
| 2010 | Huang, Ying-Te | Hoover, Kevin | High Distinction | Oil Prices and Monetary Policy: Counterfacultal Monetary Policy Responses to Oil Price Shocks |
| 2010 | Humphrey, Brian | Roberts, James | High Distinction | Forecasting Existing Home Sales Using Google Search Queries |
| 2010 | Jean, Neal | Arcidiacono, Peter | Distinction | Performance Variation in the NBA: Guaranteed Contracts and the Contract Year Phenomenon |
| 2010 | Kazzaz, Zachary | Falba, Tracy | High Distinction | The Effects of Preventative Medicaid Coverage on Avoidable Hospitalizations |
| 2010 | Kindman, Andrew | Becker, Charles | Distinction | Currency Crisis Early Warning Systems: Robust Adjustments to the Signal-Based Approach |
| 2010 | Ku, Ren Yu | Connell, Fullenkamp | High Distinction | A Study of Risk Aversion: Comparing Contestant Behavior on Deal or No Deal |
| 2010 | Lim, Kyung-Gun Sam | Tauchen, George | Distinction | Assessing the Effects of Earnings Surprise on Returns and Volatility with High Frequency Data |
| 2010 | Mahinchai, Montira | Sloan, Frank | Distinction | Determinants of Migration: A Case Study of Nang Rong, Thailand |
| 2010 | Manderscheid, Kristen E. | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Cracking Down on Cartels: An Investigation of Criminal Sentencing |
| 2010 | Martin, John | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | Improving the Business of Risky Business: An Ex-post Evaluation of VaR’s Statistical Input Assumptions |
| 2010 | Min, John | Marx, Leslie | High Distinction | Applied Mechanism Design: Solving for the Optimal Collusive Mechanism for First-Price Auctions |
| 2010 | Ness, Eric | Arcidiacono, Peter | Distinction | Is Defense Decisive? An Examination of the National Football League Salary Structure and Game Outcomes |
| 2010 | Pan, Paul | Goodwin, Craufurd | Distinction | Resolving the Problem of Poverty: A Comparison between the Ideas of Milton Friedman and Alfred Marshall |
| 2010 | Patel, Nishant | Tower, Edward | Distinction | The Effect of IT Hack Announcements on the Market Value of Publicly Traded Corporations |
| 2010 | Pease, Matthew | Kranton, Rachel | Distinction | Decision-Making and Optimal Foraging: Norepinephrine and the Exploration-Exploitation Tradeoff |
| 2010 | Rognlie, Matthew | Tauchen, George | Distinction | Spurious Jump Detection and Intraday Changes in Volatility |
| 2010 | Rothfield, Emily | Timmins, Christopher | Distinction | Solar Photovoltaic Installation in California: Modeling Installation Rate and Policy Implications |
| 2010 | Sawant, Abhinay | Tauchen, George | Distinction | Extreme Value Theory with High-Frequency Financial Data |
| 2010 | Shuler, Kurtis | Roberts, James | Distinction | The Influence of Malpractice Insurance Premiums on Physician Location Decisions |
| 2010 | Song, Derek | Tauchen, George | Distinction | The Distortionary Effects of Market Microstructure Noise on Volatility Forecasts |
| 2010 | Trahey, Alexander | Beresteanu, Arie | Distinction | Software Patents: Patent Portfolios and Firm Survival |
| 2010 | Wang, Irvin | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Rebalancing, Conditional Value-at-Risk, and t-Copula in Asset Allocation |
| 2010 | Wu, Rebecca | Sloan, Frank | Distinction | Tort Reforms and Defensive Practices in Obstetrics |
| 2010 | Zahniser-Word, James | Boyd, Gale | Distinction | Energy Efficiency Through Demand-Side Management: An Examination into the Residential Sector |
| 2010 | Zheng, Perry | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Rebalancing, Conditional Value-at-Risk, and t-Copula in Asset Allocation |
| 2009 | Beard, Evan | Leachman, Lori | Distinction | Fundamental Volatility’s Eect on Asset Volatility |
| 2009 | Berg, Benjamin | Arcidiacono, Peter | High Distinction | Movements in the Digital Divide |
| 2009 | Blanchard, Christopher | Timmins, Christopher | Distinction | The Impact of Rising Gasoline Prices on US Public Transit Ridership |
| 2009 | Bunn, Nicholas | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Assessing Consumer Valuation of Fuel Economy in Auto Markets |
| 2009 | Chang, Chenyu | Timmins, Christopher | Distinction | Gas Prices and Automobile Advertising Expenditures in U.S. Markets |
| 2009 | Covert, Scott | Timmins, Christopher | Distinction | Reconciling the Environmental Kuznets Curve with the Free Rider Problem |
| 2009 | Crable, Alexander | Yildirim, Huseyin | Distinction | Multiparty Bargaining Strategies Comparing Nash Bargaining Payoffs of Bilateral and Multilateral Negotiation Strategies during Conflict Bargaining |
| 2009 | Elliott, Nick | Arcidiacono, Peter | Distinction | The Effect of Exchange Rates on the Performance of Professional Sports Franchises in International Competition |
| 2009 | Fifer, Daniel | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Assessing Consumer Valuation of Fuel Economy in Auto Markets |
| 2009 | Gai, Helin | Yildirim, Huseyin | High Distinction | Soft-Targets and Incentive Compensation in Non-Prot Organizations |
| 2009 | Gu, Tim | Conrad, Robert | Distinction | Oil, Population Growth, and the Resource Curse |
| 2009 | Hamb, Kristin | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | The Significance of Higher Education on the Racial Gap in Marriage Rates |
| 2009 | Houghton, Daniel | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Cell Phones and Cattle: The Impact of Mobile Telephony on Agricultural Productivity in Developing Nations |
| 2009 | Iglesias, Samuel | Weintraub, E. Roy | Distinction | The Miscommunications and Misunderstandings of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen |
| 2009 | Iyer, Tara | Tarozzi, Alessandro | High Distinction | Is Public Expenditure on Primary Education Effective? Evidence from Districts Across India |
| 2009 | Jansen, Brian | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | Testing the Relationship between Oil Equities and Oil Futures with High-Frequency Data: A Look at Returns, Jumps, and Volatility |
| 2009 | Johnson, Matt | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | Do Medical Malpractice Reforms Affect Health Care Costs and Outcomes? |
| 2009 | Lam, Lisa | Yildirim, Huseyin | High Distinction | Individual Incentives within Team Competitions |
| 2009 | Lamba, Zoravar | Tauchen, George | Distinction | An Investigation into the Interdependency of the Volatility of Technology Stocks |
| 2009 | Lancaster, Chase | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | Rational Lifetime Investment Strategies: Gender Differences in the Allocation of Assets in Retirement Savings Plans |
| 2009 | Li, Alex | Yildirim, Huseyin | High Distinction | A Bargaining Theory of the “Edwards’ Effect” in the 2007-8 Democratic Presidential Primary |
| 2009 | Lin, Austin | Kimbrough, Kent | Distinction | A Model of Speculative Attacks and Devaluations in Korea and Indonesia |
| 2009 | Liu, Kassity | Yildirim, Huseyin | Distinction | Bundling Donations to Charity with Product Purchases: A Business Incentives Model |
| 2009 | Lohrman, Jessica | Yildirim, Huseyin | High Distinction | Caught Red-Handed: Corporate Labor Practices and the Investigatory Media, a New Look at Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 2009 | McKenzie, Scott | Ariely, Dan | Distinction | Driven to Cheat: A Study on the Drivers of Dishonesty—through the Game of Golf |
| 2009 | Melnick, James | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Leveraging the American Dream: Explaining the Shift Towards Mortgage Debt since the 1970’s |
| 2009 | Miller, Ryan | Tower, Edward | High Distinction | The Determinants of Congressional Voting on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 |
| 2009 | Montupet, James | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Leveraging the American Dream: Explaining the Shift Towards Mortgage Debt since the 1970’s |
| 2009 | Moore, Matthew | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Contagion in Risk Markets |
| 2009 | Murray, Sara | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Valuing Localized Externalities: Hog Operations in North Carolina |
| 2009 | Raj, Anubhav | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | Rational Lifetime Investment Strategies: Gender Differences in the Allocation of Assets in Retirement Savings Plans |
| 2009 | Schulhof, James | Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Contagion in Risk Markets |
| 2009 | Schwert, Michael | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | Hop, Skip and Jump – What Are Modern “Jump” Tests Finding in Stock Returns? |
| 2009 | Seeley, Caleb | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | Seasonal Volatility of Corn Futures Prices |
| 2009 | Smith, Allison | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Does the Quality of Public Transit Affect Commuters’ Response to Gasoline Price Changes? |
| 2009 | Tilley, Alexander | Curtis, Lesley | Distinction | Homelessness: A Preliminary Evaluation of an Effort to End Homelessness Durham County, NC |
| 2009 | Tormey, Griffin | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Does the NBA Encourage Early Entry? |
| 2009 | Trombold, Nick | Yildirim, Huseyin | High Distinction | Managing Crises with Vague Information...Just a Suggestion |
| 2009 | Tutt, Andrew | Yildirim, Huseyin | High Distinction | A Theory of Optimal Sick Pay |
| 2009 | Wang, Alex | Hoover, Kevin | Distinction | Causal Inference and Understanding Causal Structure |
| 2009 | Wang, Haoming | Tauchen, George | Distinction | The Impact of Sector and Market Variance on Individual Equity Variance |
| 2009 | Wibulpolprasert, Wichsinee | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Wife’s labor supply and marital dissolution: evidence from the NLSY79 |
| 2009 | Yao, Lydia | Yildirim, Huseyin | High Distinction | The Thought That Counts: Towards a Rational Theory of Gift-Giving |
| 2009 | Zhu, Guangyuan | Yildirim, Huseyin | High Distinction | Building Quality in Wikipedia: A Theoretical Approach |
| 2008 | Andreev, Aleksandr | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Assessing Disability Rates in the Russian Federation |
| 2008 | Aten, Thomas | Weintraub, E. Roy | Distinction | Joseph J. Apengler on Malthus |
| 2008 | Bacharova, Elena | Kimbrough, Kent | Distinction | The Debt Laffer Curve: Estimates for 1990-2005 |
| 2008 | Bisarya, Megha | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Merrill Lynch Consults: An Analysis of Performance |
| 2008 | Bollerslev, Tasha | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | Intrest Rate Swaptions |
| 2008 | Choi, Brian | Yildirim, Huseyin | Distinction | Analysis of Free-riding Effects and Dynamics in P2P Network in a Game-Theoretical Framework |
| 2008 | Cook, Daniel | Peretto, Pietro | High Distinction | Cap or Tax: A Theoretical Treatment |
| 2008 | Davis, William | Tauchen, George | Distinction | Jump Detection Statistics for use on High-Frequency Stock Data |
| 2008 | Donnelly, Katelyn | Tower, Edward | High Distinction | Time Zone Arbitrage |
| 2008 | Fradkin, Andrey | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | A Comparative Study of the International Content of Implied Volatiling |
| 2008 | Garver, David | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Comparison between Fundamental Indexation and other Traditional Indexation Techniques |
| 2008 | Gross, Adam | Burnside, Craig | High Distinction | China’s Capital Controls and Real Equilibrium Exchange Rate |
| 2008 | Harris, Michael | Nechyba, Thomas | High Distinction | Enrollment Trends in Public High Schools and their Implications |
| 2008 | Jandl, Brooke | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | Allocation of Individual Parent’s Resources and Child Outcomes |
| 2008 | Jones, Amanda | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | Allocation of Individual Parent’s Resources and Child Outcomes |
| 2008 | Kaplan, Valerie | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | The Effect of Family Income in Teen Risky Sexual Behavior |
| 2008 | Kazdin, Joshua | Leachman, Lori | Distinction | Institutions, Property Rights and Economic Growth |
| 2008 | Kuritsky, Michael | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | Interest Rate Swaptions |
| 2008 | McLaughlin, Caitlin | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | The Effect of Family Income in Teen Risky Sexual Behavior |
| 2008 | Parekh, Ashni | Kimbrough, Kent | High Distinction | Variations in the Productive Effects of Government Spending in India |
| 2008 | Philpot, Edward | Graham, Daniel | High Distinction | Microeconomic Models |
| 2008 | Pu, Daniel | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | The Effect of Maternal Employment on Child Achievement |
| 2008 | Raymond, Stephen | Grabowski, Henry | High Distinction | The Role of Strategic Alliances and Mergers in the Biotechnology Industry |
| 2008 | Slattery, Paul | Goodwin, Craufurd | Distinction | Contemporary History of Experimental Economics: Market Experimentation |
| 2008 | Sloyer, Michael | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | Correlations in the Financial Markets |
| 2008 | Sperber, Matthew | Kimbrough, Kent | High Distinction | Predicting Financial Crises: A Case Study of India |
| 2008 | Sun, Karin | Connolly, Michelle | High Distinction | Role of Commodity Sanctions in Resolution of African Civil Wars |
| 2008 | Sutherland, Sarah | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Effect of Abortion Restrictions on Foster Care Entry Rates |
| 2008 | Thatchenkery, Sruthi | Beresteanu, Arie | High Distinction | Estimating a Demand Function for Hybrid Cars |
| 2008 | Tolkin, Ryan | Rasiel, Emma | High Distinction | Correlations in the Financial Markets |
| 2008 | Van Tassel, Peter | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | Intraday Jump Components in Equity Returns |
| 2007 | Aldrich, Angela | Eraker, Bjorn | Distinction | Can Investors Trade Profitably Based on E-mail Spam? |
| 2007 | Banerjee, Arup | Arcidiacono, Peter | Distinction | Occupational Segregation and Gender Earnings Differentials in Slovenia |
| 2007 | Baum, Daniel | Miller, Genna | High Distinction | Cultural Capital in Ghana |
| 2007 | Blank, Simon | Tower, Edward | High Distinction | Congressional Voting on the Secure Fences Act of 2006: Political Posturing Overshadows Campaign Contributions |
| 2007 | Dilmener, Randa | Yildirim, Huseyin | High Distinction | A Theory of Evacuation as a Coordination Problem |
| 2007 | Fan, Luyuan | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Assessing the Performance of Actively Managed Global Funds |
| 2007 | Francis, Karen | De Marchi, Neil | Distinction | A Superstar Dreaming: An Economic Analysis of the Aboriginal Desert Paintings Market |
| 2007 | Hankey, Ashlyn | Tower, Edward | Distinction | How Do Campaign Contributions from Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Influence Senator’s Policy Decisions? |
| 2007 | Ho, Ying Chiat | Tower, Edward | Distinction | A Case Study on the Informational Role of Future Markets: Can Weather Futures Forecast Electricity Consumption? |
| 2007 | Jaswal, Arjun | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Multi-Variable Regression Analysis for the Prediction of Equity Returns over 10 Year Periods |
| 2007 | Krushna Kumaar, Amrith | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Book-building versus Auctions: An Investigation into which IPO Pricing and Selling Method More Effectively Promotes the Aims of an IPO Issuer |
| 2007 | LaFata, Stephen | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | Maternal Labor Decisions and the Effects on Adolescence Risky Behavior |
| 2007 | Lai, Claudia | Graham, Daniel | Distinction | Strategic Behavior Online Auctions: An Analysis Sniping |
| 2007 | Lam, Serena | Ellickson, Paul | High Distinction | An Empirical Study of the Anticommons Effect on Public vs. Private Researchers |
| 2007 | Law, Tzuo-Hann | Tauchen, George | High Distinction | The Elusiveness of Systematic Jumps |
| 2007 | Leal, Eddy | Nechyba, Thomas | High Distinction | Public Education in Puerto Rico: Does Class Size Matter? |
| 2007 | Lefty, David | Tower, Edward | Distinction | The Closed-End Fund Puzzle: A Cross Sectional Analysis of U.S. Closed-End Fund Discounts |
| 2007 | Lin, Christopher | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Corporate Swap Use and Its Effect on the Swap Spreads |
| 2007 | Mattison, Ryan | Becker, Charles | High Distinction | Residential Segregation in North Carolina: A Statewide Analysis of Behavior and Causation in Sub-Metropolitan Cities |
| 2007 | McNabb, Leland | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | Public Policies and Private Decisions: An Analysis of the Effects of Abortion Restriction on Minors’ Contraception Behavior |
| 2007 | Nowobilski, Andrew | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | Running from Money? The Puzzle of Bars and Liquor Stores Locating in Black Neighborhoods |
| 2007 | Patla, Tyler | Tower, Edward | High Distinction | The Effect of Market Structure on Pricing Efficiency: An Empirical Study of Sports Betting Markets |
| 2007 | Poulos, Theresa | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | Modern ART: Determining a Couple’s Most Cost Effective Embryo Transfer Decision |
| 2007 | Stanley, Michael | Tauchen, George | Distinction | High Frequency Jump Characteristics of Financial Asset Prices |
| 2007 | Vickery, John | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | Describing Interracial Marriages and What They Convey Regarding Race Relations in America |
| 2007 | Walter, Collin | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | The Relationship Between Temperature and Fertility |
| 2007 | Zang, Jiexian | Weinberg, Stephen | Distinction | Momentum and Reversals in the Chinese Stock Market |
| 2006 | Abetti, Pauline | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Congressional Voting on DR-CAFTA |
| 2006 | Ackermann, Jeffrey | Barbarino, Alessandro | Distinction | Price Discrimination and the Internet: A look at the changing face of the college textbook industry |
| 2006 | Agarwal, Shivum | Leachman, Lori | Distinction | Comparative Cost Outcomes between Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery versus Drug Eluting Coronary Artery Stinting |
| 2006 | Delgado, Veronica | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Does Quantity Affect Quality? The Effects of Sibship Size and Birth Order on Educational Attainment |
| 2006 | Donahue, Mark | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Technological Diffusion: A Test of Spillover Symmetry |
| 2006 | Fadia, Ankur | Cook, Philip | High Distinction | Federal Excise Taxes and the U.S. Beer Industry’s Three-Tier System of Distribution: Do beer manufacturers benefit from federal excise taxes? |
| 2006 | Fisher, Katherine | McElroy, Marjorie | Distinction | Assessing Abortion: The impact of legalized abortion on the welfare of American women |
| 2006 | Fleegler, Ethan | Leachman, Lori | Distinction | The Twin Deficits Revisited: A cross-country, empirical approach |
| 2006 | Horowitz, Michael | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | Did Unilateral Divorce Laws and No-Fault Divorce Laws Raise Divorce Rates? |
| 2006 | Hu, Xinfeng | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Efficiency of IPO Offering Techniques: Theoretical framework and empirical results for U.S. and Chinese new issues |
| 2006 | Isenstadt, Jill | Connolly, Michelle | Distinction | Courting Foreign Investment? Regulatory Lessons from Argentina's Water Sector |
| 2006 | Kang, Jennifer | Sloan, Frank | High Distinction | Defensive Medicine in Cardiology: Does it exist? |
| 2006 | Keever, Melissa | Timmins, Christopher | Distinction | The Financial Impact of the Oil Pollution Act: Do the penalties resulting from oil spills fulfill the purpose of OPA? |
| 2006 | Lee, Jeffrey | McElroy, Marjorie | High Distinction | The Effects of SCHIP Expansions on Family Structure |
| 2006 | Low, Corinne | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | The Sengalese Experience: Rethinking fertility for highly religious societies |
| 2006 | Petrilli, Danielle | Goodwin, Craufurd | Distinction | Understanding the Role of the Arts & Women in the Economy: The contributions of creative literature |
| 2006 | Syn, Laura | Timmins, Christopher | High Distinction | Combating Congestion: An expansion of bus routing and the congestion tax |
| 2006 | Vickers, Steven | Schmitt- Grohé, Stephanie | High Distinction | Could the Kaminsky-Reinhart Model Have Predicted the 2002 Uruguayan Currency and Banking Crises? |
| 2006 | Voytov, Ilya | De Marchi, Neil | High Distinction | Information Content of Auction Estimates: An empirical analysis of aboriginal art sales |
| 2006 | Wang, Huanjie | Schmitt- Grohé, Stephanie | High Distinction | Measuring Capital Mobility in China: Would we have a chance to change it later? |
| 2006 | Wiles, Joel | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | Mixed Strategy Equilibrium in Tennis Serves |
| 2005 | Adnan, Wifag | Becker, Charles | Distinction | The Influence of Class and Ethno-religious Identity on Voting Strategies: A Case of the Palestinian Minority in Israel |
| 2005 | Artiganave, Antoine P.J. | Goodwin, Craufurd | Distinction | The Good Life in the History of Economic Thought |
| 2005 | Ben-Dor, Roy | Knoeber, Charles | Distinction | Time Well Spent? An Economic Rationale for the Negotiation of Non-disclosure Agreements in a Corporate Finance Buy/Sell Process |
| 2005 | Cheng, Jack | Willis, Richard & Rasiel, Emma | Distinction | Testing Justifications for the Global Research Analyst Settlement |
| 2005 | Conforti, McCormick | Bajari, Patrick | Distinction | Economics of Baseball Superstars: Does Rosen’s Theory Hold True in the Baseball Labor Market? |
| 2005 | Deng, Yuanshu | De Marchi, Neil | High Distinction | Another Pricey European Import? An Economic Analysis of the Artist’s Resale Right |
| 2005 | Gan, Ailian | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | The Impact of Public Scrutiny on Corporate Philanthropy |
| 2005 | Lala, Aneil P. | Leachman, Lori | Distinction | Intertemporal Budgeting and Sustainability: The Case of Australia, India, and Japan (Using the Multicointegration Approach) |
| 2005 | Lauro, Christine | Weintraub, E. Roy | Distinction | Gary S. Becker in Context(s) |
| 2005 | Lee, Shiying | Fullenkamp, Connel | High Distinction | Financial Market Development: Does Financial Liberalization Induce Regulatory Governance Reform? |
| 2005 | Luo, Alice | Burnside, Craig | Distinction | Recent Currency Crises in Context: Do Past Indicators Still Apply? |
| 2005 | McCready, Daniel K. | Ladd, Helen | Distinction | Explaining Rate of Return to Schooling in Three South American Countries |
| 2005 | Merritt Heath, Rachel | Tarozzi, Alessandro | High Distinction | Explaining Racial Wage Disparity in Bolivia |
| 2005 | Narasimhan, Sripriya | Leachman, Lori | Distinction | High Octane Fuels for Economic Growth: Trade Openness and Financial Market Development |
| 2005 | Saad, James Gordon | Kimbrough, Kent | Distinction | A Rule for Liquidity Trap Escape with Application to the Japanese Recession |
| 2004 | Adams, Michael C. | Tower, Edward | Distinction | The Effects of Campaign Contributions and the Distribution of Senior Citizens on The House vote on the Pharmaceutical Market Access Act |
| 2004 | Bhartiya, Wagish | Massey, Cade | Distinction | Compensation, Free Agency, and Future Performance in the NFL: A Market Analysis |
| 2004 | Carlitz, Ruth D. | Tarozzi, Alessandro | High Distinction | Patterns of AIDS Awareness in Southern Africa: Examining the Role of Social Capital |
| 2004 | Chang, Christina Yi-Ping | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Does Corporate Giving Raise Firm Value? |
| 2004 | De Roo, Julie Caroline | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Euro Impact on Trade in Adopting and Non-Adopting Countries |
| 2004 | Faraguna, Janet Ann | Hagy, Alison | Distinction | Social Networks and the Labor Market: How College Activities Affect First Job Outcomes |
| 2004 | Green, Brett Samuel | Taylor, Curtis | High Distinction | Favoritism in Auctions: Preferential Trading Relationships between Long Run Players in Repeated Auctions |
| 2004 | Hasson, Lauren Randa | Lewis, Tracy | High Distinction | Horizontal Licensing: A Strategic Tool for Joint Profit Maximization |
| 2004 | Izzo, Paul John | Tower, Edward | Distinction | Diversifying Among the Most Concrete of Assets: An Analysis of the Optimal Direct U.S. Real Estate Investment Portfolio |
| 2004 | Khan, Amir Akram | Goodwin, Craufurd | Distinction | The Use of Economics in the United States Government – A Study of US Imposed Sanctions on South Africa |
| 2004 | Mann, Theodore David Dexter | Ellickson, Paul | Distinction | Market Power and Product Differentiation in the Market for Major League Baseball Players |
| 2004 | Musselwhite, Janice Lieve | Fullenkamp, Connel | Distinction | Discrepancies in Valuation of Current Liability Obligations of Pension Plans and the Related Implications |
| 2004 | Newmark, Kathryn Grace | Bajari, Patrick | High Distinction | The Effect of Charter Schools on Student Achievement in North Carolina |
| 2004 | Winniford, Marc Darren | Bollerslev, Tim | High Distinction | Real Estate Investment Trusts and Seasonal Volatility: A Periodic GARCH Approach |
| 2003 | Bartz, Steven | Vernon, John | N/A | Rising Pharmaceutical Prices & The Role Of Advertisements |
| 2003 | Bertics, Michael | Goodwin, Craufurd | N/A | The History of the Ethics of Normative Distribution Theory |
| 2003 | Choudhury, Navid | Tower, Edward | N/A | Predicting Equity Returns for 37 Countries Via Dividend Yields |
| 2003 | Dickinson, Patrick | Fullenkamp, Connel | N/A | Implied Volatility Patterns and the Dot-Com Crash: A Repeat of the 1987 Stock Market Crash Phenomenon |
| 2003 | Doerr, Jessica | Tower, Edward | N/A | The Impact Of U.S. Agricultural Subsidies On The Viability Of Crop Substituion In The Andes |
| 2003 | Eng, Henry | Tower, Edward | N/A | An Empirical Devaluation Model of the Mexican Peso |
| 2003 | English, William | Weintraub, E. Roy | N/A | Orthodox Dissent and Epistemology: State/Economy Relations & the Critical Perspectives of Austrians & the Catholic Social Encyclical Tradition |
| 2003 | Greene, Jonathan | Goodwin, Craufurd | N/A | Finding a Niche: A Brief History of the Idea of Unproductive Labor |
| 2003 | Kamody, Jasi | Ladd, Helen | N/A | Women & Quality In American Public Education |
| 2003 | Liang, Vera | Tower, Edward | N/A | The Chinese Informal Labor Market and the Hukou System: Its Origin, Implementation, and Social Consequences for Migrating Rural Women |
| 2003 | Maine, Pamela | McElroy, Marjorie | N/A | Does The Family Investment Model hold for Married Hispanic Immigrants to the United States? |
| 2003 | Molchanov, Pavel | Tower, Edward | N/A | A Statistical Analysis of OPEC Quota Violations |
| 2003 | Morgan, Jeremy | Tower, Edward | N/A | Power and Money: Congressional Commitee Assignments and Campaign Contributions |
| 2003 | Perskie, Emily | Tower, Edward | N/A | Diversifying among Hedge Fund Strategies: An Alternative Frontier |
| 2003 | Reinker, Kenneth | Tower, Edward | N/A | Where Should You Put Your Money? : Two Essays On Capital Markets |
| 2003 | Topak, Serdar | Tower, Edward | N/A | The Panorama Of The East Asian & Russian Crises & The IMF's Role Therein |
| 2003 | Vepuri, Kalyan | Taylor, Curtis | N/A | The Viability Of Hybrid Electric Vehicles In The U.S. Auto Market |
