2025 DMP Theses

Best Distinguished Major Thesis Award: Allison Salata

• Unintended Consequences of Statewide, Mandatory MLTSS Implementation: Evidence of Increased Informal Care Provision by Ravza Aykan
• Piecing Together the Puzzle: The Economic Frictions that Explain the Inconsistent Relationship Between Tariffs and Inequality by Ryan Brady
• The Roots We Reap: The Legacy of Slavery and Contemporary Environmental Inequality by Margaret Doyle
• Rethinking School Leadership: Are Soft Skills a Missing Element in Effective School Leadership? by Alexandra Gagnon
• Pricing with Incomplete information and segmented audiences: How much would you pay for lucky numbers? by Yingying Elisa Hu
• The Impact of Automation Risk on Union Membership By Ben Kim
• Trade in Appliances and the Supply of Women’s Labor: Evidence from developing countries by Christopher Miller
• Driving Toward Collusion: Accounting for Carbon Emissions in Welfare Models of the US Automobile Industry by Allison Salata
• When Training Falls Short: Schmeduling in Economic Decision-Making by Juliette Sellgren
• Cap-and-trade, clean energy, and negative leakage: State-level evidence from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative by Ezgi Stump
• Determinants of Cannabis Risk Perception and Consumption Choices by Natasha Swindle
• Facing the Facts: The Efficacy of Police Facial Recognition Technology by Davis Taliaferro
• Z is for Zoning: An Examination of the Heterogeneous Effects of Land-Use Regulation Changes on Housing Prices by Joseph Thoburn
• Navigating the Crossroads: Understanding Major Choices of First-Generation Students by Lillian Zhu