Minnesota Economic Association
2004 Undergraduate Student Paper Contest Winners
Senior Thesis
First Place
Giang Ho, Macalester College
"Rural Credit Markets in Vietnam: Theory and Practice"
Advisors: Gary Krueger and Vasant Sukhatme
Second Place
Kristina Kappmeyer, Winona State University
"Determinants of Asset Prices, Testing For Stock Market Overvaluation,
and the Role of Monetary Policy"
Advisor: Don Salyards
Third Place
Stacey L. Sogard, Hamline University
"Undergraduate Debt and The Propensity To Pursue Post Baccalaureate Education"
Advisor: Fahima Aziz
Term
First Place
Matija Vodopivec, Macalester College
"Do Privatized and Newly Created Firms Have Higher Levels of Productivity? Evidence from Slovenia"
Advisor: Gary Krueger
Second Place
Jeremy Schultz, Carleton College
"Interpreting 'Good' and 'Bad' News Signals:
The Effects of Divdend Initiations on Stock Price Returns"
Advisor: Stephen Strand
Third Place
Martins Blums,
Macalester College
"D-Score: Bankruptcy Prediction Model for Middle Market Public Firms"
Advisor: Gary Krueger