Minnesota Economic Association

2020 Undergraduate Student Paper Contest Winners

Senior Thesis

First Place

Noam Benkler, Carleton College
“Do Biometric Smartcards Help the Neediest Most? Evidence From a Large Scale Field Study in Andhra Pradesh”
Advisor: Faress Bhuiyan

Second Place

Camille Baker, Macalester College
“The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Social-Safety-Net Dependence Over Time”
Advisor: Sarah West

Third Place

Will Macheel, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
“The Political Economy of State-Level Social Cost of Carbon Policy”
Advisor: Pamela Smith

Term Paper

First Place

Aidan Toner-Rodgers, Macalester College
“Natural Disasters and FDI: Evidence from India”
Advisor: Amy Damon

Second Place

Tianrui Liu, Macalester College
“The Effects of Access to Clean Water and Sanitation on Household Healthcare Expenditure: Evidence from the Philippines”
Advisor: Amy Damon

Third Place

Elizabeth Kula, St. Catherine University
“The Effect of Unemployment on the Decision to Enter the Illegal Ivory Trade”
Advisor: Kristine West

Communications

First Place

Andrew Argeros, Ryan Brauer and Jake Dujmovic, Hamline University
“MLB Team Success: Offense vs. Defense”
Advisor: Stacie Bosley

Second Place

Briana Berninghaus,Lindsey Hawk and Devon Stuhlsatz, Hamline University
“State Characteristics & Carbon Emissions”
Advisor: Stacie Bosley

Third Place

Isabel Pastoor, St. Catherine University
“The One-Child Policy and Reproductive Justice: Son Preference, Sex Selection, Violence and Demography”
Advisor: Kristine West