The Economics Department awarded the following three students from the Class of 2015 with awards:

Marshall-Keynes Award for Excellence in Economics:  Mia Goldstone
Awarded by the department to the senior with the strongest, sustained performance in analytical economics.

Chi-Ming Hou Award for Excellence in International Economics: Sagar Saxena
Established by past and present department members in honor of the late Chi-Ming Hou, who was a member of the Colgate economics department from 1956 to 1991, for outstanding achievement in International economics.

J. Melbourne Shortliffe Prizes: Kenzie Hume
Established in honor of the late J. Melbourne Shortliffe, chair of the economics department emeritus, and awarded to outstanding graduating seniors who have concentrated in economics.

The broadcast is available here. Congratulations to our award winners!

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The following ten students from the Class of 2015 have earned the honors designation in the Economics Department after successfully completing their honors thesis (two of which earned high honors):

Kathy Chao, ” The Political Economy of the Second Migration: Fair Employment Laws and Black Interstate Migration Decisions, 1940-1970” (Faculty sponsor: Michael Haines).

Mia Goldstone, “Access to Healthcare and Obesity: An International Investigation of Healthcare Systems” (Faculty sponsor: Jyoti Khanna).

Wesley Gross, “The Extent of Income Disparities Based on the Intersections of Race, Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Education” (Faculty sponsor: Michael O’Hara).

Kenzie Hume, “Chilean Economic Growth and Mapuche Integration” (Faculty sponsors: Jay Mandle and Michael O’Hara).

Ayman Khondker, “The Factors Affecting the Yield of International Students at a Private Liberal Arts University” (Faculty sponsor: Nicole Simpson).

Matthew Knowles, “The Effect of the National Input Voucher Scheme on the Technical Efficiency of Rural Farmers in Tanzania” (Faculty sponsor: Ben Anderson).

Lydia Mesler, “A Bank-Level Analysis of Regulation Q and Commercial Bank Portfolio Risks” (Faculty sponsor: Matt Jaremski). High Honors.

Zach Pitkowsky, “A Production Function of Chronic Diseases” (Faculty sponsor: Jyoti Khanna).

Sagar Saxena, “Separation & Satisfaction: Evidence from Korea” (Faculty sponsor: Takao Kato). High Honors.

Tianyi Wang, “Industrial Output and Air Pollutant Emissions: A Study of Chinese Cities” (Faculty sponsor: Jay Mandle).

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The Economics faculty and seniors played a softball game and enjoyed the beautiful May weather this week.  Good food and a few laughs provided a nice finals week break for all.

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