Several economics majors attended the Eastern Economics Association’s annual conference in Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 24-26th. The students, Allison Genco, Ian Hull, Michael Koslow, Erika Lamanna, Abbey Lepley and Ryan Quinn, participated in the undergraduate sessions, five of whom made presentations of their research. Their paper titles are given below:
“Is the Washington Consensus to Blame for Rising Income Inequality?” Allison Genco, Elon University
“The community influence: An expansion of high school dropout theory in the mid-Atlantic Region” Ian Hull, Elon University
“The Effects of Non-Participatory Characteristics: The Case of Lift-Tickets”
Michael Koslow, Elon University
“Do Migrant Remittances Impact Attained Education Levels?” Abbey Lepley, Elon University
“Venture Capital and Corruption: Why Venture Capitalists choose to invest in China over the U.S.” Ryan Quinn, Elon University
Other participants included undergraduate students from American University, Austin College, Sweet Briar College, Smith College, College of Wooster, University of Mary Washington, Buffalo State College, Minnesota State University-Moorhead, Albright College, SUNY Potsdam and West Chester University.
The eight undergraduate research sessions at the conference were sponsored by Issues in Political Economy, the undergraduate research journal published jointly by the University of Mary Washington and Elon. Elon students have participated in this conference for 10 straight years.