Deibler Award Winners
Amanda Brown
Thesis title:
Do ABCs Really Matter? The Efficacy of Alcohol Regulation
Ziyue Chen
Thesis title:
Explaining Stock Prices Pre- and Post-Pandemic
What are your plans post-graduation?
Be a consultant while figuring out whether I want to do a PhD.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
381-2 and 327 are the best! Large workload but totally worth it!
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Finishing the thesis and seeing it being recognized by prestigious professors.
Nina Fridman
What are your plans post-graduation?
I will be working as an analyst at an economic consulting firm in Chicago.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
I won the 2022 American Debate Association’s national championship tournament along with my debate partner for Northwestern’s policy debate team.
Sinian (Tony) Hao
Thesis title:
The Effect of Childbirth on Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies.
What are your plans post-graduation?
I will work as an Analyst at Analysis Group in Chicago.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Taking IO with Prof Porter, macro With Prof Eichenbaum, and development with Prof Beaman!
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Finishing my thesis and trying out first year PhD classes!
Marina Siqueira
Thesis title:
The Effect of Horizontal Mergers in Differentiated Markets on Product Assortment
What are your plans post-graduation?
IB Healthcare Bank of America NYC!! really excited :)))
Eisner Award Winners
Chalinee (Bam) Charoenwong
Thesis title:
The Impact of State-of-emergency Declarations and Stay-at-home Orders on Grocery Foot Traffic During COVID-19
Coen Award Winners
Ziyue Chen
Thesis title:
Explaining Stock Prices Pre- and Post-Pandemic
What are your plans post-graduation?
Be a consultant while figuring out whether I want to do a PhD.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
381-2 and 327 are the best! Large workload but totally worth it!
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Finishing the thesis and seeing it being recognized by prestigious professors.
Caroline Forbess
Thesis title:
Learning Loss and COVID-19: Pandemic Schooling Mode for U.S. Public Schools and Student Test Scores
Brendan Gibson
Thesis title:
The Influence of Species Attractiveness on Biodiversity Conservation Research Efforts
Ethan Nourbash
Thesis title:
How Remote Work Will Reshape Our Cities: Exploring the Heterogeneity in Pandemic-Era Urban Housing Price Changes
What are your plans post-graduation?
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Taking learning about RBC models with Marty Eichenbaum.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Co-authoring a research paper.
Prasshanth Sagar
Thesis title:
The Growth Process in Emerging East Asian Economies
What are your plans post-graduation?
Looking for a role at PETRONAS and exploring graduate school opportunities.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Prof Gordon’s wrap-up session on the world wars in cinema lingo (ECON 106) and Prof Walker’s lecture on China (ECON 362)! Can’t choose between the two!
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Completing a macroeconomics thesis on Southeast Asian (including Malaysian) development under Prof. Gordon’s tutelage!
Aarushi Seth
Thesis title:
Demystifying CR Grades: A Study of Flexible Academic Policies in the Time of COVID-19
Marina Siqueira
Thesis title:
The Effect of Horizontal Mergers in Differentiated Markets on Product Assortment
What are your plans post-graduation?
IB Healthcare Bank of America NYC!! really excited :)))
BA/MA Recipients
Ziyue Chen
Thesis title:
Explaining Stock Prices Pre- and Post-Pandemic
What are your plans post-graduation?
Be a consultant while figuring out whether I want to do a PhD.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
381-2 and 327 are the best! Large workload but totally worth it!
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Finishing the thesis and seeing it being recognized by prestigious professors.
Sinian (Tony) Hao
Thesis title:
The Effect of Childbirth on Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies.
What are your plans post-graduation?
I will work as an Analyst at Analysis Group in Chicago.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Taking IO with Prof Porter, macro With Prof Eichenbaum, and development with Prof Beaman!
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Finishing my thesis and trying out first year PhD classes!
Andrew Hinchberger
Thesis title:
Feasibility of Grid-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems: Simulation Evidence from the California Electricity Market
What are your plans post-graduation?
Predoctoral RAship at Wharton in Energy/Environment/Development Economics.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Running the Econ Bowl for the Northwestern Economics Tournament.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Completing my thesis defense with nothing but glowing reviews from the committee.
Tianshi Wang
Thesis title:
Economic Growth, Income Inequality, and Intergenerational Mobility
Honors Recipients
Imayavaramban (Imai) Anabayan
Thesis title:
The Impact of Digitalization: What Can Technology Adoption Tell Us about the International Economic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Marina Augusta Araujo De Siqueira
Thesis title:
The Effect of Horizontal Mergers in Differentiated Markets on Product Assortment
Amanda Brown
Thesis title:
Do ABCs Really Matter? The Efficacy of Alcohol Regulation
Chris Bull
Thesis title:
Investigating the Relationship Between Homeownership and Land Use Regulation
What are your plans post-graduation?
I will be starting work in Chicago as an Analyst on the Data Science track at AArete Consulting.
Chalinee (Bam) Charoenwong
Thesis title:
The Impact of State-of-emergency Declarations and Stay-at-home Orders on Grocery Foot Traffic During COVID-19
Ziyue Chen
Thesis title:
Explaining Stock Prices Pre- and Post-Pandemic
What are your plans post-graduation?
Be a consultant while figuring out whether I want to do a PhD.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
381-2 and 327 are the best! Large workload but totally worth it!
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Finishing the thesis and seeing it being recognized by prestigious professors.
Jacob Denberg
Thesis title:
Assessing the Efficacy of Environmental Impact Labels on Consumers’ Willingness to Pay
What are your plans post-graduation?
I’m moving to New York City to do ESG research at Sustainable Fitch.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
When Professor Witte gave half the class fireworks to teach us about the discrepancies between WTP and WTA.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Being part of the half the class that received the fireworks!
Alexandra Farmer
Thesis title:
US-UK Political Alignment and Market Jumps
Yasmeena Faycurry
Thesis title:
Location Modeling: Where to position TikTok videos in the food and travel market to optimize for views
What are your plans post-graduation?
Working in venture capital at Chicago Ventures.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Writing my honors thesis – it was one of my most challenging academic experiences, and I feel that I grew incredibly from it.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Competing in VentureCat.
Caroline Forbess
Thesis title:
Learning Loss and COVID-19: Pandemic Schooling Mode for U.S. Public Schools and Student Test Scores
Myles Friedman
Thesis title:
Taxing Airbnb: A Boston Case Study
Ruichen Gao
Thesis title:
The Impact of Wage Spending on Team Performance in Soccer: Evidence From the Premier League, 2000-2019
Brendan Gibson
Thesis title:
The Influence of Species Attractiveness on Biodiversity Conservation Research Efforts
Sinian (Tony) Hao
Thesis title:
The Effect of Childbirth on Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies.
What are your plans post-graduation?
I will work as an Analyst at Analysis Group in Chicago.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Taking IO with Prof Porter, macro With Prof Eichenbaum, and development with Prof Beaman!
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Finishing my thesis and trying out first year PhD classes!
Andrew Hinchberger
Thesis title:
Feasibility of Grid-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems: Simulation Evidence from the California Electricity Market
What are your plans post-graduation?
Predoctoral RAship at Wharton in Energy/Environment/Development Economics.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Running the Econ Bowl for the Northwestern Economics Tournament.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Completing my thesis defense with nothing but glowing reviews from the committee.
Noah Holubow
Thesis title:
Did the Cournot paradox apply to the merger of American Airlines & US Airways?
What are your plans post-graduation?
I will begin my career as an Associate at PwC’s Strategy& group in Chicago.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
My favorite ECON memory is all the stories and lectures from Professor Eric Schulz’s behavioral class.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
My proudest achievement is writing my senior honors thesis in Economics on airline mergers because it was the culmination of all of my academic pursuits (major, minors, etc.) and dealt with a topic that is a passion of mine.
Di (Cara) Hu
Thesis title:
How do different factors affect the probability of SPAC merger success after it enters a Definitive Agreement?
What are your plans post-graduation?
Career: Full time job in growth equity industry. Self: learn French, practice piano, try to start a band when timing is right, volunteer in Africa.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Took Econ of family and environmental economics.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Non-stoppable self-exploration.
Eva Jacobs
Thesis title:
Option-Implied Skewness in Meme Stocks
Minsoo Kang
Thesis title:
Transmission of US Stock Market Shocks: Comparison Across Time, Causes, and Journalistic Certainty
John Ma
Thesis title:
Misallocation, Decentralization, and Growth in China
What are your plans post-graduation?
PhD program in Economics at Columbia University.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
I learned and enjoyed doing research by working as research assistant and writing my senior thesis.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Graduating! (after surviving real analysis and first year PhD classes).
Chuan-Ren MacLean
Thesis title:
The Economics of TikTok Influencers
Nicole Manning
Thesis title:
The Insider Effect: CEO Employment History and Firm Performance, 1990 to 2021
What are your plans post-graduation?
Associate Consultant at Bain & Company.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Completing my thesis!
Konstantinos Michail
Thesis title:
ESG and the Validity of Alpha: Do investors earn a premium for investing in securities with good Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices?
Robert Norwood
Thesis title:
The Informative Power of Abnormal Insider Trading on Corporate Events
What are your plans post-graduation?
Complex Securities Analyst @ Stout.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Monopoly Competition & Public Policy with Prof Hornsten.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
My Econ Senior Thesis!
Ethan Nourbash
Thesis title:
How Remote Work Will Reshape Our Cities: Exploring the Heterogeneity in Pandemic-Era Urban Housing Price Changes
What are your plans post-graduation?
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Taking learning about RBC models with Marty Eichenbaum.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Co-authoring a research paper.
Nikolaos Papandreou
Thesis title:
Examining the Effects of Global Geopolitical Risk on the Economies of the G7
What are your plans post-graduation?
I’ll begin working as an Analyst in the Corporate Performance Improvement practice of Alvarez & Marsal.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Schulz’s Sixteen Tons.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Getting two Wildcat Excellence Awards.
Maria Eduarda Lemgruber Ramos
Thesis title:
The Local Impacts of Cultural Districts: A Louisiana Case Study
What are your plans post-graduation?
I will be working at the Boston Consulting Group in Chicago as an Associate.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
There was an event my freshman year for students from introduction to microeconomics to go to Farmhouse Evanston and learn about restaurant economics.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Finishing my thesis!
Jonathan Ruiz
Thesis title:
A Not-so-cold Night at the Britannia Stadium: What drives home advantage in football? Why did it disappear during the Covid-19 lockdown matches?
What are your plans post-graduation?
Working at Chicago Trading Company.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Studying labor economics with my friend.
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Finishing my thesis.
Prasshanth Sagar
Thesis title:
The Growth Process in Emerging East Asian Economies
What are your plans post-graduation?
Looking for a role at PETRONAS and exploring graduate school opportunities.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Prof Gordon’s wrap-up session on the world wars in cinema lingo (ECON 106) and Prof Walker’s lecture on China (ECON 362)! Can’t choose between the two!
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Completing a macroeconomics thesis on Southeast Asian (including Malaysian) development under Prof. Gordon’s tutelage!
Aarushi Seth
Thesis title:
Demystifying CR Grades: A Study of Flexible Academic Policies in the Time of COVID-19
Eric Wang
Thesis title:
Testing Theorized Impacts of Election Laws: Effects on Turnout, Minorities, and Political Outcomes
What are your plans post-graduation?
I’ll be working at a consulting firm in downtown Chicago.
What is your favorite ECON memory?
Taking Professor Udry’s Development in Africa course, and finishing my thesis!
What is your proudest achievement at NU?
Performing stand-up for the first time.
Tianshi Wang
Thesis title:
Economic Growth, Income Inequality, and Intergenerational Mobility