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Anonymous Prize in Economics, 2013ā€‘14

Posted by Economics on July 29, 2014 in News

Kristin Bunyan (BA), Sarah Burns (BA), and Emma Thompson-Murphy (BA) have been awarded the Anonymous Prize in Economics for 2013-14.Ā  The prize is awarded to an Economics student or students, not in their last year, ā€œwho has (have) shown through an essay outstanding promise of pilipiliĀž»­fully applying economics to the solution of human problems.Ā  Kristin Bunyan was nominated by her Econometrics (Econ 3338) professor, Weina Zhou, for her paper entitled ā€œWhere is the Best Place to Find Connections?: A Study of the Effect of Community Group Membership on Income Levelā€; Sarah Burns was nominated by her Canadian Economic History (Econ 2233) professor, Dan de Munnik, for her paper entitled ā€œCanadaā€™s Response to the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis,ā€ andĀ  Emma Thompson-Murphy was nominated by her Econometrics (Econ 3338) professor, Courtney Ward, for her paper entitled ā€œThe Effects of Radio, Internet Exposure and Sampling on an Albumā€™s Billboard Chart Rank in 2012."