IDEC Thesis

• After having identified your thesis advisor, please notify the Program Manager (an advisor form will also be circulated in the fall semester of your 2nd year). Students graduating in 2022 can complete this thesis advisor form.
• Apply for graduation: Students may apply to start three semesters prior to their graduation semester and should apply no later than the second week of their final semester to ensure ample time to be notified regarding any outstanding degree requirements. Application deadlines: September 1st (Fall),  February 1st (Spring and Summer)
• During your last semester, in order to complete the necessary requirements for your Degree Review, you will need to submit your final thesis and supporting documentation to USF and the Economics Department. Please note that the following instructions are in addition to the documents and copy of your thesis that you are required to submit to your thesis advisor: 

1. Gleeson Library Repository upload: It is a mandatory requirement for your MS degree to upload your final thesis to the Gleeson Library Repository. Once you have uploaded your thesis to Gleeson Library based on the instructions given, please return the completed “Electronic Thesis/Project Submission Agreement Form” to the Program Manager. You will also receive an electronic confirmation that your upload was successful, please forward it to the Program Manager. This is a USF requirement for graduation - Your degree review request will not be initiated with the Dean’s Office until we receive this confirmation.

2. Economics Google Drive Folder upload: An electronic copy of your thesis and the supporting documents must also be uploaded to our department's Google Drive. Here is the complete list of documents you need to upload:

• Your thesis (PDF format)
• Abstract (PDF format)
• Survey Form (PDF format)
• Codebook, if you have one -- not everyone will! (PDF or Excel format)
• Dataset (PDF or Excel format)
• A completed Project Overview Form. Please see the template here.

File naming conventions: Before uploading your thesis, supporting documents, and your completed Project Overview Form to Google Drive, it is important to uniformly name each document before uploading your documents. You can find the blank Project Overview Form attached to this email. 
Please follow these naming conventions for your files:

a.     --Project Form:  wydick.bruce.SP2017.projectform.bolivia
b.     --Thesis:  wydick.bruce.SP2019.thesis.bolivia
c.     --Abstract:  wydick.bruce.SP2019.abstract.bolivia
d.     --Data set:   wydick.bruce.SP2019.dataset.bolivia
e.     --Survey:  wydick.bruce.SP2019.survey.bolivia
f.      --Codebook: wydick.bruce.SP2019.codebook.bolivia (not everyone has a code book but include it if you do)

Grant X. Storer
Title: Sweet and Timely Insurance: The Role of Honey in Reducing Coffee Producer Food Insecurity Exposure in Mexico
Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes, Bruce Wydick

Ashley Stewart
Title: Early life exposure to ENSO and adult human capital
Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Angira Shukla
Title: Charity Begins at Home: Investigating How Culture Shapes In-Group Bias in Altruistic Behavior
Advisor: Bruce Wydick

Zuriel Sanders
Title: The Association between High Medical Costs & Migration in the United States
Advisor: Andrew Hobbs

Laura A. Pettinger
Title: Campfire Connections to Ignite Change for Children with an Incarcerated Parent
Advisor: Bruce Wydick

Kaitlin Paull
Title: Charcoal, Droughts, and Deforestation: Evidence from Mozambique
Advisor: Andrew Hobbs

Michael J. Nordquist
Title: Empirical Evidence for the Emergence of Global General Normative Force in the Paris Agreement
Advisor: Jesse Anttilla-Hughes

Zimmi Silonda Ndlovu
Title: Agricultural Shocks on household stability: A Case study of Tanzania Maize Farmers

Advisor: Andrew Hobbs

Alexa Nava
Title: Parental Incarceration and Camp Hope: Does a Long-term Intervention Lead to Better Outcomes?
Advisor: Bruce Wydick 

Scott Klause
Title: Feeling the Heat: Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Heat on Human Cooperation

Advisor: Bruce Wydick 

Anchal Khandelwal
Title: Impact of Long-Term Trauma Exposure on Competitiveness and Generosity

Advisor: Alessandra Cassar 

Mansi Kalra
Title: How Violence Shaped the Next Generation: Intergenerational Impacts of Abduction in Northern Uganda

Advisor: Alessandra Cassar 

Brooke Johnson
Title: The Relationship Between Economic Complexity and Income Inequality: A study on the United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas

Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Jonah Jellesed
Title: Political Economy of General Normative Force in the Paris Agreement

Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Svitlana Holyk
Title: Heating Systems and Households’ Expenditure

Advisor: Andrew Hobbs

Stephanie Hermoso
Title: Impacts of Rising Temperatures on Human Behavior with a Focus on Gender Differences

Advisor: Bruce Wydick

Shreeja Guhu
Title: Ties that Bind: Allomaternal Care and Cooperation among Matrilocal & Patrilocal Northeast Indian Tribes

Advisor: Alessandra Cassar

Angelica Gloria
Title: Development and Economic Complexity of Mexican municipalities: based on their energy access and gross production

Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Alexander Courtman
Title: Heat & Social Cooperation: The Effects of Thermal Stress on Altruism

Advisor: Bruce Wydick

Jake Cosgrove

Title: Tempers Rising: The Effect of Heat on Spite

Advisor: Bruce Wydick

John Chetwynd

Title: The Effect of Thermal Stress on Competitiveness A Cross-Cultural Analysis through Economic Games

Advisor: Bruce Wydick & Alessandra Cassar 

Faelynn Carroll

Title: Climate and Conflict: View into a Warming World

Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Natalia Cancino

Title: The Impact of High Temperatures on Child Anthropometric Outcomes Worldwide

Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Danielle Abaya

Title: The Child Nutrition Cost of Weather Shocks in Nigeria

Advisor: Andrew Hobbs
 

Mutiu O. Fakorede
Title: Does My Skin Tone Really Matter? A Socioeconomic Analysis in Nigeria.
Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

 Juan S. Gomez
Title: IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON CHILD NUTRITION IN ETHIOPIA
Advisor: Andrew Hobbs

Erma Kurtovic
Title: Formal and Informal Styles of Clothing in the Assessment of Female Political Candidates
Advisor: Alessandra Cassar 

Anudari Krystal Amartuvshin
Title: Burnout and Social Support among Healthcare Workers during Covid-19: Evidence from Italy.
Advisor: Alessandra Cassar 

Timothy Finney
Title: Can Social Support Ameliorate Burnout?
Advisor: Alessandra Cassar

Gianna Camacho
Title: Impact of Clubfoot Treatment on Adolescent Life Outcomes
Advisor: Bruce Wydick

Pricila Serratos
Title: Impacts of Livestock Insurance on Household Health
Advisor: Andrew Hobbs 

Wendy F. Vasquez Ajquill
Title: Does Climate Index Insurance Protect Farmers Against Livestock Loss? Evidence from Kenya
Advisor: Andrew Hobbs 

Surpiya Adhikari

Title: Does prize sharing close the gender-based gap of competition in Nepal?
Advisor: Alessandra Cassar (primary advisor) and Nadia Smith (secondary advisor)

Scott Barger
Title: Police Union Membership and Lethal Use of Force
Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Firuzjon Khayrulloev
Title: Gender Differences in risk, social, and competitive preference. Experimental evidence from Uzbekistan.
Advisor: Alessandra Cassar

Mai Moua
Title: Do Letters and Gifts from International Sponsors affect Child Outcomes? Evidence from Colombia, Ghana, and Haiti
Advisor: Bruce Wydick

Fiona Onyango
Title: The Gendered Impact of Droughts on Household Decision Making: Evidence from Uganda
Advisor: Andrew Hobbs

Devaprasad Sahadevan
Title: Transitioning into Retirement: Effect of Pension Expansion on Elderly Labor Force Participation in India
Advisor: External Advisor / Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Nettie Silvernale
Title: Do Conditional Cash Transfers Increase School Enrollment? Evidence from Brazil
Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes & Kimberly Singer Babiarz 

Rajshri Suresh
Title: Temperature effects on prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among at-risk female sex workers in India
Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Yibekal Tessema
Title: The Role of Learning Styles in the Uptake of Index Insurance: Evidence from Kenya
Advisor: Andrew Hobbs

Jean Plantin
Title: The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Colombia's Economic Growth and Role of Human Capital: Does Foreign Direct Investment Foster Growth?
Advisor: Bruce Wydick

Name: Safia Belayadi
Title: Who Benefits From Park and Recreation Improvements in San Francisco?
Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Name: Noriel Campos
Title: Income Inequality in America: Conclusions from 100 years of Income Tax Data and Cross-Country Comparisons
Advisor: Libo Xu
 

Name: James Zumel Dumlao
Title: Innovation Dynamics of Cultural Production: Evidence in Rap Lyrics
Advisor: Jesse Antilla-Hughes

Name: Dalia Elgebaly
Title: An Estimated New Keynesian Model for the Egyptian Economy
Advisor: Libo Xu

Name: Mary Wanja Gathungu
Title: Estimating Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in a Comprehensive Microenterprise Intervention
Advisor: Bruce Wydick

Name: Jorge Herrera
Title: Cruise Ship Ports and Human Capital Development: The Case of Mexico
Advisor: Jesse Antilla-Hughes

Name: Diana Herrera Gutierrez
Title: Mentoring Effects on Microbusiness Growth in Medellin, Colombia
Advisor: Bruce Wydick

Name: Lauren Lamson
Title: The Effect of Sex of Firstborn Children on Fertility Preferences
Advisor: Jesse Antilla-Hughes

Name: Agamani Maity
Title: Oil Price Changes and Unemployment Rate in the U.S. and Chile
Advisor: Libo Xu

Name: Ryan McWay
Title: Cruising Through School: General Equilibrium Effects of Cruise Ship Arrivals on Employment and Education
Advisor: Jesse Antilla-Hughes

Name: Shuvam Rizal
Title: The Effect of Sex of Firstborn Children on Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence
Advisor: Jesse Antilla-Hughes

Name: Katelyn (Katie) Roett
Title: Green Gold: Avocado Price Shocks and Violence in Mexico
Advisor: Jesse Antilla-Hughes

Name: Stephanie Smith
Title: Estimating Predictors of Mental Well-Being Through Analysis of Children's Drawings: The Case of Syrian Refugees
Advisor: Bruce Wydick

Name: Anna Subirana I Boffil
Title: The Role of High Fructose Corn Syrup Imports in Child and Maternal Obesity
Advisor: Jesse Antilla-Hughes

Name: Gladys Wachira
Title: Impact of Oil Price Shocks on Inflation: The Case of BRICS Countries
Advisor: Libo Xu
 

Name: Zhenyao Yuan
Title: The Effect of the Second-Stage Anti-Corruption Campaign on Provincial Development in China, 2015-2017
Advisor: Peter Lorentzen

Name: Mahsa Ashabi
Title: Captive Nations: Measuring Economic Growth on Native American Reservations in California
Advisor: Jesse Anttila-Hughes

Name: Yurlady Chaverra-Palacios
Title: Measuring Cocoa Agricultural Productivity: A Spatio-Temporal Econometric Approach
Advisor: Yaniv Stopnitzky

Name: Ian Connors
Title: Financial Red Flags: Empirical Mapping of Firm Political Preferences by Sector in Mexico
Advisor: Peter Lorentzen, Michael Jonas

Name: Sarah Elmes
Title: Better Fishing Conditions Improve Child Nutrition: Global Evidence from Satellite Data
Advisor: Yaniv Stopnitzky, Jesse Antilla-Hughes

Name: Bethany Gerdemann
Title: Competition and Cooperation in Polygynous & Monogamous Households: Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone
Advisor: Alessandra Cassar, Yaniv Stopnitzky
 

Name: Madison Levine
Title: The Behavioral Determinants of Well-Being in Sierra Leone
Advisor: Alessandra Cassar

Name: Shikhar Mehra
Title: Economic Shocks and Personality Traits of the Ultra-Poor
Advisor: Yaniv Stopnitzky

Name: Isabel Miranda
Title: The Long-Run Effects of Tropical Cyclones on Infant Mortality
Advisor: Jesse Antilla-Hughes
 

Name: Candy Moreno-Garcia
Title: Mentoring Female Entrepreneurs: Revenue Analysis
Advisor: Bruce Wydick
 

Name: Ashwini Shridhar
Title: Are Menstrual Cycles a Biological Determinant of Well-Being Amongst Sierra Leonean Schoolchildren?
Advisor: Alessandra Cassar
 

Name: Susann Skjoldhorne
Title: The Effect of Disability Status on Parental Input: A Study from India
Advisor: Bruce Wydick
 

Name: Theresa Solenski
Title: Empowering Female Entrepreneurs Through Mentorship in Medellin, Colombia: Results from the Field
Advisor: Bruce Wydick
 

Name: John Sutton
Title: Temperature and Tempers: Heat Impact on Mood and Language
Advisor: Jesse Antilla-Hughes
 

Name: Mustafa Zahid
Title: The Impact of Cleft Lip/Palate and CLP Surgical Intervention on the Social Integration of Adolescents in India
Advisor: Bruce Wydick