Undergraduate Learning Opportunities: Meetings and Conferences

Undergraduate students travel to annual undergraduate research meetings and conferences:

Midwest Economics Association meetings, Chicago, IL

  • March 31-April 2, 2017
    • Dylan Roth and Jacob Gerlach presented "The Impact of Extra-Curricular Involvement in High School on Future Outcomes."
    • Gerald Healy and J.R. Tan presented "Market Power in U.S. and European Professional Sports Leagues."
    • Jasmine Francois and Melvin Masinde presented "Retail Firm Sales, Entry and Exit in Urban and Rural Markets, 1991-2011."

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, Dallas, TX

  • April, 2017
    • Sanjana Ravi, economics senior, presented her paper "The Scarring of Youth Joblessness in Sri Lanka."

Agricultural & Applied Economics Association meetings, Boston, MA

  • July 30-Aug. 1, 2017
    • John Maubach, a senior in Ag Business, won first place in the Earl O. Heady Spreadsheet competition with "Commodity Teaching Tool."