Crafting a Senior Thesis: Essential Guidelines and Examples
Explore the fundamental aspects of developing a senior thesis, including formulating key questions and hypotheses, understanding the core structure of a thesis, and practical suggestions for effective research. Delve into real examples and recent topics to gain insights into the thesis writing process.
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Senior Thesis Fall 2024-Winter 2025
Fundamental Questions What is my thesis question, my core hypothesis? What is the economic significance of the question/hypothesis? Has it been done before? [ crossing the river by feeling the stones ] What is my contribution, my wrinkle ?
Core Structure of a typical Thesis Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Review of the Relevant Literature Chapter Three: The Model /Analytical Framework Chapter Four: Data/Empirical Analysis Chapter Five: Conclusions Bibliography, appendices, etc.
Some Suggestions Positive versus Normative statements - Opinion vs. evidence-based critical analysis. - Selling of an idea vs. investigating a problem -hammer in search of a nail/confirmation bias Communication skills Organization: general Organization: your sources (RefWorks)
Nuts and Bolts Fall Term Weekly communications/ meetings Group Presentations Oral Exam 15-page submission Winter Term Time-table Chapter draft submissions Final submission
Some Examples (1) Righi, Robert, The Shifting Dynamics of International Reserve Currencies. Croak, Mallory, The Effects of STEM Education on Economic Growth. Valenti, Tyler, Is Student Debt Sustainable? The Effects of Tuition and Salary on Repayment Rates. Clay, William Scudder, The Effects of the Federal Reserve s Unconventional Monetary Policy on Foreign Exchange Rates and the Effectiveness of Defensive Capital Controls. Grover, Sarthak, The Political Economy of One Belt One Road.
Some Examples (2) Shelley, Lindsey A., The High Price of Low Interest Rates: An Empirical Investigation of the Claim that Too Low Interest Rates Contributed to the Current Financial Crisis. Gorski, Sean, Quantifying Capital Overhang in the United States Housing Market and its Impact on Future Housing Investment. Malik, Rimsha Ali, Has China's Trade Expansion in the Manufacturing Sector Deindustrialized Other Developing Countries?
Some Recent Examples Baker-Durant, Milo, The Rise of the Renminbi as an International Reserve Currency. Emery, Kyle, The Macroeconomic Effect of the Widening Gaps of Income and Educational Inequality in the United States. Karki, Sangam Dhoj, Determinants of Singapore s Economic Growth, 1965 2021. Sommers, Alison, Finance and Fear: Sentiment, Media, and Financial Markets During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Shopping for Thesis Ideas Journal of Economic Perspectives, including Recommendations for Further Reading. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity BRI. The New Silk Road Macroeconomic effects of Climate Collapse, Inequality, etc./Doughnut Economics COREecon Econ4 Inequality Institute for New Economic Thinking Project Syndicate: Economics and Finance Rethinking Economics Other. From the Great Recession to Current Macroeconomic Events
Wrapping Up Where do we go from here? Previous theses Weekly contacts Group presentations Oral exams 15-page requirement
