Economics

Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/92202852808?pwd=L0JSUExoZ3o0SHp4eFVsVVNBNm1VQT09Thursday, July 29th 1:45-2:45pm EDT Abstract: This project aims to further our understanding of the relationship between World War II military spending and the post-war U.S. economy. From the Civilian Production Administration, digitized summary data have been obtained which contains more than 190,000 contracts for U.S. war production with 30,000 unique product … Read more

Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/97936875715?pwd=and5K2FXZDErVU9zODMzb25oZEVMQT09Thursday, July 29th 1:45-2:45pm EDT Abstract: Mutual funds own roughly one third of all U.S. equities, which gives them large say over the governance of publicly traded corporations. A board of directors advises and monitors the management of each mutual fund; often one board is responsible for multiple funds managed by a … Read more

Live Poster Session:Zoom LinkThursday, July 29th, 1:45-2:45 p.m. EDT Abstract: Researchers have long wanted to understand the return of capital in the stock market, as it gives insight into how different sectors in the economy were behaving, how the stock market reacted to shocks historically, and how wealth distribution has changed over time. Capital returns … Read more

Live Poster Session:Zoom LinkThursday, July 29th, 1:45-2:45 p.m. EDT Abstract: Mutual funds own roughly one-third of all U.S. equities, which gives them a large say over the governance of publicly traded corporations. A board of directors advises and monitors the management of each mutual fund; often one board is responsible for multiple funds managed by … Read more

Live Poster Session: Thursday, July 29th 1:45pm-2:45pm EDT Zoom Link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/91719445025?pwd=NDdnL053cGc0Y3d6UFl4eXMrbXg4UT09 Abstract: This research aims to develop a better understanding of rural-rural migration decision-making in 1990s China, where rural-social relationships peaked due to the village lineage collective’s conventions on land entitlements. Such land territorialization led villagers that did not have close kinship networks to allocate to … Read more

Live Poster Session:Thursday, July 29th 1:45-2:45pm EDT Zoom Link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/92202852808?pwd=L0JSUExoZ3o0SHp4eFVsVVNBNm1VQT09 Abstract: For approximately ten to fifteen years following the American Civil War, the Federal government employed tactics aimed at facilitating and enforcing the freedom of African-Americans, including, most prominently, the institution of Freedmen’s Bureaus and the installment of Union troops throughout the formerly-confederate southern states. This … Read more

Live Poster Session: Zoom Link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/91719445025?pwd=NDdnL053cGc0Y3d6UFl4eXMrbXg4UT09Thursday, July 29th, 1:45-2:45 pm EDT Abstract: The presence of colleges has long been hypothesized to have significant impacts on local economies, specifically on local housing markets. Although proximity to higher education institutions could increase home value/home-owning cost, a higher undergraduate population creates more demand for house rentals. Then, the question … Read more

Live Poster Session:Thursday, July 29th 1:45-2:45pm EDT Zoom link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/97936875715?pwd=and5K2FXZDErVU9zODMzb25oZEVMQT09 Abstract: According to the National Research Council, annually, inclement weather is associated with over 1.5 million vehicle collisions, resulting in 800,000 injuries and 7,000 fatalities. While the relationship between adverse weather and vehicle collisions is well studied, the effect of weather on deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs) … Read more