Economics

Live Poster Session: Zoom LinkThursday, July 30th 1:15-2:30pm EDT Abstract: The stock market in China was established in 1990. Then, a “quota system” was implemented from 1992-2002, which allowed the government to centrally allocate shares of IPO to provinces. The allocation of quota was not evenly distributed. We find that before 1996, the allocation of … Read more

Live Poster Session: Zoom LinkThursday, July 30th 1:15-2:30pm EDT Abstract: In this paper, we use the relative moments in depository and non-depository single-family mortgage loans to provide evidence on the existence of a loan-flow-supply channel of monetary policy transmission. We find evidence that can be described as a slowdown in the pace of mortgage loan … Read more

Live Poster Session: Zoom LinkThursday, July 30th 1:15-2:30pm EDT Abstract: The problem of “news deserts” — places where there is no traditional news outlet like a newspaper or local radio or TV — is a challenge in the current media environment. One little-studied aspect of this problem is that news consumers can use alternative Internet … Read more

Live Poster Session: Zoom LinkThursday, July 30th 1:15-2:30pm EDT Abstract: The goal of this research is to develop a better understanding of World War II war production and its role in the development of the U.S. economy in the 1940s. This project serves to build on Professor Brunet’s previous research on the economic effects of … Read more

Live Poster Session: Zoom LinkThursday, July 30th 1:15-2:30pm EDT Abstract: My work for Professor Brunet’s project allows her to track all of the U.S. government’s spending on ships and boats during World War 2. This summer I have done extensive data mining and management of a data set composed of over 190,000 U.S. government war … Read more