The Department of Economics is proud to present the Hollingsworth and Waco Childers Undergraduate Research Scholars for Summer 2006. The Undergraduate Research
Program is designed
to encourage collaborative research between faculty and students in the
Department of Economics. The tradition of the summer scholars is to produce quality research and papers that are presented in various venues and sometimes published in periodicals such as The American Economist, Issues in Political Economy and The Undergraduate Journal of Economics
Jennifer Clark |
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Jennifer Clark is a rising Senior from Tampa, Florida. She is majoring in economics and recently spent three months in Latin America. She is interested in issues related to international economic and social development. She enjoys playing tennis and hopes to attend law school after graduation.
Revant Singh |
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Revant Singh, a rising senior from Bangalore, India, is a economics and computer science double major. He loves learning about new innovations in technology, and his latest academic interest focuses on trade relationships between countries and the study of comparative advantage. Besides that, Rev loves drumming and playing sports of all kinds. After graduation, Rev hopes to work in the field of technology and network consulting.
This summer, Rev and Jennifer are examining the empirical relationship between trade and growth in both developing and developed countries.
Adnan Filipovic |
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Adnan Filipovic, a returning student from Augusta, Georgia, is a math and economics major with interests in macroeconomics, international economics, and economic development. He plans to attend graduate school in economics next fall as he begins to work towards a PhD in economics. Adnan is also a member of the Furman University football team.
The main purpose of Adnan's summer research project is to explore the relationship between economic growth and income inequality, looking particularly at whether the casual relationship is bi-directional. Adnan also intends to analyze the impact of specific growth policies, such as privatization, trade liberalization, and macroeconomic stabilization, on the level of economic growth and income inequality. These policies, which have been adamantly advocated by the IMF, have also been the topics of controversy in developmental economics.
Jennifer, Revant and Adnan are working with Professor Kailash Khandke.
Ashley Yingling |
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Ashley Yingling is a rising junior with a mathematics-economics major and is from Lexington, Kentucky. She has interests in urban and environmentsal economics. After graduation , she hopes to pursue a masters program in community and environmental planning.
Ashley's project this summer is an impact analysis of residential development in Greenville County, South Carolina. By examining the fiscal costs and revenues as well as the economic impact, she hopes to report the full impact of the development of greenspace.
Ashley is working with Professor Ken Peterson
John Ticknor |
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John Ticknor, a rising senior from Charleston, South Carolina, is a mathematics-economics major with interests in the corporate world and stock markets. He currently plays rugby at Furman and hopes to attend graduate school in Economics. John is working with Dr. Smythe (Business and Accounting) and Dr. Pontari (Psychology) to examine the ways in which information contained in mutual fund advertisements affect investment preferences.
