Warning: long (but hopefully inspiring) thread. Another year of honors students just finished presenting their econ theses. As always, this year also had an amazing diversity of methods and findings. And I thought to summarize them here. So in no particular order, here we go:
1.Priyanshu K (a wonderful singer in her own right) inspired by watching @tmkrishna singing with a Transgender community called the Jogappas, undertook a several month long ethnographic study staying in a remote village in North Karnataka to assess the complex relationship..
May 3, 2019 • 18 tweets • 8 min read
1/n Inspired by @leah_boustan ’s very nice shout out to her undergrad senior honors theses, I thought I might tweet (with pride) about the work of our graduating (3rd year) @azimpremjiuniv economics students as well. They leave on Sunday as graduates. . In no order:..
@leah_boustan@azimpremjiuniv@soyra_gune’s thesis studies returns to political connectedness in India. Using a design inspired by @arindube, @snaidunl & #ethankaplan ideas.repec.org/a/oup/qjecon/v…
she used a sample of 800 firms from 2000-2018, asking if connected firms saw abnormal returns if‘their’ party won.
