Parker Prize Recipient’s names and their Senior Thesis titles are listed below.
2025
Oliver Smirnov
Pablo Torres Rey
2024
Ariana Gamero
When Banks Hit the Ceiling: The Effects of Interest Rate Caps on Microcredit Provision in Colombia
Matthew Xu
A New Chess Rating System: Accuracy-Elo
2023
Clemente Antuna
When Data Becomes Private: A Differentially Private Approach to Ordinary Least Squares
Suwijak (Max) Mongkalakorn
Computation of Quantile Regression Under Random Censoring: A Mixed Integer Programming Approach
2022
Ignacio Lopez Gaffney
Zoned Out of Opportunity: Causal Effect of Land Use Regulations on Adult Incomes
Bennett Smith-Worthington
School Competition: An Inattentive Economy
2021
Giovanni Topa
The Impact of Liquidity Constraints on Job Seekers’ Reservation
2020
Yankang (Bennie) Chen
Predicting U.S. Recessions Using Yield Spreads
Leo Goldman
Prioritizing Informed Preferences in School Choice
2019
Jessica Bai
Gender and Graduate Admissions: Text Analysis of Recommendation Letters
2018
Guillermo Carranza Jordan
Vacancy Duration and Demand for H1B Labor in the United States
2017
Luis Sanchez
Ambiguity in Social Learning: A Test of the Multiple Priors Hypothesis
2016
Adriano Fernandes
Salience Distortions and Asset Prices in Dynamic Economies
Omeed Maghzian
Sparsity-Based Bounded Rationality and Adjustments to Anticipated Fiscal Payments
2015
Rishab Guha
Understanding Bitcoin as a Speculative Asset
2014
Joonwoo Park
Labor Supply Shock and Jobless Recovery
2013
Yuxiao Huang
The Housing Boom and Bust Since 2000: A Neighborhood Level Analysis
2012
Felipe Goncalves
Asymmetric Information in Insurance Markets: Investigating Risk Aversion and Accident Probability
2011
Gregory Cox
The Efficiency Gain of Joint Estimation with a Binary Dependent Variable
2010
Daniel Villar
The Dynamics of Peruvian Inflation: Cagan’s Hyperinflation Model Revisited Once Again
2009
Kyle Jurado
The Effects of a Monetary Policy Shock on Hedge Fund Returns
Brendan Price
Why Do Lawyers Certify? Certification As a Signal
2008
Maxim Pinkovskiy
Rational Inattention and the Allais Paradox
2007
Arun Chandrasekhar
The Effect of Reputational Heuristics on Auction Prices: An Analysis of Information Aggregation by eBay Customers
2006
Krishna Rao
Incentives to Self Report: Regulatory Treatment of “Voluntary Disclosures
