Honors Research is a hallmark of an IWU liberal arts education. Eligible students are invited to embark upon a year-long research or creative arts project with a faculty mentor and a committee of faculty from within and outside of their major department.
Any entry that does not have a pdf attached has been withheld from the repository at the author’s request. Bona fide researchers may be consult these works by visiting the University Archives in Tate Archives & Special Collections; contact archives@iwu.edu or visit Tate Archives and Special Collections for details.

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Submissions from 1999

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The Gender Pay Differential: Choice, Tradition, or Overt Discrimination?, Jaynanne Calaway '99

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Technological Progress and its Effects on the Interaction Between Money Supply and Demand: A Cointegration Approach, Patrick J. Holly Jr. '99

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The Determinants of Home Ownership: An Application of Human Capital Investment Theory To the Home Ownership Decision, Jaclyn K. Hood '99

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Does it Pay to be a Man? A Study of Pay Differentials Between College Graduates, Jennifer Van Dyke '99

Submissions from 1998

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An Analysis of the Determinants of Financial Derivative Use by Commercial Banks, Katie Hundman '98

Submissions from 1997

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Japanese U.S. Auto Transplant Production: An Analysis of the Roles of VERs and the Exchange Rate, Michael R. Cornstubble '97

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Wealth Through Christ?, Matthew P. Mikulcik

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The Economic Rationale of a Multi-State Lotto, Brett Roush '97

Submissions from 1996

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Exchange Rate Variability and its Effect on Trade: a Case Study of the CFA Free Trade Zone, Gwendolyn M. Alexander '96

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Automobile Leasing Versus Installment Loan Credit: A Comparative Analysis, Susan E. Brown '96

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An Empirical Analysis of Dutch Disease: Developing and Developed Countries, David Rudd '96

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Predicting the Divorce Decisions of Young Women Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, Angela A. Smith '96

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Cultural Wage Differentials Among United States Immigrants, William J. Takahashi '96

Submissions from 1995

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Income Inequality in Developing Countries, Baindu Banya '95

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The Stock Market as a Leading Economic Indicator: An Application of Granger Causality, Brad Comincioli '95

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The Effect of Nations' Economic Linkages on the Co-Movement of their Stock Markets, Niveditha Hasthak '95

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The Effects of High School Mathematics and Science Classes on Wages, Kara Joy Rocheleau '95

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Risk and College Majors, Dan Scholz '96

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Division of Labor and the Economic Determinants of Divorce, Virginia (Ginny) Shull '95

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Cumulative Voting and Single Member Districts in Industrial Organization, Joshua Yount '95

Submissions from 1994

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Inflation in the European Community: A Study Before and After German Unification, Ann C. Chalstrom '94

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Investments in Human Capital and the Poverty Transition, John A. DeHerrera '94

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Women in Law--Equal Justice for All?, Barb Kube '94

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Educational Attainment: The Effects of Socioeconomic Differences, Risa Kumazawa '94

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The Integration of Banking Systems in the EC, Heidi M. Munson '94

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The Effects of Exports and Their Composition on Growth in Developing Countries, Franklin N. Nnebe '94

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Investment and Interest Rates in Ecuador During 1970-1990, Max Proano '94

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An Empirical study of Covered Interest Arbitrage: Marqins Durinq the European Monetary System Crisis of 1992, Ossi Saarinen '94

Submissions from 1993

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The Demand for Higher Education: A Cost/Benefit Analysis of the Human Capitol Theory, Bruce T. Bennett '93

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Causes and Effects of Welfare Dependency, Chris Bisaillon '93

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The Political and Economic Feasibility of an American Industrial Policy, Brian S. Driscoll '93

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Tax Increment Financing: A Cost/Benefit Analysis for the State of Illinois, James C. Joslin '93

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Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico, Yuet Wei Wan '93

Submissions from 1992

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Factors Influencing Employment in the U.S. Automobile Industry, Paul S. Davies '92

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Occupational Segregation by Gender: A Look at the Future, Brenda Weil '92

Submissions from 1991

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Toward a More Comprehensive Explanation of Declining Black Male Youth Employment, Mark Israel '91

Submissions from 1990

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Estimating the Risk of Third World Debt, Jane Chadesh '90

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The United States Postal Service: A Government Corporation Requiring Changes: Past, Present, Future, Brian Harper '90

Submissions from 1988

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A New Shopping Experience, Katherine D. Baffes

Submissions from 1984

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Measuring Inefficiencies of Federal Acreage Reduction Programs, Julie Brewer

Submissions from 1983

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Worker Ownership as a Means of Reducing Regional Unemployment and its Application to Steel Plant Shutdowns, Peter Berg

Submissions from 1980

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Toward a Fiscal Policy that Allows for Collective Wants, Lee Christie

Submissions from 1967

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The Politics of the 1965 Gold Reserve Law, Robert E. Hendrick