Dartmouth Economic Research Scholars (DERS) hosted the Dartmouth Undergraduate Economics Conference (DUERC) on Saturday, May 14th, to encourage economic research among undergraduate students. The conference featured presentations by 10 undergraduate economics students on research they conducted through their culminating experiences. DUERC also included an alumni panel on careers in economic research.
Organizers: Soham Maiti '23, Arjun Srinivasan '22, Genghe Zhu '23, and Archita Harathi '22
Advisor: Professor Leila Agha
Shawdi Mehrvarzan describes her thesis, "Can Trade Policy be Gendered? Assessing the Effect of Shared Gender of Heads of State on Bilateral Trade Flows" to professors Lewis, Olivetti and Cascio. In the background: Archita Harathi and Arjun Srinivasan describe their thesis "Does Money Move? The Effect of Desegregation Order Dismissals on School Resource Disparities" to professor Allen.
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