2007-08 Projects

Are tennis players risk takers? An empirical study of tournament theory using professional tennis data NOTE: this project is here for the idea which is very good, but the actual execution and implementation was a bit disappointing, as you will realise from reading it.

Is New York city safer after the 9/11 terrorist attack?

Host countries' refugee responses and the impact of 9/11

The deadweight loss of Christmas revisited

Do parents matter? Unravelling the effects of parental separation on child happiness

 

2006-07 Projects	Comments
Who's Keeping Up with the Joneses: An Economic Study in Relative Income and Happiness	Comments
Car Price Differentials in Europe and the Effects of European Regulation	Comments
Do Individuals Display Risk Aversion When Deciding Whether to Donate?	Comments
Corruption and Growth	Comments
An Economic Analysis of Parking Behaviour in the University of Warwick Car Parks	Comments
Do peer influences have an impact on academic success: an investigation amongst home students at the University of Warwick
Example with no econometrics: Price Rigidity in Multi-product Firms: The Role of Technological Economies of Scale

 

2005-06 Projects	Comments
The Winter Fuel Allowance and Pensioners: Warming the Home or Cold Comfort?	Comments
Migration from East to West Germany: Analysis of the Determinants of Migration Intentions	Comments
The Maastrich Criteria in the Context of the Central European Transition Economies: A potential conflict between real and nominal convergence?	Comments
An Investigation into the Incorporation of EU Accession information into the domestic stock markets of accession countries	Comments
An Economic Analysis of Undergraduate Student Cheating Behaviour at the University of Warwick	Comments
Income Mobility and Inequality in the UK	Comments

 

 

2004/05 Projects	Marks and Comments
Does the Enclave Effect Help Explain Ethnic Minority Self-employment in the UK?	Comments
An Empirical Investigation into Cyclical Convergence, in and around the Eurozone	Comments
Horizontal Mergers and Motives: Analysis of Wealth Effects on Acquirers, Targets and Rivals	Comments
What Determines Sharing Behaviour on P2P Networks?	Comments

 

2003/04 Projects		Marks and Comments
An investigation into the economic role of fashion		Comments
A New Model of Advertising as a Signal for Goods with Differing Levels of Attribute Verifiability (with no econometrics)		Comments
Has the reduction of institutional childcare provision in East Germany increased female income inequality?		Comments
Price Level Convergence under EMU: Empirical Evidence from 1998-2003		Comments
The Curse of Natural Resources: The Role of Economic Institutions	Tables	Comments
The Impact of Early Motherhood on Future Living Standards		Comments
The Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the UK	Tables	Comments
What Effect has Working Family Tax Credit had on the Wage Growth of Recipients?		Comments
Projects completed prior to the 2003/04 academic year
An analysis of charitable expenditure in the UK
The channels of monetary transmission: some sectoral estimates from Germany
An Economic Investigation into the Size and the Determinants of the German Wage Gap
An Economic Walk in the City
The Effect of Demographic and Socio-Economic Factors on the Level of Migration Across the Counties of Ireland 1981-96
England's Streets: a Green and Pleasant Land? An analysis of the Demand for Neighbourhood Quality
Looking at a cross-country analysis of past experiences, is the imposition of the National Minimum Wage likely to decrease employment in the United Kingdom?
A study of contemporary migratory movements in Brazil
Why people play bingo: separating the decisions of bingo participation and expenditure levels using data from the FES