As part of The Young Academic Alumni Lecture Series (YAALS), the Library welcomed Arunabh Ghosh '03, a Ph.D. candidate in history at Columbia University, who gave a lecture on statistics and state-society relations in the early People's Republic of China.
Economics comprises a variety of theoretical approaches to understanding human behavior, social interactions, and economic performance, and a set of powerful statistical tools that can be used to test competing theories empirically.
The economics curriculum at Haverford offers introductory and upper level courses both in theory and empirical methods, as well as numerous electives on a broad range of economic topics.
For his economics thesis, Josh Moskovitz '19 aims to study how an individual’s decision-making strategy predicts their leadership qualities. He is particularly interested in the maximizer/satisficer decision-making strategy.
For her thesis, Maryanna Solecki '19 plans to find the effect of major sporting events on sex crimes.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.