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.
Til's thesis asks the question, does a player’s performance in the most recent NBA playoffs disproportionately impact his future wages?
Ben's thesis focuses on central bank communication in Japan. He will look at daily internet search data using Google trends dating back to 2004.
*We have a very tiny magic 8 ball.