Senior Projects
Steve Hamilton, Area Chair
Sheila Smith, Coordinator
Phone: (805) 756-2783
Fax: (805) 756-1473
Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Orfalea College of Business (Bld 03 - Rm 407)
1 Grand Ave - Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Here are the most recent senior project titles for Economics. The complete projects are located in the Economics office - 003/407
Find out more about the senior project course ECON 464.
ECON - Senior Project Titles - 2009
"An Economic Review and Analysis of Solutions to Improve Education in America"
"The Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis: It’s Affect on San Luis Obispo County and What Could Have Been Done to Avoid it Altogether"
"What Determines Willingness to Pay for Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Products for California Polytechnic State University Students?"
"Spatial Relationships in Unemployment: City of Los Angeles"
"Dynamic Efficiency: San Luis Obispo Water Supply"
"An Economic Evaluation of Private Enterprises on Campus – The Cal Poly and Mission Produce Case"
"The Economic Effect of Publically Financed Stadiums and Arenas"
"Efficient Pollution Management – Determining Proper Management of Water Pollution Created by Driveway Car Washing"
"Hot and Cold Hands in Golf"
"Exploring Economic and Psychological Notions of Happiness"
"The Effect of Foreclosure Shocks on Rental Rates: An Analysis of the Oxnard California Rental Market"
"The Cal Poly Bike Sharing System: A Benefit to Students?"
"The Economic Impact of Illegal Immigration in the United States"
"A Contingent Valuation of the Morro Bay Watershed and Estuary"
"Economic Consequences of Affirmative Action in the Private Labor Market: A Fundamental and Theoretical Analysis"
"Free Stuff: How Google and Others Can Profit from Open Source Projects"
"The Economic Value of Beekeepers – The Case of the Hobbyist and Sideliner Beekeeper"
"An Economic Analysis of the Fast Food Industry: The Numbers behind the Controversy"
"Industry Employment Showdown – Finance vs Health Care/Education"
"Economic Impacts on Divorce Rates – An Analysis of the Effects of Recessions on Social Variables and Their Effects on the Divorce Rate"
"Mean Reversion in Currency Markets: A Different Approach to Positive Returns Using Technical Analysis"
"Net International Investment Position’s Relationship to Reserves for the Original Euro Area"
ECON – Senior Project Titles – 2008
“Melting Mountains”
“Modeling the United States Housing Bubble”
“In the Footsteps of Gilovich: A Statistical Application to Baseball”
“Economic Ramifications of Shutting Down Cal Poly in the San Luis Obispo Area”
“The Factors that Influence the Choice of Location in the Housing Market: Is Race One of Them?”
“Patriot Employer Act: A Conceptual Economic Analysis”
“The California Real Estate Bubble: Using the Random Variant Effect with Spatial Error Model”
“Senator Barack Obama’s Health Care Plan: An Economic Look”
“An Exploration of the Effects of Securitization on a Microfinance Institution Case Study: Kiva”
“Judging Balls and Strikes in Baseball”
“The [In]Efficiency of the NFL Draft”
“State Test Scores”
“Regression Model Predicting National Poverty Rates Through Use of Government Expenditure Categories”
“The Price of a Stolen Base – A Report on the Open Market of Major League Baseball”
“Can Congestion on ‘The 405’ Be Alleviated Without Expanding It?”
“NAFTA: The Theoretical Effects of the United States Withdrawal”
“GPA and Income: The Preparation of Orfalea College of Business Students”
“Basic Model of Open Source Software”
“The Economics of Sleep”
“The Housing Bubble”
ECON – Senior Project Titles – 2007
“The Impact of Micro-Finance Initiatives on Women’s Economic and Social Equality: Are Equality Objectives Truly Being Met?”
“Women in Engineering and the Human Capital Investment Model: An Analysis of Variables”
“Comparative Economic Analysis of Residential Structural Systems – Conventional Wood Framed Homes versus Cement-Fiber Structurally Insulated Panels”
“Real Estate Economics & Public Policy”
“Improving Teacher Quality: What it Takes”
“Monopoly Campus Food Market”
“The California Housing Market: Overcoming Obstacles to Residential Development”
“Benefit Conversion to Reduce Moral Hazard in Terminal Health Care”
“A Theoretical and Empirical Examination of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis”
“Murder in America”
“The Effects of Governmental Regulation on Rates of Religious Adherence”
“Mutual Fund Flows and Comparative Performance: A Study of Defense-Screened SRI Funds”
“An Analysis of the Potential Economics Impacts of AB 152: The California Prepaid Tuition Program”
“Soybean Biodiesel: A Feasible Alternative to Petroleum Fuels?”
“Does Suggestive Selling Significantly Influence Server Tips? An Econometric Research Project Using Regression Analysis”