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2017

Author	Award	Thesis Title
Scholz, Elizabeth	Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation	Tax Responsiveness of the Rich: Revisiting Evidence from Executive Compensation
Yeow, Victoria Pei-Zhuang	Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis	Post-M&A Performance in Mobile App Developing Startups

2016

Author	Award	Thesis Title
Moore, Justine	The Dean's Award for Academic Achievement	Payment Schemes in Online Marketplaces: How Do Freelancers Respond to Monetary Incentives?
Moore, Olivia	John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking	Mutual Fund Age, Performance, and the Optimal Track Record
Sangani, Kunal	Stanford University Firestone Medal	A Model of Firm Formality and Tax Evasion
Shank, Sophie	Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis and the Stanford Award for Excellence in Honors Thesis Presentation	Evaluating School Counselors: Impact of Variation in Student-to-Counselor Ratio in Missouri Public High Schools
Walsh, Mark	Stanford University Firestone Medal	The Effect of Indian Community Health Workers: Multiple Tasks and Few Results

2015

Author	Award	Thesis Title
Majerovitz, Jeremy	David M. Kennedy Honors Thesis Prize and Stanford University Firestone Medal	Does Ethnic Fractionalization Matter for Development?
Mayer, Kate	John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking	Legislation and anticipation: Consequences for the measurement of the minimum wage employment effect
Suresh, Rajiv	Stanford University Presentation Award	“Tweeting for Tickets:” The Role of Social Media Marketing in Sports Franchises
Yarin, Shirley	Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis	Pharmaceutical Copay Assistance Programs and Patient Drug Choice: Biological Specialty Drugs

2014

Author	Award	Thesis Title
Acosta, J. Miguel	Stanford University Firestone Medal	FOMC Responses to Calls for Transparency: Evidence from the Minutes and Transcripts Using Latent Semantic Analysis
Chatterji, Sherlene	Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis	The Long-Term Effect of the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Program on Academic Achievement: Evidence from a School District in Texas
Cox, Lydia	John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking	Victory by Affiliation? Evaluating the Relationship Between Division I Athletics and Institutions of Higher Education in a Conference-Centric Landscape
Fedyk, Valeria	Stanford University Presentation Award	CEO Overconfidence: An Alternative Explanation for Corporate Financing Decisions
Liu, Robert	Stanford University Firestone Medal	Comparing Fiscal Strategies for the U.S. in a New Keynesian Framework
Shah, Namir	Anna Laura Myers Prize for an Outstanding Thesis	In-State Merit Aid and College Choice: New Jeresy's STARS Program as a Tuition Subsidy

2013

Author	Award	Thesis Title
Guo, Jean	Stanford University Presentation Award	Barker’s Hypothesis and the Selection Effect: The Repercussions of Fetal Malnutrition in the Context of the Great Chinese Famine in 1959‐1961
Jackson, Emilie	John G. Sobieski Award for Creative Thinking	The Efficiency of Wikipedia's Evolution
Liu, Cynthia	Stanford University Firestone Medal	Using Empirically Estimated Efficiency Frontiers to Gauge Central Bank Performance and Effectiveness