Final year dissertations
Over the years, Christ’s Economics students have written interesting and exciting dissertations in their final year at Cambridge. Some of them received special recognition by the Faculty of Economics examiners. Here is a small subset:
Olivia Moynihan, Print or Pivot: The Role of National Crises in Shaping Political Rhetoric in Print Media, 2025
Oskari Peltonen, Firm dynamics following geopolitical shocks: evidence from Finland and the Russia-Ukraine War, 2025
Amandeep Singh, The Highs and the Lows: Unpacking the Consequences of Recreational Marijuana Legalisation, 2025, winner of the Adam Smith Prize for the Best Dissertation (shared) and Gladstone Memorial Prize
Robert Hicks, Granger-causality in Risk: an econometric analysis of downside risk dynamics across European stock markets, 2024
Jason Sutanto, Housing premiums — a hidden cost of education? A Singapore case study, 2024, winner of the Adam Smith Prize for the Best Dissertation (shared)
Martin Brogaard, Inside the Fourth estate: An empirical analysis of political commentary in US cable news, 2023
Benjamin Holland, Tilting the scales: Investigating the nature of political lobbying using contract-level data in the US, 2023
Oliver Norbury, Just What the Doctor Ordered: Understanding Prescriptions in the UK, 2023
Elizabeth Leong, An empirical study on the effects of a health insurance mandate, 2022
Eu-Wayne Mok, Beyond the law’s borders: Evidence on what shapes judicial decisions from U.S. immigration cases, 2022, winner of the Gladstone Memorial Prize (shared)
Luca Righetti, Self-reinforcing Corruption: Evidence from the MPs’ Expenses Scandal, 2020, nominated for the Gladstone Memorial Prize
Sajan Shah, The price of free education: Extracting the school quality premium in housing using Brighton and Hove’s school admission reforms, 2018, winner of the Adam Smith Prize for the Best Dissertation (shared), nominated for the Gladstone Memorial Prize
Andreas Kalker, Trade Credit Extension: The Role of Supplier Collateral, 2010, winner of the Adam Smith Prize for the Best Dissertation