Macalester Journal of Economics Volume 27 Spring 2017 Omicron Delta Epsilon Editors Muath Ibaid ‘17, President Ibrahima Dieye ‘17 Eleanore Fuqua ’17, Vice-President Esha Datta ‘17 Margaret Abeles ’17, Vice-President Aaron Haefner ‘17 Caroline Chinhuru ’17, Secretary Sarah Henrickson ‘1 Economics Faculty and Staff Paul Aslanian Jeffery Evans Jane Kollasch Sarah West Professor Emeritus Professor Professor (NTT) Department Coordinator Amy Damon Peter Ferderer Joyce Minor Mario Solis-Garcia Associate Professor Edward J. Noble Professor, Karl Egge Professor Assistant Professor Department Chair Liang Ding Gary Krueger Karine Moe Vasant Sukhatme Associate Professor Cargill Professor of F.R. Bigelow Professor Edward J. Noble Emeritus International Economics Professor
Macalester Journal of Economics Volume 27 Spring 2017 Omicron Delta Epsilon Muath Ibaid ‘17, President Eleanore Fuqua ’17, Vice-President Margaret Abeles ’17, Vice-President Caroline Chinhuru ’17, Secretary Editors Ibrahima Dieye ‘17 Esha Datta ‘17 Aaron Haefner ‘17 Sarah Henrickson ‘1 Economics Faculty and Staff Paul Aslanian Emeritus Professor Jeffery Evans Professor (NTT) Jane Kollasch Department Coordinator Sarah West Professor Amy Damon Associate Professor Peter Ferderer Edward J. Noble Professor, Department Chair Joyce Minor Karl Egge Professor Mario Solis-Garcia Assistant Professor Liang Ding Associate Professor Gary Krueger Cargill Professor of International Economics Karine Moe F.R. Bigelow Professor Vasant Sukhatme Edward J. Noble Emeritus Professor