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The Spring 2012 Stocks Essay Contest Winners Have Been Announced!

Congratulations to the winners of the Spring 2012 Stocks Essay Contest! The top three papers were announced at the annual Economics awards dinner on Tuesday evening, May 1, 2012, in the Ohio Room in Kilcawley Center.  The winners are: 

1st place - Kevin Hulick: "The Perils of Law School - Rising Costs and Bleak Prospects"

2nd place - Barbara Newswanger: "Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing and Shale Extraction - Policy Analysis" 

3rd place - Lucas Benson: "The Leasing of the Ohio Turnpike" 

Congratulations to all of the top 10 finalists.  For more information, visit the contest's website.(click here to visit the site).