/ Recent content on Brian J. Connor Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 05 May 2016 21:48:51 -0700 /about/ Thu, 05 May 2016 21:48:51 -0700 /about/ This is a “hello world” example website for the blogdown package. The theme was forked from @jrutheiser/hugo-lithium-theme and modified by Yihui Xie. /test_page/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /test_page/ R Markdown This is an R Markdown document. Markdown is a simple formatting syntax for authoring HTML, PDF, and MS Word documents. For more details on using R Markdown see http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com. When you click the Knit button a document will be generated that includes both content as well as the output of any embedded R code chunks within the document. You can embed an R code chunk like this: summary(cars) ## speed dist ## Min. /about_brian/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /about_brian/ Hi! My name is Brian Connor, and I’m an MBDS candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. I hope to use insights from this program to incorporate realistic expectations about human behavior into my future quantitative work. I am also a proud alumnus of The College of New Jersey, where I graduated in May 2017 with a B.S. in Economics. During the day, I work full-time as a Financial Analyst in the Division of Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics at Penn. /projects/campaignfinanceproject/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /projects/campaignfinanceproject/ Motivation Over the past twenty years, political campaign expenditures in the United States have skyrocketed. In 1998, these expenditures amounted to $1.6 billion. In 2018, this number is projected to hit $5.2 billion (Center for Responsive Politics). This effect is often credited to the controversial 2010 Citizens United decision, which effectively prohibited the United States government from restricting independent expenditures for political communications. However, this upward trend in expenditures began long before 2010. /my_projects/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /my_projects/ This page will contain projects that I am working on. An Econometric Approach to Campaign Finance in the 21st Century /projects/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /projects/ This page will contain projects that I’m working on.