Rider University's Brian Blanda Awarded Research Scholarships

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LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ (05/26/2011)(readMedia)-- Brian Blanda of Carneys Point, N.J., a junior Economics major, was recently named as one of the five student recipients of Rider University's Undergraduate Research Scholars Award (URSA).

Each year, the URSA Committee presents $5,000 research scholarships to Rider students in the colleges of Business Administration; Liberal Arts, Education, and Sciences; Continuing Studies and the Westminster College of the Arts.

Under the advisement of Dr. Kelly Noonan, professor of Economics, Blanda will spend the 2011-12 academic year working on The Effects of United States Deficit and Debt on the Country's GDP. Blanda seeks to understand the impact that the United States' continuous federal deficit and debt have on the stability and growth of the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). His historical analyses of the U.S. federal deficit and debt in relation to GDP, and examinations of current fiscal and monetary policies, should provide contemporary data that can be employed in future policies to correct the adverse effects of the US federal deficit and debt.