George Stenberg

Do markets treat a company that beats analyst expectations by a cent differently from one that misses by a cent? Using 4,234 S&P 100 earnings announcements from 2015 to 2025, pulled from a Bloomberg terminal, we line each announcement up with the right trading days, compute returns relative to the market, and use a regression discontinuity design at zero surprise. Early work shows reported earnings bunching just above zero, which is itself part of the story.

Why do Native Americans living on reservations have worse health outcomes? We combined county-level health, poverty, and rural data for 37 counties and built four regression models and a t-test to test three barriers: geographic isolation, Indian Health Service underfunding, and poverty. The share of a county's population that is American Indian or Alaska Native explains about 79% of the variation in health scores on its own. Poverty is a key part of the mechanism, and once poverty and population share are in the model, rurality adds almost nothing, which changes where policy attention should go.

• Ran daily operations at the municipal pool and led shifts of up to eight lifeguards.
• Planned and taught in-service training on rescues, certification standards, and emergency scenarios.
• Handled safety incidents in real time, often without a supervisor on site.

• Opened and closed the gym, coordinated staff, and solved members' problems on the spot.
• Taught one-on-one swim lessons to students of all ages, from young children to adults, with a focus on water safety and confidence.

Sprinter and Grinnell record holder in three events.

School record holder in three events. As captain I ran daily practices with teammates and served as the link between athletes and coaches.

Volunteer on community service projects run by two campus organizations.

Coursework: Applied Econometrics, Statistics, Health Economics, Calculus, Functional Problem Solving (Computer Science)