51. American vs. Chinese Tech Initial Public Offerings Open Access Author: Smith, Brett Michael Title: American vs. Chinese Tech Initial Public Offerings Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: initial public offeringIPOChineseAmericanU.S.-listedtechtechnology File: Download Smith_Brett_chineseamericanipos.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Michelle Lowry, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
52. The Role Of Irrational Exuberance In Rising Tuition Prices Open Access Author: Myra, Clinton Jacob Title: The Role Of Irrational Exuberance In Rising Tuition Prices Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: tuition priceshigher educationdecision modeltuition increasesstudent debt File: Download 1-Myra_Clinton_IrrationalExuberanceTuitionPrices.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Sajay Samuel, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
53. Understanding the Barriers and Development of a Venture Capital and Seed Funding Ecosystem in Ecuador Open Access Author: Castro, Juan Jose Title: Understanding the Barriers and Development of a Venture Capital and Seed Funding Ecosystem in Ecuador Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: venture capitalseed fundingsouth americaEcuadorangel investingentrepreneurshipinnovationfinancing File: Download Juan_Jose_Castro_UnderstandingtheBarriersandDevelopmentofaVentureCapitalandSeedFundingEcosysteminEcuador.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorDr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader
54. Comparison Of Volatility Models of The S&P 500 Index Open Access Author: Nguyen, Lam Hoang Title: Comparison Of Volatility Models of The S&P 500 Index Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: volatilityARCHGARCHARIMAUnit Root testData-snoopingS&P 500 Index. File: Download Lam_Nguyen_Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorJingzhi Huang, Faculty Reader
55. Financial Literacy: How Education in Financial and Mathematical Concepts Among the Youth can Contribute to Improved Saving and Investment Decisions Open Access Author: Twerdok, Amy C Title: Financial Literacy: How Education in Financial and Mathematical Concepts Among the Youth can Contribute to Improved Saving and Investment Decisions Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: financial literacyfinancial educationsavinginvesting File: Download Twerdok_Amy_Financial_Literacy.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorDr. Rose Mary Zbiek, Thesis Honors AdvisorChris Muscarella, Faculty ReaderJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
56. The Lazy Portfolio: An Empirical Analysis of the Risk-return Characteristics of Static Investment Portfolios Open Access Author: Sears, Eric Daniel Title: The Lazy Portfolio: An Empirical Analysis of the Risk-return Characteristics of Static Investment Portfolios Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: lazy portfolioasset allocationactive investingpassive investingefficient frontierregression analysisdiversificationSharpe ratio File: Download Eric_Sears_The_Lazy_Portfolio.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Michelle Lowry, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorChris Muscarella, Faculty Reader
57. Predicting Which Banks Can Survive The Threat of Bankruptcy using Pooled Cross Sectional Time Series Regression Analysis Open Access Author: Cook, Justin Michael Title: Predicting Which Banks Can Survive The Threat of Bankruptcy using Pooled Cross Sectional Time Series Regression Analysis Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: pooled regressionbinomial regressionEd Altman's Z-Scorefinancial distressprediction of bankruptcytime seriesSIC code File: Download Justin_Cook_-_Finance_Thesis_for_the_Schreyer_Honors_College_-_Spring_2013.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorChris Muscarella, Faculty Reader
58. Black Swans, Broccoli, and Barbells Open Access Author: Fong, Hortense Title: Black Swans, Broccoli, and Barbells Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Asset allocationFractalBlack swanBarbell Trading Strategy File: Download Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Louis Gattis Jr., Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
59. A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Hollywood Stock Exchange's Forecasting Accuracy and Risk vs. Return Relationships Open Access Author: Olsho, Benjamin A Title: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Hollywood Stock Exchange's Forecasting Accuracy and Risk vs. Return Relationships Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Hollywood Stock ExchangeHSXPrediction MarketsVirtual MarketsForecastingRisk vs. ReturnBox OfficeMovies File: Download Olsho_Ben_Final_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Timothy T Simin, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
60. A Discussion of the Secondary Patent Market: How Bulk Patent Purchases and Sales Affect Stock Prices Open Access Author: Ingber, Jacob Lee Title: A Discussion of the Secondary Patent Market: How Bulk Patent Purchases and Sales Affect Stock Prices Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: PatentsEvent StudyEquitiesFinance File: Download Ingber_Jacob_SecondaryPatentMarket.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Chris Muscarella, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor