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Author:

Wendel, Shawn A

Title:

Evaluation of the Performance of Whole Life Insurance Versus Buy Term Insurance and Invest the Difference

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Life insurance
whole life insurance

File:

Download Wendel_Shawn_wholelifeinsuranceperformance.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Timothy T Simin, Faculty Reader

Author:

Zurad, Noah Joseph

Title:

The Misunderstood Municipal Market: Why Predictions For Mass Municipal Defaults Are Incorrect

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Municipal
Debt
States
Fiscal
Pensions
Debt Market
Default
Bankruptcy
Tax-Exempt
Harrisburg
Balanced Budget

File:

Download Zurad_Noah_MunicipalMarket.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader

Author:

Southmayd, Geoffrey Edward

Title:

An Event Study of Equity Spin-off’s in the 21st Century

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Spin-off
parent firm

File:

Download Geoff_Southmayd_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader

Author:

Frazier, Charles William

Title:

Are Companies Inflating Earnings & Equity by Granting Employee Stock Options?

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Employee stock options
employee
stock
option
ESO
earnings
equity
accounting
IPO
initial public offering
contingent liability

File:

Download Charles_Frazier_AreCompaniesInflatingEarnings.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jingzhi Huang, Thesis Supervisor
Jingzhi Huang, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Carrick, Kelsi Nadine

Title:

The Effect of the Decline of the Greek Economy on European Businesses

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

greek economy
event study
finance
stock market
the euro
Eurozone
European Businesses

File:

Download Carrick_Kelsi_businesseffectofdeclininggreekeconomy_thesis2012.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Laura B Field, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Shannon, Matthew Francis

Title:

EAST COAST BIAS IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

basketball
NCAA
tournament
bias
east coast bias
conference bias
school size bias
selection committee
seeding
geographical bias
at-large

File:

Download Matthew_Shannon_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader

Author:

Aarons, Ross Hanson

Title:

Implied Probability of Default and the European Sovereign Debt Crisis

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Probability of Default
Europe
Debt Crisis
Reduced Form Model
Greece
Ireland
Portugal
Italy
Spain
France
Belgium

File:

Download Aarons_Ross_ImpliedProbabilityofDefault.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Louis Gattis Jr., Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Professor Christoph Hinkelmann, Faculty Reader

Author:

Kudaravalli, Mohit

Title:

USING VALUATION RATIOS TO PREDICT RETIREMENT T PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Retirement
Portfolio
Valuation Ratios
Shiller
P/E
Dividend Yields
Ending Balance
Withdrawal Rate

File:

Download Thesis-Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Timothy T Simin, Faculty Reader

Author:

Utrera, Francisco Javier

Title:

Forecasting Inflation

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Inflation
CPI-U
Predicting
Prediction
Forecasts
Monetary
Fiscal
Policy

File:

Download Predicting_Inflation.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. George David Haushalter, Faculty Reader

Author:

Roth, Nathan Chad

Title:

Analyzing Energy Firms' Distribution Policies In A Post-JGTRRA Environment

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Distributions
Dividends
Buybacks
JGTRRA

File:

Download NCR_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Alan Miles, Faculty Reader

Author:

Lee, Byung Jin

Title:

The Impact Of Utilizing Option In Retirement Investing

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

retirement investing
options
treasury bills
risk

File:

Download Lee_Byung_Jin_optionsretirement.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
William Kracaw, Faculty Reader

Author:

Zalesky, John Edward

Title:

Present Value Analysis of Pennsylvania Tuition Subsidies

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

tuition
education
university

File:

Download John_Zalesky.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Chris Muscarella, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Smith, Brett Michael

Title:

American vs. Chinese Tech Initial Public Offerings

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

initial public offering
IPO
Chinese
American
U.S.-listed
tech
technology

File:

Download Smith_Brett_chineseamericanipos.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michelle Lowry, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Myra, Clinton Jacob

Title:

The Role Of Irrational Exuberance In Rising Tuition Prices

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

tuition prices
higher education
decision model
tuition increases
student debt

File:

Download 1-Myra_Clinton_IrrationalExuberanceTuitionPrices.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Sajay Samuel, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

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 capital
seed funding
south america
Ecuador
angel investing
entrepreneurship
innovation
financing

File:

Download Juan_Jose_Castro_UnderstandingtheBarriersandDevelopmentofaVentureCapitalandSeedFundingEcosysteminEcuador.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader

Author:

Nguyen, Lam Hoang

Title:

Comparison Of Volatility Models of The S&P 500 Index

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

volatility
ARCH
GARCH
ARIMA
Unit Root test
Data-snooping
S&P 500 Index.

File:

Download Lam_Nguyen_Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jingzhi Huang, Faculty Reader

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 literacy
financial education
saving
investing

File:

Download Twerdok_Amy_Financial_Literacy.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Rose Mary Zbiek, Thesis Honors Advisor
Chris Muscarella, Faculty Reader
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

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 portfolio
asset allocation
active investing
passive investing
efficient frontier
regression analysis
diversification
Sharpe ratio

File:

Download Eric_Sears_The_Lazy_Portfolio.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michelle Lowry, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Chris Muscarella, Faculty Reader

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 regression
binomial regression
Ed Altman's Z-Score
financial distress
prediction of bankruptcy
time series
SIC code

File:

Download Justin_Cook_-_Finance_Thesis_for_the_Schreyer_Honors_College_-_Spring_2013.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Chris Muscarella, Faculty Reader

Author:

Fong, Hortense

Title:

Black Swans, Broccoli, and Barbells

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Asset allocation
Fractal
Black swan
Barbell Trading Strategy

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Louis Gattis Jr., Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor