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55. Understanding the Barriers and Development of a Venture Capital and Seed Funding Ecosystem in Ecuador

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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 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

57. Financial Literacy: How Education in Financial and Mathematical Concepts Among the Youth can Contribute to Improved Saving and Investment Decisions

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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 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

58. The Lazy Portfolio: An Empirical Analysis of the Risk-return Characteristics of Static Investment Portfolios

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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 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

59. Predicting Which Banks Can Survive The Threat of Bankruptcy using Pooled Cross Sectional Time Series Regression Analysis

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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 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

61. A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Hollywood Stock Exchange's Forecasting Accuracy and Risk vs. Return Relationships

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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 Exchange
HSX
Prediction Markets
Virtual Markets
Forecasting
Risk vs. Return
Box Office
Movies
File:
Download Olsho_Ben_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy T Simin, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

65. A Personal Wealth Management Guide for College Students

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Open Access
Author:
Zhou, Yunhua
Title:
A Personal Wealth Management Guide for College Students
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Financial Planning
Personal Income Tax
Budgeting
Consumption Smoothing
File:
Download Yunhua_Zhou_CollegeStudentFinancialPlanningFinal.pdfDownload Yunhua_Zhou_Collegestudentfinancialplanning_Excel.xlsx
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader

68. Grameen Bank Replicators: An Analysis of Tulay Sa Pag-unlad, Inc., Pro-mujer, and South Pacific Business Development

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Open Access
Author:
Lafata, Jason Michael
Title:
Grameen Bank Replicators: An Analysis of Tulay Sa Pag-unlad, Inc., Pro-mujer, and South Pacific Business Development
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
micro-credit
Grameen Bank
replication
success
File:
Download final_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Terrence Robert Guay, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Alan Miles, Faculty Reader

76. The Producer's Dilemma: Strategizing for Film Producers Using Decision Tree Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Arakelian, Niki Nubar
Title:
The Producer's Dilemma: Strategizing for Film Producers Using Decision Tree Analysis
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Finance
Film
Film Finance
Producer's Dilemma
Film Producer
Box Office Performance
Decision Tree Analysis
Film Industry
File:
Download Arakelian_Niki_The_Producers_Dilemma.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Professor Christoph Hinkelmann, Thesis Supervisor

77. Empowered Artists: An analysis of how the rise of peer-to-peer file sharing, viral marketing, and advancement in music production software allow independent artists to replicate value added functions of a major record label for a fraction of traditional cost

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Open Access
Author:
Petredis, Christian Sava
Title:
Empowered Artists: An analysis of how the rise of peer-to-peer file sharing, viral marketing, and advancement in music production software allow independent artists to replicate value added functions of a major record label for a fraction of traditional cost
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Record label
music industry
file sharing
independent artists
music production
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Document.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Orie Edwin Barron, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

78. Profitability Analysis for the Installation of Solar Panels on a Residential Home

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Open Access
Author:
Forman, Andrew Seth
Title:
Profitability Analysis for the Installation of Solar Panels on a Residential Home
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Solar
Photovoltaic
California
New Jersey
Profitability
Residential
Electricity
kWh
File:
Download Andrew_Forman_Honors_Thesis_PDF.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Orie Edwin Barron, Faculty Reader

80. Grameen Bank Microcredit Model Replication in Africa: Three Case Studies of African Microfinance Institutions

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Open Access
Author:
Kumar, Anurag
Title:
Grameen Bank Microcredit Model Replication in Africa: Three Case Studies of African Microfinance Institutions
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Microfinance
Microcredit
Grameen
Grameen Bank
Grameen Model
African Microfinance
Microfinance Institutions
File:
Download Anurag_Kumar_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Austin Jay Jaffe, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Peter C Mhando, Faculty Reader

82. A Study Of African Stock Exchanges And Their Correlation Between Exchanges In The Developed World As It Relates To Portfolio Diversification And Investor’s Needs

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Open Access
Author:
Pica, Jenna Clare
Title:
A Study Of African Stock Exchanges And Their Correlation Between Exchanges In The Developed World As It Relates To Portfolio Diversification And Investor’s Needs
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
African Frontier Markets
Emerging Markets
BRICS Countries
Developed Markets
Portfolio Diversification
Correlation
File:
Download 1-Pica_Jenna_A_Study_of_African_Stock_Exchanges_and_Their_Correlation_between_Exchanges_in_the_Developed_World_as_it_Related_to_Portfolio_Diversification_and_Investors_Needs.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader

86. Commodity Futures Pricing: Testing for the Nonzero Premium and Predicting the Future Spot Price

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Open Access
Author:
Dolente, Christine Marie
Title:
Commodity Futures Pricing: Testing for the Nonzero Premium and Predicting the Future Spot Price
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
commodities
futures contracts
pricing theory
File:
Download Dolente_Christine_CommodityFuturesPricing.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Timothy T Simin, Faculty Reader

90. Event Study Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Actions and Firm Stock Return

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Open Access
Author:
Foreman, Nikolai Michael
Title:
Event Study Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Actions and Firm Stock Return
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility
CSR
Stock Return
Stock Price
Valuation
Finance
File:
Download Foreman_Nikolai_EventStudyAnalysisofCSRActionsandFirmStockReturn.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Chris Muscarella, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

93. An Analysis of Natural Gas Commodity Analyst Forecasting and Natural Gas Market Prices

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Open Access
Author:
Mittal, Rishi Kumar
Title:
An Analysis of Natural Gas Commodity Analyst Forecasting and Natural Gas Market Prices
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Finance
Commodity
Forecasting
Natural Gas
Trading Strategy
Ranking
File:
Download Mittal_Rishi_ananalysisofnaturalgascommodityanalystforecastingandnaturalgasmarketprices.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Dr. George David Haushalter, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor