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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