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Author:

Diacont, Samuel Harvey

Title:

LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OF CORPORATE INVERSIONS SINCE 2004

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Tax Avoidance
Corporate Inversion
Finance
Stock Returns
Long-term Performance
Section 7874

File:

Download Diacont_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Kim, Boyoung

Title:

Modifying Microcredit to Increase Outreach

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Microcredit
outreach
developing countries
financial inclusion
financial access
loan maturity
loan term
loan structure
informal credit
formal credit
microfinance
Grameen Bank

File:

Download Boyoung_Thesis_Final_b.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Bee Yan Roberts, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Wu, Renyu

Title:

HOW INCENTIVES CONTRIBUTED TO THE GREAT RECESSION?

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Financial Crisis
Great Recession
Incentives
Intrinsic Motivation
Securitization Food Chain

File:

Download Final_-_HOW_INCENTIVES_CONTRIBUTED_TO_THE_GREAT_RECESSIONdocx.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Sajay Samuel, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Peredo Centellas, Alvaro Ramiro

Title:

A representation of investor learning behavior through cellular genetic algorithms

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Genetic Algorithm
GA
Learning Behavior
Finance
Mathematics
Programming
Python
Evolutionary Algorithm
Cellular
Volatility
Technical Analysis
INX
S&P500
Investor
Population
Mutation Rate
Crossover Rate
Natural Selection
Evolution
Genes

File:

Download A_Representation_of_Investor_Learning_Behavior_Through_Cellular_Genetic_Algorithms_Peredo_Alvaro.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jingzhi Huang, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Baker, Nicholas Joseph

Title:

QUANTITATIVE EASING AND ITS EFFECTS ON INVESTMENT & GDP GROWTH

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Quantitative Easing
Federal Reserve
GDP
Investment
Capital Expenditure
Interest Rates
US Economy
Future Potential GDP

File:

Download SHC_SeniorThesis_Baker_Nicholas.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Thesis Supervisor

Author:

Phelps, Kevin Lloyd

Title:

ADJUSTING TARGET-DATE FUND GLIDE PATH FOR THE RELATIVE VALUATION OF THE S&P 500

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

retirement
401k
defined contribution
target-date funds
asset allocation

File:

Download Thesis_FINAL_submit.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Binder, Christian N

Title:

A TEST OF THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF VOLATILITY FORECASTING MODELS

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Finance
Volatility Forecasting
Econometrics
Statistics
Volatility
Time Series Analysis
GARCH
Forecasting
Implied Volatility

File:

Download Binder_Chris_Thesis_VolatilityForecasting.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Louis Gattis Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Cohen, Alexandra

Title:

A Financial and Logistical Analysis of Danone's Acquisition of WhiteWave Foods

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

merger
acquisition
Danone
WhiteWave Foods
supply chain

File:

Download Alexandra_Cohen_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Stevens, Cameron Lewis

Title:

THE EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF AUTOMATION ADOPTION: PREPARING FOR A FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGICAL UNEMPLOYMENT

Area of Honors:

Economics

Keywords:

Automation
Robotics
Employment
Economics
Transportation
Manufacturing
Technology
Futurology
Singularity

File:

Download Stevens_Cameron_EmploymentEffectsofAutomation.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Russell Paul Chuderewicz, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Faculty Reader

Author:

Delaney, John Joseph

Title:

Financing the Front Page: Profitable Models for Journalism

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Finance and Journalism

Keywords:

Journalism
nonprofits
finance
media
news
newspapers

File:

Download Jack_Delaney_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Russell Edgar Eshleman Jr., Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Ford Risley, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

DiPietro, Karla M

Title:

High Skilled Immigrants’ Effects on High Skilled Natives’ Wages and Immigrants’ Effects on the Labor Force Participation Rate and Subsequent Growth Rate of Gross Domestic Product in the United States

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

immigration
wages
gross domestic product
labor force participation rate
labor demographic
population demographic
foreign born

File:

Download Karla_DiPietro_Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Fariborz Ghadar, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Goodall, Edward T

Title:

THE NEW BORDEAUX: SEARCHING FOR A NEW CLASS OF INVESTMENT GRADE WINE

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Wine
Investments
France
Bordeaux
Return
Risk

File:

Download Goodall_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ogden, Jared David

Title:

Financial Education and Financial Literacy

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Financial Literacy
Financial Education
FINRA
NFCS
Finance
Survey

File:

Download Jared_Ogden_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. George David Haushalter, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ciccotelli, Eric

Title:

NEGATIVE INTEREST RATES EFFECT ON BOND CORRELATION

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Interest Rates
Negative Interest Rates
Economy
Exchange Rate
Switzerland
Japan
Bond Yield
Maturity

File:

Download Ciccotelli_Eric_NegIntRatesBonds.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jingzhi Huang, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Steimling, Frederick James

Title:

EQUITY FOR WORKERS: A LEGAL & FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Finance and Labor and Employment Relations

Keywords:

Employee Compensation
ERISA
ESOP
LER
Finance

File:

Download Steimling_Frederick_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Alan Miles, Faculty Reader
Stanley Morris Gully, Thesis Honors Advisor
Paul Vincent Whitehead, Thesis Supervisor

Author:

Cronauer, Ryan Joseph

Title:

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE OWNERSHIP’S IMPACT ON POST EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENT DRIFT

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

PEAD
Active
Passive
Ownership
Post
earnings
announcement
drift
efficient
market
hypothesis
EMH

File:

Download Final_Draft.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jeremiah Ross Green, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Singh, Simranjeet

Title:

Approximating Parabolic Partial Differential Equations with Applications to Financial Option Pricing

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Finance and Mathematics

Keywords:

Green's function
partial differential equations
option pricing
commutator

File:

Download Singh_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Anna L Mazzucato, Thesis Supervisor
Leonid N Vaserstein, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Supervisor

Author:

Dlugos, James Steven

Title:

PEOPLE DRIVING PERFORMANCE: THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF HUMAN CAPITAL FOCUS AS HIGHLIGHTED IN FIRM ANNUAL REPORTS

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Finance and Labor and Employment Relations

Keywords:

Human Capital
SHRM
Upper Echelons
RBV

File:

Download Dlugos_James_PeopleDrivingPerformance_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Stanley Morris Gully, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Stanley Morris Gully, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jean Marie Phillips, Faculty Reader

Author:

Lucas, William

Title:

THE EFFECT OF CONTINGENT CONVERTIBLE DEBT ISSUANCE ON THE VOLATILITY OF A COMPANY’S RETURNS

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Contingent Convertible Debt
CoCos
CoCo Bonds
Idiosyncratic Risk

File:

Download Lucas_William_Thesis_-_The_Effect_of_Contingent_Convertible_Debt_Issuance_on_the_Volatility_of_a_Company_s_Returns.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jingzhi Huang, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

MacDonald, MaryKate E

Title:

HOW U.S. CORPORATE INVERSIONS IMPACT SHAREHOLDER VALUE

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Corporate Inversion
Effective Tax Rate
Tax Haven
Merger & Acquisition

File:

Download MacDonald_MaryKate_HowU.S.CorporateInversionsImpactShareholderValue.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Chris Muscarella, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Payne, Nicole Allison

Title:

THE SAFEWAY STORY: ALIGNING LABOR, CAPITAL, AND COMMUNITY

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Finance and Labor and Employment Relations

Keywords:

merger
acquisition
Safeway
Albertsons
Cerberus
grocery
Teamster
UFCW
LBO
IPO
white knight
white squire
ESOP
labor
capital
community

File:

Download The_Safeway_Story_Final_4_9_2017.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Paul Vincent Whitehead, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Stanley Morris Gully, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Alan Miles, Faculty Reader

Author:

Covell, Jacob Thomas

Title:

HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGY: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A TRANSPORTATION REVOLUTION

Area of Honors:

Industrial Engineering

Keywords:

Elon Musk
Hyperloop
Economics
Economic Analysis

File:

Download Jacob_Covell_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Supervisor
Catherine Mary Harmonosky, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Merigliano, Troy Dominic

Title:

THE SYSTEMIC RISK OF INCREASED DEBT ON CORPORATE BALANCE SHEETS DURING THE NEXT RECESSION

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Debt
Great Recession
Corporate Debt
Stress Test

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Soliday, Christina Bryn

Title:

The Identification of Differential Interpretations and its Correlation to Equity Sectors

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

trading volume
differential interpretations
equity sectors

File:

Download Soliday__Christina_Thesis_b.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Popa, Xydemor

Title:

FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR A MALE COSMETICS COMPANY

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Entrepreneurship
Startup
Finance
Cosmetic
Business Plan
Feasibility Assessment

File:

Download Popa_Xydemor_MaleCosmetics.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Orie Edwin Barron, Faculty Reader

Author:

Maiello, Alfred Brandon

Title:

AN EXAMINATION OF BIDDER FEES AND THE EFFECT ON FIRM RETURNS

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

M&A
Bidder Fee
Reverse Termination Fee
merger and acquisition

File:

Download maiello_alfred_bidderfee_final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jason Kotter, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Gress, David J

Title:

Evolving Market Efficiency and Its Implications

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

market efficiency
behavioral finance
finance
economics
rational inattention
status quo bias

File:

Download Gress_David_Evolving_Market_Efficiency_and_Its_Implications.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Alan Miles, Faculty Reader

Author:

Blair, Richard Joseph

Title:

GETTING A KICK OUT OF FINANCE: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF SOCCER’S TRANSFER MARKET

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Richard
Joseph
Blair
Finance
Statistics
Soccer
Sports
Moneyball
Valuation
Model

File:

Download RJB_Thesis_b.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Robert Alexander Novack, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Benoit, Alexander C

Title:

EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF DEBT VALUATION METHODOLOGIES AND REPORTING ON INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Real Estate
Debt Valuation
Reporting Standards
Interest Rate Risk
Default Risk
Vasicek Model

File:

Download Benoit_Alexander_DebtValuation.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Jiro Yoshida, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Lutschaunig, Christian

Title:

Should the NCAA Allow Its Athletes to Receive Monetary Compensation

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

college athlete
college athletics
NCAA
Sports
Paying athletes
Payment method
O'Bannon

File:

Download Lutschaunig__Christian_Final_Thesis_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Professor Christoph Hinkelmann, Thesis Supervisor

Author:

Webb, Chase Daniel

Title:

EFFICIENCY AND THE EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE AUTOMOTIVE MARKETPLACE

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

efficiency
automotive
car dealer
market efficiency
auction

File:

Download Webb__Chase_Final_Thesis_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Matthew Todd Lange Gustafson, Faculty Reader

Author:

Osolnick, Andrew John

Title:

Implications of Global Financial Institutions in the Asia-Pacific Region

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Finance
AIIB
Asia
OBOR
One Belt
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

File:

Download Osolnick_Andrew_ImplicationsFinInstFINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Professor Christoph Hinkelmann, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Harding, Alanna R

Title:

Accretion Analysis of the Amazon – Whole Foods Acquisition

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Accretion
Whole Foods
Amazon
Mergers and Acquisitions
M&A
Transaction
Finance
Financial Model

File:

Download Alanna_Harding_-_Final_Thesis_-_Fall_2017.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor