1. Earnings Manipulation and Predicting Stock Returns Open Access Author: Pattarkine, Uma Vikram Title: Earnings Manipulation and Predicting Stock Returns Area of Honors: Interdisciplinary in Accounting and Finance Keywords: Earnings manipulationstock returnsFama FrenchCarhartM-Scoredot-com bubble File: Download Final_Submission.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Edward Eugene Babcock Jr., Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorOrie Edwin Barron, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Grameen Bank Microcredit Model Replication in Africa: Three Case Studies of African Microfinance Institutions 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: MicrofinanceMicrocreditGrameenGrameen BankGrameen ModelAfrican MicrofinanceMicrofinance Institutions File: Download Anurag_Kumar_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Austin Jay Jaffe, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorPeter C Mhando, Faculty Reader
3. Mortgage Financing and the Personal Portfolio Open Access Author: Begley, William Francis Title: Mortgage Financing and the Personal Portfolio Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Portfolio OptimizationMortgageHousing File: Download Begley_WIlliam_mortgagefinancingandthepersonalportfolio.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Louis Gattis Jr., Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
4. 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 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 MarketsEmerging MarketsBRICS CountriesDeveloped MarketsPortfolio DiversificationCorrelation 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 SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader
5. CEO SUCCESSION AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Open Access Author: Pryde, Matthew A Title: CEO SUCCESSION AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: CEOSuccessionEPSRevenue File: Download Pryde_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorOrie Edwin Barron, Faculty Reader
6. The Effect of Cybercrime News Announcements on Stock Prices Open Access Author: Wang, Kyle T Title: The Effect of Cybercrime News Announcements on Stock Prices Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: cybercrimecyber attackfinancestock pricesstock marketmarkethackinghackreportingbreach File: Download KTW_MASTER.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Chris Muscarella, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
7. Does the business cycle explain changes and trends in idiosyncratic stock risk? Open Access Author: Bruno, Jarrod Farrell Title: Does the business cycle explain changes and trends in idiosyncratic stock risk? Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: idiosyncratic riskbusiness cycleS&P 500firm-specific risk File: Download Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorDr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Thesis Supervisor
8. Commodity Futures Pricing: Testing for the Nonzero Premium and Predicting the Future Spot Price 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: commoditiesfutures contractspricing theory File: Download Dolente_Christine_CommodityFuturesPricing.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorTimothy T Simin, Faculty Reader
9. Leveraged Buyouts Between 2005-2007 Open Access Author: Gorgonzola, Benjamin David Title: Leveraged Buyouts Between 2005-2007 Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: LeveragedBuyoutPrivate Equity File: Download Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Chris Muscarella, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
10. Financial Transaction Taxes: A Comparative Study Open Access Author: Hopkins, Matthew Christopher Title: Financial Transaction Taxes: A Comparative Study Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Financialtransactiontaxsecuritiesvolatilityrevenuevolumerates File: Download Hopkins.Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorChris Muscarella, Faculty Reader
11. Investing Around Earnings Announcements: An Options-based Trading Strategy Open Access Author: Ebeling, Brandon M Title: Investing Around Earnings Announcements: An Options-based Trading Strategy Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: financeearnings announcementoptionsstraddlestranglePEADPost earnings announcement drift File: Download Thesis_Final.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorTimothy T Simin, Faculty Reader
12. Event Study Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility Actions and Firm Stock Return 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 ResponsibilityCSRStock ReturnStock PriceValuationFinance File: Download Foreman_Nikolai_EventStudyAnalysisofCSRActionsandFirmStockReturn.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Chris Muscarella, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
13. Does Equity Crowdfunding Have Potential in the U.s.? Open Access Author: Brandolini, James Brian Title: Does Equity Crowdfunding Have Potential in the U.s.? Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: crowdfundingequity crowdfundingjobs actequityonline fundraising File: Download EquityCrowdfunding.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Professor Christoph Hinkelmann, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
14. Municipal Bond Hedging In A Post-detroit Bankruptcy World Open Access Author: Hoffman, Matthew Jean Title: Municipal Bond Hedging In A Post-detroit Bankruptcy World Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: MunicipalBondsDefaultDetroitBankruptcyCross HedgingFixed-Income Securities File: Download Thesis_FINAL_COPY.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Joel Matthew Vanden, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorJames Alan Miles, Faculty Reader
15. An Analysis of Natural Gas Commodity Analyst Forecasting and Natural Gas Market Prices 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: FinanceCommodityForecastingNatural GasTrading StrategyRanking File: Download Mittal_Rishi_ananalysisofnaturalgascommodityanalystforecastingandnaturalgasmarketprices.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. George David Haushalter, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
16. Sustainable Finance Open Access Author: Kim, Yujin Title: Sustainable Finance Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Sustainabilitytraditional financebehavioral financesustainable financesustainability valuationLEEDthe DJSI File: Download Honors_Thesis_-_Sustainable_Finance_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorWilliam Kracaw, Faculty Reader
17. Pricing Methods for American Put Options Open Access Author: Valdivia, Lauren N Title: Pricing Methods for American Put Options Area of Honors: Interdisciplinary in Finance and Mathematics Keywords: FinanceOptionsAmerican Put OptionsBinomial Pricing ModelFinite Difference MethodsMonte Carlo Simulations File: Download LValdivia_Thesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Leonid N Vaserstein, Thesis SupervisorDr. Victoria V Sadovskaya, Thesis Honors AdvisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
18. Examining the Impact of the Market Risk Premium Bias on the CAPM and the Fama French Model Open Access Author: Dorian, Chris Paul Title: Examining the Impact of the Market Risk Premium Bias on the CAPM and the Fama French Model Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: Risk PremiumFama FrenchFama-FrenchCAPMAsset PricingBetaInvestmentsPortfolio ManagementFinance File: Download Dorian_Chris.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Timothy T Simin, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
19. Iceland's Financial Collapse: A Global Credit Bust Open Access Author: Altus, Ryan B Title: Iceland's Financial Collapse: A Global Credit Bust Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: IcelandbanksUS housing bubbleleverageGlitnirKaupthingLandsbankifinancial collapsefinancial crisis of 2008 File: Download Honors_Thesis_Draft_-_Formatted.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James Alan Miles, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors AdvisorLouis Gattis Jr., Faculty Reader
20. Equity Mutual Funds: A Risk-adjusted Performance Analysis of Loads vs. No-loads Open Access Author: Weber, Daniel Eric Title: Equity Mutual Funds: A Risk-adjusted Performance Analysis of Loads vs. No-loads Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: mutual fundloadno-loadSharpe RatioCarhart Four-Factor Model File: Download Daniel_E._Weber_Honors_Thesis_Final_4.3.14.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Timothy T Simin, Thesis SupervisorJames Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor