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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