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Author:

Denkin, Benjamin Lawrence

Title:

DETERMINING THE EFFECT OF INDIVIDUAL ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINS ON SUBSEQUENT BOX OFFICE PERFORMANCE

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Academy Awards
finance
box office performance

File:

Download Benjamin_Denkin_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Laura B Field, Thesis Supervisor
Laura B Field, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Banker, Rishin Rajiv

Title:

A look at crowdfunding -- an emerging trend that threatens to displace traditional financial intermediaries

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

crowdfunding
crowdsourcing
crowd
finance
venture financing
Web 2.0
technology

File:

Download Thesis_-_Rishin_Banker.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Dr. Brent William Ambrose, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brent William Ambrose, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Bader, David Andrew

Title:

Traditional-style vs. Roth-style 401k Plans: Calculating the Optimal Savings Rate for Consumption-smoothing

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

finance
retirement
savings
401k
consumption-smoothing

File:

Download FINAL_Version_of_Thesis_Submission.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Louis Gattis Jr., Faculty Reader

Author:

Truitt, Gregory Edward

Title:

How the Financial Markets Reacted to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Crisis

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

finance
financial market reactions
nuclear crisis

File:

Download Truitt_Greg_Japanese_Nuclear_Crisis_FINAL_SUBMISSION.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Michelle Lowry, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Alan Miles, Faculty Reader

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:

Ahmed, Tariq

Title:

An Analysis of the Hedge Fund Industry

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

hedge fund
investing
finance
equity
market returns

File:

Download Final_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader

Author:

Wang, Kyle T

Title:

The Effect of Cybercrime News Announcements on Stock Prices

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

cybercrime
cyber attack
finance
stock prices
stock market
market
hacking
hack
reporting
breach

File:

Download KTW_MASTER.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Chris Muscarella, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Ebeling, Brandon M

Title:

Investing Around Earnings Announcements: An Options-based Trading Strategy

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

finance
earnings announcement
options
straddle
strangle
PEAD
Post earnings announcement drift

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Timothy T Simin, Faculty Reader

Author:

Mandel, Mark Ross

Title:

The 'Immorality Premium' and the Relative Undervaluation of Sin Stocks

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

Sin
stocks
immorality
premium
risk-adjusted return
finance
s&p500
security market line
model
capital
asset
pricing

File:

Download The_Immorality_Premium_and_the_Relative_Undervaluation_of_Sin_Stocks_FINAL.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Orie Edwin Barron, Thesis Supervisor
Quanwei Cao, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Peterson, Dale Robert

Title:

A Comparison of Options Models in Times of Rising Market Volatility

Area of Honors:

Finance

Keywords:

options
black-scholes
binomial tree
monte carlo
finance
volatility
pricing
value

File:

Download Peterson_Dale_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Timothy T Simin, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader