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1. Financial Literacy: How Education in Financial and Mathematical Concepts Among the Youth can Contribute to Improved Saving and Investment Decisions

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Open Access
Author:
Twerdok, Amy C
Title:
Financial Literacy: How Education in Financial and Mathematical Concepts Among the Youth can Contribute to Improved Saving and Investment Decisions
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
financial literacy
financial education
saving
investing
File:
Download Twerdok_Amy_Financial_Literacy.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
Dr. Rose Mary Zbiek, Thesis Honors Advisor
Chris Muscarella, Faculty Reader
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. The Lazy Portfolio: An Empirical Analysis of the Risk-return Characteristics of Static Investment Portfolios

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Open Access
Author:
Sears, Eric Daniel
Title:
The Lazy Portfolio: An Empirical Analysis of the Risk-return Characteristics of Static Investment Portfolios
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
lazy portfolio
asset allocation
active investing
passive investing
efficient frontier
regression analysis
diversification
Sharpe ratio
File:
Download Eric_Sears_The_Lazy_Portfolio.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Michelle Lowry, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Chris Muscarella, Faculty Reader

3. Predicting Which Banks Can Survive The Threat of Bankruptcy using Pooled Cross Sectional Time Series Regression Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Cook, Justin Michael
Title:
Predicting Which Banks Can Survive The Threat of Bankruptcy using Pooled Cross Sectional Time Series Regression Analysis
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
pooled regression
binomial regression
Ed Altman's Z-Score
financial distress
prediction of bankruptcy
time series
SIC code
File:
Download Justin_Cook_-_Finance_Thesis_for_the_Schreyer_Honors_College_-_Spring_2013.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Chris Muscarella, Faculty Reader

5. A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Hollywood Stock Exchange's Forecasting Accuracy and Risk vs. Return Relationships

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Open Access
Author:
Olsho, Benjamin A
Title:
A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Hollywood Stock Exchange's Forecasting Accuracy and Risk vs. Return Relationships
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Hollywood Stock Exchange
HSX
Prediction Markets
Virtual Markets
Forecasting
Risk vs. Return
Box Office
Movies
File:
Download Olsho_Ben_Final_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Timothy T Simin, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

9. A Personal Wealth Management Guide for College Students

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Open Access
Author:
Zhou, Yunhua
Title:
A Personal Wealth Management Guide for College Students
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Financial Planning
Personal Income Tax
Budgeting
Consumption Smoothing
File:
Download Yunhua_Zhou_CollegeStudentFinancialPlanningFinal.pdfDownload Yunhua_Zhou_Collegestudentfinancialplanning_Excel.xlsx
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Dr. Joseph Randall Woolridge, Faculty Reader

12. Grameen Bank Replicators: An Analysis of Tulay Sa Pag-unlad, Inc., Pro-mujer, and South Pacific Business Development

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Open Access
Author:
Lafata, Jason Michael
Title:
Grameen Bank Replicators: An Analysis of Tulay Sa Pag-unlad, Inc., Pro-mujer, and South Pacific Business Development
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
micro-credit
Grameen Bank
replication
success
File:
Download final_thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Terrence Robert Guay, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
James Alan Miles, Faculty Reader

20. The Producer's Dilemma: Strategizing for Film Producers Using Decision Tree Analysis

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Open Access
Author:
Arakelian, Niki Nubar
Title:
The Producer's Dilemma: Strategizing for Film Producers Using Decision Tree Analysis
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Finance
Film
Film Finance
Producer's Dilemma
Film Producer
Box Office Performance
Decision Tree Analysis
Film Industry
File:
Download Arakelian_Niki_The_Producers_Dilemma.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Professor Christoph Hinkelmann, Thesis Supervisor

21. Empowered Artists: An analysis of how the rise of peer-to-peer file sharing, viral marketing, and advancement in music production software allow independent artists to replicate value added functions of a major record label for a fraction of traditional cost

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Open Access
Author:
Petredis, Christian Sava
Title:
Empowered Artists: An analysis of how the rise of peer-to-peer file sharing, viral marketing, and advancement in music production software allow independent artists to replicate value added functions of a major record label for a fraction of traditional cost
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Record label
music industry
file sharing
independent artists
music production
File:
Download Thesis_Final_Document.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
Orie Edwin Barron, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor

22. Profitability Analysis for the Installation of Solar Panels on a Residential Home

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Open Access
Author:
Forman, Andrew Seth
Title:
Profitability Analysis for the Installation of Solar Panels on a Residential Home
Area of Honors:
Finance
Keywords:
Solar
Photovoltaic
California
New Jersey
Profitability
Residential
Electricity
kWh
File:
Download Andrew_Forman_Honors_Thesis_PDF.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:
James Alan Miles, Thesis Supervisor
James Alan Miles, Thesis Honors Advisor
Orie Edwin Barron, Faculty Reader