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Introducing Non-Linearities and Interaction Terms in a Conditional Asset Pricing Model
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Author
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Rask, Kristoffer
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Economics
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Description
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Throughout history of the conditional asset pricing literature the goal has been to find the best possible model to explain what determines a firm’s expected stock return. In Dickson (2015) the variables that prove to be best at explaining a firm’...
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MISSIONAL SUBJECTIVITY: NEOLIBERAL HUMAN CAPITAL AND CHRISTIAN CAMPUS MINISTRIES
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Author
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Caro, Lennin
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Religion, Economics
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Description
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Since 2000, the anthropology of Christianity significantly grew in the scholarly literature. However, there remains this odd gap in examining Christians and their activities in college campuses. This paper attempts to fill this gap by doing ethnog...
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NONPARAMETRIC PREDICTIVE REGRESSION
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Author
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Yu, Xintian
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Statistics, Finance, Economics
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Description
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In financial time series nonlinear effects and time-varying effects are observed. In this dissertation we propose a predictive regression model with time varying coefficients and functional coefficients. It allows for nonstationary predictors. We establi...
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Neoliberalism, Gender, and Frontline COVID-19 Nurses
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Author
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Robbins, James
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Ethnology, Economics, Women's studies
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Description
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The COVID-19 pandemic presented new challenges to healthcare workers: with rising COVID cases, constantly changing guidelines, and an uncertain and rapidly unfolding situation, stress and burnout among nurses have risen as well. Narratives around ...
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OPERATIONAL LOSSES: LESSONS FROM SEVEN OF THE LARGEST ROGUE TRADING EVENTS IN HISTORY
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Author
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Morat, Patricio
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Economics, Industrial management
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Description
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Operational losses: Lessons from seven of the largest rogue trading events in history. (Under the direction of DR. ROB ROY MCGREGOR)Operational risk is the risk of losses arising from the failure of people, processes, and systems, and from externa...
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PREDICTING CREDIT DEFAULT RISK VIA STATISTICAL MODEL AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS
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Author
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Choubey, Anand
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics
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Description
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Financial institutions need to measure risks within their credit portfolios (homeloans, credit card, auto loans, etc.) for regulatory requirements and for internal riskmanagement. To meet these requirements financial institutions increasingly rely...
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Peer Effects In the Professional Golf Association
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Author
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Couch, Preston
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics
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Description
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In this analysis I will determine the execution of professional golfers in the final two rounds of a four round tournament. This paper investigates if a player’s performance influences another player’s performance using tee shots on par three hole...
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Predicting Startup Success in U.S
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Author
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Lopes Veloso, Felipe Augusto
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics, Artificial intelligence, Entrepreneurship
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Description
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This thesis consists of the creation of a reliable model to predict the success of Startups located in U.S. Previous researches have been focused either on the accuracy of different algorithms, without investigating the real effect of the risk and...
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Price and Prejudice: An Empirical Look at the Value Formation of Bitcoin
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Author
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Doster, David
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Economics
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Description
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Bitcoin price formation has been the topic of many studies due to the recent rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies around the globe. The problem not only lies with attempting to find how the value of this currency is established, but finding a fr...
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REDUCING ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
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Author
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Hamilton, Austin
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics
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Description
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This paper estimates the effect wage transparency had on Major League Baseballpitcher’s salaries in the mid to late 1980s. The paper implements a conventionalmethod of wage estimation as previously used in the literature. The data, in partare from...
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Rebalance and Reallocation Behavior Patterns Within Retirement Plans
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Author
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Graham, Quentin
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics
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Description
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I evaluate the determinants that influence the likelihood that an individual rebalances the amounts held in their retirement plan or reallocate the investments they use for future contributions. I do this by analyzing quarterly administrative reco...
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SPATIAL COMPETITION BASED ON CUSTOMERS' CHOICE HISTORIES: A STUDY OF TRADE FLOWS
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Author
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Kashiha, Mona
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Date Created
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2014
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Subjects--Topical
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Geodesy, Economics, Area studies
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Description
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In a world of differentiated firms, customers with the same observable characteristics reveal different choice behaviors. This research contributes to the modeling of competition in a market characterized by spatially differentiated firms and sign...
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STRATEGIES, INCENTIVES, AND DECISIONS: ILLICIT CROP CONTROL IN COLOMBIA
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Author
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Davalos Alvarez, Eleonora
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Economics
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Description
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This dissertation examines three aspects of coca cultivation in Colombia. Fist, I evaluate how social investment in conjunction with eradication affects new coca crops. The results suggest that aerial spraying is effective in deterring farmers fro...
