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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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European Firms’ Issuance and Call Policies of Convertible Bonds
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Author
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Soegaard, Benedikte Kuepper
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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This thesis examines the decision of European firms to issue convertible bonds, theirsubsequent corporate call policy, and whether this differs from the theoretical optimal call policy. The analysis was divided into two parts: Part I focused on th...
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Does the value added to GDP from nonprofit institutions decrease Medicaid payouts?
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Author
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Sullivan, Brian
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics
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Description
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This paper investigates the impact of nonprofit activities, measured by their total contribution to gross domestic product, on poverty, measured by Medicaid payouts. Additional control variables include: the value of the housing stock, the employm...
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How High School Location Affects Your Odds to Make it to the NBA
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Author
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Chopra, Rajat
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics
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Description
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Some states or metropolitan statistical areas produce more professional athletes when compared to their representation in the population whereas some areas produce less than their represented population. Figure 1 shows the geographical distributio...
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The Community College: Access to Opportunity or Barrier to Success
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Author
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Grubbs, Samuel
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Social structure, Government policy, Education, Higher
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Description
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The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate some of the contradictory outcomes for community college students. I investigated whether community colleges lower their students’ aspirations and make students less likely to be socially involve...
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The Influence of Reference Group Contributions on Individual Charitable Giving
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Author
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Skeate, Keegan
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics
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Description
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The act of giving to charity seems to arise from interpersonal comparisons of relative well-being. The purpose of this study is to test if reference group comparisons of charitable contributions influence the propensity to give to charity. Apart f...