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Corruption, Inequality, or Growth: Illuminatic Trinity or Nature?
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Author
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Fowler, Joe
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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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This paper explores popular economic, political, and social conceptions of the relationshipbetween income inequality and corruption. Contemporary politics have become heavily divided on income inequality. Therefore, using current econometric metho...
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FBS CONFERENCE SIZE AND ITS EFFECT ON PROFITABILITY IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
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Author
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Moore, Christopher
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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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Previous studies have explored the dynamic between member schools and the conferences to which they belong, particularly regarding optimal alignment and profit maximization. Conference members have to decide whether switching is worthwhile, and as...
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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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Screening for stock-characteristics and continuation of the dual momentum approach
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Author
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Ekström, Konstantin
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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The momentum strategy suggests buying stocks that have appreciated the most and selling those that have depreciated the most. The strategy is well documented and has shown persistence over the years. A problem most trading strategies face is that ...
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THE EFFECT OF SPORTING EVENTS ON FIRM-LEVEL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN UPTOWN CHARLOTTE
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Author
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Fore, Benjamin
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Government policy, Sports administration
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Description
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This study investigates the impact of sporting events in Charlotte, North Carolina on local economic activity. A formal analysis of the effect these events have on local markets is useful in supporting or refuting the assumption of economic benefi...
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Title
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THREE ESSAYS IN MARKET EFFICIENCY: AN EXAMINATION OF MARKET REACTION TO INFORMATION
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Author
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Berkowitz, Jason
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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The efficient market hypothesis (EMH) examines how quickly and accurately information is reflected in a security price, and as a result, it has become one of the primary areas of focus in financial literature. I explore three problems regarding th...
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Title
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Tanking in the National Hockey League
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Author
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Hayden, Shelley
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Sports administration
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Description
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Tanking, the incentive for a sports team to lose game(s) at the end of the regular season to secure a favorable draft position, is a researched problem in multiple major sports leagues. Attempts to diminish the incentive to tank have been implemen...
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Title
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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...
