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Title: A Dynamic Approach to Optimizing Interventions and Mitigating Contagion Impacts in Financial Networks
Author: Farthing, Christopher
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics, Finance, Economics
Description: While modern financial networks are so large, complex, and dynamic that the interactions between their members are impossible to model in their entirety, mathematical models with some simplifying assumptions allow for effective study of network dy...

Title: AN ANALYSIS OF EXPLOITATION IN WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Author: Greer, Tiffany
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: This analysis is a review of the marginal revenue product (MRP) of student athletes and how as amateurs this relates to the limited compensation they are permitted to receive. Specifically this paper examines the collegiate women’s basketball prog...

Title: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORNER KICK NUMBERS AND FOOTBALL OUTCOMES
Author: Ashimolowo, Toyosi
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Economics, Regression analysis
Description: Corner kicks are arguably important during match play, but questions remain about the impact of corner kicks on match outcomes. This study analyzes the relevance of corner kicks numbers and their importance to match outcomes, then compares this re...

Title: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF NORWEGIAN HOUSE PRICES
Author: Oeding Amundstad, Kjetil
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: This study estimates an econometric model to explain changes in Norwegian house prices. This is useful as it expands the understanding of how and why Norwegian house prices move as they do. The study utilizes Statistics Norway’s house prices Index...

Title: AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE LOAD REDUCTION EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES EMPLOYED IN DEMAND RESPONSE (DR) PROGRAMS OFFERED TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS
Author: Mohajeryami, Saeed
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Engineering, Economics
Description: In current electricity market, demand side buys power indirectly through electric utilities, and it makes the demand side inelastic to market's price volatility and significantly affects the efficiency of the market. To fix the problem, it is esse...

Title: ANALYSIS ON EMPLOYMENT IN THE CHARLOTTE METRO AREA BEFORE AND AFTER THE OPENING OF THE CHARLOTTE BOBCATS ARENA
Author: Lopez, Benito
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: BENITO LOPEZ. Analysis on employment in the Charlotte metro area before and after the opening of the Charlotte Bobcats Arena. (Under the direction ofDR. CRAIG DEPKEN II)This paper uses nonfarm employment data from the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, N...

Title: AUTOMOTIVE AND LOGISTICS CLUSTERS TO DRIVE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS IN JAVA, INDONESIA
Author: Anggoro, Yudo
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Government policy, Economics
Description: This study assesses the competitiveness of logistics and automotive industry clusters in Java economic corridor, Indonesia. The need for competitive industry clusters in Indonesia has emerged especially after the government launched its Master Pla...

Title: An approach for demand response at residential level using integrated dynamic consumer end elasticity model
Author: Patel, Shyamal
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Power resources, Economics
Description: Reducing the difference between on peak and off peak demand has long been recognized by utilities as an effective way of cutting the cost of producing electricity. Moreover, having prior knowledge about dynamic electricity rates gives the consumer...

Title: Analysis of tanking in the National Football League
Author: Nance, William
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: Sports economics literature has recently explored the idea that there is an incentive to intentionally lose games in some professional sports leagues. This process is known as "tanking" and is largely related to a league’s amateur draft policies. ...

Title: CONCEALED CARRY LAWS AND THEIR EFFECT ON MASS SHOOTINGS IN THE UNITED STATES
Author: Bowles, Nicholas
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Economics, Criminology
Description: Mass shootings frequently provoke discussion around the adequacy of firearm legislation, and what can be done to prevent future attacks. Previous literature examining the relationship between concealed handgun laws and mass shootings provides cont...

Title: CONSEQUENCES ON LABOR MARKET AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ACROSS RACES AND GENDERS FROM GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL DURING A RECESSION
Author: Baddouh, Priscila
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: This study investigates the effects of graduating high school during a recession on real wages, educational attainment, and probability of being in five professional occupation fields, most of them high wage occupation fields. I use data from the ...

Title: Can the Value of Ether Be Explained and Predicted?
Author: Juhl, Morten Arrild
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Economics
Description: This paper analyzes the Ethereum blockchain and the applicability of models for network valuation in explaining the value of Ether. After examining the fundamentals of the Ethereum blockchain and its associated cryptocurrency, Ether, it is argued ...

Title: Corruption, Inequality, or Growth: Illuminatic Trinity or Nature?
Author: Fowler, Joe
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: 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...

Title: Corruption, Inequality, or Growth: Illuminatic Trinity or Nature?
Author: Fowler, Joe
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: 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...

Title: DEFLATEGATE: THE EFFECT OF THE 2006 RULE CHANGE REGARDING FOOTBALL PREPARATION ON RELEVANT GAME STATISTICS
Author: Satterwhite, William
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: This study investigates the impact of 2006 NFL rule change on the 2015 DeflateGate controversy. This analysis contributes to the discussions surrounding Tom Brady, the Patriots and their role in game day football preparation. This study is unique ...

Title: Determinants of Yankee Bond Pricing
Author: Lyon, Jeffrey
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Economics
Description: Yankee bonds provide a unique arena to analyze corporate debt issuance due to the fact issuers from a variety of countries are selling bonds within the same market. Previous studies use Yankee bonds to analyze the impact of differing levels of inv...

Title: Does the value added to GDP from nonprofit institutions decrease Medicaid payouts?
Author: Sullivan, Brian
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: 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...

Title: Durability, Indirect Bankruptcy Costs, and Capital Structure
Author: Shah, Dhara
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Economics
Description: I contribute to the literature by formally modeling the indirect bankruptcy costs for a firm that sells durable goods. Consumers concerned about warranties or future product services penalize the distressed firm by putting off purchases or leaving...

Title: Durability, Indirect Bankruptcy Costs, and Capital Structure
Author: Shah, Dhara
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Economics
Description: I contribute to the literature by formally modeling the indirect bankruptcy costs for a firm that sells durable goods. Consumers concerned about warranties or future product services penalize the distressed firm by putting off purchases or leaving...

Title: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY ESTIMATING THE EFFECTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC AND GENERAL HEALTH PREDICTORS ON MENTAL HEALTH USING A ZERO INFLATED NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODEL
Author: Perez, Brian
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Economics
Description: During the previous thirty years, the United States has experienced epidemic levels of chronic metabolic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. In the same time period, an increase in mental illness has occurred with increased rate...