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A Dynamic Approach to Optimizing Interventions and Mitigating Contagion Impacts in Financial Networks
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...
Corruption, Inequality, or Growth: Illuminatic Trinity or Nature?
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...
Durability, Indirect Bankruptcy Costs, and Capital Structure
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...
Examining Policy, Enabler And Access Factor Effects On U.S State Medicaid Pharmaceutical Utilization And Expenditures
Title
Examining Policy, Enabler And Access Factor Effects On U.S State Medicaid Pharmaceutical Utilization And Expenditures
Author
EGHAN, EMMANUEL
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Economics, Health services administration, Industrial management
Description
Prescription drug expenditures and utilization are the fastest growing and most widely varying expenditures within Medicaid programs across US states. The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 and the subsequent Medicaid state expansion...
How High School Location Affects Your Odds to Make it to the NBA
Title
How High School Location Affects Your Odds to Make it to the NBA
Author
Chopra, Rajat
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Economics
Description
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...
The Effect of Child Access Prevention Laws on Unintentional Shootings Perpetrated by Children
Title
The Effect of Child Access Prevention Laws on Unintentional Shootings Perpetrated by Children
Author
Nussbaum, Sofia
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Government policy, Economics
Description
Holding gun owners responsible when a child accesses a firearm is one of the reasons Child Access Prevention Laws emerged. Previous studies have focused on fatal shootings in which the victim is a child without identifying the age of the perpetrat...