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Risk Management And Capital Adequacy In Turkish Participation And Conventional Banks: A Comparative Stress Testing Analysis, M.Kabir Hassan, Omer Unsal, Hikmet Emre Tamer Jun 2016

Risk Management And Capital Adequacy In Turkish Participation And Conventional Banks: A Comparative Stress Testing Analysis, M.Kabir Hassan, Omer Unsal, Hikmet Emre Tamer

Finance Faculty Publications

In this study, we investigate changes in banks' capital adequacy ratio (CAR) under different stress scenarios and examine the results by comparing conventional banks to participation banks in Turkey. Our results report that the capital adequacy ratio of the banks declines substantially given the stress scenarios. We find that participation banks in Turkey suffer more in declined capital adequacy ratio compared to conventional banks. Our findings reveal that participation banks in Turkey are more sensitive to sudden changes in exchange rates and increased non-performing loans. However, this sensitivity is in regards to capital adequacy, not profit. Overall, our study shows …


Oil Prices And A Stronger Dollar: Causation Or Correlation?, Christina Donahue Apr 2016

Oil Prices And A Stronger Dollar: Causation Or Correlation?, Christina Donahue

Honors Senior Capstone Projects

A stronger dollar is accountable for a major effect on declining oil prices. Since oil is traded in U.S. dollars, oil prices are more likely to fall when the dollar becomes stronger. Thus, companies within the oil industry are delivering their worst results of the current decade due to plunging oil prices. However, the stronger dollar is not solely responsible for falling oil prices; the deteriorating demand of oil is the result of slowing growth in major countries such as China.


Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Equity Analyst Report, Brian Nelson Goncalves Apr 2016

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Equity Analyst Report, Brian Nelson Goncalves

Honors Senior Capstone Projects

Most companies throughout history have conducted operations in a way that makes them relatively easy to valuate. Up until very recently this was considered to be the only way to value a company. With the introduction of new technologies and changing consumer demands, it has become increasingly difficult to value most companies. Particularly, technology companies are notoriously hard to value and their valuations are extremely speculative. In this report, the company Take-Two Interactive Software will be discussed and valued. This report will discuss everything about the company and the industry as it relates to investors. In order to understand the …


Obstacles To Tax Reform: Income Definition And Capital Gains Taxation, Nicholas Santosuosso Apr 2016

Obstacles To Tax Reform: Income Definition And Capital Gains Taxation, Nicholas Santosuosso

Honors Senior Capstone Projects

The Great Recession of 2007-2009 sparked widespread economic anxiety among the American public while setting the tone for the debate over economic policy to capture center stage in the 2012 Presidential election cycle. Concern over growing budget deficits and wealth concentration in the wake of the Recession caused much of this attention to shift onto the fiscal policy of the United States. Public dissatisfaction with the federal income tax code remains pervasive today, and 72 percent of Americans believe that the tax system needs either a major or complete overhaul, according to Pew Research Center (Doherty 2013). Support for such …