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Who Takes Advanced Placement?, Benjamin Scafidi, Chris Clark, John Swinton
Who Takes Advanced Placement?, Benjamin Scafidi, Chris Clark, John Swinton
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In recent years there has been a renewed interest in the sources of achievement gaps between groups of students. One potential source is differential access to high quality educational opportunities. This paper provides an analysis of who takes Advanced Placement (AP) Economics. Using two years of administrative data on all high school students who take a course to satisfy Georgia’s graduation requirement in economics, we find large differences in enrollment in AP Economics across groups. Specifically, African-American and Hispanic students and students from low-income backgrounds are about half as likely to be enrolled in AP Economics as other students. However, …
Role Of Intelligence Inputs In Defending Against Cyber Warfare And Cyber Terrorism, Aniruddha Bagchi
Role Of Intelligence Inputs In Defending Against Cyber Warfare And Cyber Terrorism, Aniruddha Bagchi
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The Cost Of Float To A Firm: Commercial Banking Treasury Management Analysis Case Study, Patricia R. Robertson
The Cost Of Float To A Firm: Commercial Banking Treasury Management Analysis Case Study, Patricia R. Robertson
Faculty and Research Publications
This case is ideal for an upper-level finance course that has an emphasis on short-term financial management. Despite significant advancements in electronic payment systems, most U.S. firms continue to pay invoices with paper checks mailed to suppliers. So long as the checks are received by the due date, firms are in compliance with supplier credit terms. However, paper checks must be processed and recorded by the supplier, deposited in the supplier’s bank, and cleared against the payer’s bank before the cash is transferred from the payer’s checking account to the supplier’s checking account. This delay in the conversion of a …