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The Effects Of Oil Price Shocks On The Stock Market Returns In Developed Economies, Ian Zangrillo
The Effects Of Oil Price Shocks On The Stock Market Returns In Developed Economies, Ian Zangrillo
Honors Theses
This paper examines the effects of oil price shocks on stock returns in OECD countries specifically Canada France Germany Japan United Kingdom United States and Norway. The empirical method used is the vector autoregression (VAR) model where a generalized impulse response function is applied to the results of the VAR to determine how stock prices respond to a shock in oil prices. The VAR model uses quarterly data for the period 1994 to 2016 for the following variables: interest rates real GDP real stock returns real UK Brent crude oil and APSP crude oil index. To take into account structural …
Friend Or Foe: The United States Military Bases In Okinawa South Korea And The Philippines, Caochong Zeng
Friend Or Foe: The United States Military Bases In Okinawa South Korea And The Philippines, Caochong Zeng
Honors Theses
Pax Americana has been not only established by the policy-makers in Washington but also sustained by the global presence of G.l.s. Until 2015, 150,560 U.S. military personnel were stationed in over 150 countries with Japan the Middle East and Germany hosting the most American soldiers. To accommodate American troops overseas, U.S. military installations have also been constructed on foreign lands to achieve regional stability and to implement the U.S. grand strategy. The co-existence of the American military and the local society however has been problematic - social economic and environmental conflicts between bases and locals have plagued the relationship. Criminal …
Pesadillsen El Mar: Retorno A Hansala Y La Inmigración Marroquí En España, Kent Curran
Pesadillsen El Mar: Retorno A Hansala Y La Inmigración Marroquí En España, Kent Curran
Honors Theses
This thesis explores the underlying themes and motives of Retorno a Hansala a 2008 Spanish film directed by Chus Gutierrez. Political and economic instability have contributed to migration across the world making the topic relevant and important. In the film Gutierrez focuses on migration from Morocco to Spain. Although only 14 kilometers separate the two countries thousands of migrants die every year attempting to reach Europe. In Spain many citizens feel as though they do not have a lot in common with their southern neighbors. Even though the country is now mainly Catholic Spain has a rich Islamic history that …
Evolving Perspectives Of Women In Intelligence: Can Women Have It All?, Alyssa Bonesteel
Evolving Perspectives Of Women In Intelligence: Can Women Have It All?, Alyssa Bonesteel
Honors Theses
This thesis serves to analyze the evolution of women in the intelligence community arguing that the role of women has transformed from one of a sexual nature into one of strong leadership. Early sources portray the female spy as a sexual object using her body to covertly gather intelligence through the disguise of a stereotypical woman. Women hid behind their socially accepted roles as housewives or nurses. Using a mix of primary and secondary sources including the declassified CIA Typist to Trailblazer document collection as well as sources of spy fiction this thesis identifies the factors that inhibited the advancement …
Arctic Flashpoint: The Russo-American Rivalry, Matthew Bernard Mackowiak
Arctic Flashpoint: The Russo-American Rivalry, Matthew Bernard Mackowiak
Honors Theses
With the steady melting of Arctic ice, the door has opened to northern shipping routes and access to Arctic oil reserves. As a result, the Russian Federation has jumped at the chance to control as much of the Far North as possible, aggressively militarizing Cold-War-Era bases and staking claims of vast maritime territory. With all of these recent developments, the political climate at the top of the world is changing dramatically. How is Russia flexing its muscles to control Arctic natural resources and what does this mean for the national security interests of the United States? This study will examine …
Averting A New Nuclear Arms Race, Michael Anthony Calhoun
Averting A New Nuclear Arms Race, Michael Anthony Calhoun
Honors Theses
The first goal of this thesis is to defend the claim that working towards nuclear disarmament is a rational, ethically pressing, and urgent goal. I will parse, condense, and array the arguments of statesmen, military leaders, philosophers, peace advocates, scientists, and religious leaders against the continued production, modernization, and maintaining of nuclear arsenals. After this, I will examine the current challenges to nuclear disarmament and promising and pragmatic options on the way to a world without nuclear weapons, with a focus on United States’ policy.