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Testing The Efficiency Of The Nfl Point Spread Betting Market, Charles L. Spinosa Jan 2014

Testing The Efficiency Of The Nfl Point Spread Betting Market, Charles L. Spinosa

CMC Senior Theses

This paper examines the efficiency of pricing in the NFL point spread betting market, as hypothesized by the Efficient Market Hypothesis, through both statistical and economic tests. This market provides a simpler framework to test such economic hypotheses than conventional financial markets. Using a larger sample size than past literature, this paper finds that while the market is efficient in the aggregate sense, there are still some profit opportunities which imply pricing inefficiencies.


Developing An Efficient High-Trust Model Within Audit Teams, Julian James L. Laguisma Jan 2014

Developing An Efficient High-Trust Model Within Audit Teams, Julian James L. Laguisma

CMC Senior Theses

An examination into dyadic trust relationships within an audit engagement team and development of a model to efficiently optimize trust.