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An In-Depth Analysis Of The Data Analytics Job Market, Dagny Elaine Wilkins Jan 2021

An In-Depth Analysis Of The Data Analytics Job Market, Dagny Elaine Wilkins

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The Effect Of Changes In Taxation On Earned Income, Kyle John Gourley Jan 2020

The Effect Of Changes In Taxation On Earned Income, Kyle John Gourley

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Price Prediction In The Sharing Economy: A Case Study With Airbnb Data, Brandon Mcneil Jan 2020

Price Prediction In The Sharing Economy: A Case Study With Airbnb Data, Brandon Mcneil

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Many sharing-economy companies like Airbnb have their profits rely on the dynamic pricing market that they participate in. Airbnb hosts can set their own price based on what they deem the market will buy. Recent research argues that almost all hosts fail to maximize their potential profit due to poorly pricing their listing (Gibbs et al., 2018). While previous studies have looked at how specific variables effect the price of an Airbnb listing, this study aims to be the first to group variables separately into two distinct categories based on the host’s ability to control that variable. Looking at two …


The Effect Of Remittance Inflows To India: An Empirical Analysis, Justin Poisson Jan 2018

The Effect Of Remittance Inflows To India: An Empirical Analysis, Justin Poisson

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This paper studies the relationship between remittance inflows and GDP in India. An empirical regression analysis is applied to India’s data to analyze the effect of remittance inflows to the level of GDP and GDP growth. Results show that remittance inflows have a positive and significant effect on the level of India’s GDP, and a positive but insignificant effect on GDP growth. Data used in this research come from the World Bank.


Predicting Yelp Food Establishment Ratings Based On Business Attributes, Peter Mark Shellenberger Jr. Jan 2017

Predicting Yelp Food Establishment Ratings Based On Business Attributes, Peter Mark Shellenberger Jr.

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Social networking and business review sites play an integral role in the buying behavior of the modern consumer. An individual with access to the internet may observe millions of reviews on almost every type of product and service on the market. Websites such as Angie’s List, Facebook, Yellow Pages, and Yelp all facilitate this process, acting as crowd-sourced hubs for review data. This has major implications for the modern business, as past research shows that reviews and ratings play a direct role on the demand a business receives. With the vast dissemination of review data to the potential buyer market, …