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Incorporating Social Velocity In The Value-Momentum Model, Sean Fiedler

Business: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

Fama-French’s Three-Factor Model stands as one of the overarching financial models in investing. This model details the risk and return attributed to stocks, based on capitalization, book value, and market return. Since then, a number of financial theorists have proposed amendments to the model, finding other factors with correlation to stock returns. One in particular was momentum, proposed by Mark Carhart to enhance the model further. From this Four-Factor Model, the question remains whether or not more factors can be added to better explain excess return.

The goal of this study is to find a correlation between Social Velocity ranking …

The Macroeconomics Of Dollarization : A Cross-Country Examination Of The Effects Of Dollarization In Ecuador And El Salvador, Lia Anastasia Kopar

Business: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

This paper seeks to compare and contrast the effects of official dollarization on three broad macroeconomic variables: interest rates, inflation and GDP growth, in Ecuador and El Salvador. The paper will facilitate a better understanding of how the same alternative to monetary policy was expected to change the macroeconomic situation in two different countries with distinct pre-dollarization circumstances by analyzing the context in which the decision to dollarize was made, what happened before and after each country implemented the USD as official currency, and evaluating dollarization’s macroeconomic costs and benefits so as to provide a prescription for countries considering dollarization.

Conscious Consumption At The Grocery Store : Are Consumers Buying For More Than Just Price?, Blair Hendricks

Business: Student Scholarship & Creative Works

Ethical consumption and organic food consumption behaviors have not yet been thoroughly studied in the business world. While recorded instances of conscious consumption can be traced back to the 1800s, news outlets and magazines have remarked on the recent increased interest from consumers for sustainable and ethically-sourced products. This exploratory study aims intends to analyze some of the present-day trends in organic food consumption and ethical by examining marketing data and using a statistical analysis of organic and non-organic food prices. Though the study cannot make conclusions about the true reasons underlying consumer behavior, the findings can provide some support …