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ContributorsDalvi, Tejas (Author) / Dudas, Caleb (Co-author) / Green, Aaron (Co-author) / Sanchez, Tomas (Co-author) / Casanova, Pablo (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director, Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor)
Created2024-05
ContributorsDalvi, Tejas (Author) / Dudas, Caleb (Co-author) / Green, Aaron (Co-author) / Sanchez, Tomas (Co-author) / Casanova, Pablo (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director, Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor)
Created2024-05
ContributorsDalvi, Tejas (Author) / Dudas, Caleb (Co-author) / Green, Aaron (Co-author) / Sanchez, Tomas (Co-author) / Casanova, Pablo (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director, Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor)
Created2024-05
ContributorsDalvi, Tejas (Author) / Dudas, Caleb (Co-author) / Green, Aaron (Co-author) / Sanchez, Tomas (Co-author) / Casanova, Pablo (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director, Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor)
Created2024-05
ContributorsDalvi, Tejas (Author) / Dudas, Caleb (Co-author) / Green, Aaron (Co-author) / Sanchez, Tomas (Co-author) / Casanova, Pablo (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director, Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor)
Created2024-05
ContributorsDalvi, Tejas (Author) / Dudas, Caleb (Co-author) / Green, Aaron (Co-author) / Sanchez, Tomas (Co-author) / Casanova, Pablo (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director, Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Public Affairs (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor)
Created2024-05
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This paper intends to examine topics related to Chinese financial policy and
institutions mainly in the early 21st century. China has gone through enormous changes in the late 20th century and early 21st century, and financial policy reforms and adjustments have been at times instrumental to aiding that growth, and at other times have served as impediments to the country’s success. As China’s clout has grown both economically and politically in the wider world, it has become evermore important to understand the Chinese financial system, particularly as other authoritarian regimes may seek to emulate it in the perhaps recent future. The paper will examine the institutional elements of Chinese finance, including the broader structure of the party state apparatus and the role of legislative and executive authorities in determining financial policy. Next, the paper will go through both the legal-regulatory environment of the country and the structure of the preeminent Chinese banks. Finally, issues in Chinese monetary policy, particularly exchange rate system reforms, and the developing stock and bond markets will be addressed.
institutions mainly in the early 21st century. China has gone through enormous changes in the late 20th century and early 21st century, and financial policy reforms and adjustments have been at times instrumental to aiding that growth, and at other times have served as impediments to the country’s success. As China’s clout has grown both economically and politically in the wider world, it has become evermore important to understand the Chinese financial system, particularly as other authoritarian regimes may seek to emulate it in the perhaps recent future. The paper will examine the institutional elements of Chinese finance, including the broader structure of the party state apparatus and the role of legislative and executive authorities in determining financial policy. Next, the paper will go through both the legal-regulatory environment of the country and the structure of the preeminent Chinese banks. Finally, issues in Chinese monetary policy, particularly exchange rate system reforms, and the developing stock and bond markets will be addressed.
ContributorsFeatherston, Ryan (Author) / Hill, John (Thesis director) / Mendez, Jose (Committee member) / Department of Economics (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-05
Description
Every year, major companies buy Super Bowl advertisements (‘ads’) to fuel growth through the creation of brand awareness among a large, diverse audience. Although measuring the effectiveness of these marketing tactics is difficult, evaluating the abnormal returns (‘alpha’) of company stocks in the five days following the Super Bowl is effective because it provides insight into how actual returns compare to expected returns (calculated using data from the preceding 250 days). Analysis of a comprehensive sample, which includes all Super Bowl ads for public companies between the years 2015 and 2019, accurately demonstrates the relationship between these returns, illustrating the effectiveness of this type of marketing. To account for variation resulting from different inputs in different financial models, it is important to evaluate alpha based on several, reputable models of expected return to best capture the result. In this study, alpha will be analyzed using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (‘CAPM’) and the Fama and French 3 and 5 factor models. Although the ideology that increased marketing improves stock returns through brand awareness suggests a positive alpha, these models all indicate a statistically significant negative alpha for large, public companies who bought Super Bowl ads over the past five years. Therefore, actual returns, on average, are lower than projected returns for the evaluated five-day window following the Super Bowl. In examining alpha and statistical significance according to these financial models, this thesis will explore different market factors that may explain this counterintuitive result, primarily focusing on the investors’ opinions about this type of marketing. Therefore, in researching various discrepancies contributing to the negative alpha result, this study will accurately assess the effectiveness of Super Bowl advertising in terms of stock performance.
ContributorsWynne, Shannon Elizabeth (Author) / Budolfson, Arthur (Thesis director) / Smith, Geoffrey (Committee member) / Department of Finance (Contributor, Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-12
Description
Depletion can be a common occurrence in today’s world where a rapid pace is the norm. Depletion is the using of a person’s self-monitoring resources that can erode one’s decision making ability. Depletion affects people in their day-to-day personal and professional lives and can especially be problematic when it compromises career prospects. Professionals, such as doctors, lawyers, and accountants, all make important decisions daily and in pursuit of quality decision-making must exert self-control and avoid impulsive reactions to environmental events. Many studies have been conducted providing evidence of the harmful effects of cognitive depletion; an extensive literature focuses on the medical profession where poor decision-making has life-and-death consequences. This thesis reflects on the effect of depletion on accounting professionals. To that extent, behavioral experiments were conducted using student participants: students that will be future accountants. This study found that accounting students’ performance on a subsequent task was influenced if they had completed a difficult first task. Accountants, along with all professionals, need to be made aware of this circumstance to ensure that those who may be more susceptible to their resources being depleted can find ways to be aware of their self-control levels.
ContributorsBlevins, Megan J (Author) / Clausen, Thomas (Thesis director) / Reckers, Philip (Committee member) / School of Accountancy (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-05
Description
Opening a business is often an exciting time in one’s life, as they take their business idea into the marketplace. But, most individuals fail to adequately address whether their business can actually succeed before entering the marketplace. The thesis, Creating a Successful Gluten-Free Bakery: A Financial Model and Analysis analyzes whether or not a gluten-free bakery is a viable business to open in today’s marketplace. By costing the main financial variables, creating a financial model of a gluten-free bakery, and running scenario analysis, I was able to find whether or not opening a gluten-free bakery was a viable business in today’s marketplace.
ContributorsDantonio, Adam (Author) / Simonson, Mark (Thesis director) / Arthur, Budolfson (Committee member) / Department of Finance (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2019-12