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Relative Contribution of Common Jumps in Realized Correlation

Choi, Kyu Won (2012-04-25)

This paper studies common intraday jumps and relative contribution of these common jumps in realized correlation between individual stocks and market index, using high-frequency price data. In introducing stochastic models ...
Relative Contribution of Common Jumps in Realized Correlation

Choi, Kyu Won (2012-04-25)

This paper studies common intraday jumps and relative contribution of these common jumps in realized correlation between individual stocks and market index, using high-frequency price data. We find that the common jumps ...
The Relevance of (Ir)Rationality: An Investigation Across Art and Religion

Yao, Minette (2007)

As religion attempts to explain phenomena in a world science can more concretely clarify, it is considered increasingly archaic and dangerous.
Rescuing the Mizrahi Jew: A Story of Heroes, Victims, Villains and Consequences

Simon, Andrew (2009-08-25)

On December 7th, 1932 The Palestine Post announced that a community for Moroccan Jews would be established in Jerusalem. The cornerstone for the new community would be the stone the builder’s had previously cast aside. ...
Reworking Efficacy: The Social Life of Medicine in Northern Togo

Middleton, Alexandra (2013-04-23)

When considering the local, indigenous, “traditional” healing practices of non-Western societies, Euro-Americans often ask whether or not they are efficacious – “do they work?” Posed from a biomedical paradigm, the concept ...
Rifeo: Un'Immagine della Giustizia, Roma, e Dante

Niculescu, Lauren (2013-05-08)

Nonostante le tante storie incredibili e i personaggi notevoli che Dante avrebbe potuto scegliere di salvare dall’Eneide, come ad esempio Enea, Dante sceglie Rifeo, un uomo apparentemente irrilevante. Tutto che Dante sapeva ...
A "Right for Every American:" Understanding the Concept of a "Human Right to Health" in the Context of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Wilmarth, Victoria (2012-12)

This project examines the role that the concept of a “human right to health” played in the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). It analyzes this topic through the study of speeches made by ...
Rings of Fire: Assessing the Use of Efficient Cook Stoves in Rural Guatemala

von Ritter Figueres, Naima (2010-12)

More than half of the world’s population still depends on open-fires for cooking, causing an alarming array of health and environmental concerns. Over the past few decades, many efforts have been made around the world to ...
The Rise of Middle Class Luxury Consumption in China

Xu, Jacqueline (2013-04-22)

This thesis explores what motivates middle class Chinese to consume expensive, imported luxury products. China’s middle class is larger than the population of the United States and is expected to more than double within ...
The Role of Self-Control in Forgiveness

Unknown author (2011-05-07)

A study was designed to examine the influence of self-control depletion and positive mood induction on forgiveness. In a controlled experiment, 123 undergraduates played a computer game in which they were led to believe ...
School Support for Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Youth: Challenges and Opportunities for the East Durham Children's Initiative

Gordon, Anne Marie (2010-12)

The extraordinary increase in Hispanic immigration to the United States has led to a demographic shift in student enrollment at Durham Public Schools. Schools in the district demonstrate below-average passing rates on ...
Scoring Evolution and Creationism

Anderson, Scott (2011-12)

From 2002 to 2006, Cobb County, Georgia placed controversial stickers on high school biology textbooks which were critical of evolution. This study uses the differences-in-differences method to analyze what effects the ...
Seasonal Volatility of Corn Futures Prices

Seeley, Caleb (2009)

This paper examines the seasonal patterns evident in the volatility of corn futures prices. It adds to the high-frequency volatility literature by exploring large price discontinuities (jumps), and both the continuous and ...
Sector-Specific Analysis on the Creation of Entrepreneurial Startup Establishments in the United States

Burke, Madison (2010-12)

Amidst attempts to recover from one of the worst recessions since the Great Depression, economists continue to analyze the role of entrepreneurship within the United States economy. While many economists focus on the ...
Seeking the Beijing Consensus in Asia: An Empirical Test of Soft Power

Zhang, Jiakun Jack (2011-04-15)

The empirical study of soft power presents a challenge for social scientists. Conventional wisdom asserts that China’s soft power is growing alongside its hard power, but few scholars have been able to demonstrate this ...
Selling America: U.S. Public Diplomacy Programs in the Middle East and South Asia in a Post 9/11 Environment

Berger, Elana (2009-12-04)

Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, foreign policy experts and U.S. government officials have emphasized the importance of public diplomacy in combating terrorism and ensuring national security. In the ...
Sequence-Dependence of DX DNA Electronic Properties and Thermal Fluctuations

Zhang, William (2013-04-30)

The Watson-Crick base-pairing of DNA has been exploited through sticky-end cohesion and branched junctions to create complex self-assemblying nanostructures. The double-crossover (DX) junction is a common motif in these ...
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? (To the Hospital): Modeling the Impact of Introducing a Telemedicine System in a Remote Amazonian Community

Say, Rollin K (2011-04-18)

The health needs of rural and remote populations are often not fully addressed as health care professionals agglomerate in urban areas. Telemedicine utilizes modern telecommunications technology to extend health care ...
The Significance of Higher Education on the Racial Gap in Marriage Rates

Hamb, Kristin Danielle (2009)

In this paper, I examine the effect higher education has on the age of marriage and how this differs between black and white women. Becker’s theory of positive assortative mating in marriage markets lead me to predict ...
A Simple Cardiac Model Exhibiting Stationary Discordant Alternans

Sae Sue, Tanawit (2011-04-25)

The term alternans refers to a period-doubling bifurcation that occurs in rapidly-paced cardiac cells: although all stimuli are equally spaced, short and long action potentials alternate with one another. Cardiac waves ...