Browsing Economics and Business Senior Integrated Projects by Author "Apps, Hannah J., 1955- (see also Hiles, Hannah J., 1955- and McKinney, Hannah J., 1955-)"
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An Analytical Approach to Improve Construction Estimates
Kobernick, Ian E. (2016)The goal of this Senior Individualized Project was to use analytical methods to improve the construction estimation process. The analytical method used in this SIP is past project historical analysis, generally defined as, ... -
A Cost-Benefit Analysis : The Economic and Social Effects of the Rio 2016 Olympics
Bremer, Andrew (2016)The International Olympic Committee awarded Rio de Janeiro the right to host the 2016 Olympics on October 2nd, 2009. The Brazilian economy was flourishing at that time, and the government's hope was to use the games to ... -
Digital Currency : The Transition to a Cashless Society
Weiss, Kenneth (2015)During the 1800s, the United States banking system was undergoing a transition to central banking. The history of the Second Bank of the United States shows that during this shift there was a debate to determine who should ... -
The Employer Mandate : Analyzing Market Reforms Through the Affordable Care Act in the Small Business Industry
Dynes, John (2017)The market for health insurance in the United States was transformed with the passage of the Patients Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in 2010. The principal objective of the Affordable Care Act was to expand ... -
The Impact of South Korean Government's LTV Policy in 2014 on Prices of Real Estate Properties : Focusing on Apartments in Anyang City
Jeon, Dongkeun (2016)This paper examines the relationship between the South Korean government's house mortgage loan policy and real estate prices. This paper shows how the government's recent change in the Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio affects ... -
Implications of Technology and Information in Commercial Real Estate Investing : A Case Study in Ann Arbor
Prentice, Nicole (2016)The purpose of this project was to examine the methods and techniques used in commercial real estate investing of properties in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was found that information and technology make for a more well informed ... -
Scaling Up Microfinance and Its Impacts : A Case Study of Grameen Bank
Tran, Phy T. (2015)Using more than 30 year data from Grameen Bank, this paper seeks to understand how the bank was able to scale up and if it can still maintain self-sustainability while fulfilling a social mission. By comparing Grameen Bank ... -
Sold! Painting Prices and Top Incomes From 1972-2013
Mulder, Philip (2015)This paper empirically investigates painting auction price trends from 1972-2013 and their relationship with income changes for the top 1% of earners in the United States and Japan. This researcher algorithmically collected ... -
Who Pays : A Comparative Analysis of Monetary Legal Settlements : Cases of Police Brutality
Lee, Bo Gyoung (2016)Using a comparative analysis between the United States and South Korea, this paper attempts to analyze the police brutality as a market failure caused by principal-agent problem and asymmetric information. For the qualitative ...