Wharton Research Scholars Journal

Papers from 2008

Multiyear Cat Bonds and Investor Behavior, Sandip Garg

The Nonprofit Sector: Examining the Paths and Pathways to Leadership Development, Lisa Jiang

Impact of Governance Structure on Economic and Social Performance: A Case Study of Latin American Countries, Joyce Meng

Circumscribing China’s NPL "Puzzle", Jonathan Richter University of Pennsylvania

Mapping the Harmonious Society and CSR Link1, Geoffrey See

Forecasting Event Ticket Sales, Jacob Suher

Advertising on Social Networking Websites, Mrinal Todi

Modeling Discrete-Time Transactions Using the BG/BB Model, Harvey Yang Zhang

Papers from 2007

Sniping Bargains: Late Bidding on Pairs of eBay Auctions, Daniel Berstein

Does Overconfidence Affect Entrepreneurial Investment?, Henry Friedman

Another Look at the Effect of State Mandates for Health Insurance Benefits, Andrew Ma

Defense Procurement Funding to Business Enterprises in the Development of U.S. Electronics Sector, Young Ran

The Impact of Pension Freezes on Firm Value, Jordan Rubin

The Effect of Pride and Regret on Investors' Trading Behavior, Samuel Sung

Sympathy: Differences in the Evaluation of Changes in Condition and States, Mario Tjia

Papers from 2006

Why do Individuals Contribute to Public Radio?, Jose Asturias

Implications for Employers: Functional Decline and Biases of the Aging Workforce, Gretchen J. Berlin

The Impact of Unpaid Movie Downloading on Box Office Sales, Jeremy Chan

Measuring Prescription Adherence for Pharmaceutical Prescription Refills, Mabel Chow

Projection Bias in eBay Purchases: A Statistical Analysis, Chirag Mahatma

The Social Costs of HIV/AIDS: A Comprehensive Study, Sejal Patel

Accounting for Scope and Scale in the Evaluation of Nonprofit and For-Profit Hospitals, Nivi Pinnamaneni

A Comparison of EU-NAFTA Integration Regimes: From a Trade Bloc to an Institutional Development Model, Vanesa Sanchez

Valuation of Venture Capital Securities: An Options Based Approach, A. Lloyd Thomas

Papers from 2005

Conjoint Analysis : Data Quality Control, Peggy Choi

Comparing Housing Wealth and Stock Wealth Effects on Consumption, Allison Floam

HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Identification of Provinces in Most Need of Intervention at the Firm/Industry Level, Kennedy Gachiri

Using Simulation to Determine Optimal Employee Participation in Employee Stock Purchase Plans, Alexander Janofsky

Are there systematic trade cost differences in trading US cross-listed shares across markets?, Edmund Lee

Pension Reform in Russia and Kazakhstan, Jiunjen Lim

Female Labor Force Participation in the Middle East and North Africa, Julia Robinson

Dyadic Risk and Foreign Direct Investment, Brett A. Shaheen

Papers from 2004

Not All Variety is Created Equal: The Effects of Simultaneous and Sequential Choice Situations on the Value of Variety, Elena Avramov

Measuring the Effects of Multiplicity: A Study of Multiple Comparison Procedures in Multiple Linear Regression, Paul Borochin

Analysis of Call Center Data, Yu Chu Cheng

The One-Child Policy’s Socio-Demographic Impact: Current Trends and Alternative Policy Projections, Emily C. Chiu

How Hiring Affects IT Performance, Robert Dolan

The Human Rights Implications of Corruption: An Alien Tort Claims-Act Based Analysis, Kenny Feng

The Relative Efficacy of Distribution System Inventory Management Across Auto Manufacturers, Hal Goltz

Corporate Decision Making: Protecting Against Power Outage Loss, Andrea Harris

The Impact of Athletic Performance on Undergraduate College Choice, Roshni Jain

Determinants of Sustainability of Trade Liberalization: Export Diversification, Sarah B. Lewis

The Effect of Changes in Housing Wealth on Retail Sales, Ruby Majumdar

Investment Decisions: A Study of the Role Played by Past Experiences, Erin McGuire

Principal-Agent Issues in Private Equity and Venture Capital, Vijay Mehta

Simpson’s Paradox – A Survey of Past, Present and Future Research, Yao Hua Ooi

Growth Management Controls and Housing Prices , Todd Rudnianyn

Risk Management Hedging Commodity Exposure, Karanjit Singh

Time Dependency in Fama French Portfolios, Manoj Susarla

Does an Equity Issuance Serve as a Signal for Overvaluation? Evidence from the Biotechnology Industry, Daphne Tong

A Study on the Sensitivity of Film Demand to External Events, Enrique J. Torres

Achieving a Successful Value Transformation: What Makes a High-performing IPO, Parag Vaidya

The Value of Sports Franchises, David Vine

Managing the AIDS Crisis in South Africa: Ways for the Modern Company to Continue Creating Value in a Crisis Environment, Daniella Yacobovsky