Over the last 30 years, the complexity of financial markets has expanded because of a growth
in the number of markets and listed securities, as well as greater data availability. With an …

Egypt, the scribes collected taxes for the Pharaohs. In Greece, the Athenians collected a war-time
tax known as eisphora. The Roman Empire collected an import/export tax called …

Under economic theory, firms operating under monopolistic or oligopolistic competition are
more profitable and can be expected to deliver higher returns to their shareholders. As such, …

There are two general approaches to investment management: utilizing either active investment
management or passive investment management. An active investment managers’ goal …

… By using the methodology outlined in Aw, Dornick, and Jiang [2014], we evaluate ESG
factors, both overall and as components, to determine whether they are a useful estimator of …

—William Shakespeare The rapid industrialization during the late 19th century imposed a
greater need for countries to expand their economies via global commerce. In the United …

This thesis is a study of the subsurface geology of the Desmoinesian Krebs (Lower Booch
and Hartshorne Sandstones) and Morrowan Lower Dornick Hills (Cromwell Sandstone) in 12 …

In the Arkoma Basin of northeastern Oklahoma, the Cromwell Sandstone consists of one
single well-distributed member. This member lies disconfonnably on the underlying Pitkin …

Intense heavy ion beams have been used in recent years to study the properties of matter
under extreme conditions. The intense heavy ion beams of the radio frequency accelerator …

… the relative thickness of the Upper Dornick Hills formation, by use … areas in which the Upper
Dornick Hills formation is missing, … However, since the Upper Dornick Hills formation has not …