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In this paper, we applied the Ohlson (1995) valuation model to evaluate the marketcapitalization of Toronto Stock Exchange-listed companies. The project focused on therelationship within the period…

By using the ordinary lease squares estimation technique, this paper examines the relationship between bank-specific characteristics together with macroeconomic factors, and profitability in Chinese…

This paper provides a way that a Merton-model approach can be modified to develop measures of the probability of default of companies indexed in Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500)…

This paper attempts to address the question whether the signaling properties of credit spreads in Canada are useful for predicting future economic activity. This It extents Gilchrist, et al. (2009)…

We conducted the portfolio optimization on the selected benchmarks for nine asset classes with a time range starting from January 2007 to December 2016 in Canadian Currency, to prove whether the mean…

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of US bank profitability between 2002 and 2015. Specifically, we divide banks into three size groups, and focus on the impact of public…

The objective of this paper is to analyse the relation between a company’sleverage and its performance during the financial crisis of 2007-­2009. A hypothesisis proposed that leverage would…

In this study, the refined double layer model of platinum electrodes accounts for chemisorbed oxygen species, oriented interfacial water molecules and ion size effects in solution. It results in a…

Corporate capital structure is examined in this paper with a panel of 960 observations from 60 Canadian companies in a period from 2001 to 2016. The OLS regression analysis was applied to show the…

This project focuses on developing a tool which can perform registration between subcortical surfaces. Current MATLAB-based ‘Spherical Demons’ algorithm, although very useful for most cases, fails to…

This paper analyzes the co-movement of the US equity market and 10 markets in Asia and Oceania (i.e., referred to as domestic markets). We find that the daily returns of the ten emerging markets are…

Essay one: This extended essay draws on theories mainly from John Dewey and Paulo Friere to show how their philosophies are valuable to education, and in particular media education. The prominence…

In this research paper, a pricing method on derivatives, here taking European options on Dow Jones index as an example, is put forth with higher level of precision. This method is able to price…

I use a comprehensive data set of hedge funds to investigate alpha, performance persistence andcapital formation in the hedge fund industry from 1989 to 2014. First part of this paper…

This research paper focuses on two different interest rate risk measures used by credit unions in Canada, described by regulatory standards as complementary and indispensable. These two measures…

Diebold and Yimlaz, in their paper, published in 2009 and titled Measuring Financial Asset Return and Volatility Spillovers, with Application to Global Equity Markets, provided a simple and intuitive…

This study tests alternative climate policy scenarios to provide useful information to decision-makers. The first component of this project evaluates how Canada, when viewed from a national…

This research focuses on how economic and transportation infrastructure changes impact industrial land uses from 1945 to 2014 in the Brunette Creek industrial area of New Westminster, British…

Using a database of recent articles published in the field of Global Health research, we examine institutional sources of stratification in publishing access outcomes. Traditionally, the focus on…

Truth and Reconciliation is spoken about a lot, but what does it actually mean for cities and individual citizens? Learn some uncomfortable truths of New Westminster history, how the city is…