Browsing Major Research Projects by Title

Browsing Major Research Projects by Title

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  • Paul, Shuvojit (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)
    This paper seeks to evaluate the performance of Leveraged ETFs during the financial crisis. The paper is based on the performance analysis of three 2x bull and 2x bear Exchange Traded Fund respectively traded in the US and ...

  • Wu, Jianqiang (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2012)
    The purpose of this project is to determine the relationship between stock market returns and GDP growth in the United States, and the reasons will be discovered as well. In this changing global financial market, the results ...

  • Yifan, Luo (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)
    The purpose of this project is to determine the relationship between tax revenue and GDP in China, and any potential problems in China’s tax system will be identified. It uses the past 10 years national GDP and tax revenue ...

  • Bhatnagar, Abhinav (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)
    This paper studies the impact of hedge fund activism and takeovers on public firms in the United States of America. The research examines samples of 13D filings which show that a positive abnormal return is achieved when ...

  • Zhang, Yanqing Y. Q. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)
    This paper mainly tests the Canadian market reaction to Canadian firms being cross listed on U.S. stock exchanges. We tested the existence of abnormal returns based on cumulative abnormal returns using 11-day and 21-day ...

  • Wang, Lei (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)
    Canada has become one of China’s major oil-importing countries since 2005. In 2010, China’s oil companies invested over $20 billion in Canada’s oil and related industries. This report consists of an industry analysis that ...

  • Adlain, Tamara B. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)
    The purpose of this study was to find out the current Employer Branding Practices being used by a sample of companies in Canada. The goal was to find out how companies were creating awareness of their employer brands, how ...

  • Ma, Rui (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)
    The goal of the paper is to find out the relationship between indicators and intraday stock price using data from the United States stock market give a reasonable conclusion on how accurate the indicators reflect the stock ...

  • Chen, Shilin (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)
    This study is investigate whether or not mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can create a value for shareholders. We employ the M&A data to test whether or not the North America stock market have achieved the Semi-strong form ...

  • Wang, Haiping (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)
    The purpose of this paper is to determine the impact of mergers and acquisition on China’s IT firms and to make a reasonable conclusion as to whether the market reaction to M&A’s is good or bad. 99 acquirer firms on the ...

  • Rice, Sonya Nicole (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)
    Financial liberalization in the PRC has been a gradual process. The most recent liberalization effort was the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program which represents the first program allowing direct access between the ...

  • Han, Qiao (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)
    This paper measures the relative performance of ETFs in the US market. The historical data on four ETFs and four Mutual Funds are collected through 2011 to 2013. To examine the relative performance of ETFs compared to the ...

  • Comeau, Danielle (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)
    Qualitative review of academic and professional publications was undertaken to determine non-financial risk factors affecting mining projects. The research provides guidance for the development of a non-financial risk ...

  • Zhang, Jing Yu (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)
    Efficient pricing of carbon derivative product is the core of the EU-ETS system, which plays an important role in keeping stability and developing the carbon financial market. The volatility of the underlying assets is the ...

  • Maity, Sayan (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)
    The yield curve or the term structure of the interest has been one of the key leading macroeconomic indicators and forecasting the yield curve could provide vital information about future macroeconomic performance. Following ...

  • Zhou, Chunlai (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2012)
    This paper investigates short term to intermediate-horizon momentum effect in Chinese capital market. The result of the research supports the assertion that momentum effect exists in Chinese capital market. Using momentum ...

  • Mann, Dennis (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)
    The purpose of this project is to conduct a training needs analysis of the Maritime Helicopter Flight Instructor Course at 406 Maritime Operational Training Squadron. This analysis will be a modified approach combining the ...

  • MacFadyen, Jason (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)
    The purpose of this major research project is to create a business plan for, and determine the feasibility of, a mobile applications development company. An example of the type of application is provided along with the ...

  • Guo, Zhenya (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)
    This paper first takes a regional approach, investigating the trade strategy of seven other Canadian provinces along with China’s major trade partners (the US, the EU and Australia). It also studies New Zealand as its ...

  • Clarke, Christopher G. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)
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