This paper presents the case of an accounting degree programme of a small business school in the Texas Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV). It provides simple complementary methodologies to evaluate the compatibility of an accounting degree programme relative to other accounting degree programmes in...

Purpose –The purpose of this study is to consider the effect of an internship experience on tax accountants’ professional performance. Design/methodology/approach – It uses survival analysis, a dynamic methodology that allows for more precise modeling than static traditional methods used...

This paper applies the same methodology applied by Essayyad et al. (2009) to the construction of an alternative Euro dollar index. Specifically, it employs multivariate statistical tests to identify weights based on 12 economic and financial factors that are deemed theoretically more relevant in...

This paper investigates whether financial and socio-economic factors affect student performance of charter vs. public schools. Based on data from Texas, this research employs a multiple regression model to find whether charter school students outperform public school students. The policy...

The option pricing model has widespread applications related to both financing and investing decisions in financial as well as commodity markets. However, the Black-Scholes option pricing model is not a user-friendly numerical method and it is often very complicated for students to understand....

This paper investigates whether financial and socio-economic factors affect student performance of charter vs. public schools. Based on data from Texas, this research employs a multiple regression model to find whether charter school students outperform public school students. The policy...

This paper aims to test whether investors in Saudi Arabia build their portfolios in a layer-by-layer form, considering them as a pyramid of assets as described by Shefrin and Statman (2000), and to investigate whether investors diversify their investments based on their aspirations. We use...

This policy paper attempts to evaluate the viability of switching from the US dollar to the euro in international oil pricing. If materialised, the switch would not impact only OPEC nations but would also have ramifications for other oil exporting as well as importing nations. It would also have...

Recognising the superior benefits of risk reduction associated with using portfolio of currencies relative to a single currency (US dollar), this paper shows that, ceteris paribus, a minimum-variance portfolio of currencies in the developed world has weights that strikingly mimic those...