Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- TOOLS FOR CHANGE: AN EXAMINATION OF TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AND ITS PRESURSOR STEPS IN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS -- CREATING A LEARNING CLIMATE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY -- GENDER EQUALITY FOR LEARNING LEADERSHIP IN UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOLS -- MEASURING THE...

Presentation software is an important tool for both student and professorial communicators. PowerPoint has been the standard since it was introduced in 1990. However, new “improved” software platforms are emerging. Prezi is one of these, claiming to remedy the linear thinking that underlies...

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In this paper, we propose an approach to modeling the jump component of a jump-diffusion model using a log mixture of normals distribution. We define explicitly theproperties of the distribution and use it to create an analytic formula for Europeanoption price. Numerous examples of applications...

In this research, we develop a set of new measures to evaluate the data flow in the U.S. equity exchanges using Level I order book data. The quantities we develop and use to summarize trading activity are: the activity-weighted spread and the activity-weighted return. We study the distribution...

This paper extends previous research done with the SHIFT financial market simulation platformAlves et al. (2020). In the cited work, we show how this order-driven, distributed asynchronous andmulti-asset simulated environment is capable of reproducing known stylized facts of real...

The investment fund replication techniques and related financial product have been developed in recent years. It is understood that investing in the replicated fund can help investors gain similar returns without suffering drawbacks of the target fund. However, it is difficult to produce...

In March 2020 the U.S. equity market is suffering large losses. This is primarily due to COVID-19, which probably also caused a drop in the shale oil price. US market indices are fluctuating this month much more than any time in history. In this short note, we are using two high frequency market...