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Demographic Analysis of the Human Communities of Tangier and Smith Islands: Part III
Get PDFDemography is defined as the study of population characteristics, such as age structure, sex ratio, and growth rate and also seeks to explain the underlying processes responsible for these characteristics. Populations change with time through the combined effects of births/deaths and immigration/emigration. Although all four of these processes are extremely important, this project focuses on births, survival, and deaths. We collected and analyzed records of age at death that have been preserved in the cemeteries of Tangier Island, Virginia and Smith Island, Maryland. Following our experiences on these Chesapeake islands, we developed hypotheses and used survivorship curves to focus on age specific survivorship for human populations that lived at different times in the past. Our analyses allowed us to learn much about patterns of survival and death today and in the past
Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001: A Test of Market Efficiency in the Insurance Industry
No full textThis study tests market efficiency by analyzing the effects of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the stock market, with a specific focus on the insurance industry. This study tested the market efficiency by looking at fifteen separate insurance firms and comparing them to S&P 500 data. The study conducted a semi-strong form test of the market\u27s reaction to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The test showed how 9/11 had a negative impact on the market and the insurance industry. The results show that in the pre-event period the market was relatively stable leading up to the event day. The day before the event the sample exhibited the highest risk adjusted rate of return for the week, but once the attack happened, returns declined significantly. The stock market was closed for nearly a week after the event and when it reopened it had the biggest loss in history. An industry most impacted was insurance. While insurance companies were significantly negatively affected immediately following the attack, they, along with the economy, were fortunate enough to remain stable and bounce back quickly. Results support semi-strong efficiency
Rural Entrepreneurs Under Fire: Pandemic Reveals Need for Collaboration and Support
No full textThis article summarizes a research study done from April 2020 until April 2021 to examine the challenges, response, and tactics, of entrepreneurs in rural southern Virginia. In particular, the research goes into depth of how the COVID-19 pandemic effected operations, how entrepreneurs responded, and what measures they took to stay viable. Finally, the article proposes a framework for rapid response in the case of future pandemics, natural disasters, or economic events that cause similar disruptions
settingsOrder Article Reprints Open AccessEditor’s ChoiceArticle Do Behavioral Biases Affect Investors’ Investment Decision Making? Evidence from the Pakistani Equity Market
No full textUsing a unique sample constructed by 600 investors’ responses to a structured questionnaire, we investigate the impact of behavioral biases on the investors’ investment decision making in the Pakistani equity market, as well as the roles that market anomalies and financial literacy play in the decision-making process. We first document the empirical evidence to support that the behavioral biases and market anomalies are closely associated and that these two factors significantly influence the investors’ investment decision making. The additional analyses confirm the mediating roles of certain market anomalies in the association between the investors’ behavioral biases and their investment decision making. Furthermore, empirical evidence reveals that financial literacy moderates the association between behavioral biases and market anomalies, and eventually influences the investors’ investment decision making. Overall, although the results are inconclusive for the relationships between certain variables, our results highlight the importance of financial literacy in terms of optimal investment decision making of individuals and the stability of the overall stock market
Longwood University Catalog 2022-2023
Get PDFThis catalog is also searchable and available online though the registrars office at https://catalog.longwood.edu/, this is the archival copy which may lack some of the formatting of the official web version.https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/catalogs/1121/thumbnail.jp
CTZN 410: Reading and Repairing Place for the Greater Good
No full textThis semester, CTZN 410.11 and CTZN 410.17 students took a place studies approach to citizen leadership. We considered various disciplinary strategies for analyzing, evaluating, creating, and repairing places, from small-scale, low stakes places, like neighborhood dog parks, to large scale, high stakes places, like South Africa since the 1990s. Together we contemplated how Place is not neutral, how an ethos of civility, to quote sociologist Elijah Anderson, is possible and necessary, and how citizen leaders like us can and should strengthen our communities one functional, inclusive, civil, public Place at a time