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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Short selling behavior when fundamentals are known: Evidence from NYSE closed-end funds

Publication Date
2006-January-11
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Flynn, Sean M.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

The larger a closed-end fund's premium over its portfolio value, the more intensely it is sold short. However, the intensity of short selling affects neither the rate at which premia mean revert to fundamental values nor the rate of return...

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The Age of Alice: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Nonsense in Victorian England

Publication Date
2015-February
Authors
Patkus, Ronald
Murdoch, Lydia
Firtich, Nikolai
Willard, Nancy
Department or Program
Vassar College Libraries
Document Type
Exhibition Catalog
Access Level
Open
Abstract

A catalogue of the exhibition The Age of Alice: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Nonsense in Victorian England February 12 – June 17, 2015 Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library Vassar College.

Cover design by Nikolai Firtich Layout and typesetting by George...

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The Children’s Books of Nancy Willard

Publication Date
2017-August-30
Authors
Willard, Nancy
Patkus, Ronald
Department or Program
Vassar College Libraries
Document Type
Exhibition Catalog
Access Level
Open
Abstract

The exhibition The Children’s Books of Nancy Willard was planned and mounted by the Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College. At the Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library August 30 — December 20, 2017.

Cover illustrations are # 15 in...

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Why only some industries unionize: insights from reciprocity theory

Publication Date
2005-February-14
Document Type
working paper
Authors
Flynn, Sean M.
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Working Paper
Abstract

This paper argues that the degree to which a given industry's labor contracts are complete or incomplete is the major factor determining whether its workforce will be unionized. For instance, assembly line industries feature complete labor contracts because of the...

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