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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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Does Speculation Make Commodity Spot Markets More Volatile?

Publication Date
2022-May-02
Authors
Cao, Yixiao Carl
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This paper examines how increased speculator participation in the commodity
futures market affects spot price volatility. Consistent with results from the
majority of existing literature on this subject, I find no evidence that speculators
destabilize the commodity spot market. More...

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Lighthouse principle for diffusion in social networks

Publication Date
2018-January-01
Document Type
article
Authors
Azimipoor, Sanaz
Naumov, Pavel
Department or Program
Computer Science Department
Document Type
Article
Abstract

The article investigates an influence relation between two sets of agents in a social network. It proposes a logical system that captures propositional properties of this relation valid in all threshold models of social networks with the same structure. The...

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Sex Work in Cyberspace: Geographies of Desire in Digital Frontiers of the United States

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Danyelle Hamilton
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

This project follows the shifting geography of erotic companionship and the changing demographics of women who take on this kind of work. From origins in mining towns, urban centers, and Las Vegas brothels to home-based, online performances for audiences across...

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