Finance, Loans & Insurance

The Drivers of Decreases in Dividends per Share

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2007

Students: 

Douglas Britton, Srinivasan Chakravarthy, Srihari Dammalapati, Luke Grossmann

University: 

UMD

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PDF icon Drivers of Dividend Decreases.pdf

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Dividend payouts are one of the two ways that stock investors are compensated for their investments in the stock market. As such, changes in dividends are extremely important to investors. Financial literature has shown that a decrease in dividend payouts on a dividend per share basis have a negative impact that is solely explainable by the decrease in expected future cash flows. Decreasing dividends is a negative signal to the market.

Tourism insurance: Predicting days with unhealthy air quality in Washington DC

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Term: 

2009

Students: 

Kate Hannon, Camille Hoff, Tian Liu, Clayton Paulding, Ramin Riahikhoee

University: 

UMD

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PDF icon PredictingUnhealthyAirQualityREPORT.pdf

D.C. Ducks is a tour company whose revenues depend heavily on favorable weather conditions, such as air quality. On days when the air quality index (AQI) is above 50, the firm has fewer customers due to the adverse conditions. The firm currently purchases a blanket weather insurance policy for the entire year, as protection against days when the AQI is forecast to be above 50.

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