Conference Program

Contains complete conference schedule, abstracts, and participant lists

Islamic financial outlook and the influence of religion on the law

This presentation was given as part of the Islamic Law and International Law Conference 2011 by Professor Javaid Rehman from Brunel Law School. The conference was hosted by the Brunel Law School on the 9th September 2011

First-Year Papers Cover Art and Editorial Board

Volume 15, 2010 - 2011 EDITORS First-Year Program Margaret Lindsey, DeanErin Valentino, Research Education LibrarianDania Field, Program Assistant First-Year Mentors Katherine Apfelbaum ‘11 Caitlin Crombleholme ‘13 Andrew McCarthy ‘13 Elizabeth Preysner ‘13Katherine Sausen ‘11 Lorenzo Sewanan ‘12Yuwei Xie ‘11 Editing, Layout, and Publishing Dania FieldAmy HarrellElizabeth Preysne

First-Year Papers Cover Art and Editorial Board

Volume 16, 2011 – 2012 EDITORS First-Year Program Margaret Lindsey, Dean Erin Valentino, Research Education Librarian Dania Field, Program Assistant First-Year Mentors Perin Adams ‘13 Logan Marro ‘13 Jenna Allen ‘12 Caroline Peck ‘12 Katie Joachim ‘12 Liz Sherman ‘13 Shaun Stuer ‘13 Editing, Layout, and Publishing Dania Field Amy Harrell Elizabeth Preysner The First-Year Papers were established in 1996-1997 to recognize the excellent written work of the first-year students at Trinity College. Each year, submissions are drawn from First-Year Seminars and from courses associated with the Cities, Guided Studies, InterArts, and Interdisciplinary Science Programs. The First-Year Papers Volume 16, 2011 – 2012 Published by Trinity College Hartford, Connecticut, September 201

Latent class analysis for segmenting preferences of investment bonds

Market segmentation is a key component of conjoint analysis which addresses consumer preference heterogeneity. Members in a segment are assumed to be homogenous in their views and preferences when worthing an item but distinctly heterogenous to members of other segments. Latent class methodology is one of the several conjoint segmentation procedures that overcome the limitations of aggregate analysis and a-priori segmentation. The main benefit of Latent class models is that market segment membership and regression parameters of each derived segment are estimated simultaneously. The Latent class model presented in this paper uses mixtures of multivariate conditional normal distributions to analyze rating data, where the likelihood is maximized using the EM algorithm. The application focuses on customer preferences for investment bonds described by four attributes; currency, coupon rate, redemption term and price. A number of demographic variables are used to generate segments that are accessible and actionable.peer-reviewe

Villanova University School of Law Commencement Program - Class of 2011

The Program for the Commencement Exercises of the 56th graduating class of the Villanova University School of Law in 201

Villanova University School of Law Commencement Program - Class of 2011

The Program for the Commencement Exercises of the 56th graduating class of the Villanova University School of Law in 201

La banca i la societat a la Corona d'Aragó, a finals de l'Edat mitjana i començaments de la moderna

Els canviadors i els banquers foren els motors de l'economia dinerària a la Baixa Edat Mitjana. Però els estudiosos de l'economia baix medieval, particularment a Espanya, no els han prestat gaire atenció. En moltes obres, fins i tot recents, dedicades a estudiar aspectes econòmics d'aquella època, a penes si en fan esment. I sense un coneixement dels motors, factors essencials dels moviments econòmics, no podem amb certesa conèixer els pols d'aquests moviments