Browsing OSU Dissertations by Author "Yan, Shu"
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Economically Optimal Timing of Insect Control in Food Processing Facilities: A Real Option Approach
Duan, Suling (2018-12-01)Insect control is a key concern for handlers of grain and grain-based products during the storage, processing, and packing processes. Insect infestations and insect fragments in food products can cause both direct and ... -
Essays on Corporate Bond Ownership and the Effect of Corporate Bond Ownership on Credit Spreads
Durongkadej, Isarin (2019-05-01)Debt has become increasingly important as a source of capital for firms. Ninety percent of the new capital issuance is in the form of debt and leverage ratios have increased from 10 to 30 percent in the past century. ... -
Essays on the skewness of firm fundamentals and stock returns
Jia, Yuecheng (2016-05)This dissertation investigates whether the skewness of firm fundamentals is related to future firm performance and stock returns. Essay one discusses the recent research on the relation between higher-order moments of ... -
Stock ownership guidelines and analysts forecast guidance
Abdullah, Yahya (2022-12)In this study, I examine the association between Stock Ownership Guidelines and the extent to which managers engage in analyst forecast guidance. Stock Ownership Guidelines are policies that companies adopt to obligate ... -
Tax implications of CEO compensation packages
Webb, Brian D. (2023-05)This study examines associations between different forms of CEO compensation and corporate tax avoidance activity. I develop a new theoretical framework for predicting the associations between CEO compensation and corporate ... -
Three essays on collateral and capital structure: International evidence
Mazumder, Md Sharif Ullah (2021-05)This dissertation comprises with three chapters. In first chapter, I investigate a novel feature of collateral: its role as a commitment device that induces a speedier adjustment of leverage to the optimal ratio. As a ... -
Three essays on insurance and options in agricultural economics
Park, Eunchun (2017-05)Rating of insurance policies depends on the probability of events in the tail of the distribution. A modeling tool based on extreme value theory to measure such tail-related risk could potentially improve insurance rating. ... -
Two essays on stock repurchases
Liu, Yifan (2020-05)My dissertation comprises two chapters. The first chapter examines the information content of actual share repurchase within the context of informed options trading, while the second chapter examines the impact of EPS-motivated ...