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Three essays on citizenship crafting
(2020-07-30)
This dissertation contains three essays that develop and test a new construct, citizenship crafting. Citizenship crafting describes employee-initiated behaviors and cognitions that seek to enhance/continue or diminish/eliminate ...
Essays In Finance
(2023-08-04)
In my dissertation, I exhibit three studies in Finance. In Chapter 1, I provide a new perspective on the optimal call policy for corporate callable bonds by evaluating the proportion called in call exercises. My data ...
MD&A Similarity with Local Industry Peers
(2021-05-14)
This study investigates the impact of interacted industry peer firms on management decisions regarding Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). Given that geographic industry clusters facilitate inter-organization ...
A Two-Stage Exploration of Cyber Rumors
(2020-07-30)
The rise of online social networks (OSNs) has dramatically accelerated the diffusion of large-scale information cascades, leading cyber rumors to coalesce into a global social phenomenon. In this dissertation study, I ...
Non-GAAP Disclosure and Classification Shifting
(2021-05-14)
I investigate two discretionary reporting strategies used by managers to highlight core performance – non-GAAP disclosure and classification shifting. Non-GAAP disclosures represent managers’ voluntary disclosure of GAAP ...
Three Essays on Perceived Overqualification
(2020-05-08)
Perceived overqualification (POQ), which refers to a situation wherein individuals possess more qualifications than those required by the job, has been commonplace in the world. Previous research on the effects of POQ on ...
Purpose Driven Partnerships: The Nexus of Purpose and Strategic Alliances
(2023-05-12)
This dissertation utilizes an abductive mixed methods study to assess, unpack, and extend the theory of purpose. Although prior literature primarily focuses on the outcomes of high purpose framing, this study specifically ...
Does financial statement presentation in 10-K filings matter?
(2022-08-04)
I explore two novel characteristics of financial reporting, the order in which the financial statements are presented in the annual 10-K filing (financial statement order or FSO) and the number of times financial statements ...
Essays in Blockchain Economics
(2023-05-12)
This dissertation consists of three essays (chapters) concerning blockchain economics. Chapter 1 is a study of a decentralized lending platform. Decentralized Financial (DeFi) lending applications allow users to take ...
Three Essays in Corporate Finance
(2020-05-08)
This dissertation comprises of three essays. The first essay (Chapter 1) looks at the incidence of sexual harassment in U.S. S&P 500 firms, and its relationship to shareholder value. The second essay (Chapter 2) is an ...