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Essays in Corporate Governance
(2011)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigate the role and importance of corporate governance in public and private firms. Chapter 1, investigates the role of governance characteristics in determining ...
Why won't they listen to us: Stakeholder pressure, managerial discretion and corporate social performance
(2011)
Public corporations are under immense pressure from their stakeholders to improve the corporate social (including environmental) performance (CSP). But do increased stakeholder demands result in subsequent improvements in ...
Mispricing of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs): The Role of Accounting Information
(2011)
I examine the role of accounting information in the end-of-first day overpricing of IPO stocks. Sloan (1996) and Teoh et al. (1998) suggest earnings-based explanations for the mispricing while Healy and Palepu (1990) suggest ...