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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 ...
Electronic Word-of-Mouth and the Crowdfunding Environment: A Store Environment Approach to Crowdfunding Success
(2015-05)
Crowdfunding has transformed the new venture financing process by expanding the possibilities for not only who can receive funding but also who can become a funder in new venture projects. Rewards-based crowdfunding ...
Essays in Market Microstructure and Information Networks
(2017-05-12)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays which study the impact of make-take fees on market efficiency, the relevance of three dimensions of liquidity on bond yields, and the value of information flow through the ...
PEER FIRM EARNINGS QUALITY AND THE COST OF EQUITY
(2014-05)
This study examines how a firm’s cost of equity is affected by industry peer firms’ earnings quality. First, using Lambert, Leuz and Verrecchia (2007) as a theoretical basis, I predict and provide evidence that higher ...
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 ...
Essays in Chinese Security Issuance and Privatization
(2017-05-12)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays which study the impacts of different types of government ownership on a firm’s post-privatization performance, the underlying cause for the change in Chinese share-issue ...