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Expressed Confidence and Skepticism: The Effect of Expressed Confidence on Auditor Judgments
(2012)
I examine the effects of clients' expressions of confidence on auditor judgments. The confidence heuristic suggests decision makers use expressions of confidence as a cue for reliability (Price and Stone 2004). However, ...
Essays in Corporate Finance and Bond Interest Rate Volatility
(2011)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays in corporate finance and bond interest rate volatility. Chapter 1 investigates the impact of TARP preferred stock on two different types of outstanding preferred stock. The ...
Essays in Corporate Finance and Bond Interest Rate Volatility
(2011)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays in corporate finance and bond interest rate volatility. Chapter 1 investigates the impact of TARP preferred stock on two different types of outstanding preferred stock. The ...
THE RHETORIC OF CROWDFUNDING: A SOCIAL MOVEMENT FRAMING PERSPECTIVE
(2014-05-09)
Crowdfunding has emerged as a popular funding option for entrepreneurs who cannot or choose not to raise funds through traditional venture funding channels. Drawing from research on social movements, this dissertation ...
Essays in Financial Markets
(2016-08-16)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that analyze the impact of economic uncertainty on financial market activities and evaluate alternative quantitative models for economic uncertainty based on financial asset ...
Do Non-GAAP Exclusions Impact the Extent to Which Current Returns Reflect Future Earnings Information?
(2017-05-12)
Motivated by regulators’ concerns about non-GAAP financial measures and building on research that finds more informative disclosures allow current stock returns to better reflect future earnings, I examine whether non-GAAP ...
ESSAYS IN CORPORATE FINANCE AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
(2016-05-04)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigate the role and importance of discretionary disclosures by managers, stock price comovement and government intervention into financial markets during a financial ...
ESSAYS ON CORPORATE BOND MARKETS
(2014)
The aim of my dissertation is to provide new insights into corporate bond markets from empirical corporate finance and bond market microstructure vintage points. The first chapter introduces the topic. The second chapter ...
IMPROVING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS VIA LOGIC DIVERSITY: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA NARRATIVES AND USE IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
(2015-05-08)
Over the last decade, social media has diffused widely through society, increasingly impacting aspects of our lives. In the private sphere, we use social media to develop and maintain personal relationships. In the civic ...
Essays on State Ownership
(2012)
The aim of my dissertation is to provide insights into the rationale and impact of government investments. The first chapter introduces the topic, from a corporate finance perspective. The second chapter (Why Do Governments ...