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A Three Essay Dissertation on Social Movements and Social Media
(2014-05)
Users of social media are now empowered to self-organize in new ways. In particular, participants of social movements have used social media to spread their message, organize their activities, and recruit others. For ...
Investors' Reactions to Management Earnings Forecasts: The Effects of Changes in Forecast Precision and Investor Preferences
(2014)
This study examines the effects of changes in management earnings forecast precision (i.e., changes in the width of the forecast range) and investor preferences on investor judgments. In general, prior research finds that ...
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 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 ...
THE ROLE OF IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT IN A RESOURCE DEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP
(2014)
Venture capitalists (VCs) perform valuable services to entrepreneurs and to the economy as a whole by accelerating innovation through the funding of high potential, nascent ventures. The operational duties of a VC are ...
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 ...