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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 ...
Information Transparency and the Effectiveness of R&D Tax Credits
(2023-05-12)
Using staggered changes in state-level R&D Tax Credits (RTC), I investigate the effectiveness of RTCs offered by U.S. states and their dependence on information transparency. The results show that RTCs increase aggregated ...
Three essays in corporate bond liquidity
(2020-05-08)
This dissertation consists of three chapters. In the first chapter, using proxies for conversion cost parameters in conjunction with a special set of default free corporate bonds, I empirically establish that the term ...
Three Essays in Corporate Finance
(2022-05-13)
This dissertation comprises of three essays. The first essay (Chapter 1) examines the short- and long-term stock market reactions to the Made in China 2025 industrial policy both in China and the United States. The second ...
The Effects of Supervisor Succession on Employee Attitudes and Behaviors
(2021-08-05)
For over sixty years, researchers have examined various facets of leader succession, mainly in terms of its implications for the leader and the organization. In the last fifteen years, scholars have started exploring the ...
An Empirical Analysis of Retail Market Structure: Location, Competition, and Consumer Out-Shopping
(2020-07-30)
In this dissertation, I examine the U.S. retail market structure (i.e., retail expenditure per household) across seven retail subsectors (i.e., nine lines of retail trade), using data of 735 metropolitan and micropolitan ...
Three Essays Conceptually Exploring Implications for Artificial Intelligence in Marketing
(2023-05-12)
This dissertation comprises three essays that conceptually explore the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) in marketing. AI is increasingly becoming integrated into every facet of marketing. As AI reshapes marketing ...
Identity and institutional work in the metaverse
(2023-08-04)
Metaverse platforms, complemented by virtual reality (VR) technology, are rapidly emerging as a new and captivating phenomenon, attracting a range of individuals to this uncharted domain. To gain a deeper understanding of ...
Three Essays on Energy Finance
(2023-08-04)
The field of energy finance is currently confronted with new challenges in the ever-evolving global landscape, characterized by dynamic changes in fundamental factors and shifting economic conditions. Understanding the ...
Creditors’ Rights and Management Forecast Decisions: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
(2023-05-12)
I study how creditors’ rights affect management’s disclosure decisions, employing the introduction of anti-recharacterization laws in the United States as an exogenous shock to creditors’ rights. These laws increased the ...