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An empirical test of the impact of potential competition on banking structure /
(1984)
The specific purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that markets which experience foothold acquisitions experience deconcentration, or less of an increase in concentration than markets which do not experience ...
Essays in Corporate Finance and Intermediation
(2011)
This dissertation is a collection of three essays that investigate the role and importance of intermediaries in corporate finance and financial markets. Chapter 1 investigates whether bond rating agencies convey new ...
A Two-Stage Exploration of Cyber Rumors
(2020-07-30)
The rise of online social networks (OSNs) has dramatically accelerated the diffusion of large-scale information cascades, leading cyber rumors to coalesce into a global social phenomenon. In this dissertation study, I ...
The Impact of Tax Management on CSR Perceptions
(2018-05)
Corporate tax management that reduces taxes paid has been linked in the media to social irresponsibility. This, in turn, can lead to corporate tax risk due to the potential reputational damage stemming from tax reduction ...
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 ...
Government, business groups, and corporate entrepreneurial intensity during institutional transition.
(2002)
With archival and perceptual survey data from 992 member firms of the largest 250 business groups in the transition economy of China, it is found that formal institutions in various forms of government influence exert ...