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Title
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S&P 500 Index Reconstitutions: An Analysis of Outstanding Hypotheses
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Author
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Baran, Lindsay
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Business
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Description
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The market reaction to announcements of S&P 500 index changes shows a sustained price increase for added firms and a short-term price decline for newly removed firms. We explore the outstanding hypotheses regarding liquidity, certification, and in...
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SOCIAL DIALOGIC LISTENING: CONNECTING MARKETING ACTIVITY TO STRATEGY
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Author
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Collins, Suzanne
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Marketing
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Description
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This research advances knowledge related to the potential role, antecedents, and benefitsof social media in relationship marketing. With rapidly changing consumer expectations,technology, and media, the marketplace is quickly evolving and firms ar...
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THE FORWARD PREMIUM PUZZLE REVISITED
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Author
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Zhuang, Anan
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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The forward premium puzzle in currency markets is the standard empirical finding that the expected changes in currency exchange rates and interest rate differential are negatively correlated, implying a violation of uncovered interest rate parity ...
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THREE ESSAYS IN CORPORATE SHARE REPURCHASES
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Author
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Teague, Charles
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Stock repurchasing
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Description
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In a series of three related essays, my dissertation examines several unresolved issues in the corporate finance literature relating to the firm’s use of share repurchases. These include the mitigating effects of creditor-manager alignment on incr...
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THREE ESSAYS IN MARKET EFFICIENCY: AN EXAMINATION OF MARKET REACTION TO INFORMATION
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Author
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Berkowitz, Jason
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Date Created
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2012
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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The efficient market hypothesis (EMH) examines how quickly and accurately information is reflected in a security price, and as a result, it has become one of the primary areas of focus in financial literature. I explore three problems regarding th...
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THREE ESSAYS IN REAL OPTION MODELS OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
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Author
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Cheng, Yiying
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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Real estate developments make great applications for real option theory. However, current real option models for real estate development do not pick up the important features of real estate development such as the land-use right as an on-going lea...
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THREE ESSAYS ON CAPITAL INSURANCE AND TOO BIG TO FAIL BANKS
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Author
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Ivanov, Katerina
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Banks and banking
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Description
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This research study presents an insurance framework of the bank capital by introducinga new type of capital, namely, an insurance capital. A bank pays the insurancecapital to an entity which injects a pre-determined payout of capital during the pe...
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THREE ESSAYS ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, RISK AND CROSS LISTING
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Author
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Zhang, Xinde
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Date Created
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2010
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Business
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Description
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In Chapter 1, we set up an equilibrium model which emphasizes cost of corporate governance. The model indicates that better corporate governance increases the likelihood of dispersed corporate ownership structure. In Chapter 2, we use a sample of ...
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THREE ESSAYS ON MANAGERIAL INCENTIVES
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Author
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Nart, Ahmet
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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The dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay examines how a tournament among CEOs to progress within the CEO labor market changes their tendency toward corporate hedging policies. We exploit the textual analysis of 10-Ks to generate ...
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THREE ESSAYS ON REIT CDS AND EQUITY RETURNS
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Author
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Shang, Ke
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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The first paper ("An Analysis of REIT Credit Default Swap Pricing") first devise a closed-form solution of a non-arbitrage pricing model with observable factors in the default hazard rate to value Credit Default Swap (CDS). Then, I conduct panel r...
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The Credibility of Racial Justice Statements: The Impact of Charisma and Race
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Author
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Wiggs, LaShana
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Industrial management
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Description
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Recent events in society have brought racial justice to the forefront of conversations and have prompted companies to issue statements on their stance on racial justice in America. These statements have been pervasive, with many companies touting ...
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The Dualistic Model of Passion and Employee Intrapreneurial Behaviors
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Author
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Holoman, Mark
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Entrepreneurship, Industrial management
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Description
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Passion research is rapidly expanding within the field of entrepreneurship. However, measurement of the passion construct has rarely considered entrepreneurial-thinking employees within established firms, or intrapreneurs. Drawing from identity th...
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The Genomics Revolution and Its Marketing Implications
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Author
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McGuire, Layne
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Marketing, Genetics
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Description
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Genetic characteristics drive around 50% of human behavioral traits. The capacity of genes to help predict consumer behavioral traits may far exceed that of current behavioral and Big Data paradigms. Genomic data thus represents a seminal paradigm...
