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...
The first paper ("Human Capital and Investment Policy") investigates the interaction between investment policies and human capital cost. Employees may demand a higher pay to compensate for the potential job loss due to their firm's high investment...
Police departments located in states allowing payday lending report 14.34% more property crimes than the police departments located in states not allowing payday lending. I also find that the police departments located in counties bordering with s...
