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Three essays in corporate finance
Title
Three essays in corporate finance
Author
Ji, Shuangshuang
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Finance
Description
This dissertation contains three chapters. In the first chapter, we empirically examine how diversification influences the relation between corporate governance and capital structure. We find better corporate governance in focused firms increases ...
Three Essays in Corporate Finance
Title
Three Essays in Corporate Finance
Author
Li, Xinxin
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Finance
Description
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...
Three Essays on Managerial Compensation
Title
Three Essays on Managerial Compensation
Author
Lonare, Gunratan
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
Finance
Description
In the first chapter titled "CEOs’ Capital Gains Tax Liabilities and Accounting Conservatism", I study whether CEOs’ tax liability affect conservative accounting policy. Recent studies show that the tax-induced lock-in effect discourages CEOs’ to ...
THREE ESSAYS ON MANAGERIAL INCENTIVES
Title
THREE ESSAYS ON MANAGERIAL INCENTIVES
Author
Nart, Ahmet
Date Created
2020
Subjects--Topical
Finance
Description
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 ...
Durability, Indirect Bankruptcy Costs, and Capital Structure
Title
Durability, Indirect Bankruptcy Costs, and Capital Structure
Author
Shah, Dhara
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Finance, Economics
Description
I contribute to the literature by formally modeling the indirect bankruptcy costs for a firm that sells durable goods. Consumers concerned about warranties or future product services penalize the distressed firm by putting off purchases or leaving...
THREE ESSAYS IN CORPORATE SHARE REPURCHASES
Title
THREE ESSAYS IN CORPORATE SHARE REPURCHASES
Author
Teague, Charles
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
Finance, Stock repurchasing
Description
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...
Three Essays on Corporate Financial Policies
Title
Three Essays on Corporate Financial Policies
Author
Villatoro Godoy, Karla
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
Finance
Description
KARLA NATALIA VILLATORO GODOY. Three Essays on Corporate Financial Policies. (Under the direction of DR. DAVID C. MAUER) In the first chapter ("Brand Equity and Corporate Debt Structure"), we develop measures of brand equity based on firms’ portfo...