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Can the Value of Ether Be Explained and Predicted?
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Author
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Juhl, Morten Arrild
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Economics
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Description
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This paper analyzes the Ethereum blockchain and the applicability of models for network valuation in explaining the value of Ether. After examining the fundamentals of the Ethereum blockchain and its associated cryptocurrency, Ether, it is argued ...
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Determinants of Yankee Bond Pricing
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Author
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Lyon, Jeffrey
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Economics
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Description
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Yankee bonds provide a unique arena to analyze corporate debt issuance due to the fact issuers from a variety of countries are selling bonds within the same market. Previous studies use Yankee bonds to analyze the impact of differing levels of inv...
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Durability, Indirect Bankruptcy Costs, and Capital Structure
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Author
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Shah, Dhara
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Economics
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Description
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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...
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European Firms’ Issuance and Call Policies of Convertible Bonds
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Author
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Soegaard, Benedikte Kuepper
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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This thesis examines the decision of European firms to issue convertible bonds, theirsubsequent corporate call policy, and whether this differs from the theoretical optimal call policy. The analysis was divided into two parts: Part I focused on th...
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Introducing Non-Linearities and Interaction Terms in a Conditional Asset Pricing Model
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Author
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Rask, Kristoffer
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Economics
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Description
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Throughout history of the conditional asset pricing literature the goal has been to find the best possible model to explain what determines a firm’s expected stock return. In Dickson (2015) the variables that prove to be best at explaining a firm’...
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OPERATIONAL LOSSES: LESSONS FROM SEVEN OF THE LARGEST ROGUE TRADING EVENTS IN HISTORY
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Author
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Morat, Patricio
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Economics, Industrial management
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Description
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Operational losses: Lessons from seven of the largest rogue trading events in history. (Under the direction of DR. ROB ROY MCGREGOR)Operational risk is the risk of losses arising from the failure of people, processes, and systems, and from externa...
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Price and Prejudice: An Empirical Look at the Value Formation of Bitcoin
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Author
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Doster, David
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance, Economics
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Description
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Bitcoin price formation has been the topic of many studies due to the recent rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies around the globe. The problem not only lies with attempting to find how the value of this currency is established, but finding a fr...
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Screening for stock-characteristics and continuation of the dual momentum approach
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Author
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Ekström, Konstantin
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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The momentum strategy suggests buying stocks that have appreciated the most and selling those that have depreciated the most. The strategy is well documented and has shown persistence over the years. A problem most trading strategies face is that ...
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The Decline in the P/E Ratio Effect
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Author
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Weant, Robert
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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 P/E ratio effect is the tendency for low P/E portfolios to outperform high P/E portfolios. Historically this has been true by a significant margin regardless of using a market average or industry average to define what is low or high. However,...
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Three Essays on Corporate Financial Policies
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Author
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Villatoro Godoy, Karla
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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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...
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Three Essays on Household Finance, Climate Change, and Corporate Finance
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Author
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Shen, Chen
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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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...
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Three Essays on Managerial Compensation
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Author
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Lonare, Gunratan
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Finance
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Description
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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 ...
