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Essays in Education and Labor Economics.
(2007)
The first chapter of the dissertation investigates how
poor households in developing countries respond to adverse income
developments. I use nationally representative longitudinal data to
investigate behavioral responses ...
Factors Affecting Consumers' Responses to Direct-to-Consumer Advertising.
(2008)
Pharmaceutical companies utilize Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) advertising to generate consumer discussions with physicians and increase prescriptions. The dissertation seeks to answer a question not fully addressed in the ...
On the Importance of Commodity and Energy Price Shocks for the Macroeconomy.
(2007)
Although higher commodity prices are commonly thought to presage higher rates of inflation, the existing literature suggests that the predictive power of commodity prices for inflation has waned since the 1980s. In the ...
Accounting Complexity and Misreporting: Manipulation or Mistake?
(2008)
I explore the effect of accounting complexity on misreporting using a setting of revenue restatements. I measure revenue recognition complexity using a factor score based on the number of words and revenue recognition ...
The Creation and Performance of Classification Schemes: Rating Systems in United States Broker-Dealers 1993-2000.
(2008)
In the past few years, organizational researchers have found a renewed interest in categorization and its consequences. Most research focuses on the consequences of categorization for the categorized objects, arguing that ...
Tax Burden and Compensation Practices in the Financial Service Industry.
(2007)
Although USA is the largest economic powerhouse in the world, the future of US economy may depend on international competitiveness of US firms. Competitiveness of American firms will be influenced by many different factors, ...
Essays on Corporate Ownership.
(2009)
Corporate ownership is one of the most important determinants of modern corporate behavior, affecting firm valuation and productivity. This thesis examines how share ownership influences, or is influenced by, important ...
Decision Making with Uncertainty: Applications to Queueing Theory and Market Research.
(2009)
In the first section, a firm with two servers must decide how to dynamically route arriving customers and allocate servers to two separate queues. The servers may work together or separately, and we provide insights into ...
Three Papers on Strategic Decision Making in Digitally Mediated Markets.
(2009)
Technological developments have been reshaping existing markets and giving rise to new ones. In my dissertation, I address several questions that emerged as a result of these changes. In the first two chapters, I study ...
Durables in Open Economy Macroeconomics.
(2007)
This dissertation studies the roles that durable goods play in open economy macroeconomics. The three essays examine if and how durable goods improve the ability to understand business cycle features.
The first essay shows ...