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Three Essays in Corporate Finance
(2023)
In my dissertation, I study how the structure of corporate ownership affects financial policies of firms.
In Chapter 1, I show that labor mobility affects the timing of a firm's decision to go public. Employees of private ...
Essays on Macroeconomics and Risk
(2023)
This dissertation contains three self-contained essays in the field of macroeconomics that tackle various aspects of risk in the economy. Chapter I examines how employment risk varies by race and firm size in recessions ...
Essays in Urban Economics and International Trade
(2023)
This dissertation contains three independent essays in urban economics and international trade, with the aim of understanding geography's impact on spatial location and trade.
The first chapter estimates the effect of ...
Simulation-based Approaches for Evaluating Information Elicitation Mechanisms and Information Aggregation Algorithms
(2023)
The mathematical study of information elicitation has led to elegant theories about the
behavior of economic agents asked to share their private information. Similarly, the study of information aggregation has illuminated ...
Essays on Investment Dynamics, Corporate Taxation, and Industrial Relations
(2023)
This dissertation contains three essays on investment dynamics, corporate taxation, and industrial relations. Chapter I studies the effect of Right-To-Work policies on local unions and firms. Chapter II studies the effect ...
Essays on Growth, Globalization, and Inequality
(2023)
This set of research papers focuses on the interaction between growth, globalization, and inequality. The first chapter proposes a semi-endogenous growth model with skill-intensive technology adoption. The model addresses ...
Seeds of Corruption? The Contingent Role of Ties to Politicians and Foreign Subsidiary Relations with Government-Sponsored Financial Institutions
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Routledge, 2023-01)
In drawing from transaction cost economics and social network theories, this study examines the influence of corruption as a determinant of foreign subsidiary formal contracting practices with government-sponsored financial ...
The power of reflection for would-be leaders: Investigating individual work reflection and its impact on leadership in teams
(Sage PublicationsWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2023-01)
Essays on Modeling Choices in Experiential Goods Categories
(2023)
My dissertation explores how firms can use individual longitudinal choice data to increase usage and spending in experiential goods categories, specifically in two different live events domains: art performances and sports ...
Effects of COVID-19 restrictions on mechanization service providers and mechanization equipment retailers: Insights from phone surveys in Myanmar
(Resources for the FutureWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2023-02)
Agrifood sector mechanization service providers (MSP) and mechanization equipment retailers (MER) have increasingly become the providers of mechanical technologies for smallholders in developing countries, including Myanmar. ...