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Taxonomies for synthesizing the evidence on communicating numbers in health: Goals, format, and structure
(ETSWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2022-12)
Many people, especially those with low numeracy, are known to have difficulty interpreting and applying quantitative information to health decisions. These difficulties have resulted in a rich body of research about better ...
Individual learning as a driver of changes in community vulnerability under repeated hurricanes and changing climate
(Oxford UniversityWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2023-04)
The risks from singular natural hazards such as a hurricane have been extensively investigated in the literature. However, little is understood about how individual and collective responses to repeated hazards change ...
Sport tickets pricing strategy with home team’s crowd effect
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023-03)
This paper investigates the impact of the crowd effect and financing constraints on pricing strategy by constructing an intertemporal model and introducing the crowd effect into a monopolistic home team’s decision-making ...
Preserving the Non-Physical: Essence and Value Perceptions
(2022)
The value of possessions is not always immediately apparent, making them something greater than the sum of their physical parts. People share the pervasive belief that things carry an essence which contributes to their ...
Essays on the Measurement and Detection of Risk in Banks
(2024)
This dissertation explores different aspects of risk measurement in banks, including the risk-adjusted returns of bank lending activities, the financial returns earned by taxpayers on bailouts, and the economic drivers ...
Empirical Essays on Firm Operations and Labor Economics
(2024)
This dissertation includes three papers that study firm operations and labor market adjustment using an empirical focus. The first chapter investigates the effect of workplace safety regulation on manufacturing operations. ...
Diversity, Polarization, and Recruiting
(2024)
In this dissertation, I elucidate (1) tension associated with employers’ efforts to diversify applicant pools and (2) strategies whereby firms navigate this tension. In the first chapter, I present a novel theory as to why ...