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    • Essays On International Corporate Dividend Policy 

      Alexander, Bobby (Finance & Real Estate, 2012-07-25)
      This dissertation is comprised of two essays on dividend policy. In the first part of the first essay, I ascertain whether the outcome, the substitution, or the predation model explains the relationship between dividend ...
    • Essays on product market dynamics and corporate cash holdings across countries 

      Thai, Trang Thuy; 0000-0002-5826-1209 (2017-05-05)
      My dissertation is composed of two essays that investigate two related yet distinct dynamics of product market and their influence on corporate cash holdings, and both are concerned with these dynamics being determinants ...
    • Fear and the Housing Market 

      Saydometov, Sergiy; 0000-0002-5643-6941 (2016-05-11)
      In this dissertation, I use Google search frequency to construct a new measure of housing market-level sentiment and analyze its relation with housing prices. I term this measure as the Home Price Fear Index, or Fear Index ...
    • INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC POLICY UNCERTAINTY ON STOCK MARKET LIQUIDITY 

      Pratima, FNU; 0000-0002-2416-1373 (2021-05-12)
      In this dissertation, I investigate the impact of economic policy uncertainty on stock market liquidity across a broad cross-section of countries. My dissertation is composed of three distinct yet related essays. My first ...
    • Investor Overconfidence And Option Trading 

      Chen, Han-Sheng (Finance & Real Estate, 2013-07-22)
      This study examines investor overconfidence theory in the options market. The theory suggests that investors who experience high returns become overconfident in their security valuation and trading skills, and therefore ...
    • Three Essays on Political Contributions and Firm Performance 

      Damani, Ankita (2022-08-12)
      The interaction of politics with financial markets and the macroeconomy has received increasing attention in recent years. Extant literature identifies the significant impact of political connections on firm value. However, ...