The calculation of lashing forces on containerships is one of the most important aspects in terms of cargo safety, as well as slot utilization, especially for large containerships such as more than 10,000 TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit). It is a challenge for stowage planners when large...

Through a behavioral study, we investigate buyers' strategic order forecasting behavior in a multi-period setting under a forecast accuracy based allocation policy, where the supplier allocates (proportionally) more inventory to the buyer with the better order forecast accuracy in case of scarce...

Standards-based certification organizations (SBCOs) as a source of market order have been largely neglected as a topic of study by social scientists, particularly when compared to other sources of order such as the state and the market. This dissertation presents three papers that examine the...

Purpose - Investigates the extent to which a client's innovative effort affects the level of audit effort and whether the innovative-effort efficiency can attenuate the demand for greater audit effort associated with a client's risky research-and-development (R&D)...

We examine the relationship between corporate capital investments and the business cycles. Specifically, we test whether the stock market exhibits different reactions to corporate capital expenditures under various business conditions, and provide evidence that US firms' capital expenditures...

We analyze the interdependencies between energy usage, energy costs, renewable energy shares, economic growth, and GHG emissions in the Korean industrial sector. We employ a time-series panel vector model with a firm-level data set of over 240 companies from 2007-2016. Our empirical findings...

This study examines whether viewers of the popular television show, American Idol, are racially biased. I find strong evidence for same-race preferences, in particular among black viewers. Featuring more black contestants attracts more black households to tune in to watch the show. And, with...