This doctoral dissertation investigates idiosyncratic behaviors of family firms and contributes to an understanding of how family ownership affects the ways in which firms internationalize. While each chapter in the dissertation is a stand-alone work intended for publication, every study relates...

The central formula in asset pricing relates the price of an Arrow-Debreu security to an investor's preferences and beliefs: Price of an Arrow-Debreu security = Preferences Beliefs. We observe the prices of Arrow-Debreu securities in the option markets. But we do not directly observe the extent...