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Essays on Privacy, Information, and Anonymous Transactions

Wagman, Liad - 2009

This dissertation uses game theoretic models to examine the effects of agent anonymity on markets for goods and for … information. In open, anonymous settings, such as the Internet, anonymity is relatively easy to obtain --- oftentimes another … their anonymity at some cost. It is shown that when consumers can costlessly maintain their anonymity, they all individually …

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Corporate image and reputation of large mainland enterprises listed in Hong Kong

Tso, Sophia Yuk Fai

Thesis (DBA(DoctorateofBusinessAdministration))--University of South Australia, 2007

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Individual Investors and Financial Disclosure

Lawrence, Alastair - 2011

Using detailed data of individual investors, this dissertation investigates whether and how individuals use financial disclosure and analysts’ signals. Chapter 1 shows that, on average, individuals invest more in firms with readable, concise, and transparent financial disclosures. The results...

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Three essays on individual investors' early exercise behavior in the fixed-income market

Eickholt, Mathias - 2014

Diese Arbeit untersucht, wie Privatinvestoren vorzeitige Kündigungsrechte in strukturierten Zinsprodukten nutzen. Als Grundlage für die Analyse dient hierbei ein neuartiger, nicht öffentlich verfügbarer Datensatz, der über einen Zeitraum von circa 13 Jahren Entscheidungen von mehr als...

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Accounting-based earnings management and real activities manipulation

Yu, Wei - 2008

In the first essay, I examine the association between auditor industry specialization and earnings management choices. Prior research suggests that industry specialist auditors constrain accounting-based earnings management. But such actions may cause client companies to seek alternative means...

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Asset Pricing in Emerging Capital Markets: Stock Returns, Trading Volume, and Returns Volatility

Gebka, Bartosz - 2005

In this thesis, I investigate diverse aspects of capital market efficiency in selected emerging markets. In chapter 2, the focus of analysis is on the role of trading volume and capitalisation in the process of information absorption by the stock prices. Empirical analysis is conducted for...

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Essays on social values in finance

Kumar, Alok (contributor) - 2011

This dissertation consists of three essays on the role of social values in financial markets. Chapter 1 uses geographic variation in religious concentration to identify the effect of people's gambling behavior in financial market settings. We argue that religious background predicts people's...

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TWO ESSAYS ON INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

Nguyen, Hoang - 2008

This dissertation consists of two essays investigating the trading by institutions and its impact on the stock market. In the first essay, I investigate why changes in institutional breadth predict return. I first show that changes in breadth are positively associated with abnormal returns over...

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Three essays on financial development in emerging markets

Diekmann, Katharina - 2012

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