This paper provides a test for variation in wage structures across regions. The authors suggest that the appropriate test for structural variation incorporates a combination of two lines of research: structural variation and compensating variation. The model of earnings determination used...

This study tests whether various measures of the price of capital and capital stock will influence estimates of electric utility allocative efficiency. Parametric shadow values are estimated for fuel and capital prices, and these values are tested against the hypothesis they are equal to unity....

This dissertation examines the interactions of corporate governance on analyst behavior. Analyst bias is well documented in the previous literature. However, the relationship between managerial entrenchment and analyst bias has not been explored. In my first essay, I hypothesize that while...

This dissertation studies on-balance-sheet and off-balance-sheet foreign currency risk management of corporate firms and commercial banks. It is comprised of two essays.The first essay investigates what determines firms foreign currency spot net asset positions, derivatives hedging and synthetic...

This article reexamines the negative seniority-earnings relationship for academic economists. The empirical results show that the anomalous negative seniority effect found in earlier academic market studies holds in the absence of direct measures of research productivity. The negative effect,...