Purpose: Scholars have not agreed with each other on how people would behave after experiencing a catastrophic event. They could save more as a precautionary action for future difficulties or save less with a carpe diem attitude. This study aims to attempt to shed light...

In this dissertation, I investigate one specific environmental regulation---Underground Storage Tank (UST) regulation. Chapter 2 first explored common law remedies for UST releases, and suggested that the common law systems were not adequate for compensating pollution harm, providing financial...

Institutional theories and resource-based views have suggested that, although they appear similar externally, standardized management systems may be implemented very differently in different organizations. This variability in implementation may be responsible for the heterogeneous performance of...