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Essays on the relation between managers' incentives and financial accounting information
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
(cont.) around thresholds do convey information about a firm's future performance, firms with a higher degree of information asymmetry between the management and investors are more likely to use this signaling mechanism, ...
Essays in capital markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
(cont.) Slow information diffusion can cause return momentum. Institutions are thought to be more informed than individuals, and should eliminate return predictability. However, higher institutional ownership is associated ...
Technological capability catching up : follow the normal way or deviate
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
The thesis explores a puzzle in technological capability development: many firms in China follow the "normal" way of technological capability development suggested by the existing literature but have not made much progress, ...
Dynamic trading and manipulation in financial markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Chapter 1 studies how asset managers, due to reputation concerns, manipulate performance through taking latent risk dynamically. It is found that both skilled and unskilled managers load on excessive level of latent risk ...
Field experiments in retailing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
This dissertation consists of two essays on tactical issues in retailing. The first essay compares the price sensitivity of private label and national brand products. A large-scale field experiment shows that private label ...
Profit cycle dynamics by Kawika Pierson.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
My thesis consists of three essays investigating the existence, causes, and mitigation of profit cycles at an industry level. The first essay examines profit cycles by proposing that the industry-specific features of how ...
Flux and flexibility : a comparative institutional analysis of evolving university-industry relationships in MIT, Cambridge and Tokyo
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
University-industry relationships are in a state of flux. They represent important strategic issues for universities, for industry, and for governments alike. This confluence of interests has led to experimentation in which ...
Exit, investment and technological diffusion in a declining industry : an empirical study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
A generalized model for the prediction of controller intervention rates in the en route air traffic control system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
Corporate bond repurchases and earnings management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This paper investigates whether earnings management incentives are associated with gains/losses recognized when firms repurchase bonds. The research question is motivated by the inclusion of these gains/losses in firms' ...