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Essays in corporate finance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This thesis consists of three essays covering topics in empirical corporate finance with an emphasis on banking relationships and its effect on liquidity constraints and business growth. In particular, it investigates the ...
Performance evaluation of distributed systems with unbalanced flows : an analysis of the INFOPLEX data storage hierarchy
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985)
Simplifying dynamic models by retaining selected behavior modes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984)
Spot pricing of public utility services
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
The medically-oriented common-software computer-based information system adoption process
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981)
Self-control, expectations, and patience : essays on social decision making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Essay 1: Self-Control and Altruism: The Moderating Role of Endowments. People exhibit a remarkable ability to cooperate with one another, to an extent that critically distinguishes human society from communities of other ...
Three essays in financial economics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Chapter 1 studies endogenous medium term cycles in a Schumpterian growth model. New firms are created by imitating existing firms and they drive the least productive firms out of business. In this manner, firm entry speeds ...
Essays on dynamic models in financial economics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990)
Essays on impact of information technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
The five essays in this dissertation look at how specific information technologies (such as Electronic Document Management (EDM), Semantic Web and RuleML) and IT in general can be used to automate and standardize data and ...
The implications of unverifiable fair-value accounting : evidence from the political economy of goodwill accounting
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
I study the evolution of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) # 142, which uses unverifiable fair-value estimates to account for acquired goodwill. I find evidence consistent with the Financial Accounting ...