Browsing by Author "Alexei V. Ovtchinnikov"

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    • Essays in corporate governance 
      Reza, Syed Walid (2013-08-05)
      Department: Management
      The dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay finds that corporate giving is associated with CEO characteristics, but not with measures of firms most likely to benefit in terms of increased profitability. This ...
    • Essays in Corporate Governance 
      Guo, Lixiong (2012-05-18)
      Department: Management
      This dissertation uses forced CEO turnover events to provide new evidence on three important questions in finance and economics. Chapter one studies the causal relation between board structure and effectiveness of internal ...
    • Three essays in empirical corporate finance 
      Zhang, Shage (2012-06-22)
      Department: Management
      My dissertation consists of three essays that address two topics: (1) the compensation gaps among top corporate executives; (2) the effects of institutional arrangements on firm debt financing decisions. The first essay ...