This dissertation consists of three essays that study the industrial organization of Chinas manufacturing sector from an empirical perspective. It focuses on applying industrial organization theory and econometrics to the analysis of the effects of market forces and globalization forces on the...

In my thesis I address two questions regarding the aluminum market in China. The first question analyzes the degree to which the Chinese aluminum market is integrated into the world market. I use the Johansen test for cointegration of time series data in SAS statistical software to compare the...

Integrating the family embeddedness perspective with research on commensality and family meals, we develop a framework that explains why some families are more likely to fuel entrepreneurship than others. Inspired by the diversity literature and the role of the Chinese Confucian culture in...

As urbanization accelerates globally, air pollution-particularly PM2.5-is becoming an increasingly significant threat, not only to public health but also the environment. In-depth research on the impact of China's Zero-Waste City pilot policy on PM2.5 concentration offers valuable insights into...

We examine chief executive officer (CEO) career and compensation changes for large firms filing for Chapter 11. One-third of the incumbent CEOs maintain executive employment, and these CEOs experience a median compensation change of zero. However, incumbent CEOs leaving the executive labor...

Asymmetric information models suggest that a borrower's choice of debt maturity depends on its private information about its default probabilities, i.e., borrowers with favorable information prefer short-term debt while those with unfavorable information prefer long-term debt. We test this...

A key distinction between some models of IPO pricing (e.g., auctions and bookbuilding) and others (e.g., fixed-priced models) is whether price discovery occurs in the primary market or the secondary market. We show that higher investment bank reputation is associated with 1) more active filing...