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An investigation of the use of verbal and numerical probability expressions in bank lending decisions

Capriotti, Kim Boylan

The focus of this research is on management's communication of uncertainty (attested to by auditors) and the potential for miscommunication due to the communication mode used in accounting disclosures. The following two research questions are addressed: First, do users of financial statements...

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Revolving asset-based loans, agency theory, and capital structure

Constand, Richard Lanara

The purpose of this study is to extend the body of Agency Theory Literature to the class of relatively small firms that use the revolving Asset-Based Loan (ABL) as their major source of debt financing. Specifically, the revolving ABL structure is examined and implications for both the resolution...

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Essays on sovereign debt valuation.

Warnes, Ignacio - 1997

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-02, Section: A, page: 0539.

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The influence of perceived risk in the uptake of self-service technologies within the retail banking sector :## a study of customers using the industrial and commercial bank of Chi...

Liang, Yan - 2006

This study aims to explore the impact of self-service technologies (SSTs) on the behaviour of Chinese banking customers … and a low technology readiness index (TRI) and (2) To understand the types of perceived risks within the banking industry … services for the reason that the banking industry has the longest development history in SSTs. The research was conducted using …

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Spatial dynamics of capital formation in U.S. manufacturing

Brown, Jason P - 2009

The goal of this research is to determine the importance of location factors influencing the spatial distribution of capital formation in U.S. manufacturing. The uneven distribution of manufacturing activity across space suggests that geographical location matters. In addition, factors...

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Applications of financial hedging in the hospitality and tourism industry

Tang, Chun-Hung - 2008

This dissertation consists of three studies of the applications of financial hedging in the hospitality and tourism industry. In the first study presented in chapter 2, the author proposes a novel approach to mitigate the cash flow volatility arising from snowfall fluctuation in ski resorts:...

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Three Essays on Characteristics and Economic Consequences of Financial Statement Restatements

Huang, Ying - 2010

Restatements are made to correct material errors in companies' financial statements previously filed with SEC. Companies try to avoid restatements because a restatement itself would raise the question of whether the management has been playing the "Numbers Game". My dissertation is motivated by...

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A COMPARATIVE STATIC ANALYSIS FOR INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT UNDER RISK NEUTRAL PREFERENCES

Safford, Pamela - 2004

This thesis investigates the optimal ex-ante mix of self-protection and self-insurance technologies employed to reduce the risk of biological invaders in the presence of exogenous variables within the probability and damage functions. This is accomplished by using a theoretical endogenous risk...

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THE PRICING AND PERFORMANCE OF CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK OFFERINGS FOLLOWING ISSUANCE

Guzhva, Vitaly S. - 2008

This dissertation is a comprehensive study of convertible-preferred-stock pricing and performance following issuance. It is the first major academic study that identifies significant abnormal performance of corporate contingent claims following issuance. The research utilizes both option-based...

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The economic determinants of the time series properties of earnings, sales, and cash flows from operations

Krippel, Gregory Lee

An objective of both economic structural and accounting time-series literature has been to understand the economic factors driving the systematic properties of corporate earnings. The purpose of this dissertation is twofold: (1) to help explain why these research areas are unable to find the...

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