Chapter 1: The IS-LM Model: The Reason to Go Beyond It -- Chapter 2: Interaction between the Real Sector and the Financial Sector: An Alternative to the IS-LM Model -- Chapter 3: An Alternative to the IS–LM Model: Perfect Capital Mobility -- Chapter 4: Alternative to the IS-LM: Imperfect...

We examine the relation between information asymmetry and firm value using M&A as the identification strategy. Due to the due diligence and intense scrutiny of the target firm around M&A announcements, acquisitions are significant shocks to a target's information asymmetry. We find that M&A...

We use firms’ discretionary choices in the CEO pay ratio disclosure to examine corporate decisions under social pressure. Reported pay ratios are significantly lower when firms use complex methods to identify the median employee, whose total pay is the denominator in the ratio. Firms choose...

This study examines the traditional compensation model for real estate brokers under which both the listing and buyer brokers are paid by the seller based on a percentage of the property sales price. We argue that this model has not evolved to reflect contemporary legal agency relationships and...