Using state level data between 1990 and 2006, I find no empirical evidence that payday lending leads to more bankruptcy filings, which casts some doubt on the debt trap argument against payday lending. I capture the intensity of the payday lending activity in a state by the number of payday lending stores. I control for restrictions on payday lenders by including into the analysis six variables that I construct that rank legislative provisions across states and across time
This dissertation presents two essays dealing with corporate equity transactions. The first essay co...
Since their introduction in the mid 1990\u27s, ETFs have grown rapidly in number and diversified int...
Product and data science teams for the auto insurance industry have been trying to increase pricing ...
Using a large panel of U.S. firms from 1980-2009, I examine the association between corruption on th...
A vast amount of academic research focuses on how bond issuance impacts the firm. Most recent resear...
Liquidity is an increasingly significant issue that fund managers pay vigorous attention to. While ...
This study examines whether an unexpected shock to the risk of class-action lawsuits filed under sec...
Abstract The growth of payday lending markets during the last 15 years has been the focus of substan...
Despite the rapid spread of various forms of legal gambling across the United States since the late ...
The aim of my dissertation is to provide insights into the rationale and impact of government invest...
In this study, I document patterns in hedge fund returns that suggest that reporting manipulation is...
I examine how political geography affects firms\u27 cost of debt. Policy risk, measured by proximity...
Prior research has shown that even the most subjective fair value estimates are value-relevant (Song...
I examine how supply of credit affects investment and capital structure decisions by studying the le...
To understand the workings of the macroeconomy, it is not enough to simply focus on the movements of...
This dissertation presents two essays dealing with corporate equity transactions. The first essay co...
Since their introduction in the mid 1990\u27s, ETFs have grown rapidly in number and diversified int...
Product and data science teams for the auto insurance industry have been trying to increase pricing ...
Using a large panel of U.S. firms from 1980-2009, I examine the association between corruption on th...
A vast amount of academic research focuses on how bond issuance impacts the firm. Most recent resear...
Liquidity is an increasingly significant issue that fund managers pay vigorous attention to. While ...
This study examines whether an unexpected shock to the risk of class-action lawsuits filed under sec...
Abstract The growth of payday lending markets during the last 15 years has been the focus of substan...
Despite the rapid spread of various forms of legal gambling across the United States since the late ...
The aim of my dissertation is to provide insights into the rationale and impact of government invest...
In this study, I document patterns in hedge fund returns that suggest that reporting manipulation is...
I examine how political geography affects firms\u27 cost of debt. Policy risk, measured by proximity...
Prior research has shown that even the most subjective fair value estimates are value-relevant (Song...
I examine how supply of credit affects investment and capital structure decisions by studying the le...
To understand the workings of the macroeconomy, it is not enough to simply focus on the movements of...
This dissertation presents two essays dealing with corporate equity transactions. The first essay co...
Since their introduction in the mid 1990\u27s, ETFs have grown rapidly in number and diversified int...
Product and data science teams for the auto insurance industry have been trying to increase pricing ...