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Two essays on mutual fund performance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
In these two essays, I examine the relation between mutual fund characteristics and fund performance. In the first essay, I test the impact of liquidity and liquidity risk on mutual fund returns. I find that equity funds ...
Social insecurity and the role of possessions : buying friends or replacing them?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation extends the literatures on coping and social anxiety by suggesting that people cope with social threats not just by directly trying ...
Entrepreneur negotiation schema
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The purpose of this dissertation is to discover how entrepreneurs think about negotiation. Examining cognition has increased our understanding of many entrepreneurship phenomena. However, much research to date focuses on ...
Two essays on investor overconfidence and asset prices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation contains two essays about the impact of investor overconfidence on asset prices. The first essay examines the role of investor ...
Hiding in plain sight : camouflage in the corporate governance of IPOs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
I show that quality of corporate governance incrementally explains IPO pricing and performance. I facilitate this by creating a measure of corporate governance, provided by the bylaws and charter of an IPO, called camouflage. ...