This dissertation assesses the economic value of volatility for traditional and crypto-asset markets. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the blockchain technology and the cross-section of crypto-assets. Chapter 2 ...

This dissertation considers strategic behavior of information intermediaries. In the first chapter I study the strategic behavior of ad-financed platforms. Firms compete for slots on an ad-financed platform by paying the ...

Les émotions constituent de puissants moteurs de nombreuses décisions. L'un des domaines omniprésents mais encore peu étudiés, où les émotions sont pertinentes dans la prise de décision des consommateurs, implique ...

This dissertation presents a comprehensive examination of the economic dynamics influenced by comparative advantage, foreign direct investment (FDI), corporate strategies, and environmental policies across different global ...

I study the causes and consequences of the decision of active US equity mutual funds to close to new investors. I start by analyzing results of the prior literature, which has focused on performance before and after closure ...

This dissertation explores the efforts of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to produce a common set of accounting standards accepted for worldwide ...

Proactive work behaviors are known as self-started and forward-thinking action that constructively challenges the status quo, being capable of positively impacting organizational outcomes. Current measurement, however, ...

This thesis investigates the dynamics of financial markets from different perspectives. First, we analyze the impact of different political variables on market prices. We show that the quality of economic policy and the ...

We address three different allocation problems for which the literature tends to ignore the complex nature of their objective. The problems under study fall under two different contexts of non-profit and commercial ...