Browsing Auburn Theses and Dissertations by Department "Finance"
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Three Essays on Banking, Digital Finance, and Financial Inclusion.
(2021-07-12)
The first essay examines how financial literacy affects household choice as being banked only, underbanked, or unbanked. Also, the relationship between financial literacy and household use and frequency of use of different ...
Three essays on Corporate Finance and Insider Trading
(2025-07-16)
In chapter one, we introduce IPO Rival Insider Selling (IRIS) as a novel predictor of IPO underpricing and long-run performance. We argue that incumbent industry rivals possess private, dispersed information about upcoming ...
Three Essays on Corporate Finance and Institutional Investors
(2019-07-02)
In chapter 1, we investigate the effects of activist investors on firms’ mergers and acquisitions. Using a comprehensive data set, we find that 138 out of 1,301 acquirers have activist investors comprising both hedge fund ...
Three Essays on Exchanged-traded funds and Institutional ownership
(2023-03-16)
The first essay examines the replacement effect of smart beta ETFs on closet-factor active mutual funds. The results show that smart beta ETFs offer factor exposures at lower fees and, therefore, higher risk-adjusted returns ...
Three Essays on Financial Institutions and Markets
(2019-04-26)
In chapter 1, given the financial troubles facing state pension plans in recent years, we examine determinants of the ratio of assets to liabilities, or the funded ratio, based on data for 153 pension plans from 2001 to ...
Three Essays on Market Efficiency and Corporate Payout Policy
(2019-04-29)
Chapters 1 and 2 of this dissertation discuss a special form of regulation, soft intervention, in China. Securities Laws in China are administered by the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). The CSRC has great ...