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An Exposition on CEO Traits that Affect Corporate Decision Making 

Covington, Thomas (2023-06-30)
Jensen & Meckling (1976) state that managers make decisions to maximize their personal utility, and their utility function differs from that of their firm. This possibility implies that a manager's characteristics that ...

The Impact of the Gross Book-to-market Ratio in REITs, and Corporate Reactions to PBGC Variable Rate Premium Increases 

Henning, Craig (2023-04-24)
The first two essays explore the usefulness of the gross book-to-market ratio in equity REITs. The first essay shows that the traditional calculation of the market-to-book (and book-to-market) ratio is flawed. We show ...