Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Business administration/finance"”.
-
Essays on reverse leveraged buy-outs
… </p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Sudip Datta</p> <p>Major: Business Administration (Finance)</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>This dissertation is the first study to investigate public-to-private reverse leveraged buyouts (RLBOs). The first essay measures changes in profitability, financial …
-
DECISION FRAMEWORKS AND SYNERGISM IN INVESTMENT MANAGER SELECTION
Gatekeepers—professional buyers responsible for the selection of investment managers for institutional and wealth management clients—exercise influence over more than $44 trillion in traditional actively managed investments. However, both the investing public and academic research have limited …
-
RESEARCH THE DIRECT IMPACT OF CRYPTOCURRENCY ON STOCK RETURN EXCEPTING THE INDIRECT IMPACT THROUGH OVERALL MARKET
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the direct impact of cryptocurrencies, primarily Bitcoin, on stock returns, as well as to analyze the characteristics of some of the companies which Bitcoin has a large impact on stock returns and the reasons why these phenomena occur. The study …
-
Essays in International Finance
… decision making in the global environment. Finance literature has established that investors do not allocate their investments in mean variance efficient portfolios. Instead, variables such as economic development and familiarity impact the portfolio allocation at home and abroad. In my …
-
Essays in Internal Capital Markets in the U.S. Property-Liability Insurance Industry
The first part of the dissertation examines whether M&As are related to internal capital markets by analyzing the changes in internal capital market utilization following M&As in the U.S. property-liability insurance industry during the period 2000-2015. The results suggest that both acquiring …
-
Essays on Insurance Asset-Liability Dynamics
… companies and the impact of the opioid crisis on business credit. The first essay examines the impact of demand shocks on the investment decisions of insurers. Insurance companies are among the largest institutional investors, and their decisions have important implications for financial markets. …
-
Basis Risk in Variable Annuities
This dissertation provides a comprehensive and practical analysis of basis risk in the U.S. variable annuity market and examines effective fund mapping strategies to mitigate the level of basis risk while controlling for the associated transaction costs. Variable annuities are personal savings and …