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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Firm Size effect"”.
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The Firm Size Effect: An Application of Hierarchy Theories
In this thesis the positive relationship between firm size and wages is investigated through the application of hierarchy theories. Many different explanations have been proposed for this relationship, but have met only limited success at best. The strongest finding to date is that unobserved …
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An empirical investigation of the cash flow predictability of historical cost, general price level, and replacement cost income models
… additionally, to consider possible industry and firm-size effects on the ability to predict cash flow from alternative incomes. A data base was compiled from COMPUSTAT tapes (historical cost), the Parker model restatement procedures (general price-level) and the Easman data base that used the …
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On Corporate Hedging and Firm Focus and on Bank Board Structure
… of two essays: one looks at the relation between firm focus and hedging in the REIT industry, and the other compares bank board structures in China and the US. The first essay presented in Chapter 2 examines the relation between corporate hedging and firm focus in the REIT industry by using a …
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Stock returns' variance behavior surrounding stock splits: evidence from trade-by-trade data 1978-1985
… the split rely principally upon an information effect. Other findings are that (1) an unexplained, sustained jump in returns' variance occurs at the split, and (2) there appears to be a coincidental decrease in liquidity, not an increase. Daily returns from CRSP and daily and intradaily returns …
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Essays on Empirical Labor Economics
… of this work. The first one investigates the effect of firm size on wages using quantile regression. Empirical evidence shows that larger firms pay higher wages than smaller ones. This wage premium is called the firm size wage effect. In this study, I use the quantile regression approach to …