Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Gallmeyer, Michael"

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    • Essays in asset pricing and portfolio choice 
      Illeditsch, Philipp Karl (2009-05-15)
      In the first essay, I decompose inflation risk into (i) a part that is correlated with real returns on the market portfolio and factors that determine investor’s preferences and investment opportunities and (ii) a residual ...
    • Essays on the Predictability and Volatility of Asset Returns 
      Jacewitz, Stefan A. (2010-10-12)
      This dissertation collects two papers regarding the econometric and economic theory and testing of the predictability of asset returns. It is widely accepted that stock returns are not only predictable but highly so. This ...
    • Institutional Investors, Managerial Incentives, and Firms' Risk Profiles 
      Celil, Hursit S (2013-04-11)
      In this dissertation, I study the influence of monitoring by institutional investors on corporate behavior within the context of CEO compensation-based incentives. I find that institutional investors provide an executive ...
    • Two Essays in Corporate Finance 
      Rutherford, Jessica Marie (2012-02-14)
      CEO succession decisions are an important part of boards of directors’ responsibilities to shareholders. I study two aspects of these decisions. First, I examine whether or not forced CEO departure decisions are based on ...
    • Two essays on incentives 
      Stanley, Brooke Winnifred (Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10)
      I examine two sets of incentives faced by corporate CEOs to determine how they respond to those incentives. I compare firms that restate financial statements to firms that do not restate to test the hypotheses that bank ...