Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker: Carlos Acuna, Lubar College of Business, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Carlos examines whether the control–cash flow rights wedge captures private benefits of control (PBC) by exploiting Chile’s adoption of the Mandatory …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker:Â Johnathan Loudis, University of Notre Dame We construct a broad market factor (BMF) which reflects the value-weighted return on all firms in the US economy (public and private). The BMF differs from …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker:Â Yianni Floros, Lubar College of Business, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee If contracts are incomplete, ownership stakes between collaborating firms can help align incentives and mitigate the costs of potential future conflicts. …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker:Â Keimei Sugiyama, University Wisconsin - Milwaukee This study examines how working parents navigate the dismantling of work-family infrastructure during extreme circumstances, drawing on interviews with 76 working parents (including 18 couples) during …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker:Â John Huck, University Wisconsin - Milwaukee We develop a model that identifies a time-varying risk-premium for a latent stochastic discount factor (SDF) with minimal assumptions. The SDF risk-premium can be identified in …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker:Â Giorgo Sertsios, University Wisconsin - Milwaukee Nonprofit organizations dominate the U.S. hospital sector, yet their objectives and constraints are not well understood. We shed light on these issues by studying how hospitals …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker:Â Xuelin Li, Columbia University Employer-sponsored health insurance is the predominant coverage source for the U.S. workforce, yet the rationale behind firms' provision of these benefits remains debated. We examine two primary motivations: …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker:Â Professor Zuguang Gao, University of California - Irvine This paper studies a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) between a firm and a new renewable energy generator. At each time, the firm must …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker:Â Felipe Cabezon, Virginia Tech The structure of managerial compensation, excluding CEOs, varies by ethnicity and race. Black, Hispanic, and Asian C-suite executives receive less equity-based pay than their White counterparts. As minority …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker:Â Jagadeesh Sivadasan, University of Michigan Leveraging the unanticipated increases in US tariffs initiated in 2018, we examine how Chinese firms altered the composition and compensation of their executive team to manage adversity. …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker: Amir Alwan, Lubar College of Business The growing adoption of omnichannel operational strategies has transformed production systems across various sectors, including the restaurant industry, bringing complex challenges to demand and operations management. …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker: Will Gerken, University of Kentucky We investigate how increased information asymmetry between branch managers and financial advisors impacts advisor misconduct. Using branch manager deaths as exogenous shocks to the information environment, we …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker: Peter Iliev, Penn State University We examine the economic effects of mandates to consume renewable energy and clean energy. U.S. state governments that adopt Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) see an increase in bond …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker: Rani Hoitash, Bentley University This study explores the association between executives and non-executive audit firm alumni and the audit quality of public companies. While audit firms invest significant resources in cultivating their …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker: Kenneth Ahern, Associate Professor, Marshall School of Business Concentration is determined by two opposing forces: the number of firms in a market and the evenness of their market shares. To compress these …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker: Gene Moo Lee, UBC Sauder School of Business Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize the creative industry by reshaping the human creative process. We explore the potential of generative …
Part of the Lubar Research Seminar Series Speaker: Audra Boone, Texas Christian University Using details from the private phase of the takeover process, we examine how bidding strategies correlate with key takeover outcomes. We find that higher initial offers are …