Essays on Financial Economics and Macroeconomics
The first chapter studies mass layoff decisions. Firms in the SP 500 often announce layoffs within days of one another, despite the fact that the average SP 500 constituent announces layoffs once every 5 years. By contrast, similar-sized privately-held firms do not behave in this way. This paper pro...
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Harvard University
2012
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| Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10168 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:9295156 |