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Fall 2023
Essay 1 studies how managerial overconfidence, defined as a miscalibration bias, affects the timing and terms of mergers and acquisitions. Using a real options framework, I show that overconfident acquirers lead to earlier mergers in which the terms of the deal favour target firms. Acquirers'...
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Spring 2017
This thesis presents two essays. I (1) study the effect of short selling regulation SHO on informational efficiency of naked short selling activity; (2) analyze the role of reference demands in traders’ decision-making. In these essays, I highlight the informative role of transaction quantities....