Browsing by Author "Paige Marta Skiba"

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    • Economic and Empirical Analysis of Contractual Dispute Resolution 
      Miller, Samuel Mark (2015-04-08)
      Department: Law and Economics
      This dissertation uses Python-based programming to retrieve and analyze a sample of approximately 400,000 material contracts that companies filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission between 2001 and 2013, focusing ...
    • Essays in Consumer Finance: Bankruptcy and Fringe Banking 
      Carter, Susan Payne (2012-04-09)
      Department: Economics
      This dissertation consists of three essays related to consumer financial issues of often struggling and low-income populations. The first chapter studies the joint use of payday loans and pawnshop loans. While these two ...
    • Essays on Consumer Finance: Topics in Auto Title Lending 
      Fritzdixon, Kathryn Louise (2015-03-30)
      Department: Economics
      Title lending, in which a borrower uses his car title as collateral for a short-term, high-interest loan, is a growing part of the alternative financial market. These loans provide credit to a group of American who are not ...
    • The Neural Mechanisms of Intertemporal and Risky Choice 
      Essex, Brian George (2011-08-30)
      Department: Psychology
      This dissertation aims to investigate the neural mechanisms of intertemporal and risky economic choices and the relationships between choice preferences and impulsivity. Previous research has revealed a role for the ...