Author's School

Finance

Author's School

Olin Business School

Language

English (en)

Date of Award

5-9-2024

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Chair and Committee

Philip Dybvig

Committee Members

na

Abstract

Generally, we do not want trouble, but oftentimes trouble is the most interesting thing in finance. This thesis has three essays related to trouble. The first essay suggests predictors of trouble (accounting fraud or financial distress) also predict excess returns for newly-listed firms. The second and third essays offer suggestions about what approaches best mitigate damage from nontraded wealth that can have trouble in the form of big losses. The second paper offers general results, including an indicator of when hedging is good and when it is bad, and the third essay provides technical results used in the second essay.

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