Dissertations from past PhD graduates spanning from the 1970s to 2007
Placements
| Name | Area | Advisor | Dissertation | Year | Employer |
| Elsa Allman | FIN | Linda Allen | Essays on Green Finance | 2021 | Banque de Paris |
| Daeun Lee | ACC | Monica Neamtiu | Quid Pro Quo? The SEC Oversight Enforcement and Corporate Lobbying | 2021 |
Nova Southeastern University, Fl. |
| Muhammad Jawad | IS | Raquel Benbunan-Fich | The Impact of Information Presentation Format on User Purchase Decision-making | 2021 | New Jersey City University |
| Runze Wu | FIN | Jun Wang | Cultural factors and financial market participants | 2021 | Newhuadu Business School at Minjiang University, China |
| Chih-Ching Hung | FIN | Lin Peng | Three essays in behavioral finance | 2021 | National Taiwan University |
| Arka Prava Bandyopadhyay | R/E | Yildiray Yildirim | Strategic Default and Moral Hazard in Real Estate: Insights from Machine Learning Applications | 2021 | University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Changyun Zhou | FIN | Lin Peng | Essays on Investor Sentiment, Media, and Trading | 2021 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE). |
| Xin Yuan | ACC | Edward Li | Contracting in Direct Asset Sales | 2021 | Dongbei University of Finance and Economics. (Dailian, China) |
| Aditya Kashikar | FIN | Lin Peng | Essays on Corporate Sustainability | 2020 | UMass Boston |
| Xiaoyu Zhu | FIN | Armen Hovakimian | Essays on Corporate Debt Features, Capital Structure, and Cash Policies Predictability | 2020 | Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China |
| Amanda Sanseverino | ACCT | Donal Byard | The Impact of Anti-Corruption Laws: Evidence from the U.K. Bribery Act’s Extraterritorial Reach | 2020 | Manhattan College |
| Yan Li | FIN | Lin Peng | Essays on Social Network, Institutional behavior, and Market Predictability | 2020 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) |
| Ying Liang | ACCT | Masako N. Darrough | How much does imprecision in accounting measurement enhance value? | 2020 | Georgia State University |
| Katerina Gonzalez | MGT | Justice Tillman | Managerial Territoriality: Conceptualization and Measurement of Multidimensional Construct | 2019 | Suffolk University in Boston |
| Zhiyuan Tu | ACC | Donal Byard | The Impact of Local Broadband Coverage on U.S. Firms’ Information Enviornment | 2019 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) |
| Shu Yang | MGT | Ramona Zachary | Accelerations: Their Fit in the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and Their Cohort Selection Challenges | 2019 | Hofstra University |
| Sunqian Ren | ACC | Monica Neamtiu | Exploring Antecedents, Performance Outcomes and Psychological Processes of Multi-Device Use | 2019 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) |
| Jing Liu | MGT | Weilei (Stone) Shi | The Superstitious Heuristic in Strategic Decision-making | 2019 | Northern Kentucky University,Haile/US Bank College of Business, Strategic Management |
| Wei He | FIN | Liuren Wu | Leverade Adjustment and Credit Risk | 2019 | Huian Asset Management, Beijing, China |
| Berna Basar | MKT | Sankar Sen | Consumers’ Reaction to Multiple Instances of Negative Publicity: The Role of Publicity Domain Similarity | 2019 | Angelo State University |
| Binghao Zhao | ACC | Mengcheng Deng | Cost stickiness and supply chain bargaining power | 2019 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) |
| Farindokht Vaghefi | FIN | Gayle Delong | Essays on Bank Acquisitions and Systemic Risk | 2019 | Sr. Quantitative Research Analyst at Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond |
| Yu Shan | FIN | Linda Allen | New Perspectives about Financial Intermediation: Distribution by Senior Managers and Financial Technologies | 2019 | Concordia University (Montreal) |
| Saeed Ghasseminejad | FIN | Armen Hovakimian | Three Essays on Capital Structure and Cross-Listing | 2018 | Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Washington DC |
| Yang (Leo) Liu | FIN | Jun Wang | Essays on Innovation, Analyst Coverage, and Corporate Finance | 2018 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) |
| Zhaojun (Jethro) Huang | FIN | Jun Wang | Innovation Under Stress | 2018 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) |
| Qijian (Betty) Wang | FIN | Jun Wang | Essays on institutional investor and corporate finance | 2018 | Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) |
| Lama Lteif | MKT | Lauren Block | When Humor Hurts: The Detrimental Effect of Humor on Brand Attitudes after Brand Transgressions | 2018 | University of New Mexico, Albuquerque |
| Boram Nam | MKT | Stephen Gould | Like What You See? The influence of program assortment organization and motivation on Video-on-Demand Consumption. | 2018 | VP of Business Development at Dramafever Corp. (Time Warner) |
| Sara Baskentili | MKT | Lauren Block | The Serving Temperature Bias: Perceived Caloric Content and Complementary Food Purchases | 2018 | Western Washington University |
| Emily Goldsmith | MKT | Stephen Gould | Do You Feel Like a Fraud? How Experiencing the Impostor Phenomenon Influences Consumption Behavior | 2018 | Marymount Manhattan College |
| Louis Lipani | MGT | Mary Kern | Status, Power, and Apologies: How Status and Power Shape the Willingness to Apologize and the Perception of Victims | 2018 |
GrayWolf Consulting |
| Bin Ma | MGT | Donald Vredenburgh | The Dark Side of Charismatic Leadership: A Social Exchange Perspective | 2018 | IE University International University in Spain (Madrid) |
| Yan Meng | MKT | Ana Valenzuela | Decomposing Time Effects on Valuation and Choice | 2017 | University of Grenoble, France |
| Mert Demir | FIN | Armen Hovakimian | Essays in corporate responsibility and finance | 2017 | Director of Research, Weissman Center for International Business, Baruch College |
| Yuan Feng | FIN | Armen Hovakimian | Essays on Capital Structure and Institutional Ownership | 2017 | South Western University of Finance & Economics, Chengdu, China |
| Viktoriya Staneva | FIN | Armen Hovakimian | Essays on Capital Structure and Public Debt Markets | 2017 | University of New Hampshire at Durham |
| Brittany Mercado | MGT | Stephan Dilchert | Cyber Counterproductive Work Behaviors: Measurement, Prediction, and Means for Reduction | 2017 | Elon University (NC) |
| Jing (Jodi) Dai | ACC | Carol Marquardt | Social Capital and Analyst Forecasts | 2017 | NYU Shanghai |
| Liora Schulman | ACC | Joseph Weintrop | Do tax directors face consequences from tax avoidance? | 2017 | Pace University |
| Zhu Zhu | MGT | Weilei (Stone) Shi | Relational Pluralism in Board of Directors: A Multidimensional View | 2016 | Montclair State University |
| Lauren Mayor | MKT | Lauren Block | Wishful Hearing: The Effect of Motivational States on Auditory Perceptual Biases and Behavior | 2016 | Long Island University Post |
| Devon Rolleri-Baranek | ACC | Edward Li | An Evaluation of the Standard Setting Performance of the FASB | 2016 | Rider University (NJ) |
| Daniel Rubin | MKT | David Luna | The Impact of Modality Expectancy on Memory Accuracy for Brand Names | 2016 | St. Johns University |
| Ethan Kinory | ACC | Steven Lilien | Two essays: 1) Changes in the Implementation Flexibility and Financial Statement Location of Mandated Accounting Standards 2) Does the Financial Statement Location of Transition Adjustments Matter to Investors? |
2016 | Rutgers Camden |
| Jim Samuel | IS | Nanda Kumar | An Analysis Of Technological Features Enabled Management Of Information Facets In Electronic Equity Market Simulations | 2016 | Patterson University (NJ) |
| Sara Williamson | MKT | Lauren Block | Categorization Effects of Serve-ware Materiality on Food Perceptions, Consumption, & Waste | 2016 | Saint Joseph’s University |
| Kathleen Bakarich | ACC | Joseph Weintrop | Essays on Foreign Firms Following Deregistration from U.S. Exchanges | 2016 | Hofstra University |
| Hongqi Liu | FIN | Lin Peng | Essays on Investor Attention | 2016 | Chinese University of Hong Kong at Shenzhen |
| Jiaxin Liu | ACC | Joseph Weintrop | Do executives have fixed effects on firm-level stock price crash (jump) risk? | 2016 | Adelphi University |
| Yan Yan | ACC | Steven Lilien | Bank Earnings Management and Bargain Purchase Gains: The Case of Fair Value Estimates | 2016 | Montclair State University |
| Karolina Krystyniak | FIN | Lin Peng | Essays on Institutional Investor Trading | 2016 | The University of Ontario Institute of Technology |
| Nicole Heron | ACC | Joseph Weintrop | An Analysis of the relationship between CEO Compensation and Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure Type and Quality | 2016 | Suffolk University at Boston (MA) |
| Sara Moussawi | IS | Marios Koufaris | Investigating Personal Intelligent Agents In Everyday Life Through A Behavioral Lens | 2016 | Carnegie Mellon |
| Chi-Wen Chen | IS | Marios Koufaris | Exploring Antecedents, Performance Outcomes and Psychological Processes of Multi-Device Use. | 2015 | California State University at Dominguez Hills |
| Dongliang Lei | ACC | Joseph Weintrop | The Selection of New Audit Committee Member: the Role of Financial Reporting Quality | 2015 | California State University at East Bay |
| Cunyu Xing | FIN | Jun Wang | Chapter1: Last Minute Earning Forecast Revision Chapter2: Cost of Speaking in two tongues. Chapter3: security analyst’s double down behavior in stock recommendation |
2015 | South Western University of Finance & Economics, Chengdu, China |
| Yu (Andy) Zhou | ACC | Masako Darrough | Auditor Size and Audit Wuality: a Partner-Level Perspective | 2015 | South Western University of Finance & Economics, Chengdu, China |
| Richard Clifton Herron | FIN | Jay Dahya | Essays On International Payout, Governance, And Information | 2015 | Babson College |
| Veronika Ilyuk | MKT | Lauren Block | Explorations Of Perceived Product Efficacy | 2015 | Hofstra University |
| Mariya Letdin | R/E | Linda Allen | Collateral and Risk: REITs | 2015 | Florida State University |
| Alexander Pelaez | IS | Karl Lang | It-Enabled Coordination In Electronic Markets: An Experimental Investigation Of The Effects Of Social Communication On Group Buyers | 2015 | Hofstra University |
| Katarzyna Platt | FIN | Armen Hovakimian | Three Essays On The Cost Of Debt Capital | 2015 | SUNY College at Old Westbury |
| Chih-Huei (Debby) Su | FIN | Linda Allen | The Impact Of Bank Relationships On Corporate And Investment Decisions | 2015 | University of St. Thomas (Houston, TX) |
| Nazli S. Alan | FIN | Robert A. Schwartz | Studies in Volatility | 2014 | Fairfield University (CT) |
| Anna Brown | ACC | Donal Byard | Financial Reporting Differences and Debt Contracting | 2014 | Idaho State University |
| JiaJin (Sandy) Chen | FIN | Su Han Chan | Essays On Real Estate Investment Trusts | 2014 | Stockton University |
| Andy Chiou | MGT | Stephan Dilchert | Bicultural Social Identity: Do Biculturals Assess Workplace Deviance Differently Across Different Ethnicities | 2014 | Farmingdale State College |
| Hangsoo Kyung | ACC | Joseph Weintrop | Essays on Non-GAAP Earnings Disclosure | 2014 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Stanislav Mamonov | IS | Marios Koufaris | Psychological Contracts in Information Exchanges | 2014 | Montclair State University |
| Rhonda Hadi | MKT | .Lauren Block | Homeostasis-Driven Responses to Consumer Sensations | 2014 | Oxford University, UK |
| Zoe Rogers | MKT | Stephen Gould | Wearing Your Heart on Your Sleeve: Conspicuous Compassion and the Role of Signaling | 2014 | Product Manager, Tech Style Fashion Group, San Francisco |
| Yalan Feng | R/E | Rui Yao | Dynamic Asset Allocation: A Bayesian Approach | 2014 | California State University |
| Zeynep Aytug | MGT | Mary Kern | Multicultural Experience: A Multidimensional Perspective, Scale Development, and Validation | 2013 | California State Polytechnic University, Pomona College |
| Huajing Hu | FIN | Armen Hovakimian | Essays on Seasoned Equity Offerings | 2013 | Adelphi University |
| Jianfeng (Jeff) Hu | FIN | Liuren Wu | On the Informational Role of US Equity Options | 2013 | Singapore Management University |
| Diogo Hildebrand | MKT | Sankar Sen | To imagine is to feel: The Role of Imagination in Donation Behavior | 2013 | University of Grenoble |
| Yili Lian | R/E | Armen Hovakimian | Essays on Corporate Borrowing | 2013 | Penn State at Scranton |
| Adriana Madzharov | MKT | Lauren Block | The Cool Scent of Power: Effects of Ambient Scent on Consumer Preferences and Choice Behavior | 2013 | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Yannan Shen | ACC | Masako Darrough | Over-Reporting of R&D by Classification Shifting within Core Earnings | 2013 | Bentley University |
| Jangwon Suh | ACC | Masako Darrough | International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Global Financing Activity Committee members | 2013 | University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth |
| Lauren Trabold | MKT | Stephen Gould | Better Together? Social Influences in Consumer Goal Pursuit | 2013 | Manhattan College |
| Junqiang Xie | FIN | Kishore Tandon | Essays on International Financial Market | 2013 | Quantitative Analyst-Equity/Global Macro, RavenPack (NYC) |
| Sha Zhao | ACC | Masako Darrough | Credit risk and off-balance-sheet contractual obligations: Disclosures under rule FR-67 | 2013 | Oakland University (MI) |
| Wencang Zhao | MGT | Donald Vredenburgh | Moderating and Mediating Effects of Shared Leadership on the Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Team Diversity and Performance | 2012 | Montclair State University |
| Ozge Yucel Aybat | MKT | Lauren Block | Comparative Ads and their Affective Consequences: the Effect of Schadenfreude on Purchase Likelihood | 2012 | Penn State University |
| Marina Carnevale | MKT | Lauren Block | The Brand, Me, and The Other: The Influence of External Interpersonal Relationships on Consumer-Brand Relationships | 2012 | Fordham University |
| Yoshiko Demotta | MKT | Stephen Gould and Shanker Sen | Causal Controllability and Consumer Response to Charitable Appeals | 2012 | Montclair State |
| Guido Lang | IS | Marios Koufaris | Think Twice Before You Post: The Impact of Online Self-Presentation on the Self-Concept | 2012 | Quinnipiac College (CT) |
| Hakyin Lee | ACC | Carol Marquart | Measuring Managerial Optimism and Opportunism using Non-GAAP Earnings Disclosure | 2012 | Adelphi University |
| Guangzhong Li | FIN | Armen Hovakimian | Three Essays on Capital Structure | 2012 | Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China |
| Tamilla Mavlanova | IS | Raquel Benbunan-Fich | Signaling Theory and Information Asymmetry In Online Commerce From The Seller And Buyer Perspectives | 2012 | The American University in Bulgaria |
| Chrissy Mitakakis | MKT | Lauren Block | Cleansing Effects in Consumer Behavior | 2012 | Iona College |
| Scott Murray | FIN | .Turan Bali | An Analysis of Risk and Returns in the Stock Options Market | 2012 | University of Nebraska at Lincoln |
| Rania Semaan | MKT | Stephen Gould | Is Honesty the Best Policy? The Persuasive Impact of Disclosure and Body-Image Idealization in Digitally Manipulated Advertising | 2012 | American University of Sharjah (UAE) |
| Mehmet Turan | IS | Richard Holowzak | Fighting Digital Piracy: Can Secondary Markets for Digital Goods Help? | 2012 | IBM (CA) |
| Yuecheng Yu | IS | .Karl Lang | Knowledge Sharing and Global Collaboration in Online Knowledge Exchange Platforms | 2012 | Singapore Management University |
| Bo Zhang | ACC | Carol Marquardt | Does performance measure choice influence R&D expenditures?” Essay 2: “The role of performance measure choice in promoting merger activities | 2012 | Renmin University, China |
| Leanna Lawter | OB | Richard Kopelman | Supervisor-Subordinate similarities in use of influence behaviors and supervisor ratings of subordinate performance: A multilevel model | 2011 | Sacred Heart University (CT) |
| Elizabeth Wagner | ACC | Aloke Ghosh and John Elliott | Lower Discretionary Accruals in Second Tier Clients Post-SOX: Client Quality or Auditor Quality? | 2011 | Concordia University Montreal |
| Robert Pawlewicz | ACC | Donal Byard | The Economic Consequences of Disclosure Regulation: Evidence From Regulation G | 2011 | George Mason |
| Norbert Pierre | FIN | Jay Dahya | Three Essays on Boards, Blockholders and the Media. | 2011 | Youngstown State University (OH) |
| Vijayalakshmi (Viju) Raghupathi | IS | Raquel Benbunan-Fich | A Social Capital Perspective on Synchronous Computer-Mediated Group Performance and Creativity | 2011 | CUNY Brooklyn College |
| Tziporah Stern | IS | Nanda Kumar | User Behavior on Online Social Networks: A Protection Motivation Perspective | 2011 | CUNY Kingsborough Community College |
| Ping Wang | ACC | Masako Darrough | Consequence of Voluntary Disclosure for CEOs: Evidence from Issuing Earnings Guidance in the Face of an Earnings Surprise | 2011 | Pace University |
| William Hampton-Sosa | IS | Marios Koufaris | Unauthorized File Sharing of Digital Culture Products Over P2P Networks: The Influence of Product and Interface Attributes | 2011 | CUNY Brooklyn College |
| Jaime Muro Flomenbaum | IS | Isak Taksa | The Relationship between Culture and On-Line Search Behavior | 2011 | New York Stock Exchange |
| Cary Lange | ACC | Steven Lilien | The Determinants of Goodwill Impairment Wite-offs under FASB ASC Topic 350 (formerly known as SFAS 142) in Family Firms vs. Non-Family Firms: Evidence form the S&P 500 | 2011 | SUNY Old Westbury |
| Eleni Gousgounis | FIN | Christos Giannikos | Essays on the effect of short sale constraints | 2010 | Stevens Institute of Technology |
| Fengyun Wu | ACC | Joseph Weintrop and Steven Lustgarten | Two Essays on Conservatism, Auditor Choice and Debt Contracting | 2010 | Widener University (PA) |
| Abraham Fried | ACC | Paquita Davis-Friday and Harry Z. Davis | The Economic Consequences of SFAS no.158 | 2009 | Seton Hall University |
| Chih-Chieh (Jason) Chiu | FIN | .Kishore Tandon | Essays on Earnings Quality and Corporate Investments | 2009 | Rider University (NJ) |
| Reina Arakji | IS | Karl Lang | Designing Social Production Models to Support Producer-Cosumer Collaboration and Innovation in Digital Social Spaces | 2009 | American University of Beirut |
| Keith Wilcox | MKT | Sankar Sen and Thomas Kramer | Pride: A License to Indulge and a Cue for Greater Self-Control | 2009 | Babson College |
| Stefano D’Addona | FIN | Christos Giannikos | On the Role of Information and Regimes in Asset Pricing | 2009 | University of Rome III, Italy |
| Luke Kachersky | MKT | Sankar Sen | Buyer Beware of your Shadow: The Role of Motivation in Preferences for Name Letter Brands | 2008 | Fordham University |
| Ekkachai Saenyasiri | FIN | Armen Hovakimian | Essays on Analyst Behavior | 2008 | Arizona State University at Tempe |
| Yi Tang | FIN | Linda Allen and Liuren Wu | Essays on Macroeconomics Risks and Stock Returns | 2008 | Fordham University |
| Beth (Antonuk) Vallen | MKT | Lauren G. Block | The Effect of Temporal deadlines on the Likelihood of Engaging in Anticipated and Unanticipated Goals | 2007 | Loyola College |
| Caglar Irmak | MKT | Lauren G. Block | The Placebo Effect in Marketing: Motivational Underpinnings | 2007 | University of South Carolina at Columbia |
| Faye J. Kao | MKT | Eleonora Curlo | Consumer Cosmoplitan and Acculturative Motivations: An Executive Function Aspect of Ethnic Identity | 2007 | University of Wisconsin – Eau Clair |
| Maneesh Thakkar | MKT | Stephen Gould | The Relative Importance of Sensory and Non-Sensory Attributes in Physical and Online Stores: An Evaluability Perspective | 2007 | Radford University (VA) |