My Ph.D. dissertation is composed of two chapters studying how monetary policy influences asset prices.The first chapter empirically explores the effects of the Federal Reserve (Fed)'s large-scale asset purchasing (LSAP) ...

This dissertation studies operations management problems in service operations and supply chains, analyzing the impact of strategic customers and disruptive technologies. We investigate three problems, and insights from ...

This dissertation examines how people’s loyalty to their groups influences their perception of harm. Specifically, people who are loyal (vs. not loyal) to their ingroup perceive negative actions by an outgroup against their ...

Multi-sided media market is a rapidly evolving phenomenon where practice is ahead of research. In this market, a media platform usually manages the interaction between multiple groups of participants, such as consumers, ...

Data-driven approaches to decision-making under uncertainty is at the center of many operational problems. These are problems in which there is an element of uncertainty (e.g., customer demand) that needs to be estimated ...

I explore the relationships between households’ real estate decisions and their local urban and political environments. In the first chapter, I investigate whether household mortgage choices are influenced by social interaction. ...

Patients with early stage prostate cancer face a difficult preference-sensitive decision. There are multiple treatment options, each of which is associated with a unique set of benefits and risks. For example, surgery ...

How can firms gain competitive advantage from available technologies is a key question in strategy. In my dissertation, I develop new theory and provide evidence to show that a firm’s focus in selective technological areas ...

As the role of thinking about one’s future in terms of decision-making and goal pursuit gains momentum, it becomes increasingly important to ensure the balance between optimistic future thinking and rational self-concepts. ...

This dissertation examines whether investors’ cognitive limitations can influence market prices and, if so, how this affects corporate decisions. In the first chapter, I investigate whether and how investors’ cognitive ...