Robert H. Smith School of Business: Recent submissions
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Do State Taxes Play a Role in Corporate Investment Decisions? Evidence from Interstate Investment
(2018)Using a novel data set of state-specific investments at the project level and staggered changes in state corporate income taxes, I examine whether corporate income taxes affect firms’ investment location decisions in the ... -
The Interplay Between Social Connections and Digital Technologies: Three Essays Examining Healthy Behaviors and Income Mobility
(2018)In the past few decades, digital technologies have profoundly altered virtually every aspect of human life. While the direct impact of digital technologies on individuals’ economic welfare or personal behaviors has attracted ... -
Aspects of Online Reviews and their Effects on Consumer Decisions
(2018)This dissertation examines different aspects of online reviews and their effects in consumer decisions. Online reviews are proliferating at a tremendous rate, with most consumers now stating that online reviews are the ... -
Individual differences in regulatory mode moderate the effectiveness of a pilot mHealth trial for diabetes management among older veterans
(PLoS (Public Library of Science), 2018-03-07)mHealth tools to help people manage chronic illnesses have surged in popularity, but evidence of their effectiveness remains mixed. The aim of this study was to address a gap in the mHealth and health psychology literatures ... -
Algorithms for Online Advertising Portfolio Optimization and Capacitated Mobile Facility Location
(2017)In this dissertation, we apply large-scale optimization techniques including column generation and heuristic approaches to problems in the domains of online advertising and mobile facility location. First, we study the ...