Finance
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Item Open Access Non-Operating Earnings and Firm Risk(2021) Ngo, Thanh; Jory, Surendranath; Wang, HongxiaItem Open Access The Effect of Shareholder Activism on Bondholders and Stockholders(2017) Ngo, ThanhItem Open Access Institutional Ownership Stability and Dividend Payout Policy(2017-10-09) Ngo, ThanhItem Open Access Real Earnings Management Activities Prior to Bond Issuance(2017-07-01) Ngo, ThanhItem Open Access Disentangling the Impacts of Industrial and Global Diversification on Firm Risk(2018-08-01) Ngo, ThanhItem Open Access Real Activities Manipulation and Firm Valuation(2018-08-09) Ngo, ThanhItem Open Access Options Trades, Short Sales and Real Earnings Management(2019-02-17) Ngo, ThanhItem Open Access Active Fund Managers and Earnings Management at Portfolio Companies(2020-06-27) Ngo, ThanhItem Open Access EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON INITIAL LISTING PRICE, TIME ON MARKET, AND ULTIMATE SELLING PRICE(East Carolina University, 2018-04-20) Jones, MeredithA house is comprised of many different attributes that may affect how well it performs when listed for sale on the market. This study examines how certain physical characteristics of a house affect its listing price, time on market, and ultimate selling price. The physical characteristics in this study include age of the house, size of the house, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms, presence of a fireplace, number of stories, and whether the home is waterfront. Data were collected from an Eastern North Carolina county and regression analysis was performed. The findings indicate age, size, number of baths, and whether a fireplace is present in a house all have a significant impact on the list price and sold price. The physical attributes of a house have no clear effect on the total number of days the house is for sale on the market.Item Open Access The Impact of Social Influences on the Perceived Likelihood of Academic Dishonesty Among Undergraduate Business Students(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01) Harrison, JosephThis study explores the impacts of social influences on the perceived likelihood of undergraduate students participating in academic dishonesty. The influential factors used in this study come from Latané’s (1981) social impact theory, or SIT. The theory uses a mathematical equation to explain that the social impact experienced by an individual is a function of the strength of the information sources, immediacy (proximity of the information sources to the target), and number of information sources. This study investigates these factors as they pertain to the instructor in a classroom setting. Specifically, I examine how instructor attributes impact students’ propensity to cheat. In the study, the instructor’s strength is measured as the reputation of the instructor in the classroom, immediacy is measured as the proximity of the instructor to students, and number is measured as the number of proctors monitoring the instructor’s test setting. The objective of the study is to determine whether knowledge of these factors can assist universities in reducing the incidence of academic irregularities on campus.Item Open Access COLLEGE STUDENTS’ PERSONAL FINANCE SKILLS AND THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL INFLUENCES(East Carolina University, 2018-05-01) Launsby, Kaleigh LThis study examines the methods college students use to become financially literate and the manner in which they will approach unfamiliar financial situations in the future. Using survey responses from 192 undergraduate students at a large, public university, this study investigates what students know about personal finance, where they obtained their current knowledge, and where they plan to go in the future when they have financial questions. The results show college students tend to be, on average, financially literate. Results also show that students learn about personal finance from their parents and their own experience more than any other sources and that they will seek financial knowledge primarily from their parents, online, and from financial advisors when they have financial questions in the future.Item Open Access Acquisition of Financial Education Among College Students: How Attitudes and Future Expectations Shape Desire for Personal Finance Educatio(East Carolina University, 2018-05-24) Smith, Haley MThis study used a sample of undergraduate students at a public university to determine students’ interest in and views of personal finance. Students who were surveyed responded that personal finance topics are important, but they are not taking the initiative to learn about such issues. Additionally, this research found that females may be less motivated to learn about personal finance topics, perhaps because they expect to rely on their spouses, while males are more motivated to learn about personal finance topics, perhaps because they have higher expectations that they will make future financial decisions alone.