The College of Business is dedicated to creating and sharing knowledge that enhances the translation of theory to practice. The College combines rigor with relevance and provides innovative solutions to global business challenges.

The COB Working Paper Series helps in achieving this mission by providing a forum for sharing academic knowledge. Copies of these research papers may be downloaded from the links below. Papers included in this series are at the working stage, under review by journals, under revision by journals, or accepted by journals but not yet published.

COB Working Paper Series is indexed in EconLit.

The following departments are represented:

• Accounting
• Economics
• Finance
• Information Systems
• Management
• Management Science and Statistics
• Marketing

2009

• Yin, J., Balsam, S. and Irani, A. (2009), "Impact of Job Complexity and Performance on CFO Compensation", Working Paper No. 0097ACC-428-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.




• Goone, J., Khurana, I. and Raman, K. (2009), "Is Audit Quality Different for Big 4 and Mid-Tier Auditors?", Working Paper No. 0098ACC-427-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.
  

2008

• Smith, C. and Forgione, D. (2008), "Global Outsourcing of Healthcare: A Medical Tourism Decision Model", Working Paper No. 0033ACC-205-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

2007

• Asthana, S. and Balsam, S, (2007), "Determinants of Outside Director Turnover", Working paper No. 0023ACC-501-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio



• Asthana, S., Balsam, S. and Krishnan, J. (2007), "Audit Firm Reputation, Auditor Switches, and Client Stock Price Reactions: The Andersen Experience", Working Paper No. 0024ACC-501-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio



• Asthana, S, (2007), "Do Highly Compensated Participants Influence The Management of Qualified Pension Plans?", Working Paper No. 0025ACC-501-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Asthana, S. and Chen, L, (2007), "Differential Changes in the Value-Relevance of Earnings and Book Values Over Time: Financial Versus Other Industries", Working Paper No. 0026ACC-501-2007, College of business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

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2010

• Beladi, H. and Oladi, R. (2010), "Does Trade Liberalization Increase Global Pollution?", Working Paper No. 0103ECO-414-2010, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

2009

• Truett, L. and Truett, D. (2009), "A Beacon of Hope? Another Look at the Italian Textile Industry",Working Paper No. 0060ECO-102-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Beladi, H. and Oladi, R. (2009), "Market Interconnection and Wages", Working Paper No. 0062ECO-414-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio



• Zhou, S. (2009), "Time Series Behavior of the Short-Term Real Interest Rates in Industrial Countries", Working Paper No. 0064ECO-106-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Ghossoub, E. and Reed, R. (2009), "The Cost of Capital, Asset Prices and the Affects of Monetary Policy", Working Paper No. 0068ECO-566-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Ghossoub, E., Laosuthi, T. and Reed, R. (2009), "The Role of Financial Sector Competition for Monetary Policy", Working Paper No. 0069ECO-566-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Ghossoub, E. and Reed, R. (2009), "Liquidity Risk, Economic Development, and the Effects of Monetary Policy", Working Paper No. 0070ECO-566-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Ghossoub, E. and Reed, R. (2009), "The Stock Market, Monetary Policy, and Economic Development", Working Paper No. 0071ECO-566-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Ghossoub, E. (2009), "Liquidity Risk and Banks' Asset Composition: Implications for Monetary Policy", Working Paper No. 0096ECO-566-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Mahdavi, S. (2009), "A Re-examination of Wagner's Law Based on Disaggregated U.S. State-Local Government Expenditure", Working Paper No. 0101ECO-090-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Ghossoub, E. and Reed, R. (2009), "Economic Development and the Welfare Costs of Inflation", Working Paper No. 0102ECO-566-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Zhou, S., Oskooee, M. and Kutan, A. (2008), "Purchasing Power Parity Before and After the Adoption of the Euro", Working paper No.0031ECO-106-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Beladi, H. and Chakrabarti, A. (2008), "Moving People or Jobs? A New Perspective on Immigration and International Outsourcing", Working Paper No. 0041ECO-414-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio



• Truett, L. and Truett, D. (2008), "The South African Textile Industry: Challenges and Opportunities", Working Paper No. 0042ECO-102-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Beladi, H. and Batabyal, A. (2008), "Trade, the Damage from Alien Species, and the Effects of Protectionism Under Alternate Market Structures", Working Paper No. 0043ECO-414-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Firoozi, F. (2008), "Boundary Distributions in Testing Inequality Hypotheses", Working Paper No. 0046ECO-085-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Mahdavi, S. and Westerlund, J. (2008), "The Tax-Spending Nexus: Evidence from a Panel of US State-Local Governments", Working Paper No. 0045ECO-090-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Beladi, H., Chao, C. and Hazari, B. (2007), "Tourism and the Environment", Working Paper No. 0001ECO-414-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Merrifield, J. and Bao, Y. (2007), "Residential Property Taxation: Is Periodic Reassessment Worth it?", Working Paper No. 0003ECO-091-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Zhou, S. (2007), "Stationarity of Asian Pacific real exchange rates", Working Paper No. 0012ECO-106-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Truett, L. and Truett, D. (2007), "Firm Size and Efficiency in the South African Motor Vehicle Industry", Working Paper No. 0021ECO-102-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Beladi, H., Marjit, S. and Chakrabarti, A. (2006), "Tariff Jumping and Joint Ventures", Working Paper No. 0002ECO-414-2006, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Beladi, H. and Oladi, R. (2006), "Partial Compliance with Economic Sanctions: A Theoretical Explanation", Working Paper No. 0016ECO-414-2006, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Beladi, H., Chaudhuri, S. and Yabuuchi, S. (2006), "Can International Factor Mobility Lessen Wage Inequality in a Dual Economy?", Working Paper No. 0022ECO-414-2006, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

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2009

• Wald, J., Roth, L. and Qi, Y. (2009), "How Laws Affect Contracts: Evidence from Yankee Bond Covenants", Working Paper No. 0065FIN-452-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Tse Y., Gutierrez, J. and Martinez, V. (2009), "Where does Volatility and Return Come From? The Case of Asian ETFs", Working Paper No. 0063FIN-257-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Bhanot, K. and Mello, A. (2009), "Stock PIKs"-Taking a Firm by its Tails", Working Paper No. 0072FIN-073-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Misra, L., Kittiakarasakun, J. and Yildirim, S. (2009), "Termination of Closed End Funds and Behavior of their Discounts", Working Paper No. 0093FIN-092-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Kadapakkam, P. and Kumar, U. (2009), "Impact of Liquidity on the Futures-Cash Basis: Evidence from the Indian Market", Working Paper No. 0094FIN-088-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Bhanot, K., Lien, D. and Quijano, M. (2008), "Will Pulling Out the Rug Help? Uncertainty about Fannie and Freddie's Federal Guarantee and the Cost of the Subsidy", Working Paper No. 0035FIN-073-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio



• Tse, Y., Ning, Z. and Martinez, V. (2008), "Competition for Order Flow and Market Quality in the Gold and Silver Futures Markets", Working Paper No. 0036FIN-257-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Kadapakkam, P. and Yildirim, S. (2008), "Trading Profits in Closed-End Fund Tender Offers", Working Paper No. 0048FIN-088-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Misra, L., Kittiakaraskun, J. and Yildirim S. (2008), "The behavior of discounts of closed-end funds undergoing open-ending", Working Paper No. 0049FIN-092-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Misra, L. and Shi, Y. (2007), "Option exercise by CEO's: Overconfidence vs Market timing", Working Paper No. 0005FIN-092-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Gupta, A. and Misra, L. (2007), "Deal size, bid premium, and gains in Bank mergers: The impact of managerial motivations", Working Paper No. 0018FIN-092-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

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2009

• Au, Y. (2009), "Credit Card Payment Processing in Electronic Commerce: An Analysis of the Bucket Pricing Stategy", Working Paper No. 0091IS-296-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Ko, M. and Roztocki, N. (2009), "Investigating the Impact of Firm Stategy- Click-and-Brick, Brick-and-Mortar, and Pure-Click- on Financial Performance", Working Paper No. 0092IS-299-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Warren, J. (2009), "The Effects of Interaction Styles, Expertise and Personality on Project Team Performance", Working Paper No. 0099IS-283-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Ko, M., Bryson, K. and Dorantes, C. (2008), "Investigating the impact of Publicly Announced Information Security Breaches on Three Performance Indicators of the Breached Firms", Working Paper No. 0040IS-299-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Warren, J. (2008), "Self-Imposed Violations of Privacy in Virtual Communities", Working Paper No. 0047IS-283-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Au, Y. and Zafar, H. (2008), "A Multi-Country Assessment of Mobile Payment Adoption", Working Paper No. 0055IS-296-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Ko, M., Bryson, K. and Dorantes, C. (2007), "Investing the Impact of Public Announced Information Security Breaches on Organizational Performance", Working Paper No. 0007IS-301-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Au, Y., Carpenter, D., Chen, X. and Clark, J. (2007), "Virtual Organizational Learning in Open Source Software Development Projects", Working Paper No. 0013IS-296-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Au, Y., Goh, K., Kauffman, R. and Riggins, F. (2007), "Planning Technology Investments for High Payoffs: A Rational Expectations Approach to Gauging Potential and Realized Value for the Changing Marketplace", Working Paper No. 0014IS-296-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

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2009

• Lengnick-Hall, C. and Beck, T. (2009), "Resilience Capacity and Strategic Agility: Prerequisites for Thriving in a Dynamic Environment", Working Paper No. 0059MGT-199-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Shimizu, K., McIver, D. and Kim B. (2009), "A Critical Review of the Environmental Uncertainty Literature Since 1987", Working Paper No. 0067MGT-110-2009, College of Business, Universiy of Texas at San Antonio.

• Kim, B., Suazo, M. and Prescott, J. (2008), "Exploring the Cognitive Nature of boards of Directors and its Implication for Board Effectiveness", Working Paper No.0032MGT-386-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio



• Shimizu, K. (2008), "New Strategy Implementation and Learning: Importance of Consensus", Working Paper No. 0034MGT-110-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at san Antonio.



• Lengnick-Hall, M. and Aguinis, H. (2008), "The Benefits of Human Resource Certification: A Critical Analysis and Multi-Level Framework for Research", Working Paper No. 0052MGT-200-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Lengnick-Hall, C. and Griffith, R. (2007), "Knowledge Resources, Exploration, and Exploitation: A New Perspective on the interplay Between Innovation and Application", Working Paper No. 0027MGT-199-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Suazo, M. (2007), "Implications of the Affective Response to Psychological Contract Breach", Working Paper No. 0028MGT-386-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Cardy, R. and Suazo, M., (2007), "Performance Measures: Bandwidth Versus Fidelity In Performance Management ", Working Paper No. 0029MGT-386-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio

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2009

• Roy, A. and Leiva, R. (2009) "Classification Rules for Multivariate Repeated Measures Data with Equicorrelated Correlation Structure on both Time and Spatial Repeated Measurements", Working Paper No. 0090MSS-253-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• De Oliveira, V. (2009), "Bayesian Analysis of Conditional Autoriegressive Models", Working Paper No. 0095MSS-496-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Tripathi, R. (2009), "Tests Regarding Parameters of Several Independent Gamma Populations", Working Paper No. 0100MSS-213-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Roy, A. and Leiva, R. (2008), "Testing of a Structured Covariance Matrix for Three-level Repeated Measures Data", Working Paper No. 0037MSS-253-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Xu, K., Yao, Y. and Dong, Y. (2008), "Designing Supply Chain Backorder Contracts for Customer Retention", Working Paper No. 0038MSS-068-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Leung, M., Chen, A. and Gao, H. (2008), "Is Trading Imbalance a Better Explanatory Factor in the Volatility Process? Intraday and Daily Evidence from E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures and Information-Based Hypotheses", Working Paper No: 0039MSS-045-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Sun, M. (2008), "A Tabu Search Heuristic Procedure for the Capacitated Facility Location Problem", Working Paper No. 0050MSS-061-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Ko, D., Yoon, K., Livi, C., Trinklein, N., Doderer, M., Kwek, S. and Penalva, L. (2008), "Over-represented sequences located on UTRs are potentially involved in regulatory functions", Working Paper No. 0053MSS-301-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Tripathi, R., Balakrishnan, N., Kannan, N. and Ng H. (2008), "Precedence-type Test based on Progressively Censored Samples", Working Paper No. 0054MSS-213-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Roy, A. and Leiva, R. (2008), "An Extension of the Traditional Classification Rules: the Case of Non-Random Samples", Working Paper No. 0057MSS-253-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Ye, K. and Duan, Y. (2008), "Normalized Power Prior Bayesian Analysis", Working Paper No. 0058MSS-432-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio

• Roy, A. (2007), "Assessment of Agreement between Two methods with Replicated Observations", Working Paper No. 0008MSS-253-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Balakrishnan, N., Tripathi, R. and Kannan, N. (2007), "On the Joint Distribution of Placement Statistics under Progressive Censoring and Applications to Precedence Test", Working Paper No. 0009MSS-213-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Sun, M. (2007), "A Primogenitary linked Quad Tree Approach for Solution Storage and retrieval in Heuristic Binary Optimization", Working Paper No. 0010MSS-061-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio



• Xu, K. and Dong, Y. (2007), "Scheduled Delays? Scheduled Time Competition and On-Time Performance In the Airline Industry", Working Paper No.0015MSS-068-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Oliveira, V. and Ecker, M. (2007), "Bayesian Spatial Modeling of Housing Prices Subject to a Localized Externality", Working Paper No.0030MSS-600-2007, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

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2009

• Lalwani, A. (2009), "The Distinct Influence of Cognitive Busyness and Need for Closure on Cultural Differences in Socially Desirable Responding", Working Paper No. 0061MKT-495-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Silvera, D., Meyer, T. and Laufer, D. (2009), "Threat Perception in Older Customers", Working Paper No. 0066MKT-448-2009, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

• Zhang, Y. and Shrum, L. (2008), "The Influence of Self-Construal on Impulsive Consumption", Working Paper No. 0006MKT-250-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Monga, A. B. and John D. R. (2008), "Running Head: When Does Negative Brand Publicity Hurt? The Moderating Influence of Analytical Versus Holistic Thinking," Working Paper No. 0044MKT-374-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.



• Lowrey, T. (2008), "The Case for a Complexity Continuum", Working Paper No. 0051MKT-249-2008, College of Business, University of Texas at San Antonio.

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