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The role of dynamic renegotiation and asymmetric information in financial contracting by Roberts, Michael R.

“…Using data from Securities and Exchange Commission filings, I show that the typical bank loan is renegotiated five times, or every nine months. The pricing,…”
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Curricula for empathy and compassion training in medical education: A systematic review by Patel, Sundip, Pelletier-Bui, Alexis, Smith, Stephanie, Roberts, Michael B, Kilgannon, Hope, Trzeciak, Stephen, Roberts, Brian W

“…Empathy and compassion are vital components of health care quality; however, physicians frequently miss opportunities for empathy and compassion in patient…”
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Do Peer Firms Affect Corporate Financial Policy? by LEARY, MARK T., ROBERTS, MICHAEL R.

“…We show that peer firms play an important role in determining corporate capital structures and financial policies. In large part, firms' financing decisions…”
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Identifying Supply and Demand Elasticities of Agricultural Commodities: Implications for the US Ethanol Mandate by Roberts, Michael J., SCHLENKER, WOLFRAM

“…We present a new framework to identify supply elasticities ofstorable commodities where past shocks are used as exogenous price shifters. In the agricultural…”
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The Scaffolding Activities of International Returnee Executives: A Learning Based Perspective of Global Boundary Spanning by Roberts, Michael J.D., Beamish, Paul W.

“…This study contributes to the literature on global boundary spanning by taking a learning perspective that positions the boundary spanner as an active change…”
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How Does Financing Impact Investment? The Role of Debt Covenants by CHAVA, SUDHEER, ROBERTS, MICHAEL R.

“…We identify a specific channel (debt covenants) and the corresponding mechanism (transfer of control rights) through which financing frictions impact corporate…”
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Corporate Dividend Policies: Lessons from Private Firms by Michaely, Roni, Roberts, Michael R.

“…We compare the dividend policies of publicly and privately held firms in order to help identify the forces shaping corporate dividends, and shed light on the…”
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Nonlinear temperature effects indicate severe damages to U.S. crop yields under climate change by Schlenker, Wolfram, Roberts, Michael J

“…The United States produces 41% of the world's corn and 38% of the world's soybeans. These crops comprise two of the four largest sources of caloric energy…”
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Control Rights and Capital Structure: An Empirical Investigation by ROBERTS, MICHAEL R., SUFI, AMIR

“…We show that incentive conflicts between firms and their creditors have a large impact on corporate debt policy. Net debt issuing activity experiences a sharp…”
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Topical Nano and Microemulsions for Skin Delivery by Nastiti, Christofori M R R, Ponto, Thellie, Abd, Eman, Grice, Jeffrey E, Benson, Heather A E, Roberts, Michael S

“…Nanosystems such as microemulsions (ME) and nanoemulsions (NE) offer considerable opportunities for targeted drug delivery to and via the skin. ME and NE are…”
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A century of capital structure: The leveraging of corporate America by Graham, John R., Leary, Mark T., Roberts, Michael R.

“…Unregulated US corporations dramatically increased their debt usage over the past century. Aggregate leverage—low and stable before 1945—more than tripled…”
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The History of the Cross-Section of Stock Returns by Linnainmaa, Juhani T., Roberts, Michael R.

“…Using data spanning the twentieth century, we show that the majority of accounting-based return anomalies, including investment, are most likely an artifact of…”
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Donald K. Routh (1937-2021) by Roberts, Michael C.

“…Memorializes Donald K. Routh (1927-2021). He received a BA in English from the University of Oklahoma (1962), followed by a MS (1965) and PhD (1967) in…”
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China as a transitional economy to socialism? by Roberts, Michael

“…What sort of economy and state is China? Is it capitalist or socialist? The answer to those questions must start with Marx’s law of value, which defines the…”
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CLO Performance by CORDELL, LARRY, ROBERTS, MICHAEL R., SCHWERT, MICHAEL

“…ABSTRACT We study the performance of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) to understand the market imperfections giving rise to these vehicles and their…”
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The role of cellular reactive oxygen species in cancer chemotherapy by Yang, Haotian, Villani, Rehan M, Wang, Haolu, Simpson, Matthew J, Roberts, Michael S, Tang, Min, Liang, Xiaowen

“…Most chemotherapeutics elevate intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and many can alter redox-homeostasis of cancer cells. It is widely…”
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The Response of Corporate Financing and Investment to Changes in the Supply of Credit by Lemmon, Michael, Roberts, Michael R.

“…We examine how shocks to the supply of credit impact corporate financing and investment using the collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc.; the passage of the…”
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The critical role of extreme heat for maize production in the United States by Lobell, David B., Hammer, Graeme L., McLean, Greg, Messina, Carlos, Roberts, Michael J., Schlenker, Wolfram

“…Statistical analysis of maize yields in the United States reveals a strong negative response to very high temperatures, and a relatively weak response to…”
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Greater Sensitivity to Drought Accompanies Maize Yield Increase in the U.S. Midwest by Lobell, David B., Roberts, Michael J., Schlenker, Wolfram, Braun, Noah, Little, Bertis B., Rejesus, Roderick M., Hammer, Graeme L.

“…A key question for climate change adaptation is whether existing cropping systems can become less sensitive to climate variations. We use a field-level data…”
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Examining antecedents of repatriates' job engagement and its influence on turnover intention by Cave, Adam H., Roberts, Michael J.D., Muralidharan, Etayankara

“…Repatriate turnover is a key challenge for Multinational Enterprises (MNEs). While MNEs expect to retain returning employees (i.e. repatriates) and to benefit…”
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