Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Content Creator Conduct 

      Du, Jason (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)
      This thesis investigates the behaviors of content creators. The first study examines whether musicians learn from the success of earlier songs when they create new ones, finding that tracks on a musician’s next album tend ...

    • Industrial Pollution and Firm Ownership Structure: Evidence from M&A 

      Zhang, Cindy (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)
      This paper studies whether firm ownership structure influences pollutive activity. Using facility-level data from the Toxics Release Inventory, I employ a differences-in-differences (DiD) approach to compare toxic chemical ...

    • Corporate Transparency and Cybersecurity Risks 

      Kim, David Sunghyo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-05)
      I study whether disclosure mandates alter the equilibrium of cyberattacks by unintentionally informing cybercriminals. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires companies to disclose their personal information ...