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Optimal Tax Risk And Firm Value, Rebekah Daniele Mccarty May 2012

Optimal Tax Risk And Firm Value, Rebekah Daniele Mccarty

Doctoral Dissertations

I use the tax reserve data available from FIN 48 to investigate whether equity market value and tax risk exhibit a concave association, consistent with an optimal level of tax risk from an equity valuation standpoint. I find a concave association between tax risk and firm value which suggests firm value is increasing in tax risk at a diminishing rate until an optimal level is reached, after which firm value is decreasing in tax risk. I do not find evidence of excessive risk taking in the context of tax avoidance. Instead almost all firms in my sample are below the …


Weak Signals In American History: Applying Historical Events To Present Decisions In Business, Taylor Diane Robinson May 2012

Weak Signals In American History: Applying Historical Events To Present Decisions In Business, Taylor Diane Robinson

Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects

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Environmental Waste Mangement Training Module For Temporary / Esl Employees In Meeting And Event Industry, Shinyong Shawn Jung Apr 2012

Environmental Waste Mangement Training Module For Temporary / Esl Employees In Meeting And Event Industry, Shinyong Shawn Jung

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

This paper specifically attempts to outline a training module that assists the front-line employees who have communication issues with management. It also helps the employees to efficiently acquire necessary skills and knowledge in a timely manner and to properly translate them into action. The training module will be organized by examining previous literatures as well as reviewing pre-existing training modules in general. Specific methods and best practices will be selected and integrated into the manual in easy-to-understand manner.