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Essays on the Social Impact of Firms.

Morrall, Ian.

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Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Essays on the Social Impact of Firms./
Author:	Morrall, Ian.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	141 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-12A(E).
Subject:	Economic theory. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10984399
ISBN:	9780438364585

Essays on the Social Impact of Firms.
Morrall, Ian.

Essays on the Social Impact of Firms. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 141 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pittsburgh, 2018.

This dissertation studies the behavior of firms and their interactions with society. Each essay analyzes this through a different lens; combining these independent and diversified applied works, I am able to depict a unique picture of the impact firms are having on our society. The first essay studies the relationship between crime and off-premise alcohol availability by looking at how fixed firm locations dictate the impact of an institutional change. Specifically looking at the repeal of Connecticut's blue law banning the sale of retail alcohol on Sundays, I find that allowing Sunday sales increased police incidents near retail alcohol stores in Hartford by approximately 14%. This increase was mostly driven by alcohol-related and less-serious crimes. The second essay examines the expansion of corporate dentistry, analyzing the impact of dental support organizations (DSOs), commonly referred to as dental chains, on the provision of dental care and their strategic entry and exit into markets. I find that the entry of DSO offices has a negligible but negative impact on the number of independent dentist offices. Moreover, I also measure the effects of rival offices and local chain networks for a heterogeneous sample of DSOs. The third essay studies how firms influence government, analyzing firms' strategic lobbying decisions in the context of unconventional upstream natural gas development in Pennsylvania. Lobbying seems to be the main strategy to influence the state government, and campaign contributions from these companies are relatively small and concentrated to legislative candidates running in districts that contain the majority of shale gas wells. Although previous campaign finance theories postulate that contributions aim to "buy policy" or "buy access" for lobbying, I find little evidence for either channel.

ISBN: 9780438364585Subjects--Topical Terms:

1556984
Economic theory.

Essays on the Social Impact of Firms.
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