Nanotemplated lead telluride thin films (2009)
Li, Xiaohong, Nandhakumar, Iris S., Attard, George S., Markham, Matthew L., Smith, David C., Baumberg, Jeremy J.
Direct lyotropic liquid crystalline templating has been successfully applied to produce nanostructured IV–VI semiconductor PbTe thin films by electrodeposition both on gold and n-type (100) silicon...
Peter Cornillon, Kathy Donohue, Brian Heikes, Katie Kelley, Roger P. Kelly, John King, ...
This report presents the papers written by the 11 participants in the 2006 Summer Undergraduate
Bob Campbell, Steve Carey, Peter Cornillon, Chris Kincaid, John King, ...
This report presents the papers written by the 13 participants in the 2003 Summer Undergraduate
Jeremy Collie, Isaac Ginis, Alfred Hanson, John Merrill, Robert Pockalny, Tom Rossby, ...
This report presents the papers written by the 11 participants in the 2004 Summer Undergraduate
Ultra-high pressure MOCVD: a supercritical route to compound semiconductor materials (2008)
Wilson, James William, Yang, Jixin, Hyde, Jason R., Smith, David C., Howdle, Steven M., Mallik, Kanad, ...
The deposition of thin films of materials on to and in to preformed, high aspect ratio, template materials, is of significant interest to the semiconductor community. Damascene processes are vital to...
Deanna Bergondo, Jeremy Collie, Peter Cornillon, Kathy Donohue, Tetsu Hara, Chris Kincaid, ...
This report presents the papers written by the 10 participants in the 2005 Summer Undergraduate
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2007)
Ers Revisited, Robert R. Bliss, David C. Smith
Abstract: This paper presents a careful reexamination of Chan, Karolyi, Longstaff, and Sanders (CKLS 1992). By redefining the possible regime shift period in line with evidence from known policy...
On the Sequencing of Projects, Reputation Building, and Relationship Finance (2007)
Dominik Egli, Dominik Egli, Steven Ongena, Steven Ongena, David C. Smith, David C. Smith
Reserve System or its sta¤. We thank Hans Degryse, Joao Santos, Bas Werker,
Steven Ongena, Steven Ongena, David C. Smith, David C. Smith, Dag Michalsen, Dag Michalsen
NOTE: International Finance Discussion Papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comment. References to International Finance Discussion Papers (other than an...
Li, Xiaohong, Nandhakumar, Iris S., Gabriel, Tim, Attard, George S., Markham, Matthew L., Smith, David C., ...
Nanostructured CdTe films were electrodeposited on CdS substrates from lyotropic liquid crystalline phases of non-ionic surfactants using citric acid. The deposition mechanism was studied using...
Li, Xiaohong, Nandhakumar, Iris S., Gabriel, Tim, Attard, George S., Markham, Matthew L., Smith, David C., ...
Nanostructured CdTe films were electrodeposited on CdS substrates from lyotropic liquid crystalline phases of non-ionic surfactants using citric acid. The deposition mechanism was studied using...
Mackler, Niklas J., Dunn, Rodney L., Hellerstedt, Beth, Cooney, Kathleen A., Fardig, Judith, Olson, Karin, ...
BACKGROUND The primary objective of the current study was to identify the tolerable dose level of oral vinorelbine when given in combination with estramustine to men with hormone-refractory prostate...
The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean (2006)
Moran, Kathryn, Backman, Jan, Brinkhuis, Henk, Clemens, Steven C., Cronin, Thomas, Dickens, Gerald R., ...
The history of the Arctic Ocean during the Cenozoic era (0–65 million years ago) is largely unknown from direct evidence. Here we present a Cenozoic palaeoceanographic record constructed from >400...
The Cenozoic palaeoenvironment of the Arctic Ocean (2006)
Moran, Kathryn, Backman, Jan, Brinkhuis, Henk, Clemens, Steven C., Cronin, Thomas, Dickens, Gerald R., ...
The history of the Arctic Ocean during the Cenozoic era ( 0 - 65 million years ago) is largely unknown from direct evidence. Here we present a Cenozoic palaeoceanographic record constructed from >400...
Bell, Steven L., Smith, David C., Allen, Robert, Lutman, Mark E.
The auditory evoked potential known as the middle latency response (MLR), evoked with regular click stimulation at around 5 Hz, has been suggested as an indicator of adequacy of anesthesia. The MLR...
The Sedimentary Environment Below Earth's Polar Ice Cap as a Microbial Habitat (2006)
Smith, David C, Forschner, Stephanie, Rowley, David C
University of Rhode Island faculty participated in drilling of the polar ice cap to study microbial diversity and adaptation to subsurface life under conditions that may mimic extraterrestrial...
Bhandari, Manish S., Pienta, Kenneth J., Fardig, Judith, Olson, Karin B., Smith, David C.
BACKGROUND The current study evaluated the efficacy of oral uracil/tegafur (UFT) and leucovorin (LV) in patients with hormone-refractory metastatic prostrate carcinoma. METHODS Twenty-eight patients...
Li, Xiaohong, Nandhakumar, Iris S., Gabriel, Tim, Attard, George S., Markham, Matthew L., Smith, David C., ...
Nanostructured CdTe films were electrodeposited on CdS substrates from lyotropic liquid crystalline phases of non-ionic surfactants using citric acid. The deposition mechanism was studied using...
It is well documented that microbial contamination of coastal waters poses a significant risk to human health through recreational exposure and consumption of shellfish. Identifying the source of...
Application of carbon nanotube AFM probes to the characterization of mesoporous materials (2005)
Nandhakumar, Iris S., Gordon-Smith, Toby J., Attard, George S., Smith, David C.
Latif, Tahir, Wood, Laura, Connell, Cindy, Smith, David C., Vaughn, David, Lebwohl, David, ...
JM-216 is an orally bioavailable platinum compound with activity against many tumor models. The objective of this study was to determine the safety profile and anti-tumor activity of JM-216 in...
Voronoi Growth Model of Sheet Nacre. (2005)
Rousseau, Marthe, Lopez, Evelyne, Couté, Alain, Mascarel, Gérard, Smith, David C., Bourrat, Xavier
The aim of this work was to study the tiling mode of nacre tablets in the 'brick and mortar' array of sheet nacre. For that purpose, incipient shell nacre (Pinctada margaritifera) was analysed by...
Voronoi Growth Model of Sheet Nacre. (2005)
Rousseau, Marthe, Lopez, Evelyne, Couté, Alain, Mascarel, Gérard, Smith, David C., Bourrat, Xavier
The aim of this work was to study the tiling mode of nacre tablets in the 'brick and mortar' array of sheet nacre. For that purpose, incipient shell nacre (Pinctada margaritifera) was analysed by...
Voronoi Growth Model of Sheet Nacre. (2005)
Rousseau, Marthe, Lopez, Evelyne, Couté, Alain, Mascarel, Gérard, Smith, David C., Bourrat, Xavier
The aim of this work was to study the tiling mode of nacre tablets in the 'brick and mortar' array of sheet nacre. For that purpose, incipient shell nacre (Pinctada margaritifera) was analysed by...
Smith,David C., Haught,Alan F.
The work reported is part of a series of experimental and theoretical investigations of the mechanisms responsible for gas breakdown with focused optical frequency laser radiation. The effects of the...
Smith,David C., Haught,Alan F.
A high power Q-switched CO2 laser with an output at 10.6 micron wavelength has been developed. In part II, the results of the previous studies of gas breakdown by optical frequency radiation are...
TWO-DIMENSIONAL HEATED JET WITH AN ARBITRARY PRANDTL NUMBER AND MAGNETOGASDYNAMIC FREE JET. (2005)
Smith,David C., Cambel,Ali Bulent
Most of the existing solutions to the free jet problem are restricted by assumptions of constant viscosity, a unitary Prandtl number and incompressible fluids. The solution of the 2-dimensional,...
Investigation of Nonlinear Propagation and Chirping of Short CO2 Laser Pulses. (2005)
Berger,Paul J., Ferrar,Carl M., Smith,David C.
Research is described on an experimental program to generate short pulses at the 10.6 micrometers wavelength, to study the propagation and interaction of these pulses with amplifyimg and absorbing...
Effects of Particulate Matter on Atmospheric Propagation of CO2 Laser Radiation. (2005)
Smith,David C., Brown,Robert T., Gebhardt,Frederick G., Berger,Paul J.
The influence of aerosols, or particulates, on thermal blooming and gas breakdown of 10.6 micrometer wavelength radiation was measured. When particles are irradiated with high intensity pulsed CO2...
Effects of Particulate Matter on Atmospheric Propagation of CO2 Laser Radiation. (2005)
Smith,David C., Brown,Robert T., Gebhardt,Frederick G., Berger,Paul J.
The two main nonlinear propagation problems encountered by high power CO2 laser radiation in the atmosphere are gas breakdown and thermal blooming. The influence of particulate matter on gas...
Haught,Alan F., Smith,David C.
Studies were made of the breakdown threshold of mixtures of the inert gases to determine the effects of controlled impurity levels on the breakdown process. In these experiments it was found that at...
LAMINAR AXIALLY SYMMETRIC COMPRESSIBLE JET WITH AN ARBITRARY PRANDTL NUMBER. (2005)
SMITH,David C., Cambel,Ali Bulent
Existing solutions to the laminar, axially symmetric jet problem are restricted by assumptions of constant viscosity, constant density and a unitary Prandtl number. Some perturbation solutions for...
Sheet nacre growth mechanism: a Voronoi model. (2005)
Rousseau, Marthe, Lopez, Evelyne, Couté, Alain, Mascarel, Gérard, Smith, David C., Naslain, Roger, ...
Shell nacre (mother of pearl) of Pinctada margaritifera was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The originality of this work concerns the sampling performed to observe incipient nacre on the...
Sheet nacre growth mechanism: a Voronoi model. (2005)
Rousseau, Marthe, Lopez, Evelyne, Couté, Alain, Mascarel, Gérard, Smith, David C., Naslain, Roger, ...
Shell nacre (mother of pearl) of Pinctada margaritifera was analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. The originality of this work concerns the sampling performed to observe incipient nacre on the...
Voronoi Growth Model of Sheet Nacre. (2005)
Rousseau, Marthe, Lopez, Evelyne, Couté, Alain, Mascarel, Gérard, Smith, David C., Bourrat, Xavier
The aim of this work was to study the tiling mode of nacre tablets in the 'brick and mortar' array of sheet nacre. For that purpose, incipient shell nacre (Pinctada margaritifera) was analysed by...
Optical properties of nanostructured mesoporous semiconductor films (2004)
Nandhakumar, Iris, Gabriel, Timothy, Li, Xiahong, Attard, George S., Markham, Matthew, Smith, David C., ...
Direct liquid crystal templating from non-ionic polyoxyethylene surfactants has been utilised to produce well-defined birefringent films of nanostructured cadmium telluride with mesoporous...
Trask, Peter C., Paterson, Amber G., Fardig, Judith, Smith, David C.
Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in white males between the ages of 15 and 45 years. Treatment may include the administration of chemotherapy which has been associated with changes in...
Hellerstedt, Beth, Pienta, Kenneth J., Redman, Bruce G., Esper, Peg, Dunn, Rodney L., Fardig, Judith, ...
BACKGROUND The authors evaluated the combination of oral cyclophosphamide, oral prednisone, and diethylstilbestrol (DES) in patients with androgen-independent prostate carcinoma (AIPC). METHODS...
Smith, David C., Chay, Christopher H., Dunn, Rodney L., Fardig, Judith, Esper, Peg, Olson, Karin B., ...
BACKGROUND Preclinical data suggest that the combination of intravenous (i.v.) paclitaxel, carboplatin, oral etoposide, and oral estramustine (TEEC) has significant activity in patients with...
American women in a world at war (2002)
Litoff, Judy Barrett, Smith, David C.
Litoff and Smith discuss the role of American women during World War II. The war had a significant and far-reaching impact on the lives of women, giving them increased independence, confidence and...
Investigation of Non-Linear Propagation and Chirping of CO2 Lasers. (2002)
Smith,David C., Marcus,Stephen, McCoy,John H.
Research is summarized on non-linear propagation of CO2 laser radiation (10.6 micrometer wavelength) in absorbing and amplifying media, the generation and propagation of mode locked CO2 laser...
Reduction of Thermal Blooming by Beam Optimization. (2002)
Gebhardt,Frederick G., Berger,P. J., Smith,David C., Burdick,B., Tripodi,R.
The report examines various techniques for reducing the severe thermal distortion effects which represent a serious limitation for high power CO2 laser beams in the atmosphere. The principal...
Munshi, Hidayatullah G., Pienta, Kenneth J., Smith, David C.
BACKGROUND A Phase II study was initiated to evaluate the effectiveness of an oral regimen of etoposide and estramustine in patients with early recurrent prostate carcinoma. METHODS Patients with...
LOUIS AGASSIZ, THE GREAT DELUGE, AND EARLY MAINE GEOLOGY (2000)
David C. Smith, Harold W. Borns Jr.
Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), in addition to his work on paleoichthyology, had a substantial impact on geological thinking. He is the major figure in the development of Ice Age theory. One of his...
Laser Propagation Experiments - Aerosol and Stagnation Zone Effects (2000)
Fowler, M. C., Dunphy, J. R., Smith, David C.
This final technical report describes the result of two programs concerned with high power laser propagation through the atmosphere that are particularly important to the Navy high energy laser...
Mucci, Neil R., Rubin, Mark A., Strawderman, Myla S., Montie, James E., Smith, David C., Pienta, Kenneth J.
Phase II Trial of Suramin in Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (1999)
Dreicer, Robert, Smith, David C., Williams, Richard D., See, William A.
This study was conducted to assess the efficacy and toxicity of suramin administered using a fixed dose schedule in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. Fourteen eligible patients with...
Haught, Alan F., Smith, David C.
The Research Laboratories of the United Aircraft Corporation under the subject contract are conducting theoretical and experimental studies of the interaction of high intensity optical frequency...
LAMINAR AND TURBULENT MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC FREE JET. (1998)
Smith,David C., Cambel,Ali Bulent
A perturbation solution is obtained for a free jet of an electrically conducting fluid in the presence of a transverse magnetic field. The solution is obtained in closed form to first order in the...
EFFECTS OF DIFFUSION ON THE SATURATION INTENSITY OF A CO2 LASER. (1998)
The power and gain capabilities of a CO2 laser are dependent upon the saturation intensity of the laser media. Saturation intensities reported in the literature range from 22 watts/sq cm to 100...
Mode-Locking of an Atmospheric Pressure Cross-Excited Electrically Pulsed CO2 Laser. (1998)
Smith,David C., Berger,Paul J.
Self-mode-locking of a cross-excited electrically pulsed CO2 laser has been observed and studied as a function of cavity length and operating pressure. The best results are achieved with a 2.2 meter...
Investigation of Nonlinear Propagation and Chirping of Short CO2 Laser Pulses. (1998)
Smith,David C., Berger,Paul J., Ferrar,Carl M., Marcus,Stephen, McCoy,John H.
The experimental and theoretical program is directed toward obtaining short pulses at 10.6 micron wavelength and studies of the interaction of these pulses with absorbing and amplifying media. Two...
Investigation of Nonlinear Propagation and Chirping of Short CO2 Laser Pulses. (1998)
Berger,Paul J., Smith,David C., Ferrar,Carl M., Flynn,J. Terrence, Cheo,Peter K.
The research investigations have led to the development of an acousto-optic modulator for mode-locking the high pressure CO2 laser. Nanosecond pulses have been generated with peak powers of about 25...
Smith,David C., Gebhardt,Frederick G.
The report summarizes the work performed during the second year of an experimental and theoretical research program concerning the self-induced thermal distortion effects on cw CO2 laser radiation...
Influence of Dead Zones and Transonic Slewing on Thermal Blooming. (1998)
Brown,Robert T., Berger,Paul J., Gebhardt,Frederick G., Smith,David C.
An experimental research program is being carried out to investigate two particular aspects of the thermal blooming problem. Thermal blooming is the self-induced effect which results from refractive...
Investigation of Nonlinear Propagation and Chirping of Short CO2 Laser Pulses. (1998)
Berger,Paul J., Ferrar,Carl M., Smith,David C.
The generation of short pulses at 10.6 micrometer, basic properties of infrared lasers, and metal vapor lasers emitting in the blue-green were investigated. Significant developments include a...
The Army and the Army National Guard Separated by a Common Goal (1998)
This paper examines the infrastructure of the Army and to a lesser extent, the Air National Guard in light of the assets that are available to DOD. There is substantial opportunity for the Army to...
Safe Maximum Pressure Determination for the M829E3/M256 Cannon Qualification Program (1998)
Smith, David C., Coppola, Eugene E.
The M256 120-mm cannon is the main armament of the M1A1 and M1A2 tanks. With the increased pressure generated by the latest version of the M829 APFSDS-T cartridge (A3), the yield strength of the...
Montgomery, Michael T., Boyd, Thomas J., Osburn, Chris L., Smith, David C.
PAH concentrations in the Coaster's Harbor site were generally low when compared with surface sediment data from other estuaries. The highest PAH concentration in the NRL survey was found at station...
Montgomery, Michael T., Boyd, Thomas J., Smith, David C.
The addition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into the environment represents one stressor that may affect metabolism among some components of the bacterial assemblage in submerged sediments....
Montgomery, Michael T., Boyd, Thomas J., Osburn, Christopher L., Smith, David C.
Previous studies of sediment adjacent to the Old Fire Fighting Training Area (OFFTA) in Coaster's Harbor, Rhode Island, compared values for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations for...
An Automatic Layout Program for Hybrid Microcircuits (HYPAR). (1998)
A computer program is given for the fully automatic layout of hybrid microcircuits. The program, under certain options, guarantees one-hundred percent routing connectivity for components ranging from...
Low-Temperature Deposition of ZrC Thin Films from a Single-Source Precursor. (1998)
Smith, David C., Rubiano, Rodrigo R., Healy, Matthew D., Springer, Robert W.
Stable zirconium carbide thin films have been deposited from a single source organometallic precursor, tetraneopentyl zirconium, at substrate temperatures above 500 C. Materials deposited above this...
Surface Reactions of Tetraneopentyl Zirconium on Zirconium Carbide Thin Films (1998)
Parmeter, John E., Smith, David C., Healy, Matt D.
Interest has arisen recently in the use of metal alkyl compounds as precursors in the chemical vapor deposition of metal carbides. This paper presents results of a study of the surface chemistry of...
Trump, Donald L., Smith, David C., Ellis, Peter G., Rogers, Miriam P., Schold, S. Clifford, Winer, Eric P., ...
Background: P-glycoprotein mediates resistance to natural-product anti-neoplastic agents like vinblastine through an active transport process resulting in reduced intracellular concentration of these...
Dear boys: World War II letters from a woman back home (1991)
Somerville, Keith Frazier, Litoff, Judy Barrett, Smith, David C.
Miss you: the World War II letters of Barbara Wooddall Taylor and Charles E. Taylor (1990)
Taylor, Barbara Wooddall, Taylor, Charles E., Litoff, Judy Barrett, Smith, David C.
A numerical study of topographically steered flows in the Fram Strait. (1989)
McShane, David W., Smith, David C.
Thesis advisor, David C. Smith IV.
The Xerox "Star": A Retrospective (1989)
Jeff Johnson, Teresa L. Roberts, William Verplank Idtwo, David C. Smith, Charles Irby, ...
Year 2000 by Morgan Kaufman. The figures used in this web page aren't very good reproductions, but they are readable....Dave Curbow The Xerox Star has had a significant impact upon the computer...
The Xerox Star: A Retrospective (1989)
Jeff Johnson, Teresa L. Roberts, Us West, Advanced Technologies, William Verplank Idtwo, David C. Smith, ...
1Y8 I. That introductton was an important event in the history of personal computing because it changed notions of how interacttve systems should be designed. Several of Star’s designers. some of...
Thesis (M.A.)--City College of New York, 1984. [International Relations]
The role of the relationship facilitator in Australian Public School Settings / (1974)
Thesis (M.A.)--Wheaton College, 1974.
Thesis (M.S.)--Stout State University, 1971.
A computer simulation of a partial venous system of a human lower extremity. (1971)
Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Science.
Sheehan, Thomas B., Smith, David C.
Study (B. Arch.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1966.
Typewritten manuscript.
Thesis (doctoral)--University of London, 1966.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of London, 1966.
Typewritten ms.
County materials of instruction centers in Iowa /--by David C. Smith. (1958)
Abstract bound with thesis.
Firms and their distressed banks: lessons from the Norwegian banking crisis (1988-1991)
Steven Ongena, David C. Smith, Dag Michalsen
Financial crises - Norway ; Banks and banking - Norway ; Norway
Inflation, Indexation, and Capital Income: What's Left of the White Paper
Thomas J. Courchene, David C. Smith
In June 1982, the Minister of Finance issued a White Paper proposing a major reform to the taxation of personal investment income. The two principal proposals were: a limited indexation of capital...
Preparation of model bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids via Reissert compounds /
Thesis--Clarkson College of Technology.
Look at Me Now: What Attracts U.S. Shareholders?
John Ammer, Sara B. Holland, David C. Smith, Francis E. Warnock
This paper investigates the underlying determinants of home bias using a comprehensive data set on U.S. investors' aggregate holdings of every foreign stock. Among those foreign stocks that are not...
It is well documented that microbial contamination of coastal waters poses a significant risk to human health through recreational exposure and consumption of shellfish. Identifying the source of...
Randomized clinical trial of a family intervention for prostate cancer patients and their spouses
Northouse, Laurel L., Mood, Darlene W., Schafenacker, Ann, Montie, James E., Sandler, Howard M., Forman, Jeffrey D., ...
BACKGROUND. Few intervention studies have been conducted to help couples manage the effects of prostate cancer and maintain their quality of life. The objective of this study was to determine whether...
The effects of time-dependent winds and ocean eddies on ice motion in a marginal ice zone.
Barker, Jeffrey L., Smith, David C.
Thesis advisor, D.C. Smith IV.
The Impact of Bank Consolidation on Commercial Borrower Welfare
JASON KARCESKI, STEVEN ONGENA, DAVID C. SMITH
We estimate the impact of bank merger announcements on borrowers' stock prices for publicly traded Norwegian firms. Borrowers of target banks lose about 0.8% in equity value, while borrowers of...
Allen N. Berger, Qinglei Dai, Steven Ongena, David C. Smith
We model two dimensions of bank globalization -- bank nationality (a bank from the firm's host nation, its home nation, or a third nation) and bank reach (a global, regional, or local bank) using a...
The stability of interest rate processes
Robert R. Bliss, David C. Smith
This paper presents a careful reexamination of Chan, Karolyi, Longstaff, and Sanders (CKLS 1992). By redefining the possible regime shift period in line with evidence from known policy changes and...
The Conditional Performance of Insider Trades
B. Espen Eckbo, David C. Smith
This paper estimates the performance of insider trades on the closely held Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) during a period of lax enforcement of insider trading regulations. Our data permit construction of...
Gregory Nini, David C. Smith, Amir Sufi
Credit ; Contracts
Empirical Evidence on the Duration of Bank Relationships
We present evidence on the duration of firm-bank relationships using a unique panel data set of connections between Oslo Stock Exchange-listed firms and their banks for the period 1979-1994. We focus...
Though the Japanese banking system has been the focus of numerous empirical studies, there is scant empirical evidence on the characteristics of loan contracts between Japanese firms and their banks....
The impact of bank consolidation on commercial borrower welfare
Jason Karceski, Steven Ongena, David C. Smith
We estimate the impact of bank merger announcements on borrowers' stock prices for publicly traded Norwegian firms. In addition, we analyze how bank mergers influence borrower relationship...
Firms and their distressed banks: lessons from the Norwegian banking crisis (1988-1991)
Steven Ongena, David C. Smith, Dag Michalsen
We use the near-collapse of the Norwegian banking system during the period 1988-91 to measure the impact of bank distress announcements on the stock prices of firms maintaining a relationship with a...
On the sequencing of projects, reputation building, and relationship finance
Dominik Egli, Steven Ongena, David C. Smith
We study the decision an entrepreneur faces in financing multiple projects and show that relationship financing will arise endogenously in an environment where strategic defaults are likely, even...
Allen N. Berger, Qinglei Dai, Steven Ongena, David C. Smith
We model two dimensions of bank globalization -- bank nationality (a bank from the firm's host nation, its home nation, or a third nation) and bank reach (a global, regional, or local bank) -- using...
This paper examines the characteristics of loans to Japanese borrowers using a relatively unexplored, contract-specific data set. I find that Japanese banks charge less on loans to Japanese borrowers...
Look at me now: the role of cross-listing in attracting U.S. investors
John Ammer, Sara B. Holland, David C. Smith, Francis E. Warnock
We use a comprehensive 1997 survey to examine U.S. investors' preferences for foreign equities. We document a variety of firm characteristics that can influence U.S. investment, but the most...
Global integration in the banking industry
Allen N. Berger, David C. Smith
Lowered regulatory barriers and advances in technology have reduced the cost of supplying banking services across borders. At the same time, growth in activity by multinational corporations has...
Why do U.S. cross-listings matter?
John Ammer, Sara B. Holland, David C. Smith, Francis E. Warnock
This paper investigates the underlying determinants of home bias using a comprehensive sample of U.S. investor holdings of foreign stocks. We document that U.S. cross-listings are economically...
Empirical Evidence on the Duration of Bank Relationships
We present evidence on the duration of firm-bank relationships using a unique panel data set of connections between Oslo Stock Exchange-listed firms and their banks for the period 1979-1994. We focus...
Are Banks Still Special? New Evidence on Their Role in the Corporate Capital-Raising Process
Christopher James, David C. Smith
Bankers appear to play a special role in providing commitment-based financing to corporations. This type of lending is important not only for small firms that lack access to public debt markets but...
Subseafloor sedimentary life in the South Pacific Gyre
D'Hondt, Steven, Spivack, Arthur J., Pockalny, Robert, Ferdelman, Timothy G., Fischer, Jan P., Kallmeyer, Jens, ...
The low-productivity South Pacific Gyre (SPG) is Earth's largest oceanic province. Its sediment accumulates extraordinarily slowly (0.1–1 m per million years). This sediment contains a living...
Creditor control rights and firm investment policy
Nini, Greg, Smith, David C., Sufi, Amir
We present novel empirical evidence that conflicts of interest between creditors and their borrowers have a significant impact on firm investment policy. We examine a large sample of private credit...