The Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade is pleased to present its Working Paper Series which provides a forum for disseminating works-in-progress reflecting the broad range of research activities of Texas A&M International University’s A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business faculty members and Ph.D. students as well as invited authors. As works-in-progress, the papers are often less than fully polished. The papers include the names of the authors and should be cited as such.
The responsibility for views expressed in the working papers are entirely those of the authors. Texas A&M International University, the A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business, and the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade take no responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any information or data included in the papers. The opinions expressed in the papers do not necessarily reflect the position of Texas A&M International University, the A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business, or the Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade.
CSWHT Working Papers are available online only.
| Work Date | Number | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | WP-2024-007 | Women at Work: Barriers, Penalties, and Syndromes | Cynthia M. Montaudon Tomas, Anna Amsler, Ingrid N. Pinto López, and Ivonne M. Montaudon Tomas |
| August 2024 | WP-2024-006 | Development of a Web-Based Timetabling Software for a Mexican University | Jesus Abraham Garcia Yañez, Felipe De Jesus Ramirez Saenz, Eva Litzary Rios Saldaña, Mauricio Alberto Rubio Aguilar, Itzia Esperanza Barrios Flores, Camila Lineth Garcia Flores, Ramon Estuardo Hernandez Cerda, and Jose Julian Zacarias Ortiz |
| August 2024 | WP-2024-005 | Factors Affecting Portfolio Investments | Diego Hernandez |
| August 2024 | WP-2024-004 | Boosting Competitiveness: The Role of Nearshoring in SMEs in the Auto Parts Sector in Nuevo Leon, Mexico | América Palmira Quiroga Nájera, Haruko Arisa Orozco Tsutsumi, Jessly Janine Santos Blanco, Jesús Eduardo López Jiménez, and Pamela Rodriguez Salinas |
| July 2024 | WP-2024-003 | Estimating How Firm Characteristics Affect Corruption Using Enterprise Survey Data | George R. G. Clarke |
| June 2024 | WP-2024-002 | The Empire Strikes Back: The Effect of Historical and Cultural Affiliations on the Allocation of FDI in Eastern Europe | Alexandra D. Troidl, William R. Hauk, Jr., and Douglas P. Woodward |
| June 2024 | WP-2024-001 | Exploring the Effect of Deepfake-based Advertising on Consumers' Attitudes and Behaviors | Yong Chen |
| September 2023 | WP-2023-007 | Governance, Competitiveness, and Sustainable Development: Examining and Comparing Autocracies and Democracies | Leonel Prieto, Arman Canatay, Muhammad R. Amin, Tochukwu J. Emegwa, and Saha I. Hossain |
| August 2023 | WP-2023-006 | COVID-19 Effects on the Freight Transportation System in Mexico: A Demand and Supply Shock Analysis | Miguel Gastón Cedillo-Campos, Carlos Daniel Martner-Peyrelongue, Alfonso Herrera-García, María Gabriela Gárcia-Ortega, José Elías Jiménez-Sánchez, and Daniel Covarrubias |
| July 2023 | WP-2023-005 | Understanding Talent-Driven Movements in the Workplace | Cynthia M. Montaudon-Tomas, Anna Amsler, Ingrid N. Pinto-López, and Alicia L. Yañez-Moneda |
| July 2023 | WP-2023-004 | The Influence of Country-Level Social Capital on a Firm's Cash Conversion Cycle | Nana Twum Owusu-Peprah |
| July 2023 | WP-2023-003 | Evidence on Gender and Corruption from Firm-Level Panel Data | George R. G. Clarke |
| June 2023 | WP-2023-002 | Opportunity or Challenge? Impact of Product Market Threats on a Firm's Bankruptcy Risk | Xinhui Huang |
| May 2023 | WP-2023-001 | The Increasing Impact of Spain on the Equity Markets of Brazil, Chile, and Mexico | Andres Rivas, Rahul Verma, Antonio Rodriguez, and Pedro H. Albuquerque |
| September 2022 | WP-2022-006 | Detaching from the Organizational and Looking Inwards? A Mediational Analysis of Employee-Related and Organization-Related Constructs | Leonel Prieto and Md Farid Taludker |
| August 2022 | WP-2022-005 | Do Women Misreport Bribe Payments More Often than Men? | George R. G. Clarke |
| August 2022 | WP-2022-004 | Fintech Use and Drug-Related Activities: A Country-Level Analysis | Leiza Nochebuena-Evans and Nathaniel P. Graham |
| June 2022 | WP-2022-002 | Transcendental Leadership: The Path for True Leaders | Raúl López-Palomino, Joel Mendoza-Gómez, and Adriana Sogovia-Romo |
| May 2022 | WP-2022-001 | Identifying the True Nature of Price Discovery and Cross-Market Informational Flow in the Investment Grade CDS and Equity Markets | William J. Procasky and Anwen Yin |
| September 2021 | WP-2021-008 | Integrating Political Trust, Job Precariousness, and Employee Outcomes: Contrasting China, Germany, Mexico, and the United States | Leonel Prieto, Balaji Janamanchi, Li Wenjing, Doreen Hanke, Lei Wang, Homero Aguirre-Milling, Qing Ma, and José Fernando Hernández González |
| August 2021 | WP-2021-007 | Asset Liquidity and Trade Credit: International Evidence | Mohammad Nazrul Islam, Md. Khokan Bepari, and Shamsun Nahar |
| July 2021 | WP-2021-006 | Robust Forecast Combination for Elusive Return Predictability | Anwen Yin and William Procasky |
| July 2021 | WP-2021-005 | Bank Holding Company Lobbying Activity upon Regulation and its Impact upon Non-Traditional Revenue | Sean K. Byrne |
| July 2021 | WP-2021-004 | Capital Punishment: The Roles of Human Freedom, Economic Wealth, and National Culture | Rosario Spano |
| June 2021 | WP-2021-003 | Evaluating COVID-19 Response by the City of Laredo and the Webb County Emergency Management Program | Eduardo A. Garza |
| April 2021 | WP-2021-002 | New Results on Closed-Form Formulas for Evaluating r-flip Moves in Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization | Bahram Alidaee, Haibo Wang, and Wade W. Liu |
| January 2021 | WP-2021-001 | Are Corruption and Regulation Less Burdensome in Special Economic Zones? | George R. G. Clarke |
| March 2016 | WP-2016-001 | Amidst Political Rift with the U.S., Israel seeks New Economic Alliances in Asia | Sarah Katz |
| December 2014 | WP-2014-002 | Terrorism and its Impact on the Cost of Debt | William Procasky and Nacasius U. Ujah |
| October 2014 | WP-2014-001 | Revisiting the Day of the Week Anomaly in Financial Markets using Style Indices | Zubair Ali Raja, Renée Oyotode, and William Procasky |