William O. Brown

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro

Associate Professor

Bryan School of Business

PO Box 26165

Greensboro, NC 274026165

United States

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What's in Your 403(B)? Academic Retirement Plans and the Costs of Underdiversification

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Jun 2005 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2009
John Angus, William O. Brown, Janet Kiholm Smith and Richard L. Smith
Claremont Graduate University - School of Mathematical Sciences, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro, Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance and University of California, Riverside - Anderson Graduate School of Management
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Pension policy, retirement savings, portfolio selection, diversificaiton, Tiaa-Cref, ERISA

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Exit, Voice, and the Role of Corporate Directors: Evidence from Acquisition Performance

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 25 Aug 1999
William O. Brown and Michael T. Maloney
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro and Clemson University - John E. Walker Department of Economics
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Corporate Philanthrophic Practices

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Nov 2003
William O. Brown, Eric Helland and Janet Kiholm Smith
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro, Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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Corporate philanthropy, corporate governance, boards of directors, monitoring, agency costs

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Competing with the NYSE

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Competing with the NYSE

Claremont Colleges Economics Department Paper, AFA 2007 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 25 Aug 2005
William O. Brown, J. Harold Mulherin and Marc Weidenmier
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro, University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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stock exchange competition, bid-ask spreads

Competing with the NYSE

NBER Working Paper No. w12343
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 14 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2022
J. Harold Mulherin, William O. Brown and Marc Weidenmier
University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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Environmental Sustainability and Stock Returns *

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 05 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2025
William O. Brown, Xiaoli Gao, Yufeng Han, Dayong Huang and Fang Wang
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte - Finance, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro - Bryan School of Business & Economics and Central Washington University - College of Business
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JEL Classification: G11, G12, G14 Environmental variables, water usage, waste, Scope 3 CO2 emissions, climate concerns, stock return

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The Development of the Takeover Auction Process: The Evolution of Property Rights in the Modern Wild West

Journal of Law and Economics, forthcoming
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 13 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2022
Tingting Liu, J. Harold Mulherin and William O. Brown
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, University of Georgia - Department of Banking and Finance and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro
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Takeover auction, property rights, underground auction, target premiums

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Volatility in an Era of Reduced Uncertainty: Lessons from Pax Britannica

NBER Working Paper No. w11319
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 10 Jun 2005 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2022
William O. Brown, Richard C. K. Burdekin and Marc Weidenmier
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro, Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance
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Consols, Financial Stability, and Pax Britannia

Claremont McKenna College Economics Working Paper No. 2004-05
Posted: 20 Apr 2004
William O. Brown, Richard C. K. Burdekin and Marc Weidenmier
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Greensboro, Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School and Claremont McKenna College - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance

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consols, British empire, war, policy regimes