Joseph B. Farhat

Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance

Professor of Finance

1615 Stanley Street

New Britian, CT 06050

United States

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The Trade-Off Theory and the Pecking Order Theory: Are They Mutually Exclusive?

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The Trade-Off Theory and the Pecking Order Theory: Are They Mutually Exclusive?

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 May 2009
Carmen Cotei and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
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capital structure, pecking order theory, trade-off theory

The Trade-Off Theory and the Pecking Order Theory: Are they Mutually Exclusive?

North American Journal of Finance and Banking Research, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2009
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Jan 2010
Carmen Cotei and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
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capital structure, pecking order theory, trade-off theory

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Applied Survey Data Analysis Using Stata: The Kauffman Firm Survey Data

Number of pages: 608 Posted: 09 Aug 2014
Joseph B. Farhat and Alicia Robb
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of Colorado at Boulder
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Kauffman firm survey, KFS, Stata, Survey, Complex Sample, Stratified sample, sampling weights, unequal sampling probabilities, oversampling, probability weights

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Factors Affecting Survival, Closure and M&A Exit for Small Businesses

Midwest Finance Association 2012 Annual Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 28 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2013
Susan Coleman, Carmen Cotei and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Hartford - Barney School of Business, University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
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An Application of the Two-Stage Bivariate Probit-Tobit Model to Corporate Financing Decisions

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Sep 2009
Carmen Cotei and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
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Capital structure, Two-Stage Bivariate Probit-Tobit model

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The Dynamics of Capital Structure in U.S. Start-Up Businesses

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 25 May 2016 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2017
Carmen Cotei and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
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Debt-Equity Financing Decisions, Startup Financing, Business Debt, Personal Debt

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Testing Trade-Off and Pecking Order Models Under Different Institutional Environments

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 May 2009 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2014
Joseph B. Farhat, Carmen Cotei and Benjamin A. Abugri
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance, University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance and Southern Connecticut State University - Department of Economics and Finance
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International capital structure, pecking order theory, trade-off theory

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An Overview of the Kauffman Firm Survey: Results from 2011 Business Activities

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Jun 2013
Alicia Robb and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Colorado at Boulder and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
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Kauffman Firm Survey, KFS, data, entrepreneurship, firm, longitudinal

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Market Efficiency in Emerging Markets: Does the Legal System Matter?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 May 2009 Last Revised: 26 May 2009
Carmen Cotei, Joseph B. Farhat and Benjamin A. Abugri
University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance, Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and Southern Connecticut State University - Department of Economics and Finance
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Market efficiency, emerging markets, random walk hypothesis, legal system

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Analyzing the 2004-2011 KFS Multiply Imputed Data

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 13 Dec 2013
Joseph B. Farhat and Alicia Robb
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of Colorado at Boulder
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kauffman firm survey, kfs, data, longitudinal, data editing

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Do Women Lag Behind Men? A Matched-Sample Analysis of the Dynamics of Gender Gaps

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 May 2016
Joseph B. Farhat and Naranchimeg Mijid
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and Connecticut Center for Innovative Entrepreneurs
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Matched Sample Method, Gender Gaps, Business Performance, Growth, Survival Rates, Financing

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Becoming M&A Targets: Evidence from Small, Privately Held Firms

Small Business Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 24 May 2016 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2017
Carmen Cotei and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
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Small Business; Venture Capital; Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring;Entrepreneurship; Business Economics

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The Information Asymmetry and Earnings Surprises: Evidence from the US Insurance Industry

Midwest Finance Association 2012 Annual Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2012
Carmen Cotei, Joseph B. Farhat and Mercedes Miranda
University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance, Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and Wayne State University
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Informational Externalities of Initial Public Offerings: Does Venture Capital Backing Matter?

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 14 May 2009
Carmen Cotei and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
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intra-industry information transfer, initial public offerings, venture capital backing, price revisions

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The Leasing Decisions of Small, Privately Held Firms

Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (RPBFMP), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 May 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2017
Carmen Cotei and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
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Leasing, Startups, Asset Specificity, R&D Intensity, Survey Methodology

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Using Weights in the Analysis of the KFS Data: KFS Professional Development Workshops

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Research Paper
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 19 Aug 2012
Joseph B. Farhat
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance
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survey weights, KFS, complex sample survey

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Factors Explaining the Results of Job Search by the 2002 FMA Job Applicants - A Survey

Journal of Financial Education, Vol. 32, pp. 1-22, Spring, 2006
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 24 Oct 2009
Tarun K. Mukherjee, Joseph B. Farhat and Carmen Cotei
University of New Orleans, Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance
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Academic, Finance, Job

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Dividend Signaling Hypothesis and Short-Term Asset Concentration of Islamic Interest-Free Banking

Islamic Economic Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2003
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Apr 2018
M. Kabir Hassan, Joseph B. Farhat and Bashir Al-Zu'bi
University of New Orleans - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance, Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of Jordan
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Community Reinvestment Act and Local Governance Contexts: Advancing the Future of Community Reinvestment?

Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, Volume 19, Number 2, 2017
Posted: 31 Jul 2017
Colleen Casey, Joseph B. Farhat and Gregory Cartwright
Independent, Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of Texas at Arlington

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Community Reinvestment Act

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The M&A Exit Outcomes of New, Young Firms

Small Business Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Carmen Cotei and Joseph B. Farhat
University of Hartford - Department of Economics, Finance & Insurance and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance

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Mergers and acquisitions, Firm exit Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Startups

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Analyzing Complex Survey Data: The Kauffman Firm Survey

Small Business Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 28 Jul 2017
Joseph B. Farhat and Alicia Robb
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of Colorado at Boulder

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Entrepreneur, Data estimation methodology, Survey methods, Sampling methods

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New Directions in Entrepreneurship Research with the Kauffman Firm Survey

Small Business Economics, Forthcoming, Duke I&E Research Paper No. 2017-14
Posted: 27 Jul 2017
Joseph B. Farhat, Sharon F. Matusik, Alicia Robb and David T. Robinson
Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance, University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder and Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

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Kauffman Firm Survey, Entrepreneurship research , Firm creation

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Dividend Signaling Hypothesis and Short-Term Asset Concentration in Interest-Free Banking

Islamic Economic Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 1-25, September 2003
Posted: 24 Oct 2009
M. Kabir Hassan, Joseph B. Farhat and Bashir Al-Zu'bi
University of New Orleans - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance, Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of Jordan

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interest-free banks, dividend Policy, stability, Islamic

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Does Futures Exhibit Maturity Effect? New Evidence from an Extensive Set of Us and Foreign Futures Contracts

Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2006
Posted: 16 May 2009
Elton Daal, Joseph B. Farhat and Peihwang Wei
University of New Orleans - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance, Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance and University of New Orleans - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance

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Maturity effect, Futures prices volatility, Futures markets

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A Comparative Analysis of Proxies for an Optimal Leverage Ratio

Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2008
Posted: 16 May 2009
Ranjan D'Mello and Joseph B. Farhat
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Central Connecticut State University - Department of Finance

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Optimum capital structure, Optimal leverage ratio, Tradeoff theory