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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.

CSWHT Working Papers
Work Date Number Title Author(s)
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