Pakes, ArielAnand, Bharat N.Covert, Thomas Rutford2014-06-062014-06-062014Covert, Thomas Rutford. 2014. Essays in Industrial Organization and Finance. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University.http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11561http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274570This dissertation consists of two essays on the behavior of traders in opaque financial markets and one on the behavior of firms while they are learning to use a new technology.en-USEconomicsThesis or Dissertation2014-06-06