1. Essays on Reputation and Capital Expenditure in Real Estate. Open Access Author: Garate Alvarez, Sergio Rodolfo Title: Essays on Reputation and Capital Expenditure in Real Estate. Graduate Program: Business Administration Keywords: real estatecapital expenditureconsumer reviewsreal optionprepayment modeldefault modelcompeting risk model File: Download SergioGarate-Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Brent Ambrose, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorBrent William Ambrose, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJiro Yoshida, Committee MemberLiang Peng, Committee MemberPeter William Newberry, Outside MemberAustin Jaffe, Special Member