Radhakrishnan (Radha) Gopalan
Associate Professor of Finance
Area of Expertise:
Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, Law and Economics
Research Interests:
Corporate finance - corporate governance, emerging market financial systems, mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructuring and entrepreneurial finance.
Selected Publications:- "Affiliated Firms and Financial Support: Evidence from Indian Business Groups", Journal of Finance Economics, with V. Nanda, A. Seru
- "Market Liquidity, Investor Participation and Managerial Autonomy: Why do Firms Go Private?", Journal of Finance, Issue 4, 2013-2059, with A. Thakor, A. Boot, 2008
- "The Entrepreneur‘s Choice Between Private and Public Ownership", Journal of Finance, Issue 2, 803-836, with A. Thakor, A. Boot, 2006
- "Large Shareholder Trading and Takeovers: The Disciplinary Role of Voting With Your Feet",
- "Do Business Groups Use Dividends to Fund Investments", , with V. Nanda, A. Seru
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Academic/Professional Activities:- Referee, Journal of Financial Intermediation
- Discussant, Western Finance Association Meeting (2006), Colorado; Asian Corporate Governance Institute Conference (2005), Seoul; Financial Management Association Meeting (2004), New Orleans; Global Finance Conference (2004), Las Vegas
Awards/Honors:- Emeriti Faculty Award, University of Michigan, 2006
- Mitsui Emerging Market Fellowship, 2003-04 and 2004-05, 2005
- Rodkey Fellowship, 2001-05, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2005
- Allan Gilmore fellowship, 2004
Personal Interests:
Professor Gopalan enjoys running, listening to music and spending time with his family.
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Professor Gopalan joined Olin in 2006 after graduating from the University of Michigan. Prior to his Ph.D., he worked for five years in the project finance department of a leading Indian bank. He researches issues in theoretical and empirical corporate finance. Specifically he examines questions related to a firm's choice between public and private ownership, the benefits of a business group structure in emerging economies and about firm-bank relationships and the syndicated loan market.
Radhakrishnan (Radha) Gopalan's Home Page
Email: gopalan@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-9196
PhD 2006, University of Michigan
MBA 1996, Indian Institute of Management
B.E. 1994, Annamalai University
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