Radhakrishnan Gopalan

Assistant Professor of Finance

Areas of Expertise:

Accounting - Corporate Governance; Entrepreneurism; Finance/Investments - Corporate Finance; 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, and A. Seru, Forthcoming
• "Market Liquidity, Investor Participation and Managerial Autonomy: Why Do Firms Go Private?" with A. Boot, and A. Thakor, working paper
• "The Entrepreneur's Choice between Private and Public Ownership," Journal of Finance, with A. Boot, and A. Thakor, April 2006
• "Large Shareholder Trading and Takeovers: The Disciplinary Role of Voting With Your Feet," working paper
• "Do Business Groups Use Dividends to Fund Investments?" with V. Nanda, and A. Seru, working paper

Academic/professional activities:

Ad Hoc Referee: Journal of Financial Intermediation, Finance Research Letters
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 for Outstanding student in the Graduating Class, 2006
Allan Gilmore Fellowship, 2004
Mitsui Emerging Market Fellowship, 2003-04 and 2004-05
Rodkey Fellowship from the Ross School of Business, 2001-05

Personal interests:

Professor Gopalan enjoys running, listening to music and spending time with his family.