Rajeev R. Bhattacharya

Senior Lecturer in Economics and Finance

Areas of Expertise:

Banking and Financial Institutions; Economics - Econometrics; Economics - Health Economics; Economics - Microeconomics/ Industrial Organization; Finance/Investments - Financial Economics; Finance/Investments - Investment/Security Pricing/Portfolio Theory; Finance/Investments - Option Pricing; Law and Economics; Marketing - Pricing

Research interests:

Market Efficiency; Market Manipulation; Impact of Trades; Public Offerings of Stocks and Bonds; Excessive Fees and Best Execution by Mutual Funds; Options and Complex Derivatives; Insolvency and Fraudulent Conveyance; Valuation; Compliance; Pricing; Price Wars and Entry/Exit; Market Definition and Monopolization; Pharmaceuticals

Selected Publications:

• "A Formal Model of Trust Based on Outcomes," Academy of Management Review, Issue Vol. 23, No. 3, with T. Devinney, and M. Pillutla, 1998
• "When Principals Elect Agents," in Econometric Society Australasian Meeting 1997 Proceedings, Peter Bardsley and Vance Martin, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Ed., with R. Ball, and G. MacDonald, Vol. 1, 1997
• "Non-Monotonicity of Equilibrium Price - Two Static Models," in Econometric Society Australasian Meeting 1996 Proceedings, Michael McAleer, Paul Miller, Anthony Hall and William Schworm, University of Western Australia, Perth, Ed., Vol. 1, 1996

Academic/professional activities:

American Bar Association
American Economic Association
American Finance Association
Econometric Society

Personal interests:

Listening to Hindustani classical music with little daughter Meghna.