 
EducationBS, 1985, Mechanical Engineering, Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra Univ. MBA, 1989, Information Systems, Baruch College, City Univ. of New York MS, 1991, Finance, Carnegie-Mellon Univ. PhD, 1995, Finance, Carnegie-Mellon Univ. Expertise
Corporate finance, Auction Theory, Mergers & Acquisitions, Market Microstructure Current Research
Can transparency be too much of a good thing? (with Vijay Yerramilli)
Information Content of Put Warrant Issues (with Paul Povel & Scott Gibson)
Prices and Volumes in the Housing Market (with Sugato Bhattacharyya).
Earnings Forecasts vs. Dividends for Communicating the Firm's Future Prospects (with C. Kanodia and H. Qiu)
Corporate Disclosures: Strategic Donation of Information (with Jhinyoung Shin) Major Publications - Booms, Busts and Fraud (with Paul Povel and Andy Winton), Review of Financial Studies, July 2007, 20:4.
- Sale-Backs in Bankruptcy (with Paul Povel), Journal of Law, Economics & Organizations,October 2007, 23:2.
- Takeover Contests With Asymmetric Bidders (with Paul Povel), Review of Financial Studies, 19:4, Winter 2006.
- "The Resolution of Bankruptcy by Auction: Allocating the Residual Right of Design," with S. Bhattacharyya, Journal of Financial Economics, 54:3, December 1999
- Bond Insurance: What is Special about Munis? (with Vikram Nanda), Journal of Finance, 59:5, October 2004.
- "Takeover Bidding with Toeholds: The Case of the Owners Curse", Review of Financial Studies, 11:4, Winter 1998
- Markets, Investor Sentiments, and IPO Pricing (with A. Ljungqvist and V. Nanda), Journal of Business, 79:4, July 2006.
- Imprecision in Accounting Measurement: Can it be Value Enhancing? (with Chandra Kanodia and Andrew Spero), Journal of Accounting Research, 43:2, June 2005.
- "Effect of Decimalization on the Bid-Ask Spread and its Components", with S. Gibson and V. Yerramilli, Journal of Financial Intermediation, 12:3, 2003
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Courses - Fall, 2009
- FINA 4622 International Finance Sec. 001
- FINA 4622 International Finance Sec. 002
- Spring, 2010
- FINA 4622 International Finance Sec. 001
- FINA 6621 International Financial Management Sec. 060
Current Editorial Appointments - Adhoc referee: Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Economic Theory, NSF, Finance Research Letters, American Economic Review, Financial Review, Journal of Banking & Finance, Financial Management Association and Journal of European Economic Association
Scholarly Service and Honors - Best Corporate Finance Paper, Western Finance Association (2002)
- Best dissertation award, GSIA, Carnegie-Mellon Univ.
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