 
EducationPhD, 1994, Business Economics, Harvard University MA, 1992, Business Economics, Harvard University BA, 1988, Economics, Yale University Current Research
Corporate finance (empirical and theoretical)
Economics of organizations
Microeconomics, including contract theory
Optimal capital structure
Executive compensation
Industrial organization
Regulatory economics
Fraud and market manipulation
Corporate governance Major Publications - "The Other Side of the Tradeoff: The Impact of Risk on Executive Compensation," Rajesh Aggarwal and Andrew A. Samwick, Journal of Political Economy (February 1999).
- "Executive Compensation, Relative Performance Evaluation, and Strategic Competition: Theory and Evidence," Rajesh Aggarwal and Andrew A. Samwick, Journal of Finance (December 1999).
- "Strategic IPO Underpricing, Information Momentum, and Lockup Expiration Selling," Rajesh Aggarwal, Laurie Krigman, and Kent Womack, Journal of Financial Economics (October 2002).
- "Why Do Managers Diversify Their Firms? Agency Reconsidered," Rajesh Aggarwal and Andrew A. Samwick, Journal of Finance (February 2003).
- "Performance Incentives Within Firms: The Effect of Managerial Responsibility," Rajesh Aggarwal and Andrew A. Samwick, Journal of Finance (August 2003).
- "Stock Market Manipulations," Rajesh Aggarwal and Guojun Wu, Journal of Business (July 2006).
- "Detecting Performance Persistence in Fund Managers: Book Benchmark Alpha Analysis," Rajesh Aggarwal, Galin Georgiev, and Jake Pinato, Journal of Portfolio Management (Winter 2007).
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Courses - Fall, 2009
- FINA 6242 Advanced Corporate Finance Analysis and Decisions Sec. 001
Scholarly Service and Honors - MBA Elective Lecturer of the Year, Said Business School, Oxford University, 2002
- Most Outstanding Full-time MBA Elective Faculty Member, Carlson School of Management, 2006
- Most Outstanding Full-time MBA Elective Faculty Member, Carlson School of Management, 2007
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