Dore-Tippie Research Fellow, Finance

Associate Professor, Finance

PhD in Finance, University of Michigan

MS in Finance and Economics, University of Warwick

BA in Economics, University of Delhi

Corporate finance

Mergers and acquisitions

Innovation

Private equity

Collegiate Teaching Award - Tippie College of Business, 2024

Executive MBA GREAT Instructor of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 2022

Executive MBA GREAT Instructor of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 2019

Nominee, President & Provost Award for Teaching Excellence - University of Iowa, 2018

Executive MBA GREAT Instructor of the Year - Tippie College of Business, 2017

Hammoudeh, M. & Nain, A. (2024). Seeking efficiency or price gouging? Evidence from pharmaceutical mergers. Journal of Corporate Finance.

Nain, A. & Qian, Y. (In Press). (2021). The role of divestitures in horizontal mergers. Journal of Corporate Finance.

Nain, A. & Vijh, A. (In Press). (2021). Do managers provide misleading earnings forecasts before stock repurchases?. Financial Management. 50 (4).

Nain, A. & Wang, Y. (2018). The Product Market Impact of Minority Stake Acquisitions. Management Science. 64 (2) pp. 825-844.

Adam, T. & Nain, A. (In Press). Strategic Risk Management and Product Market Competition In Advances in Risk Management, Palgrave Macmillan Special Research Volume.

Nain, A. & Yao, T. (2013). Mutual Fund Skills and the Performance of Corporate Acquirers. Journal of Financial Economics.

Dittmar, A., Li, D., & Nain, A. (2012). It Pays to Follow the Leader: Acquiring Targets Picked by Private Equity. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Bhattacharyya, S. & Nain, A. (2011). Horizontal Acquisitions and Buying Power: A Product Market Analysis. Journal of Financial Economics. 99 (1) pp. 97-115.

Bouwman, C., Fuller, K., & Nain, A. (2009). Market Valuation and Acquisition Quality: Empirical Evidence. The Review of Financial Studies. 22 (2) pp. 633-679.

Durnev, A. A. & Nain, A. (2007). Does Insider Trading Regulation Deter Private Information Trading? International Evidence. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 15 pp. 409-433.

Nain, A., Xu, H., & Hao, Y. (2025). Political Polarization and Investor Disagreement.

Nain, A., Ying, J., & Arthur, J. (2025). The rise of venture capital and IPO quality.

Khetan, U. (2023). Process innovation and the corporate control market.

Nain, A. & Wang, Y. (2023). The Effect of Labor Cost on Innovation.

Nain, A. & Ying, J. (2018). IPOs over the industry life cycle: The role of private capital.

Nain, A. (2014). Industry Life Cycle and Merger Performance.