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Positions
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Associate Professor of Finance
Tippie College of Business
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Faculty Director, Master's in Finance
Education
- PhD in Finance, University of Michigan, 2005
- MSc in Finance and Economics, University of Warwick, 1997
- BA in Economics, University of Delhi, 1996
Selected Awards & Honors
- EMBA GREAT second-year instructor of the Year, EMBA Des Moines Class of 2019, 2019
- EMBA GREAT first-year instructor of the Year, EMBA Des Moines Class of 2019, 2019
- Honors Mentoring Award, University of Iowa Honors Program, 2020
- Collegiate Teaching Award, Tippie College of Business, 2018 - 2018
- MBA Finance Professor of the year, Tippie College of Business, 2018 - 2018
- Nominated for Principal and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence, Tippie College of Business, 2018 - 2018
- EMBA GREAT first-year instructor Des Moines class, Tippie College of Business, 2017 - 2017
- EMBA GREAT second-year instructor Iowa city Class, 2017 - 2017
- EMBA GREAT second year instructor Des Moines class, 2016 - 2016
- EMBA GREAT second-year instructor Iowa City class, 2016 - 2016
Selected Publications
- The Product Market Impact of Minority Stake Acquisitions. Management Science 64 (2) 825-844. & (2018).
- Strategic Risk Management and Product Market Competition. Advances in Risk Management, Palgrave Macmillan Special Research Volume. & (In Press).
- Mutual Fund Skills and the Performance of Corporate Acquirers. Journal of Financial Economics. & (2013).
- It Pays to Follow the Leader: Acquiring Targets Picked by Private Equity. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. , & (2012).
- Horizontal Acquisitions and Buying Power: A Product Market Analysis. Journal of Financial Economics 99 (1) 97-115. & (2011).
- Market Valuation and Acquisition Quality: Empirical Evidence. Review of Financial Studies 22 (2) 633-679. , & (2009).
- Does Insider Trading Regulation Deter Private Information Trading? International Evidence. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal 15 409-433. & (2007).
Selected Presentations
- Industry Life Cycle and IPO Survival. Seminar (2017, December)
- The role of divestitures in horizontal mergers: Evidence from product and stock markets. Oral presented at Mitsui Finance Symposium, Ann Arbor, Michigan. (2016, June)
- Industry life cycle and merger performance. Oral presented at Midwest Finance Association Meetings, Chicago. (2015, January)
- The role of divestitures in horizontal mergers: Evidence from product and stock markets. Oral presented at American Finance Association Meetings, Boston. (2015, January)
- The Anti Competitive Effects of Minority Stake Acquisitions. Oral presented at Western Finance Association Meetings 2012, Las Vegas, June 19-22. & (2012, January)