Radhakrishnan (Radha) Gopalan
Professor of Finance and Academic Director of the IIT-Bombay-Washington University Executive MBA Program
Area of Expertise:
Corporate Governance, Law and Economics, Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, Law and Economics
Research Interests:
Corporate finance - corporate governance, emerging market financial systems, mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructuring and entrepreneurial finance. Household finance
Selected Publications:
- "Director bankruptcy experience and corporate risk taking", with T. Gormley, A. Kalda
- "Affiliated Firms and Financial Support: Evidence from Indian Business Groups", Journal of Financial Economics, Issue 3, 759-795, with V. Nanda, A. Seru, 2007
- "Internal capital markets and dividend policies: Evidence from business groups", Issue 4, 1102-1142, with V. Nanda, A. Seru, 2014
Academic/Professional Activities:
- Referee, Journal of Financial Intermediation
Awards/Honors:
- Olin Award Winner on Compensation Goals and Firm Performance, Olin Business School, 2016
- Emeriti Faculty Award, University of Michigan, 2006
- Mitsui Emerging Market Fellowship, 2003-04 and 2004-05, 2005
- Rodkey Fellowship, 2001-05, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2005
- Allan Gilmore fellowship, 2004
Personal Interests:
Professor Gopalan enjoys running, listening to music and spending time with his family.
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Professor Gopalan joined Olin in 2006 after graduating from the University of Michigan. Prior to his Ph.D., he worked for five years in the project finance department of a leading Indian bank. He researches issues in theoretical and empirical corporate finance. Specifically he examines questions related to a firm's choice between public and private ownership, the benefits of a business group structure in emerging economies and about firm-bank relationships and the syndicated loan market.
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Email: gopalan@wustl.edu
Phone: (314) 935-9196
PhD 2006, University of Michigan
MBA 1996, Indian Institute of Management
B.E. 1994, Annamalai University
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