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Published and accepted Papers

Do SEC's Enforcement Preferences affect Corporate Misconduct. Co-authored with Shivaram Rajgopal. Forthcoming Journal of Accounting and Economics

Local Market Makers, Liquidity and Market Quality, Co-authored Xing Zhou, Forthcoming Journal of Financial Markets.

When do Vertial Mergers Create Value, Co-authored with Avri Ravid and Vicente Pons, Forthcoming Financial Management.

Why do only Some NASDAQ Firms Switch to NYSE?” Co-authored with Venkatesh Panchapagesan. Journal of Financial Markets, 2011.

Institutional Ownership and Monitoring: Evidence from Financial Misreporting. With Natasha Burns and Marc Lipson. Journal of Corporate Finance, 2010

Neighborhood Matters: The Impact of Location on Broad Based Option Plans Co-authored with Shivaram Rajgopal. Journal of Financial Economics, 2009

The Economics of Fraudulent Accounting, With Thomas Philippon. Review of Financial Studies, 2009. Awarded the Brennan Prize for the Best Paper published in Review of Financial Studies. For Media Coverage see New York Times and New Yorker.

Executives Option Exercises and Financial Misreporting, Co-authored with Natasha Burns. Journal of Banking and Finance, 2008.

Geography and Acquirer Returns, Co-authored with Venkatesh Panchapagesan and Vahap Uysal. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2008

The Impact of CEO Incentives on Misreporting, Co-authored with Natasha Burns. Journal of Financial Economics 79, 2006.

Estimating Product Market Competition: Methodology and Application, Journal of Banking and Finance 30, 2006.

Foreign Currency Denominated Debt: An Empirical Examination, Co-authored with Abon Mozumdar. Lead article Journal of Business, October 2003.

Explaining the Diversification Discount, Co-authored with Jose Campa. Journal of Finance, August 2002.

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Working Papers

Evidence of Contagion in Corporate Misconduct, Co-authored with Kevin Koh and Shivaram Rajgopal

CEO Director Connections and Corporate Fraud, Co-authored with N.K.Chidambaran and N.R. Prabhala

The Effect of CEO Risk Taking Incentivs on Customer Supplier Relationship Specific Investments, Co-authored with Jayant Kale and Ryan Williams

Informed Trading Around Acquisitions: Evidence from Corporate Bonds. Co-authored with Xing Zhou

Design of Corporate Governance: Role of Ownership Structure, Takeovers, and Bank Debt, Co-authored with Kose John

Institutions, Markets and Growth: A Study of Comparative Corporate Governance, Co-authored with Kose John.

Performance Impact of Employee Stock Options, Co-authored with Abon Mozumdar.

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Other Publications

“Adecco S.A.’s acquisition of Olsten Corp”, in Kester, Ruback and Tufano ed., Case Problems in Finance, Twelfth Edition McGraw-Hill Irwin and Harvard Business School, Case No. N9-201-068.

“Vodafone AirTouch’s bid for Mannesmann”, in Kester, Ruback and Tufano ed., Case Problems in Finance, Twelfth Edition McGraw-Hill Irwin and Harvard Business School, Case No 9-201-096.

“Adecco S.A.’s acquisition of Olsten Corp”, in Kester, Ruback and Tufano ed., Case Problems in Finance, Twelfth Edition McGraw-Hill Irwin and Teaching Note, Harvard Business School.

“Vodafone AirTouch’s bid for Mannesmann”, in Kester, Ruback and Tufano ed., Case Problems in Finance, Twelfth Edition McGraw-Hill Irwin and Teaching Note, Harvard Business School.

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