Corporate finance; financial intermediation; risk and insurance; emerging markets; applied econometrics
The importance of agency conflicts arising from managers’ exposure to risk; The impact of competition between financial intermediaries
“The Impact of Foreign Bank Entry in Emerging Markets: Evidence from India”, Journal of Financial Intermediation, (forthcoming).
(with Hong Liu and Guofu Zhou)
“Limited Participation and Consumption-Saving Puzzles: A Simple Explanation and the Role of Insurance.” Journal of Financial Economics, (forthcoming).
“Costly Information, Foreign Entry, and Credit Access”
(with David Matsa)
“Growing Out of Trouble: Managerial Responses to Risk of Corporate Liability.” [Winner of Best Paper in Corporate Finance at the 2009 WFA Meetings].
PhD, (Economics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006; BA (Economics, magna cum laude), Michigan State University, 2001
CRA International Best Paper on Corporate Finance, WFA Meetings, 2009; Best Teaching Assistant for Graduate Economics, MIT, 2005; National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2001-2004
Wharton: 2009-present. Previous Appointment: Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, 2006-2009
