Amiyatosh Purnanandam

R5436, 701 Tappan Street, Ross School of Business
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - 48109
Phone: 734-764-6886(Office), email: amiyatos@umich.edu

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Employment: Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 2004-Present.

• Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow: 2012-Present
• Associate Professor: 2010-Present
• Assistant Professor: 2004-2010.

Education

1. Cornell University: M.S. (2003), Ph.D. (2005).
2. IIM, Lucknow, India: Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA), 1995
3. IIT, Kharagpur, India: B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering, 1993

Research Interests: Corporate Finance, Banking, Credit Risk and Investments.

Recent Working Papers:

1. "Can Markets Discipline Government Agencies? Evidence from the Weather Derivatives Market", with Daniel Weagley
   
   
2. "Design of Financial Securities: Empirical Evidence from Private-Label RMBS Deals", with Taylor Begley
   
   
3. "Growth Option Exercise and Capital Structure", with Uday Rajan
   
   
4. "Risk-Taking by Banks: What Did We Know and When Did We Know It? ", with Sugato Bhattacharyya
   
   

Main Publications/ Forthcoming Papers:

1. "Seasoned Equity Offerings, Corporate Governance, and Investments", with Han Kim
   Review of Finance, forthcoming.
   
   
2. "Originate-to-Distribute Model and the Sub-prime Mortgage Crisis"
   Review of Financial Studies, 2011, 24, 1881-1915.
   
   
3. "The effect of banking crisis on bank-dependent borrowers", with Sudheer Chava
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2011, 99, 116-135.
   
   
4. "CEOs vs. CFOs: Incentives and Corporate Policies", with Sudheer Chava
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2010, 97, 263-278.
   
   
5. "Is Default Risk Negatively Related to Stock Returns?", with Sudheer Chava
   Review of Financial Studies, 2010, 23, 2523-2559.
   
   
6. "Do Shareholders Rights Affect the Cost of Bank Loans?", with Sudheer Chava and Dmitri Livdan
   Review of Financial Studies, 2009, 22, 2973-3004.
   
   
7. "Financial Distress and Corporate Risk Management: Theory & Evidence"
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2008, 87, 706-739.
   
   
8. "Interest Rate Derivatives at Commercial Banks: An Empirical Investigation",
   Journal of Monetary Economics, 2007, 54, 1769-1808.
   
   
9. "Determinants of the Floating-to-Fixed Rate Debt Structure of Firms", with Sudheer Chava
   Journal of Financial Economics, 2007, 85, 755-786.
   
   
10. "Are IPOs Really Underpriced?", with Bhaskaran Swaminathan.
    Review of Financial Studies, 2004, 17, 811-848.
    
    

Editorship:

1. Journal of Financial Intermediation, Associate Editor, 2013-Present.
2. International Review of Finance, Associate Editor, 2008-Present.

Teaching:

1. Valuation (advanced corporate finance class) for MBAs.
2. Introductory corporate finance for PhDs.
3. Research Methods in corporate finance for PhDs.
4. Core finance class for MBAs.

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