Nahata Rajarishi

Associate Professor of Finance

raj.nahata@baruch.cuny.edu
(646) 312-3473

Education:

B. Engg.	MS University, India	Computer Science	1993
MMS	University of Bombay, India	Finance	1996
PhD	Vanderbilt University	Finance	2004

 

Areas of Expertise:

Venture Capital, Private Equity, Entrepreneurial Finance, M&A, Empirical Corporate

 

Selected Publications:

Hazarika, S., Karpoff, J. and Nahata, R., "Internal corporate governance, CEO turnover, and earnings management" Journal of Financial Economics, forthcoming.

Masulis, R. and R. Nahata, 2011, “Venture Capital Conflicts of Interest: Evidence from Acquisitions of Venture Backed Firms”, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 46, 395-430.

Nahata, R., 2010, “Reputation in Financial Intermediation: Evidence from Venture Capital”, in Douglas J. Cumming, Ed., Companion to Venture Capital (Wiley, Chapter 15)

Masulis, R. and R. Nahata, 2009, “Financial Contracting with Strategic Investors: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital backed IPOs”, Journal of Financial Intermediation 18, 599-631.

Nahata, R., 2008, "Venture Capital Reputation and Investment Performance", Journal of Financial Economics 90, 127-151.

Professional Activities:

Reviewer:

Management Science, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of International Business Studies

Journal of Banking and Finance, The Financial Review

Conferences:

Conference on the economics of entrepreneurship and innovation, Queen’s University, 2011, Kingston, Canada

EFMA Symposium on venture capital and initial public offerings, European Financial Management Association, 2010, Montreal

20th FEA Conference, 2009, Rutgers University

World Bank and Kauffman Foundation’s Conference on Entrepreneurship and Growth, November 2009

Summer Research Conference, 2009, Indian School of Business

2nd Corporate Governance and Fraud Prevention Conference, 2009, George Mason University

3rd RICAFE2 Conference, 2008, University of Amsterdam

CRSP Forum Conference, 2008

Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) at Cornell University, 2008

ECGI, University of Mannheim and JFI Conference on ‘Financial Contracting: Theory and Evidence’ 2007, University of Mannheim, Germany

FMA 2009, FIRS 2008, WFA 2007, EuropeanFA 2007, EasternFA 2006, FMA 2004, FMA 2003

 

Awards, Honors, etc.:

Best Paper Award at the Second Annual Conference on Corporate Governance and Fraud Prevention at George Mason University, 2009

Eugene Lang Research Fellowship, 2008

Zicklin School of Business Teaching Excellence Award, 2008

PSC CUNY Research Awards, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2005

Dissertation Enhancement Award, 2003