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57
Citations
19251
World Ranking
935
National Ranking
588

Overview

Alok Kumar is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States and works primarily in the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their research spans a variety of subfields, including Accounting, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Clinical Psychology.

The scholar has a research focus that covers multiple topics, prominently including:

  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
  • Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
  • Gambling Behavior and Treatments

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Alok Kumar include:

  • Social learning and analyst behavior, 2021, Journal of Financial Economics
  • Dividend sentiment, catering incentives, and return predictability, 2021, Journal of Corporate Finance

Additional notable publications relevant to Kumar's research domain include papers by other authors in related journals such as Management Science, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and Journal of Financial Economics, indicating engagement with key topics in financial markets and investment strategies.

Frequent coauthors in Alok Kumar's work are:

  • George M. Korniotis
  • Vidhi Chhaochharia
  • Chendi Zhang
  • Yosef Bonaparte
  • Shiyi Zhang

Many of Kumar's publications have appeared in specific scholarly venues, with the largest number featured in the SSRN Electronic Journal, followed by Management Science, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Economics, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

The researcher's contributions are recorded mainly in peer-reviewed articles focusing on financial economics, market behavior, and corporate finance governance, demonstrating a broad but interconnected set of research interests within finance and economics.

Best Publications

  • Who Gambles in the Stock Market

    Alok Kumar

  • Equity Portfolio Diversification

    William N. Goetzmann;Alok Kumar

  • Retail Investor Sentiment and Return Comovements

    Alok Kumar;Charles M.C. Lee

  • Religious beliefs, gambling attitudes, and financial market outcomes

    Alok Kumar;Jeremy K. Page;Oliver G. Spalt

  • Behavioral biases of mutual fund investors

    Warren Bailey;Alok Kumar;David Ng;David Ng

  • The Idiosyncratic Volatility Puzzle: Time Trend or Speculative Episodes?

    Michael W. Brandt;Alon Brav;John R. Graham;Alok Kumar

  • Do Dividend Clienteles Exist? Evidence on Dividend Preferences of Retail Investors

    John R. Graham;Alok Kumar

  • Do older investors make better investment decisions

    George M. Korniotis;Alok Kumar

  • Speculative retail trading and asset prices

    Bing Han;Alok Kumar

  • Hard-to-Value Stocks, Behavioral Biases, and Informed Trading

    Alok Kumar

  • Corporate Policies of Republican Managers

    Irena Hutton;Danling Jiang;Alok Kumar

  • Weather-Induced Mood, Institutional Investors, and Stock Returns

    William N. Goetzmann;Dasol Kim;Alok Kumar;Qin Wang

  • Self-Selection and the Forecasting Abilities of Female Equity Analysts

    Alok Kumar

  • Local investors and corporate governance

    Vidhi Chhaochharia;Alok Kumar;Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi

  • State‐Level Business Cycles and Local Return Predictability

    George M. Korniotis;Alok Kumar

  • Why Do Individual Investors Hold Under-Diversified Portfolios?

    William N. Goetzmann;Alok Kumar

  • Equity Portfolio Diversification

    William N. Goetzmann;William N. Goetzmann;Alok Kumar

  • Retail Investor Sentiment and Return Comovements

    Alok Kumar;Charles M.C. Lee

  • Home away from Home: Geography of Information and Local Investors

    Gennaro Bernile;Alok Kumar;Johan Sulaeman

  • Political Values, Culture, and Corporate Litigation

    Irena Hutton;Danling Jiang;Alok Kumar

  • Local Investors and Corporate Governance

    Vidhi Chhaochharia;Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi;Alok Kumar

Frequent Co-Authors

William N. Goetzmann
William N. Goetzmann Yale University
Martin Shubik
Martin Shubik Yale University
John R. Graham
John R. Graham Duke University
Stephen J. Brown
Stephen J. Brown New York University
Michael W. Brandt
Michael W. Brandt Duke University
Alon Brav
Alon Brav Duke University
Richard Taffler
Richard Taffler University of Warwick
Michael J. Fischer
Michael J. Fischer Yale University
Ming-Yang Kao
Ming-Yang Kao Northwestern University
Paul K. Brindle
Paul K. Brindle St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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