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Overview

Ramesh P. Rao is affiliated with Oklahoma State University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, reflecting a focus on corporate finance and governance, financial markets, and banking stability.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications on topics such as climate change impacts on corporate cash holdings, corporate governance, and debt choices. Notable papers include:

  • Climate change and corporate cash holdings: Global evidence, 2023, Financial Management
  • Climate Change and Corporate Cash Holdings: Global Evidence, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Social trust and the choice between bank debt and public debt: Evidence from international data, 2022, Journal of Multinational Financial Management
  • Country-level corporate governance and lines of credit, 2021, Finance research letters
  • The positive externalities of leveraged buyouts, 2021, Journal of Banking & Finance

Prominent coauthors collaborating with Rao include Siamak Javadi, Abdullah Al Masum, Mohsen Aram, Sharif Mazumder, and Mohsen Mollagholamali.

The venues in which Rao's research frequently appears illustrate their engagement with multidisciplinary academic outlets focusing on finance and management. These venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Finance research letters
  • Financial Management
  • Journal of Multinational Financial Management
  • Journal of Banking & Finance

Rao's research primarily addresses areas within:

  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
  • Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
  • Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
  • Sustainable Finance and Green Bonds

Subfields contributing to their expertise include Accounting, Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, and even Cognitive Neuroscience, highlighting a broad interdisciplinary approach.

Best Publications

  • Managerial Ownership, Debt Policy, and the Impact of Institutional Holdings: An Agency Perspective

    Chenchuramaiah T. Bathala;Kenneth P. Moon;Ramesh P. Rao

  • The determinants of board composition: An agency theory perspective

    Chenchuramaiah T. Bathala;Ramesh P. Rao

  • Effect of Price on the Demand for Durables: Modeling, Estimation, and Findings

    Dipak C. Jain;Ram C. Rao

  • Corporate governance in New Zealand: The effect of the 1993 Companies Act on the relation between board composition and firm performance

    Mahmud Hossain;Andrew K Prevost;Ramesh P Rao

  • Of What Value Are Shareholder Proposals Sponsored by Public Pension Funds

    Andrew K. Prevost;Ramesh P. Rao

  • Do Spin‐offs Expropriate Wealth from Bondholders?

    William F. Maxwell;Ramesh P. Rao

  • Volatility, price resolution, and the effectiveness of price limits

    Christopher K. Ma;Ramesh P. Rao;R. Stephen Sears

  • Determinants of board composition in New Zealand: a simultaneous equations approach

    Andrew K. Prevost;Ramesh P. Rao;Mahmud Hossain

  • Limit moves and price resolution: The case of the treasury bond futures market

    Christopher K. Ma;Ramesh P. Rao;R. Stephen Sears

  • Evidence on factors affecting the relationship between CEO stock option compensation and earnings management

    Gary K. Meek;Ramesh P. Rao;Christopher J. Skousen

  • Board Composition in New Zealand: An Agency Perspective

    Andrew K. Prevost;Ramesh P. Rao;Mahmud Hossain

  • CEO Duality and Firm Performance: What's the Fuss?

    R. Charles Moyer;Ramesh P. Rao;B. Ram Baliga

  • CEO Stock Options and Equity Risk Incentives

    Melissa A. Williams;Ramesh P. Rao

  • Institutional Ownership and Distribution of Equity Returns

    Raj Aggarwal;Ramesh P. Rao

  • Climate change and corporate cash holdings: Global evidence

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  • INFORMED TRADING RISK AND BID‐ASK SPREAD CHANGES AROUND OPEN MARKET STOCK REPURCHASES IN THE NASDAQ MARKET

    Diana R. Franz;Ramesh P. Rao;Niranjan Tripathy

  • SKEWNESS AND KURTOSIS IN JAPANESE EQUITY RETURNS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE

    Raj Aggarwal;Ramesh P. Rao;Takato Hiraki

  • Labor Unions as Shareholder Activists: Champions or Detractors?

    Andrew K. Prevost;Ramesh P. Rao;Melissa A. Williams

  • Does School Matter? An Empirical Analysis Of CEO Education, Compensation, And Firm Performance

    Terrance Jalbert;Ramesh Rao;Mercedes Jalbert

  • Substitutes for Voting Rights: Evidence from Dual Class Recapitalizations

    R. Charles Moyer;Ramesh Rao;Phillip M. Sisneros

  • The announcement impact of seasoned equity offerings on bondholder wealth.

    William B. Elliott;Andrew K. Prevost;Ramesh P. Rao

  • REGULARITIES IN TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE SECURITY RETURNS: P/E, SIZE, AND SEASONAL INFLUENCES

    Raj Aggarwal;Ramesh P. Rao;Takato Hiraki

  • VOLATILITY, PRICE RESOLUTION, AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRICE LIMITS

    C.K. Ma;Ramesh Rao;R.S. Sears

Frequent Co-Authors

Raj Aggarwal
Raj Aggarwal University of Akron
Yash P. Gupta
Yash P. Gupta University of Southern California
Frank J. Fabozzi
Frank J. Fabozzi Johns Hopkins University

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