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Raghavendra Rau

Sir Evelyn de Rothschild Professor of Finance

MBA (IIM Bangalore), MSc, PhD (INSEAD)

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Professional experience

Professor Rau was Principal at Barclays Global Investors, then the largest asset manager in the world, in San Francisco from 2008-2009. He is Co-Editor of Financial Management, and an Associate Editor of the International Review of Finance and the Quarterly Journal of Finance. His research has frequently been covered by the popular press including the New York Times, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Economist, among others. Professor Rau is Head of the School's Finance & Accounting subject group, and a member of the Cambridge Corporate Governance Network (CCGN).

Previous appointments

Professor Rau has taught at a number of universities around the world, including the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences PO), Purdue University, the University of California at Los Angeles and most recently, the University of California at Berkeley.

Awards and scholarships

• Club 7 Member, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley (for teaching excellence, based on student evaluations), 2009
• The Chinese Finance Association Best Paper in Corporate Finance Award, 2008
• Runner-Up, Salgo-Noren Teaching Award for Outstanding MBA Teacher of the Year, Purdue University, 2007
• Dean's Outstanding MBA Core Course Teaching Award, Purdue University, 2005, 2007
• Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (Q Group) Award, 2003
• Chicago Quantitative Alliance Award, 2002
• School of Management Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Purdue University, 2001
• John and Mary Willis Young Faculty Scholar Award, 2001
• EFA Barclays Global Investor Award, 2000
• Krannert Faculty Fellow Award, 1999
• FMA "Best of the Best" Award, 1996
• FMA Competitive Award for Business Finance, 1996
• Indian Institute of Management Merit Scholarship, 1988
• Delhi University Merit Scholarship, 1987
• National Talent Merit Scholar, India, 1982

Research interests

Corporate finance; market efficiency; the acquisition and use of information by market participants in a competitive framework.

Raghavendra Rau is a member of the Finance & Accounting subject group.

Selected publications

Cooper, M.J., Dimitrov, O. and Rau, P.R. (2001) "A rose.com by any other name." Journal of Finance, 56(6): 2371-2388

Cooper, M.J., Gulen, H. and Rau, P.R. (2005) "Changing names with style: mutual fund name changes and their effects on fund flows." Journal of Finance, 60(6): 2825-2858

Cheung, Y.-L., Rau, P.R. and Stouraitis, A. (2006) "Tunneling, propping, and expropriation: evidence from connected party transactions in Hong Kong." Journal of Financial Economics, 82(2): 343-386

Rau, P.R. and Stouraitis, A. (2011) "Patterns in the timing of corporate event waves." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 46(1): 209-246 (DOI: 10.1017/S0022109010000694)

Mola, S., Rau, P.R. and Khorana, A. (2013) "Is there life after the complete loss of analyst coverage?" The Accounting Review, 88(2): 667-705 (DOI: 10.2308/accr-50330)

Rau, P.R. and Xu, J. (2013) "How do ex ante severance pay contracts fit into optimal executive incentive schemes?" Journal of Accounting Research, 51(3): 631-671 (DOI: 10.1111/joar.12001)

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