Management University

November ****

AMAR GANDE

Associate Professor of Finance Tel: 214-***-****

Edwin L. Cox School of Business Fax: 214-***-****

Southern Methodist University Email: abp9g2@r.postjobfree.com

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Dallas, TX 75205 Research: http://works.bepress.com/agande/subject_areas.html

EDUCATION

New York University (NYU), Stern School of Business, New York

- Ph.D. in Finance May 1998

- M.Phil. in Finance May 1997

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India

- M.B.A. in Finance April 1988

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

- B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering June 1986

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Southern Methodist University

Associate Professor of Finance (with Tenure) Sept 2012-Present

Assistant Professor of Finance June 2006-Aug 2012

Vanderbilt University 1997-2006

Assistant Professor of Finance

New York University 1994-1995

Instructor, Finance Department

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Citibank N.A., India 1988-1992

Handled key assignments in Corporate Banking and International Finance

RESEARCH/BEST PAPER AWARDS

Addison-Wesley prize for the best paper published in the Financial Management (Autumn 2004

thru Summer 2006 issues), 2006

FMA Competitive Paper Award in the area of Fixed Income awarded by the Fixed Income

Analysts Society, 2002

Journal of Financial Economics Fama-DFA Best Paper Award in the areas of Capital Markets and

Asset Pricing, 1999

NYU Salomon Center Award for excellence in research in finance (Ph.D. program), Stern School

of Business, New York University, 1998

TEACHING EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Nominated for university-wide Golden Mustang Outstanding Faculty Award, Southern Methodist

University, 2010-2011.

Eugene T. Byrne Endowed Faculty Innovation Award, Cox School of Business, Southern

Methodist University, 2008-2009.

James A. Webb Jr. Award for excellence in teaching as voted by the graduating MBA class at

Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, 2003

James A. Webb Jr. Award for excellence in teaching as voted by the graduating MBA class at

Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, 2001

Finalist for James A. Webb Jr. Award for excellence in teaching as voted by the graduating MBA

class at Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, 1999

Dean s Outstanding Teacher Award for the best graduate instructor at the Stern School of

Business, New York University, 1994-1996

HONORS AND GRANTS

Research Grant from Financial Markets Research Center, Vanderbilt University, 2005.

Research Grant from Financial Markets Research Center, Vanderbilt University, 2004.

Law and Business Research Grant, Vanderbilt University, 2002.

Jules I. Bogen Fellowship for outstanding academic achievement, Stern School of Business, New

York University, 1996-1997.

C. W. Nichols Fellowship for outstanding academic achievement, Stern School of Business, New

York University, 1995-1996.

University Doctoral Fellowships, Stern School of Business, New York University, 1992-1995.

Ranked #1 in the MBA program (based on Cumulative Grade Point Average) at the Indian

Institute of Management Calcutta, India, 1986-1988.

B. C. Roy and J. Wayne Gold Medals for academic performance in the MBA program (awarded

to the person ranked #1 based on Cumulative Grade Point Average), Indian Institute of

Management Calcutta, India, 1986-1988.

Government (Andhra Pradesh State, India) Special Merit Scholarship based on outstanding

performance in high school examinations conducted state-wide by the Government) to support

undergraduate studies, 1982-1986.

CITATIONS (as of August 2012)

SSCI citations: 210

Google Scholar: 888

PUBLICATIONS

Gande, A., & Saunders, A. (2012). Are banks still special when there is a secondary market for loans?

Journal of Finance, 67(5), 1649-1684.

- Presented at the Western Finance Association (WFA) annual meeting.

- Presented at the American Economic Association (AEA) annual meeting.

Altman, E., Gande, A., & Saunders, A. (2010). Bank Debt versus Bond Debt: Evidence from

Secondary Market Prices. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 42(4), 755-767.

- Presented at the Western Finance Association (WFA) annual meeting.

- Presented at the American Economic Association (AEA) annual meeting.

Gande, A., & Lewis, C. M. (2009). Shareholder Initiated Class Action Lawsuits: Shareholder Wealth

Effects and Industry Spillovers. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 44(4), 823-850.

- Presented at the Washington University, St. Louis, Corporate Governance Conference.

Gande, A., Schenzler, C., & Senbet, L. W. (2009). Valuation Effects of Global Diversification.

Journal of International Business Studies, 40(9), 1515-1532.

- Acceptance rate for this special 40th Anniversary issue: 6/73 = 8.2%.

- JIBS SSCI impact factors (2010): 4.184 and (2009): 3.766.

- Presented at the American Economic Association (AEA) annual meeting.

Gande, A., John, K. & Senbet, L.W. (2008). Bank Incentives, Economic Specialization, and Financial

Crises in Emerging Economies. Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 27(5), 707-732.

- Presented at the Western Finance Association (WFA) and American Finance Association

(AFA) annual meetings.

Gande, A. (2008). Commercial Banks in Investment Banking. In Anjan. V. Thakor & Arnoud. W.A.

Boot (Eds.), Handbook on Financial Intermediation and Banking, North Holland/Elsevier, Amsterdam,

Netherlands, pp. 163-190.

Gande, A., & Puri, M. (2005). Enhancing Security Value by Ownership Restrictions: Evidence From

a Natural Experiment. Financial Management, Vol. 34(4), 35-64.

- Won the Addison-Wesley Best Paper Award among papers published in the Financial

Management during 2004-2006.

- Presented at the American Finance Association (AFA) annual meetings.

Gande, A., & Parsley, D. (2005). News Spillovers in the Sovereign Debt Market. Journal of

Financial Economics, Vol. 75(3), pp. 691-734.

- Won the Financial Management Association (FMA) Competitive Paper Award in the

area of Fixed Income at the FMA Annual Meeting in 2002.

- Presented at the American Finance Association (AFA) annual meetings.

Gande, A., John, K., & Senbet, L.W. (2005). Perspectives on the Role of Incentives in the Prevention

of Financial Crises in Emerging Economies. In T. T. Ram Mohan, R. R. Nitsure, & M. Joseph (Eds.),

Regulation of Financial Intermediaries in Emerging Markets (pp. 165-172). New Delhi (India):

Response Books a division of Sage Publications Private Limited.

Gande, A., Puri, M. & Saunders, A. (1999). Bank Entry, Competition and the Market for Corporate

Securities Underwriting. Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 54 (2), pp. 165-195.

- Won the Journal of Financial Economics Fama-DFA Best Paper Award among papers

published in the Journal of Financial Economics during 1999.

Gande, A., Puri, M., Saunders, A. & Walter, I. (1997). Bank Underwriting of Debt Securities: Modern

Evidence. Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 1175-1202.

- Presented at the Western Finance Association (WFA) and American Finance Association

(AFA) annual meetings.

Gande, A. (1997), American Depositary Receipts: Overview and Literature Survey. Financial Markets,

Institutions & Instruments, V. 6, N. 5, pp. 67-89.

WORKING PAPERS

Why do U.S. securities laws matter to non-U.S. firms? Evidence from private class-action lawsuits

(with Darius P. Miller). April 2012.

- Being revised for resubmission to the Review of Financial Studies.

- Accepted for presentation at the American Finance Association (AFA) annual meetings

in San Diego in January 2013.

- Presented by co-author at the 4th Paris Spring Corporate Finance Conference, Northwest

University s Conference of Empirical Legal Studies, and at Baylor University.

- Presented at the Federal Reserve Board, Queen s University, the Securities and Exchange

Commission, Southern Methodist University, University of California Riverside and

University of Oregon.

CEO Compensation and Risk-taking at Financial Firms: Evidence from U.S. Federal Loan Assistance

(with Swami Kalpathy). November 2012.

- Presented by co-author at the Executive Compensation after the Financial Crisis

Conference at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

- Presented at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Southern Methodist University, Texas

Christian University, and University of Texas at Arlington.

Sovereign Credit Ratings, Transparency, and International Portfolio Flows (with David Parsley).

September 2011.

- Presented at the American Finance Association (AFA) annual meeting.

- Presented at several universities and institutions.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Underperformance of Mergers and Acquisitions and Post-Merger Integration (with Randolph P.

Beatty and Hemang Desai).

Industry Composition across Nations and Economic Growth (with Gerard Hoberg and Lemma W.

Senbet).

International Portfolio Holdings: Source and Host Country influences on Home Bias (with David

Parsley and Shang-Jin Wei).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Editorial Review Board

Journal of International Business Studies (7/2007-12/2013)

- Renewed thrice to the editorial review board after my initial appointment.

Refereeing Activities (for 26 journals)

B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy; European Economic Review; Economic Inquiry;

Economic Notes Review of Banking, Finance and Monetary Economics; Economic Systems; Financial

Management; Financial Review; International Economic Review; International Review of Economics

and Finance; International Review of Finance; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Business;

Journal of Corporate Finance; Journal of Empirical Finance; Journal of Finance; Journal of Financial and

Quantitative Analysis; Journal of Financial Economics; Journal of Financial Intermediation; Journal of

Financial Research; Journal of Financial Services Research; Journal of International Business Studies;

Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking; Review of

Finance; Review of Financial Studies; Review of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Program Committees

Western Finance Association meetings, 2012.

Financial Management Association European Conference, Turin, Italy, 2009.

Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) Annual Conference, Prague, 2009.

Fourth Annual Conference on Corporate Finance, University of Washington, St. Louis, 2007.

Financial Management Association meetings, 2002-2011.

Nominating Committees

Financial Management Association Vice President-Practitioner Services Search Committee, 2008.

Financial Management Association Publications Committee, 2007.

Financial Management Association Competitive Paper Award Committee, 2005, 2010.

Session Chair

American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2007.

Financial Management Association meetings, 2002-2003, 2005, 2006-2010.

Discussant

American Finance Association meetings, 2001.

Association of Financial Economists meetings, 1998.

Financial Economics & Accounting conferences, 1997, 2001.

Financial Management Association meetings, 1994-1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005-2007, 2009-2010.

Financial Markets Research Center Conference, Vanderbilt University, 2005.

International Finance Conference, Georgia-Tech University, 2005.

Lone Star Finance conference, TCU, 2010.

Law and Business Conference, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2004, 2005.

McGill Finance Symposium, McGill University, 2005.

Maryland Finance Symposium, University of Maryland, 2000, 2002, 2005.

Western Finance Association meetings, 1999, 2008.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

American Finance Association meetings, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013.

American Economic Association meetings, 2005, 2007, 2008.

Bank Structure conferences, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1995, 1999, 2004, 2006.

Challenges & Opportunities in Global Asset Management, McGill University, 2003.

Corporate Governance Conference, Washington University (Olin) St. Louis, 2005.

Emerging Markets Finance Conference, University of Virginia, 2005.

European Finance Association meetings, 1995.

Financial Economists & Accounting Conference, New York University, 1998.

Financial Management Association meetings, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.

Financial Management Association (Doctoral Consortium) meetings, 1996.

Financial Market Development in Emerging and Transition Economies Conference, Indian

School of Business, Hyderabad, India, 2003.

Financial Markets Research Center Conference, Vanderbilt University, 1998.

Global Corporate Governance Forum Seminars, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India, 2003.

International Finance Conference, Georgia-Tech University, 2000, 2003.

Lone Star Finance conferences, 2006 (Southern Methodist University), 2007 (Rice University).

Law and Business Conference, Vanderbilt University Law School, 2005.

Symposium on Crisis Events in Financial Intermediation, Indiana University, 2000.

Western Finance Association meetings, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007.

ACADEMIC SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 2011.

Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC, 2005, 2012.

Indiana University, Bloomington, 2005.

INSEAD, Fontainbleau, France, 1997.

London Business School, London, U.K., 1997.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1997.

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1997.

Queen s University, Canada, 2012.

Rice University, Houston, 1997.

Rutgers University, New Jersey, 2009.

Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC, 2012.

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2006, 2011 (twice).

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 2004.

University of California, Riverside, 2012.

University of Florida, Gainesville, 1997.

University of Houston, Houston, 2006.

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 2001.

University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.

University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 2009.

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, 2007.

University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 2005.

University of Oregon, Eugene, 2012.

University of Texas, Arlington, 2011.

University of Texas, Austin, 1997.

University of Texas, San Antonio, 2007.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2005.

University of Washington, Seattle, 1997.

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.

Yale School of Management, New Haven, 1997.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION COMMITTEE

Vladimir Ivanov (2004), Vanderbilt University: Placed at University of Kansas, Lawrence

Kaushal Kishore (2012), SMU (Economics Department)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses Taught

Executive MBA

Case Studies in Financial Management (SMU)

(Nominated for Golden Mustang Outstanding Faculty Award during 2010-2011)

(Received Eugene T. Byrne Endowed Faculty Innovation Award for demonstrating innovation in

teaching during 2008-2009)

Managing Global Enterprise (Vanderbilt University)

MBA

Corporate Financial Policies (SMU)

International Financial Markets (SMU)

Corporate Value Management (Vanderbilt University)

Venture Capital (Vanderbilt University)

International Corporate Finance (Vanderbilt University)

International Financial Markets & Instruments (Vanderbilt University)

(Received James A. Webb Jr. Award for excellence in teaching twice as voted by the graduating

MBA classes of 2003, and 2001 at Vanderbilt University)

Undergraduate Level

International Finance (SMU)

Financial Management (New York University)

(Received the Dean s Outstanding Teacher Award for the best graduate instructor at the Stern

School of Business, New York University, 1994-1996)

SMU Teaching Evaluations

Average for question (Q.20) I would recommend this instructor, scale 1 to 7.

Executive MBA

Case Studies in Financial Management (2011): 6.72 (section 605) and 6.12 (section 615).

Case Studies in Financial Management (2010): 6.31 (section 604) and 6.46 (section 614).

Case Studies in Financial Management (2009): 6.32 (section 603) and 6.29 (section 613).

Case Studies in Financial Management (2008): 5.39 (section 602) and 6.00 (section 612).

MBA

International Financial Markets (2007): 6.31 (section 714)

International Financial Markets (2006): 6.02 (section 714)

Undergraduate Level

International Finance (2007): 6.00 (section 001) and 5.81 (section 002)

International Finance (2006): 5.50 (section 001) and 6.47 (section 002)

Vanderbilt University Teaching Evaluations

Average for question (Q.9) Rate this professor s overall teaching effectiveness, scale 1 to 5.

Executive MBA

Managing Global Enterprise (2002-2004 and 2006): 3.92 (sections taught: 4).

MBA

International Corporate Finance (1999-2003): 4.54 (sections taught: 7).

Corporate Value Management (1997-2006): 4.22 (sections taught: 27).

Venture Capital (2005): 4.08 (sections taught: 2).

International Financial Markets & Instruments (1997): 3.80 (sections taught: 1).

New York University Teaching Evaluation

Average for question (Q.10) Overall, I would recommend this instructor, scale 1 to 7.

Undergraduate Level

Financial Management (1995): 6.50 (sections taught: 1).

CASE AND TEACHING NOTE

Gande, A., & Puri, M. (2001). Case on Resurgent India Bonds.

Gande, A., & Puri, M. (2001). Case on Resurgent India Bonds: Teaching Note.

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE

Southern Methodist University

Member of the Executive Committee, Cox School of Business, 2010-2011.

Coordinator of Finance Department Research Seminar Series, 2007-2009.

Member of the Committee on Feasibility of a Masters Program in Finance, 2006-2007.

Member of the Finance Department Recruiting Committee, 2006-2011.

Faculty Advisor, Cox (M.B.A.) Scholars week-long visit to New York, 2009.

Vanderbilt University

Member of the Committee on Instruction, 2001-2005.

Member of the Awards Committee, 2001-2005.

Coordinator of Finance Department Research Seminar Series, 1999-2001.

Member of the Doctoral Dissertation Committee, 2003-2004.

Faculty Advisor, Vanderbilt Owen Finance Club, 2000-2002.

CITIZENSHIP

USA

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