Mahdi Rastad

Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University

Assistant Professor in Finance

San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

United States

http://www.cob.calpoly.edu/faculty/mahdi-rastad/

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Leveraged Buyouts and Financial Distress

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Jul 2019
Brian Ayash and Mahdi Rastad
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo - Finance Area and Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University
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Leveraged Buyouts, Private Equity, Financial Distress, Bankruptcy

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The Impact of Stronger Shareholder Control on Bondholders

Forthcoming at the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 30 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2020
Sadra Amiri-Moghadam, Siamak Javadi and Mahdi Rastad
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Business, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley and Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University
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Corporate Governance, Debt, Agency Cost, Shareholder Meetings, Regression Discontinuity, Event Studies

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Capital Structure Pre-Balancing: Evidence from Convertible Bonds

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2015
Mahdi Rastad
Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University
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Convertible Bonds, Capital Structure, Regression Discontinuity, Financing Policy

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Private Equity, Jobs and Productivity: Reply to Davis, Haltiwanger, Handley, Jarmin, Lerner, and Miranda (2018) (A Comment deux)

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 May 2018 Last Revised: 25 Nov 2018
Brian Ayash and Mahdi Rastad
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo - Finance Area and Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University
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Leveraged Buyouts, Employment, Private Equity, Growth Equity

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The Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts: A Comment

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2019
Brian Ayash and Mahdi Rastad
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo - Finance Area and Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University
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leveraged buyouts, employment, private equity, growth equity

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On Quota Violations of OPEC Members

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2017
Hamed Ghoddusi, Masoud Nili and Mahdi Rastad
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Sharif University of Technology and Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University
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Energy; OPEC; Cartels; Oil Market; Compliance; Quota; Cournot Duopoly; Collusion

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Portfolio Allocation for Public Pension Funds

NBER Working Paper No. w16456
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
George Pennacchi and Mahdi Rastad
University of Illinois and Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University
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The (Heterogenous) Economic Effects of Private Equity Buyouts: A Comment

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Oct 2021
Brian Ayash and Mahdi Rastad
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo - Finance Area and Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University
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leveraged buyouts, employment, private equity, growth equity

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Do Oil Producers Extract More as They Become Richer? A Natural Experiment Using Unanticipated Reserve Discoveries

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2016
Jason J. Lepore and Mahdi Rastad
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo and Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University
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Oil, Extraction, Reserves, OPEC

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Country Cartels

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 13 Oct 2014
Dan Bernhardt and Mahdi Rastad
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Economics and Orfalea College of Business, California State Polytechnic University
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Collusion, Oligopoly, Risk Aversion, International Oligopolies, OPEC