Prasanna L. Tantri

Indian School of Business

Executive Director, Center For Analytical Finance

Hyderabad, Gachibowli 500 032

India

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1.

Bank Accounts for the Unbanked: Evidence from a Big Bang Experiment

Indian School of Business WP 2191091
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 21 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2023
Yakshup Chopra, Nagpurnanand Prabhala and Prasanna L. Tantri
University of Miami - Department of Finance, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Indian School of Business
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financial inclusion, household finance, savings, financial literacy, bank accounts

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Does A Government Mandate Crowd Out Voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence from India

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 07 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2022
Shivaram Rajgopal and Prasanna L. Tantri
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Accounting, Business Law & Taxation and Indian School of Business
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Corporate Social Responsibility; Sigaling

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Government Employment Guarantee, Labor Supply and Firms’ Reaction: Evidence from the Largest Public Workfare Program in the World

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, March 2021
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 06 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 28 May 2021
Sumit Agarwal, Shashwat Alok, Yakshup Chopra and Prasanna L. Tantri
National University of Singapore, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, University of Miami - Department of Finance and Indian School of Business
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Workfare, Labor Markets, Labor Supply, Labor Scarcity, Capital Investments, Labor and Finance, Labor-Technology Substitution, MNREGA, NREGS, NREGA

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Inherent Quality or Nepotism?: Performance Analysis of Political Dynasties in a Democracy

Indian School of Business WP 2526409
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2017
Prasanna L. Tantri and Nagaraju Thota
Indian School of Business and BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus
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Democracy, Legislature, Elections, Performance of Government

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How Does A Health Insurance Program Covering 500 Million Poor Impact Credit Market Outcomes?

Indian School of Business WP
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 20 Apr 2022
Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business
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Health insurance; household finance; banking; access to finance

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Bank Cleanups, Capitalization and Lending: Evidence from India

The Review of Financial Studies, 2020
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 09 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 27 May 2021
Yakshup Chopra, Krishnamurthy Subramanian and Prasanna L. Tantri
University of Miami - Department of Finance, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad and Indian School of Business
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AQR, Lending, Capital Infusion, Zombie Firms, Contagion

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Borrowing Culture and Debt Relief: Evidence from a Policy Experiment

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Borrowing Culture and Debt Relief: Evidence from a Policy Experiment

Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2014 Conference Paper
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 17 Feb 2014
Sankar De and Prasanna L. Tantri
Independent and Indian School of Business
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bank credit, borrowing culture, debt relief, credit market interventions

Borrowing Culture and Debt Relief: Evidence from a Policy Experiment

Indian School of Business WP 2242390
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2017
Sankar De and Prasanna L. Tantri
Independent and Indian School of Business
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bank credit, borrowing culture, debt relief, policy experiment

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Fintech for the Poor: Financial Intermediation without Discrimination

Indian School of Business
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 06 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2020
Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business
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Machine Learning in Finance, Banking, Soft Information, Incentives

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Indirect Evergreening Using Related Parties: Evidence From India.

Published in JFQA
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 16 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2024
Nishant Kashyap, Sriniwas Mahapatro and Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - Saunders College of Business and Indian School of Business
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Evergreening; Zombie lending; Regulatory Forbearance; Banking; Related Party Transactions.

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Relationship Banking and Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from India

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 17 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2024
Abhishek Bhardwaj, Krishnamurthy Subramanian and Prasanna L. Tantri
Tulane University, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad and Indian School of Business
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banks, monetary policy, central banks and their policies

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Fintech For The Poor: Do Technological Failures Deter Financial Inclusion ?

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 06 May 2021
Padmanabhan Balasubramanian, S V Ravi Chandra, Aditya Murlidharan and Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Students, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Indian School Of Business and Indian School of Business
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Banking Correspondence, Household Finance, Digital Transaction, Aadhar, Financial Technology

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Can Small Business Lending Programs Disincentivize Growth? Evidence from India's Priority Sector Lending Program

Indian School of Business
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 14 Feb 2019
Gursharan Bhue, Nagpurnanand Prabhala and Prasanna L. Tantri
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Indian School of Business
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Small Business Lending, Soft Information, Lending Quotas, Bank Power, Small Firm Growth

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CEO Turnover and Earnings Management in Banks: Evidence Using Age-Based Retirement Policies

Indian School of Business WP 2338392
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2017
Arkodipta Sarkar, Prasanna L. Tantri and Krishnamurthy Subramanian
Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Indian School of Business and Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
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Banks, CEO, CEO turnover, Earnings Management, Financial Crisis, Public Sector Banks, Retirement, Superannuation, Tenure

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Creditor Rights and Strategic Default: Evidence from India

Journal of Law And Economics, 2020
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Mar 2020
Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business
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Banking, Creditor Rights, Strategic Default

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Do Measures of Audit Quality Really Measure Audit Quality? Evidence from the Banking Industry

Indian School of Business
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 Mar 2020
Jefferson K. Abraham and Prasanna L. Tantri
London Business School and Indian School of Business
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banking; stress tests; audit

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Familiarity Breeds Contagion

Indian School of Business
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 07 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2020
Sumit Agarwal, Aditya Murlidharan, Naman Nishesh and Prasanna L. Tantri
National University of Singapore, Indian School Of Business, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and Indian School of Business
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Caste; Contagion; Social Networks; Group Loans; Information

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Effects of CEO Turnover in Banks: Evidence Using Exogenous Turnovers in Indian Banks

Indian School of Business WP 2730495
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 11 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2017
Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Prasanna L. Tantri and Arkodipta Sarkar
Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Indian School of Business and Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
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Banks, CEO, CEO turnover, Earnings Management, Financial Crisis, Lending, Loans, Retirement, Superannuation, Tenure.

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Preventing Borrower Runs: The Prompt Corrective Action Approach

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 01 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2022
Nishant Kashyap, Sriniwas Mahapatro and Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - Saunders College of Business and Indian School of Business
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Borrower Run, Prompt Corrective Action, Strategic Default, Banking Regulation

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Medicine Or An Addictive Drug?: The Vicious Cycle Of Regulatory Forbearance

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 12 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 11 May 2022
Nithin Mannil, Naman Nishesh and Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and Indian School of Business
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Banking, Regulatory Forbearance, Firm Investments, Zombie Lending

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Identifying Zombie Lending: Evidence Using Loan-Level Data

Number of pages: 79 Posted: 21 Apr 2018
Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business
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Zombie Lending

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Does Social Capital Positively Influence Loan Performance even during a Crisis?

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Does Social Capital Positively Influence Loan Performance even during a Crisis?

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 23 Sep 2021
Sumit Agarwal, Prasanna L. Tantri and Nitin Vishen
National University of Singapore, Indian School of Business and Indian School of Business
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How Does The Rescue of Weak Banks Through Mergers Impact Loan Performance? Evidence From India

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How Does The Rescue of Weak Banks Through Mergers Impact Loan Performance? Evidence From India

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 01 Aug 2022
Nishant Kashyap, Sriniwas Mahapatro and Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - Saunders College of Business and Indian School of Business
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Borrower run, Bank mergers, Strategic default, Banking regulation

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A Friend Indeed: Does the Use of Biometric Digital Identity Make Welfare Programs Counter Cyclical?

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2018
Sumit Agarwal, Shradhey Parijat Prasad, Nishka Sharma and Prasanna L. Tantri
National University of Singapore, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad and Indian School of Business
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MNREGA, MNREGS, Economic Distress, Anti-Poverty Programs, Welfare Economics

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Impact of Third Party Audits on Compliance and Corruption: Evidence Using a Policy Experiment

Indian School of Business WP 2919091
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Jan 2017
Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business
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Tax Complainace, Corruption, Third Party Audit

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Small Business Lending Programs Can Slow Growth and Create Financial Constraints: Evidence From India’s PSL Program

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Research Paper No. 22-16
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2022
Gursharan Bhue, Nagpurnanand Prabhala, Anand Shekhar and Prasanna L. Tantri
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, Students, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Indian School of Buiness and Indian School of Business
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Small Business Lending, Soft Information, Lending Quotas, Bank Power, Small Firm Growth

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Contagious Effects of a Political Intervention in Debt Contracts: Evidence Using Loan-Level Data

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 07 Dec 2017
Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business
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Political Intervention

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How Does Debt Relief Impact Consumption?: Evidence from a Policy Experiment

Indian School of Business Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Mar 2015
Prasanna L. Tantri and Nagaraju Thota
Indian School of Business and BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus
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Banks, Foreclosures, Government Policy and Regulation, Agricultural Finance, Consumption

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Does Regulatory Forbearance On Bank Loans Adversely Impact Governance of Borrowing Firms?: The Indian Experience

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 24 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2022
Yakshup Chopra, Naman Nishesh and Prasanna L. Tantri
University of Miami - Department of Finance, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and Indian School of Business
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Mind the Contagion, Your Honour

Indian School of Business
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2020
Naman Nishesh, Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Prasanna L. Tantri and Meghana Yerabati
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Indian School of Business and Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
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Litigation Risk, Bank lending channel, Contagion, Firm Performance

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Does a Debt Relief Lead to Increased Precautionary Savings?: Evidence from A Policy Experiment

Indian School of Business WP 2729653
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2017
Mrinal Mishra, Venkatesh, Prasanna L. Tantri and Nagaraju Thota
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Indian School of Business and BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus
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Consumption and Savings, Governmental Policy and Regulation, Banks, Bankruptcy, Political Economy

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Do Derivatives Matter? Evidence from a Policy Experiment

Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2016 Conference, Indian School of Business WP 2726446
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 02 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2023
Deepak Agrawal, K.R. Subramanyam, Prasanna L. Tantri and Ramabhadran S. Thirumalai
Emory University, Goizueta Business School, University of Southern California - Leventhal School of Accounting, Indian School of Business and Indian School of Business
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Derivative, Short sell constraint, Market efficiency, Market integrity

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Does The Internet Enhance State Capacity To Alleviate Distress

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 29 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2023
Sumit Agarwal, Nithin Mannil and Prasanna L. Tantri
National University of Singapore, Indian School of Business and Indian School of Business
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COVID-19; Technology Adoption; Workfare; Labor Markets; Labor Supply; MNREGA; NREGS; NREGA; Poverty

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Does Transparency about Banks' Lending Costs Lower Firms' Borrowing Costs? Evidence from India

Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2024[10.1016/j.jacceco.2024.101737]
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 18 Sep 2024
Prasanna L. Tantri and Nitin Vishen
Indian School of Business and Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore - Finance & Accounting Department
Downloads 138 (437,381)
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Bank Transparency, Benchmarks, prime rate, Bank Transparency, Cost-Based Benchmark Interest Rate, Prime Rate, Loan Interest Rates, Relationship Banking, Lending Costs, Borrowing Costs, Bank Competition, India, Reserve Bank of India, Credit Market Efficiency, Financial Regulation, Banking Sector, Interest Rate Transparency, Base Rate, Regulatory Impact, Credit Markets, Corporate Borrowing, Competition in Banking, Informational Rents

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Effective Democracy and Swing Voters: Evidence Based on Actual Voting Records

Indian School of Business Research Paper Series
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 04 Jan 2015
Prasanna L. Tantri and Nagaraju Thota
Indian School of Business and BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus
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Democracy, Legislature, Elections, Performance of Government

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Board Conduct in Banks

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 09 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2021
Samanvaya Agarwal, Saipriya Kamath, Krishnamurthy Subramanian and Prasanna L. Tantri
affiliation not provided to SSRN, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Accounting and Finance, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad and Indian School of Business
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Banks, Bank Failure, Board of directors, Board minutes, Corporate governance,

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In-Kind Transfers As Safety Nets for the Poor: Do they Expand or Contract during Economic Shocks? Evidence from India

Indian School of Business
Number of pages: 105 Posted: 12 Feb 2019
Jefferson K. Abraham, Yakshup Chopra and Prasanna L. Tantri
London Business School, University of Miami - Department of Finance and Indian School of Business
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Bankruptcy Law And Equity Capital: Evidence From India

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Apr 2024
Bitan Chakraborty, Sanjay Kallapur, Sriniwas Mahapatro and Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business, Indian School of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - Saunders College of Business and Indian School of Business
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Bankruptcy Law, controlling shareholders, innovation, institutional investors

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Does Systemically Important Bank Status Induce Soft Budget Constraint Syndrome? Evidence From India.

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 25 Apr 2024
Shashwat Agrawal, Nishant Kashyap, Sriniwas Mahapatro and Prasanna L. Tantri
Boston College, Indian School of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) - Saunders College of Business and Indian School of Business
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Systemically Important Banks, Too-big-to-fail, Monitoring, Strategic default, Banking regulation

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Does Labor Composition Impact the Transmission of Monetary Policy to Output?

Indian School of Business WP
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2024
Raja Reddy Bujunoori, Nithin Mannil and Prasanna L. Tantri
Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad, Indian School of Business and Indian School of Business
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Monetary Policy Transmission, Contract Workers, Wage Rigidity

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Demand Curves For Stocks Do Not Slope Down: Evidence Using an Exogenous Supply Shock

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 104, 2019, Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) 2016 Conference, Indian School of Business WP 2729104
Posted: 09 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 11 May 2020
Ankit Jain, Prasanna L. Tantri and Ramabhadran S. Thirumalai
University of Queensland, Indian School of Business and Indian School of Business

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Supply shock, Slow moving capital, Demand curve, Price pressure

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Soft Information and the Cost of Job Rotation: Evidence from Loan Officer Rotation

Indian School of Business WP 2362104
Posted: 02 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2020
Subhendu Bhowal, Krishnamurthy Subramanian and Prasanna L. Tantri
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Students, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad and Indian School of Business

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Agency Cost, Bank, Default, Hard Information, Loan, Rotation, Soft Information, Relationship Banking