Chitru S. Fernando

University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business

Rainbolt Chair and Professor of Finance; Director, Division of Finance

Adams Hall

307 West Brooks Street

Norman, OK 73019-4004

United States

http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/F/Chitru.Fernando-1/

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Environmental Risk Management and the Cost of Capital

Strategic Management Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 May 2008
Mark Sharfman and Chitru S. Fernando
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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environmental risk management, cost of capital, environmental performance, environmental strategy

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Hedging, Speculation and Shareholder Value

EFA 2003 Annual Conference Paper No. 270
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Jul 2003
Tim Adam and Chitru S. Fernando
Humboldt University and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
Downloads 1,263 (34,934)
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corporate risk management, speculation, risk premium, forward premium, selective hedging

Hedging, Speculation and Shareholder Value

Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 81, pp. 283-309, 2006
Posted: 04 Aug 2005 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2008
Tim Adam and Chitru S. Fernando
Humboldt University and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business

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Corporate risk management, hedging, speculation, risk premium, hedging benefits

Are Share Price Levels Informative? Evidence from the Ownership, Pricing, Turnover, and Performance of IPO Firms

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 13 Oct 2003
Chitru S. Fernando, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy and Paul A. Spindt
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business
Downloads 1,024 (47,331)
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Are Share Price Levels Informative? Evidence from the Ownership, Pricing, Turnover and Performance of IPO Firms

Posted: 08 Mar 2004
Chitru S. Fernando, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy and Paul A. Spindt
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

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Share price level, stock splits, initial public offerings, ownership structure, investment banking, investor behavior

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The Value of Investment Banking Relationships: Evidence from the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming, AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 19 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 04 May 2011
Chitru S. Fernando, Anthony D. May and William L. Megginson
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, Wichita State University - W. Frank Barton School of Business and University of Oklahoma
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Firm-underwriter relationship, public security offerings, investment banking

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Common Liquidity Risk and Market Collapse: Lessons from the Market for Perps

AFA 2002 Atlanta Meetings, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 03 Dec 2004
Chitru S. Fernando, Richard J. Herring and Avanidhar Subrahmanyam
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Finance Area
Downloads 959 (52,750)
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ownership structure, monitoring, market liquidity, common liquidity risk, market collapse

Managerial Overconfidence and Corporate Risk Management

AFA 2010 Atlanta Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 23 Jul 2012
Tim Adam, Chitru S. Fernando and Evgenia V. Golubeva
Humboldt University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance
Downloads 539 (110,736)
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corporate risk management, selective hedging, speculation, managerial overconfidence

Managerial Overconfidence and Corporate Risk Management

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2015
Tim Adam, Chitru S. Fernando and Evgenia V. Golubeva
Humboldt University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance
Downloads 377 (169,212)
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corporate risk management; selective hedging; speculation; managerial overconfidence

Credit Enhancement Through Financial Engineering: Freeport-Mcmoran's Gold-Denominated Depositary Shares

AFA 2001 New Orleans Meetings
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 06 Oct 2000
N.K. Chidambaran, Chitru S. Fernando and Paul A. Spindt
Fordham UniversityFordham University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business
Downloads 786 (68,038)
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Risk management, Credit Enhancement, Gold-Linked, Hybrid Securities

Credit Enhancement Through Financial Engineering: Freeport-Mcmoran's Gold-Denominated Depositary Shares

Journal of Financial Economics, May/June 2001
Posted: 01 Oct 2001
N.K. Chidambaran, Chitru S. Fernando and Paul A. Spindt
Fordham UniversityFordham University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

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Risk management, Credit Enhancement, Gold-Linked, Hybrid Securities

Corporate Environmental Policy and Shareholder Value: Following the Smart Money

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 07 Nov 2016
Chitru S. Fernando, Mark Sharfman and Vahap Bülent Uysal
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and DePaul University
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Environmental Risk Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, Socially Responsible Investing, Institutional Ownership, Analyst Coverage, Firm Value

Corporate Environmental Policy and Shareholder Value: Following the Smart Money

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 25 Aug 2017
Chitru S. Fernando, Mark Sharfman and Vahap Bülent Uysal
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and DePaul University
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Environmental risk management, corporate social responsibility, socially responsible investing, institutional ownership, analyst coverage, firm value

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Dynamics of Arbitrage

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 25 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 13 Jan 2020
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Missouri - Trulaske College of Business, Energy Information Administration - US DOE and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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theory of storage, commodity markets, cash-and-carry arbitrage, financialization, spot oil markets, oil futures markets, oil storage

Dynamics of Arbitrage

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 11 Feb 2021
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Missouri - Trulaske College of Business, Energy Information Administration - US DOE and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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theory of storage, commodity markets, cash-and-carry arbitrage, financialization, spot oil markets, oil futures markets, oil storage

Commonality in Liquidity: Transmission of Liquidity Shocks Across Investors and Securities

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Jan 2003
Chitru S. Fernando
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Market liquidity, liquidity shocks, commonality, liquidity trading

Commonality in Liquidity: Transmission of Liquidity Shocks Across Investors and Securities

Posted: 30 Jul 2003
Chitru S. Fernando
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business

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Wanna Dance? How Firms and Underwriters Choose Each Other

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 09 Jun 2004
Chitru S. Fernando, Vladimir A. Gatchev and Paul A. Spindt
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Central Florida - Department of Finance and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business
Downloads 601 (96,397)
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Firm-underwriter choice; public equity offerings; investment banking

Wanna Dance? How Firms and Underwriters Choose Each Other

Journal of Finance, Vol. 60, pp. 2437-2469, October 2005
Posted: 08 Sep 2004
Chitru S. Fernando, Vladimir A. Gatchev and Paul A. Spindt
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Central Florida - Department of Finance and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

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Firm-underwriter choice, public equity offerings, investment banking

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Determinants of Trading Profits of Individual Traders: Risk Premia or Information?

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2013
Michaël Dewally, Louis H. Ederington and Chitru S. Fernando
Towson University - Department of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
Downloads 534 (113,448)
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risk premium, trading profits, energy futures, market makers

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Institutional Ownership, Analyst Following, and Share Prices

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2012
Chitru S. Fernando, Vladimir A. Gatchev and Paul A. Spindt
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Central Florida - Department of Finance and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business
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Institutional ownership, monitoring, analysts, financial intermediation, share price level, firm value

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Determinants of Trader Profits in Commodity Futures Markets

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Jun 2013
Michaël Dewally, Louis H. Ederington and Chitru S. Fernando
Towson University - Department of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
Downloads 468 (133,180)
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commodity futures, risk premium, hedging pressure, theory of storage, momentum, trader profits, speculators, hedgers, hedge funds, market makers

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The Causal Effect of Option Pay on Corporate Risk Management

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Jun 2015
Tor-Erik Bakke, Hamed Mahmudi, Chitru S. Fernando and Jesus M. Salas
University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Finance, University of Delaware - Department of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Lehigh University - Department of Finance and Law
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Corporate risk management, FAS 123R, oil and gas firms, managerial compensation, executive stock options

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Determinants of Trader Profits in Futures Markets

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 10 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2013
Michaël Dewally, Louis H. Ederington and Chitru S. Fernando
Towson University - Department of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Corporate Social Responsibility Versus Corporate Shareholder Responsibility: A Family Firm Perspective

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 May 2018
Amal Abeysekera and Chitru S. Fernando
Hofstra University and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
Downloads 426 (149,151)
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family firms, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, corporate shareholder responsibility, corporate environmental performance

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Credit Enhancement Through Targeted Risk Managment: Freeport-Mcmoran's Gold-Dominated Depository Shares

NYU Working Paper No. FIN-98-087
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
N.K. Chidambaran, Chitru S. Fernando and Paul A. Spindt
Fordham UniversityFordham University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business
Downloads 389 (165,410)

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Risk management, Gold-linked, Hybrid Securities

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Why Do Share Price Levels Matter? Investor Clienteles, Monitoring and Firm Performance

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Mar 2004 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2011
Chitru S. Fernando, Vladimir A. Gatchev and Paul A. Spindt
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Central Florida - Department of Finance and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business
Downloads 381 (168,817)
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Share price, stock splits, firm quality, S&P ranking, institutional ownership, monitoring

Prestige without Purpose? Reputation, Differentiation, and Pricing in U.S. Equity Underwriting

Journal of Corporate Finance, Vol. 32, 2015
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 02 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2016
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Central Florida - Department of Finance, Wichita State University - W. Frank Barton School of Business and University of Oklahoma
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Equity underwriting; underwriter reputation; vertical differentiation; underwriting spreads; investment banking; firm-underwriter matching; underwriting syndicates; analyst coverage

Prestige Without Purpose? Reputation, Differentiation, and Pricing in U.S. Equity Underwriting

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 30 Jul 2014
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Central Florida - Department of Finance, Wichita State University - W. Frank Barton School of Business and University of Oklahoma
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Equity underwriting; underwriter reputation; vertical differentiation; underwriting spreads; investment banking; firm-underwriter matching; underwriting syndicates; analyst coverage

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The Role of Financial Markets in Determining Physical Oil Prices: A Survey of the Literature

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 01 Oct 2012
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, Energy Information Administration - US DOE, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Wichita State University - W. Frank Barton School of Business
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Oil prices, energy markets, energy derivatives, commodity index funds, speculation, arbitrage

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Can Companies Use Hedging Programs to Profit from the Market? Evidence from Gold Producers

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Dec 2008
Tim Adam and Chitru S. Fernando
Humboldt University and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
Downloads 320 (204,365)

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Corporate risk management, speculation, risk premium, hedging benefits

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Why Do Firms Engage in Selective Hedging? Evidence from the Gold Mining Industry

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Jun 2015
Tim Adam, Chitru S. Fernando and Jesus M. Salas
Humboldt University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Lehigh University - Department of Finance and Law
Downloads 298 (220,665)
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Corporate risk management, selective hedging, speculation, financial distress, corporate governance, managerial compensation

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Common Liquidity Shocks and Market Collapse: Lessons from the Market for Perps

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Mar 2008
Chitru S. Fernando, Richard J. Herring and Avanidhar Subrahmanyam
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Pennsylvania - Finance Department and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Finance Area
Downloads 286 (230,382)

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ownership concentration, intermediation, market liquidity, common liquidity shocks, market collapse

Is Share Price Related to Marketability? Evidence from Mutual Fund Share Splits

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Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Oct 2003
Chitru S. Fernando, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy and Paul A. Spindt
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business
Downloads 282 (233,827)
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Is Share Price Related to Marketability? Evidence from Mutual Fund Share Splits

Financial Management, Vol. 28, No. 3, Autumn 1999
Posted: 16 Aug 2001
Chitru S. Fernando, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy and Paul A. Spindt
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management and Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

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Are Investment Banks Special Too? Evidence on Relationship-Specific Capital in Investment Bank Services

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2012
Chitru S. Fernando, Anthony D. May and William L. Megginson
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, Wichita State University - W. Frank Barton School of Business and University of Oklahoma
Downloads 217 (303,299)
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Firm-investment bank relationship, bank specialness, investment bank services, public security offerings

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Arbitrage and Its Physical Limits

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 15 May 2017 Last Revised: 17 May 2017
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Missouri - Trulaske College of Business and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
Downloads 216 (304,635)
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Limits to Arbitrage, Commodity Markets, Theory of Storage, Oil Futures Market, Physical Constraints, Cash-And-Carry Arbitrage

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A Review of the Evidence on the Relation Between Crude Oil Prices and Petroleum Product Prices

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 10 Oct 2018
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, Missouri State University - College of Business, Energy Information Administration - US DOE and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
Downloads 178 (364,324)
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Oil Prices, Petroleum Product Prices, Energy Economics, Commodities

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Characteristics of Petroleum Product Prices: A Survey

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 10 Oct 2018
University of Oklahoma - Division of Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, Missouri State University - College of Business, Energy Information Administration - US DOE and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Petroleum Product Prices, Commodities, Energy Economics

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Dynamic Risk Management and Private Corporate Information: Evidence from Hedging Announcements

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2023
Vikas Raman, Chitru S. Fernando and Seth A. Hoelscher
Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Missouri State University - College of Business
Downloads 146 (431,594)

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Corporate risk management, dynamic hedging, hedging changes, hedging announcements, disclosure, asymmetric information, gold mining firms.

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Why Do Firms Speculate? Evidence from the Gold Mining Industry

EFA 2007 Ljubljana Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Mar 2007
Tim Adam, Chitru S. Fernando and Jesus M. Salas
Humboldt University, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Lehigh University - Department of Finance and Law
Downloads 112 (531,524)
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Corporate risk management, selective hedging, speculation, managerial compensation

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Persistence and Dispersion in the Cross-Sectional Performance of Mutual Fund Managers

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 31 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2025
Ilhan Demiralp and Chitru S. Fernando
idemiralp@wisc.edu and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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Mutual funds, mutual fund performance, portfolio management, fund manager performance, cross-sectional performance, performance persistence, skill versus luck

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The Spillover Effects of Sexual Harassment in U.S. S&P 500 Firms

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 23 Jul 2024
Amal Abeysekera and Chitru S. Fernando
Hofstra University and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
Downloads 83 (649,131)

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Sexual harassment, shareholder value, industry spillover, corporate culture, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, #MeToo

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Electronic Trading and Price Discovery in Commodity Futures: A Tale of Two Markets

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 03 Feb 2025
University of Missouri - Trulaske College of Business, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business
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oil market, price discovery, liquidity, spot prices, futures prices, electronic trading

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An Investor Perspective on the Black Box of Corporate Social Responsibility

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 31, Issue 2, pp. 92-104, 2019
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Mar 2023
Chitru S. Fernando, Vahap Bülent Uysal and Amal Abeysekera
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, DePaul University and Hofstra University
Downloads 54 (816,972)
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Undiversified Shareholders, Socioemotional Wealth, and Corporate Hedging: Evidence from Family Firms

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Aug 2024
Amal Abeysekera, Paul Brockman, Chitru S. Fernando and Jesus M. Salas
Hofstra University, Lehigh University - College of Business, University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business and Lehigh University - Department of Finance and Law
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family firms, Founder CEOs, Undiversified owners, Socioemotional wealth, Hedging

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Are Investment Banks Special Too? Evidence on Relationship‐Specific Capital in Investment Bank Services

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 92-104, 2012
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Mar 2023
Chitru S. Fernando, William L. Megginson and Anthony D. May
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma and Wichita State University - W. Frank Barton School of Business
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Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 149
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The Informativeness of Derivatives Use: Evidence from Corporate Disclosure through Public Announcements

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 24 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2020
Chitru S. Fernando, Seth A. Hoelscher and Vikas Raman
University of Oklahoma - Michael F. Price College of Business, Missouri State University - College of Business and Lancaster University - Department of Accounting and Finance
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Corporate Risk Management, Financial Derivatives, Dynamic Hedging, Disclosure, Private Information, Gold Mining Firms