Anand M. Goel

Stevens Institute of Technology

Associate Professor

Hoboken, NJ 07030

United States

http://www.anandgoel.org

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Overconfidence, CEO Selection, and Corporate Governance

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Overconfidence, CEO Selection, and Corporate Governance

Journal of Finance, Vol. 63, No. 6, pp. 2737-2784, December 2008
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 13 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 12 Oct 2009
Anand M. Goel and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Leadership, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Overconfidence, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Selection, Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Overconfidence, CEO Selection, and Corporate Governance

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 31 Aug 2007
Anjan V. Thakor and Anand M. Goel
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Stevens Institute of Technology
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Leadership, Overconfidence, CEO, Chief Executive Officer, Corporate Governance, Tournament

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Rationality, Overconfidence and Leadership

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Oct 2000
Anjan V. Thakor and Anand M. Goel
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Stevens Institute of Technology
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CEO Overconfidence and Dividend Policy

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 16 Feb 2013
Sanjay Deshmukh, Anand M. Goel and Keith M. Howe
DePaul University - Department of Finance, Stevens Institute of Technology and DePaul University - Department of Finance
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CEO Overconfidence, Dividend Policy

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Why Do Firms Smooth Earnings?

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Jul 2000
Anand M. Goel and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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CEO Overconfidence and Dividend Policy

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 29 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2010
Sanjay Deshmukh, Anand M. Goel and Keith M. Howe
DePaul University - Department of Finance, Stevens Institute of Technology and DePaul University - Department of Finance
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CEO, Overconfidence, Dividends, Payout

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Credit Ratings and Litigation Risk

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Mar 2011
Anand M. Goel and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Credit Ratings Agencies, Cheap Talk

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Do CEO Beliefs Affect Corporate Cash Holdings?

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 20 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2021
Sanjay Deshmukh, Anand M. Goel and Keith M. Howe
DePaul University - Department of Finance, Stevens Institute of Technology and DePaul University - Department of Finance
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CEO; Overconfidence; Optimism; Cash Holdings; Corporate Finance; Behavioral Finance

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Correlated Leverage and Its Ramifications

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Correlated Leverage and Its Ramifications

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2014
Anand M. Goel, Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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Housing Market, Collateral, Bank Leverage, Borrower Leverage

Correlated Leverage and Its Ramifications

Journal of Financial Intermediation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 30 Oct 2014
Anand M. Goel, Fenghua Song and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University - Smeal College of Business and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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leverage, high house prices, financial fragility, bank capital

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Do Envious CEOs Cause Merger Waves?

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Do Envious CEOs Cause Merger Waves?

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Mar 2005 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2008
Anjan V. Thakor and Anand M. Goel
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Stevens Institute of Technology
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Merger Waves, CEOs, Envy

Do Envious CEOs Cause Merger Waves?

The Review of Financial Studies, Vol. 23, Issue 2, pp. 487-517, 2009
Posted: 01 Feb 2010
Anand M. Goel and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School

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Resource Allocation in Conglomerates Under Moral Hazard

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Dec 2000
Anand M. Goel, Vikram K. Nanda and M. P. Narayanan
Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management - Department of Finance & Managerial Economics and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Small-Dollar Installment Loans: An Empirical Analysis

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 22 Mar 2015
Howard Beales and Anand M. Goel
George Washington University - School of Business and Stevens Institute of Technology
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Payday loans, Small-dollar, Household finance, Installment loans

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Career Concerns and Resource Allocation in Conglomerates

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 02 Mar 2002
Anand M. Goel, Vikram K. Nanda and M. P. Narayanan
Stevens Institute of Technology, University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management - Department of Finance & Managerial Economics and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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Conglomeration, capital misallocation, career concerns, resource allocation, inefficient capital allocation

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Optimal Contracts When Agents Envy Each Other

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Aug 2005
Anjan V. Thakor and Anand M. Goel
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Stevens Institute of Technology
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Principal-Agent, Optimal Contracts, Envy, Corporate Governance

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Economic Consequences: The Real Costs of U.S. Securities Class Action Litigation

U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, February 2014
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 05 Mar 2014
Mukesh Bajaj, Nikolai Caswell, Anand M. Goel, Sumon Mazumdar and Rahul Surana
Navigant Economics LLC, Navigant Economics LLC, Stevens Institute of Technology, Navigant Economics, LLC and Navigant Economics LLC
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securities class action litigation, stock market response, economic impact, class certification, reliance, fraud-on-the market, event studies, settlement

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Green with Envy: Implications for Corporate Investment Distortions

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Sep 2003
Anjan V. Thakor and Anand M. Goel
Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Stevens Institute of Technology
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Why Are Credit Ratings Coarse?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Sep 2013
Anand M. Goel and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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credit ratings, coarseness, cheap talk, credit quality

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What Do We Know About Financial Innovation?

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Jun 2019
Anand M. Goel
Stevens Institute of Technology
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Financial Innovation

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Information Reliability and Welfare: A Theory of Coarse Credit Ratings

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 24 May 2014
Anand M. Goel and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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credit ratings, coarseness, cheap talk, credit quality

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Pandemic Death Traps

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Jun 2020
Anand M. Goel and Anjan V. Thakor
Stevens Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School
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pandemic, COVID-19, lockdown, shutdown, career concerns, emerging markets

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Irrationality, Asset Pricing, and Financial Intermediaries

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 18 Mar 2012
Anand M. Goel
Stevens Institute of Technology
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Impact of Economic Shocks on Financial Access: Evidence from COVID-19 Pandemic

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 28 Mar 2024
Anand M. Goel and Shuang (Sunnie) Wu
Stevens Institute of Technology and Sacred Heart University - Jack Welch College of Business
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Economic shock, financial access, consumer credit, government relief programs

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When Do Optimistic CEOs Enhance Firm Value?

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 26 Feb 2025
Anand M. Goel and Sanjay Deshmukh
Stevens Institute of Technology and DePaul University - Department of Finance
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CEO, Optimism, Behavioral Bias, Firm Value

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Funds and Zodiac Years: Superstitious or Sophisticated Investors?

Number of pages: 71
Anand M. Goel, Kexin Gu and Hongju Ren
Stevens Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology - School of Business and Stevens Institute of Technology
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Zodiac, Superstition, Mutual Funds, Fund Performance

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Impact of Culture in Peer-to-Peer Lending

Number of pages: 60
Anand M. Goel and Hongju Ren
Stevens Institute of Technology and Stevens Institute of Technology
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When Do Optimistic CEOs Enhance Firm Value?

European Financial Management, 0[10.1111/eufm.12544]
Number of pages: 58
Anand M. Goel and Sanjay Deshmukh
Stevens Institute of Technology and DePaul University - Department of Finance
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CEO, Optimism, Overconfidence, Firm Value