Anand M. Goel

Stevens Institute of Technology

Associate Professor

Hoboken, NJ 07030

United States

http://www.anandgoel.org

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (25)

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Citation 42

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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Citation 2

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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Citation 9

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
Downloads 365 (174,943)
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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
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
Downloads 180 (356,144)
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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
Downloads 150 (416,628)
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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