Rajesh Narayanan

Louisiana State University

Professor

Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6308

United States

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Fairness Opinions in Mergers and Acquisitions

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Fairness Opinions in Mergers and Acquisitions

THE ART OF CAPITAL RESTRUCTURING: CREATING SHAREHOLDER VALUE THROUGH MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, H. Kent Baker, Halil Kiymaz, eds., Wiley, 2011
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2011
Steven Davidoff Solomon, Anil K. Makhija and Rajesh Narayanan
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and Louisiana State University
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Fairness Opinions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Banking

Fairness Opinions in Mergers and Acquisitions

Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2007-03-018, Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2007-11
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Mar 2007
Anil K. Makhija and Rajesh Narayanan
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance and Louisiana State University
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Fairness Opinions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investment Banking

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Commercial Bank Underwriting: Conflict of Interest and Credible Commitment

EFA 2001 Barcelona Meetings
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Feb 2001
Rajesh Narayanan, Kasturi P. Rangan and Nanda K. Rangan
Louisiana State University, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Banking & Finance and Virginia Commonwealth University
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Glass-Steagall; Underwriting; Credible Commitment

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Has the Effect of Asset Securitization on Bank Risk Taking Behavior Changed?

Journal of Financial Services Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2015
Huong T. T. Le, Rajesh Narayanan and Lai Van Vo
Northeastern Illinois University, Louisiana State University and Western Connecticut State University
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bank holding companies, asset securitization, bank risk taking, loan losses

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CDS and the Resolution of Financial Distress

Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Forthcoming, Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 2012-12
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2012
Stephen J. Lubben and Rajesh Narayanan
Seton Hall Law School and Louisiana State University
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CDS, financial distress, derivatives, swaps, empty creditor, ISDA, chapter 11, restructuring

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How Do Firms Respond to Empty Creditor Holdout in Distressed Exchanges?

Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 94, 251-266
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2018
Rajesh Narayanan and Cihan Uzmanoglu
Louisiana State University and Binghamton University, The State University of New York
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Credit Default Swaps (CDS), Empty Creditors, Financial Distress, Debt Restructuring, Distress Resolution

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The Competitive Consequences of Size in Banking: Evidence from Megabank Mergers

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The Competitive Consequences of Size in Banking: Evidence from Megabank Mergers

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2011
Erik Devos, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy and Rajesh Narayanan
University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance, North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management and Louisiana State University
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Mergers, Efficiency, Market Power, TBTF

The Competitive Consequences of Size in Banking: Evidence from Megabank Mergers

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2011
Erik Devos, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy and Rajesh Narayanan
University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance, North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management and Louisiana State University
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Bank mergers, Efficiency gains, Market power

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How Have Borrowers Fared in Banking Mega-Mergers?

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How Have Borrowers Fared in Banking Mega-Mergers?

FRB of San Francisco Working Paper No. 2005-09
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 02 Oct 2005
Kenneth A. Carow, Edward J. Kane and Rajesh Narayanan
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance, Boston College - Department of Finance and Louisiana State University
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Bank mergers, bank loans

How Have Borrowers Fared in Banking Mega-Mergers?

NBER Working Paper No. w10623
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 13 Jul 2022
Kenneth A. Carow, Edward J. Kane and Rajesh Narayanan
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance, Boston College - Department of Finance and Louisiana State University
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Credit Insurance, Distress Resolution Costs, and Bond Spreads

Financial Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 21 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2018
Rajesh Narayanan and Cihan Uzmanoglu
Louisiana State University and Binghamton University, The State University of New York
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Credit default swaps (CDS); net notional; bond spreads; cost of debt; debt contracting; bankruptcy; strategic default

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Safety-Net Losses from Abandoning Glass-Steagall Restrictions

Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 14 May 2014
Kenneth A. Carow, Edward J. Kane and Rajesh Narayanan
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance, Boston College - Department of Finance and Louisiana State University
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Too Big to Fail, Volcker Rule, Glass-Steagall, safety-net subsidies

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Depositor Characteristics and Deposit Stability

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 24 May 2024 Last Revised: 27 Nov 2024
Rajesh Narayanan and Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara
Louisiana State University and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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Deposit franchise, Interest rate risk, financial sophistication, deposit beta

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Information Sensitivity and Information Production Dynamics of Safe Securities

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 14 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 21 Mar 2024
Rajesh Narayanan and Meredith E. Rhodes
Louisiana State University and University of North Texas, Ryan College of Business, Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law
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Financial Crisis, Information sensitivity, Collateral, Opacity, Safe Assets, Subprime, Securitization

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Price Discovery in the Residential Mortgage-backed Security, Credit Default Swap, and ABX Markets

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 21 Jan 2020
Michael B. Imerman, Joseph R. Mason, Rajesh Narayanan and Meredith E. Rhodes
University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business, Louisiana State University - Ourso School of Business, Louisiana State University and University of North Texas, Ryan College of Business, Department of Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law
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Mortgage-backed Securities; Credit Default Swaps, Index Securities, Price Discovery, Information Efficiency, Credit Crisis

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A Revealed Preference Approach to Estimating Strategic Mortgage Default

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2022
Meagan McCollum, Rajesh Narayanan and R. Kelley Pace
University of Tulsa - Collins College of Business, Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University - E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration
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Mortgages; Strategic Default; Curtailment

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Demographic, Jurisdictional, and Spatial Effects on Social Distancing in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 May 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2020
Rajesh Narayanan, James Nordlund, R. Kelley Pace and Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara
Louisiana State University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Louisiana State University - E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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COVID-19, social distancing, stay at home, spatial dependence

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The Paradox of Slave Collateral

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 15 Apr 2024 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2025
Rajesh Narayanan and Jonathan B. Pritchett
Louisiana State University and Tulane University - Finance & Economics
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Slave collateral, Slave sales, Credit, Interest rates

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The Decline of Branch Banking

Number of pages: 42
Rajesh Narayanan, Dimuthu Ratnadiwakara and Philip E. Strahan
Louisiana State University, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and Boston College - Department of Finance
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deposit franchise, branch closure, digital banking

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Valuation When Disaster Risks Increase at an Increasing Rate

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 02 Dec 2022
Ravi Joshi, Rajesh Narayanan and Kelley Pace
Louisiana State University, Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University
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Climate change, Increasing Risks, Gordon Growth Model, Real Estate, Valuation

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Winners and Losers from Enacting the Financial Modernization Statute

NBER Working Paper No. w11256
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 31 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 05 Oct 2022
Kenneth A. Carow, Edward J. Kane and Rajesh Narayanan
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance, Boston College - Department of Finance and Louisiana State University
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The Simpletel Dilemma

Darden Case No. UVA-E-0299
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 10 Jun 2009
S. Venkataraman, Prasad Nair and Rajesh Narayanan
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business and Louisiana State University
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CEO compensation

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Can the Nexus of Scaling Laws Coupled with Constant or Variable Elasticity of Substitution Predict AI and Other Technology Adoption?

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jul 2024 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2025
Rajesh Narayanan and Kelley Pace
Louisiana State University and Louisiana State University
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Wright's Law, Moore's Law, AI scaling laws, S-curve adoption, CES, climate change.

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Credit Default Swaps and Firm Value

Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA), Forthcoming
Posted: 31 May 2017 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2017
Rajesh Narayanan and Cihan Uzmanoglu
Louisiana State University and Binghamton University, The State University of New York

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Credit default swaps (CDSs); Firm value; Cost of capital; Cost of debt; Cost of equity; Financial distress; Empty creditor hypothesis

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Efficiency and Market Power Gains in Bank Megamergers: Evidence from Value Line Forecasts

Financial Management, Forthcoming
Posted: 21 May 2016 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2022
Erik Devos, Srinivasan Krishnamurthy and Rajesh Narayanan
University of Texas at El Paso - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and Finance, North Carolina State University - Poole College of Management and Louisiana State University

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Bank mergers; Efficiency gains; Market power; Too-Big-To-Fail

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The Effect of Private-Debt Underwriting Reputation on Bank Public-Debt Underwriting

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming
Posted: 12 Aug 2006
Rajesh Narayanan, Kasturi P. Rangan and Nanda K. Rangan
Louisiana State University, Case Western Reserve University - Department of Banking & Finance and Virginia Commonwealth University

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Underwriting, Certification, Reputation extension