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Department of Finance
Professor
Flores MBA Program
Contact
rnarayan@lsu.edu
225-578-6291
2900A Business Education Complex North
Distinctions
E. Robert Theriot Professor
Education
PhD Finance, Florida State University, 1996
MBA Finance, Southern Illinois University, 1991
Other Mechanical Engineering, Bharatiar University, 1989
Dr. Narayanan’s academic research focuses broadly on issues related to banking and financial markets. His research has been published articles in leading academic journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies and Journal of Money Credit and Banking. He has delivered lectures to and conducted seminars on various topics for executives and technocrats in Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, India, Malaysia and South Africa. His interviews and commentary have been featured in national media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, CNN/Money, Bloomberg, Fortune as well as in regional and local media outlets such the Times Picayune, The Advocate, Baton Rouge Business report, WBRZ-TV, and WWL-Radio.
Dombrowski, T., Narayanan, R. P., and Pace, R. (2020). Mortgage Portfolio Diversification in the Presence of Cross-Sectional and Spatial Dependence. Advances in Econometrics, 41, 383-411.
Dombrowski, T., Narayanan, R. P., and Pace, R. (2020). The Rank Size Rule and Challenges in Diversifying Commercial Real Estate Portfolios. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2020.
Narayanan, R. P. and Uzmanoglu , C. (2018). How do firms respond to empty creditor holdout in Distressed Exchanges?. Journal of Banking and Finance, 94, 251-266.
Narayanan, R. P. and Uzmanoglu, C. (2018). Credit Default Swaps and Firm Value. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 53, 1227-1259.
Narayanan, R. P and Uzmanoglu , C. (2018). Credit Insurance, Distress Resolution Costs, and Bond Spreads. Financial Management, 47, 931-951.
Le, H. T. T., Vo, L. Van, and Narayanan, R. P. (2016). Has the effect of Asset Securitization on Bank Risk Taking Behavior Changed?. Journal of Financial Services Research, 49(1), 39-64.
Devos, E., Krishnamurthy, S., and Narayanan, R. P (2016). Efficiency and Market Power Gains in Bank Megamergers: Evidence from Value Line Forecasts. Financial Management, 45(14), 1011-1040.
Lubben, S. J. and Narayanan, R. P. (2012). CDS and the Resolution of Distress. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 24(4), 129-134.
Carow, K. A., Kane, E. J., and Narayanan, R. P. (2011). Safety-Net Losses From Abandoning Glass-Steagall Restrictions. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.
Narayanan, R. P., Rangan, K. P, and Rangan, N. K (2007). The Effect of Private-Debt-Underwriting Reputation on Bank Public-Debt Underwriting. Review of Financial Studies, 20, 597-618.
Carow, K., Kane, E. J., and Narayanan, R. P. (2006). How Have Borrowers Fared in Banking Mega-Mergers?. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 38, 821-836.
Narayanan, R. P., Rangan, . P, and Rangan, N. K (2004). The Role of Syndicate Structure in Bank Underwriting . Journal of Financial Economics, 72, 555-580.
Teaching and Research Interests: Banking, Financial Markets, Financial Institutions
Davidoff, S. M. , Makhija, A. K., and Narayanan, R. P. (2011). Fairness Opinions in Mergers and Acquisitions In H. Kent Baker and Halil Kiymaz (Ed.), The Art of Capital Restructuring: Creating Shareholder Value through Mergers and Acquisitions
McCollum, M., Narayanan, R. P., and Pace, R. (2019). A Revealed Preference Approach to Identifying Strategic Mortgage Default
