Faculty/Staff Directory

Sukesh

Patro

patros@gvsu.edu

Associate Professor of Finance

3153 SCB

616-331-7501

• Finance

• Corporate governance
• Behavioral finance
• Responsible business

• PH.D., Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 2005 - Emphasis/major: Finance
• MBA, Indian Institute of Management, 1994 - Emphasis/major: Business Management
• BT, Indian Institute of Technology, 1992 - Emphasis/major: Civil Engineering

• Corporate Finance
• Investments

• On the Treatment of the Momentum Factor in Accounting-Based Anomalies: A Discussion. Handbook of Investment Analysis, Portfolio Management, and Financial Derivatives.  2024.
• An Analysis of the Sources of Value Loss Following Financial Restatements. Journal of Accounting, Audit and Finance. 2021.
• Hedge Fund Ownership and Voluntary Disclosure. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 2020
• Director Tenure and Corporate Social Responsibility: The Tradeoff between Experience and Independence. Journal of Business Research. 2018
• An Empirical Examination of the Divergence between Managers and Analysts Earnings Forecasts. Contemporary Accounting Research. 2017
• Option Incentives, Leverage and Risk-Taking. Journal of Corporate Finance. 2017
• Outside Directors and Board Advising and Monitoring Performance. Journal of Accounting and Economics. 2014
• On the Anomalous Stock Price Response to Management Earnings Forecasts. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting. 2012
• An Analysis of Managerial Use and Market Consequences of Earnings Management and Expectation Management. The Accounting Review. 2011
• Non-financial Performance Measures and Physician Compensation. Journal of Management Accounting Research. 2010
• Determinants of the Size and Composition of US Corporate Boards: 1935-2000. Financial Management. 2009
• Evolution of Ownership Structure of Corporate Spin-offs. Journal of Corporate Finance. 2008
• Governance Indices and Valuation: Which Causes Which? Journal of Corporate Finance. 2007