Faculty/Staff Directory
Faculty/Staff Directory
First Name
Sukesh
Last Name
Patro
Email
patros@gvsu.edu
Title
Associate Professor of Finance
Office
3153 SCB
Phone
616-331-7501
Department
- Finance
Expertise
- Corporate governance
- Behavioral finance
- Responsible business
Education
- 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
Teaching Areas
- Corporate Finance
- Investments
Publications
- Hedge Fund Ownership and Voluntary Disclosure. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. 2019
- 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