Faculty/Staff Directory

First Name
Sukesh

Last Name
Patro

Email
[email protected]

Title
Associate Professor of Finance

Office
SCB 3153

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
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

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