Gopalan researches issues in theoretical and empirical corporate finance. Specifically he examines questions related to a firm’s choice between public and private ownership, the benefits of a business group structure in emerging economies and about firm-bank relationships and the syndicated loan market.
Radhakrishnan (Radha) Gopalan, professor of finance; Todd Gormley, associate professor of finance; and Todd Milbourn, the Hubert C. & Dorothy R. Moog Professor of Finance
Radhakrishnan (Radha) Gopalan, professor of finance; John Horn, professor of practice in economics; and Todd Milbourn, the Hubert C. & Dorothy R. Moog Professor of Finance
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