Jalaj Pathak

I did my Ph.D in finance from IIM Bangalore and I work in behavioral finance, especially financial text analysis and its impact on capital markets, ranging from macroeconomic text to company filings.

Research:

• Pathak, Jalaj; Basu, Sankarshan; Anand, Abhinav and Thampy, Ashok. (February 2021) “The impact of sentiment on the emerging stock markets” International Review of Economics and Finance (IREF): (ABDC – A).
• Pathak, Jalaj; Basu, Sankarshan; Anand, Abhinav and Thampy, Ashok. (August 2021) “Whose speeches impact European Markets: ECBs or the National Central Banks” (European Financial Management: ABDC – A).
• Pathak, Jalaj and Mahambare, Vidya. (October 2021) “Differential Impact of Diversity in Policy Communication” (Economic Letters ABDC - A).
• Pathak, Jalaj; and Anand, Abhinav. “The Role of Reddit in the GameStop Short Squeeze.” (Economic Letters, ABDC - A).

Current Research Interests :

• Pathak, Jalaj; and Kumar, Ankit. “The impact of U.S. central communication on global yields.”
• Pathak, Jalaj; Anand, Abhinav and Basu, Sankarshan. “A new measure of financial texts’ readability”. SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3921818
• Pathak, Jalaj; Anand, Abhinav and Huan, Xing. “Impact of Financial Disclosure Readability on Shareholder Proposals.SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3991459
  

Referred Journals :

• Economic Modelling (ABDC – A)
• North American Journal of Economics and Finance (ABDC – B)

Conference Proceedings :

• South West Finance Conference (SWFA) (2021)
• European Accounting Association (EAA) (2022)

Newspaper Article:

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/differences-in-sentiment-within-our-monetary-policy-committee-11630254736336.html

Teaching

• Corporate Finance (Financial Management)
• Financial Risk Management (FRM)

Education

• Ph. D. (IIM Bangalore)
• MBA (XIMB)
• B.A Hons (Economics) (DCAC, Delhi University)