Ramabhadran Thirumalai

Professor Ramabhadran S Thirumalai, Associate Professor of Finance (Practice) at the ISB is currently working on the impact of various regulatory changes on security market pricing, efficiency and liquidity. His research interests also include the trading behaviour of various types of market participants. He teaches courses on Derivatives, Security Markets and Fixed Income Securities in PGP as well as introductory finance courses in several programmes at the ISB.

Experience

Academic

• 2021 - Present: Deputy Dean- Mohali Campus, Indian School of Business
• 2021 - Present: Deputy Dean - Programmes, Indian School of Business
• 2019 - Present: Associate Professor (Practice), Indian School of Business
• 2020 - 2021: Senior Associate Dean, PGP & YLP, Indian School of Business
• 2018 - 2020: Senior Associate Dean, Academic Programmes, Indian School of Business
• 2016 - 2019: Clinical Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
• 2017 - 2017: Associate Dean, Advanced Management Programmes, Indian School of Business
• 2016 - 2017: Academic Director, Leadership Programme in Infrastructure Management, Indian School of Business
• 2006 - 2016: Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business
• 2007 - 2007: Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
• 2005 - 2006: Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
• 2004 - 2005: Visiting Assistant Professor of Business (Finance Group), Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh
• 2001 - 2004: Adjunct Lecturer, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
• 1996 - 2001: Associate Instructor, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
• 1994 - 1996: Graduate Assistant, Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina

Research & Publications

Published Papers

• Jain, Ankit.,Tantri, Prasanna.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. (2019) "Demand Curves For Stocks Do Not Slope Downwards: Evidence Using an Exogenous Supply Shock", Journal of Banking and Finance , 104, 19-30
• Murphy, Dermot.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. (2017) "Short-Term Return Predictability and Repetitive Institutional Net Order Activity", Journal of Financial Research , 40 (4), 455-477
• Smart, Scott.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran.,Zutter, Chad. (2008) "What’s in a Vote? The Short- and Long-Run Impact of Dual-Class Equity on IPO Firm Values", Journal of Accounting and Economics , 45 (1), 94-115
• Shastri, Kuldeep.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran.,Zutter, Chad. (2008) "Information Revelation in the Futures Market: Evidence from Single Stock Futures", Journal of Futures Markets , 28 (4), 335-353
• Thirumalai, Ramabhadran.,Padgett, W.,Weathers, P. (1997) "Two Cumulative Damage Models for Strength of Composite Materials", Journal of Applied Statistical Science , 6 (2/3), 87-104

Cases

• Bang, Nupur.,Sakaldeepi, Khemchand.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. (2016) "The Bombay Stock Exchange: Liquidity Enhancement Incentive Programmes", Ivey Publishing , 16

Working Papers

• Sonti, Ramana.,Nupur Pavan Bang.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. "Share pledges and Market reactions,”Risk Intelligence, Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)"
• Murphy, Dermot.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. "Retail Clientele and Dividend Policy"
• Bang, Nupur.,Sonti, Ramana.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. "Market reaction to share pledges: Evidence from India"
• Jain, Pankaj.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. "Trading Friction Variations among Security Market Participants"
• Tantri, Prasanna.,Agrawal, Deepak.,Subramanian, Krishnamurthy.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. "Do Derivatives matter? Evidence from a policy experiment"
• Agrawal, Deepak.,Subramanyam, K.R.,Tantri, Prasanna.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. "Do Derivatives Matter?: Evidence From A Policy Experiment"
• Kumar, K.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran.,Yadav, Pradeep. "Hiding Behind the Veil: Informed Traders and Pre-Trade Opacity"
• Agrawal, Deepak.,Subramanyam, K.R.,Tantri, Prasanna.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. "Impact of Securities Transactions Tax on Stock Markets and Market Participants: Evidence From India"