Omesh Kini
Professor
Department of Finance
J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Georgia State University
Room: 1231, RCB Building
Phone: 404-413-7343
E-Mail: okini@gsu.edu
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EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Purdue University
M.B.A., University of Rochester
B.S., Birla Institute of technology

SPECIALIZATIONS:
Equity Issuances (IPOs and Seasoned Offerings)
Corporate Takeovers and Governance
Capital Market efficiency

Omesh Kini has been with the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University since August, 1998. He obtained his doctoral degree in Finance from the Krannert Graduate School of Management (Purdue University).

Previously, he was on the faculty at the Goizueta Business School (Emory University), the Smeal College of Business Administration (The Pennsylvania State University), and the Krannert Graduate School of Management (Purdue University). He has received outstanding teaching awards at all these institutions. He was listed as the most popular professor at the Goizueta Business School in the Business Week Guide to the Best Business Schools (Sixth Edition).

His research interests lie in the areas of initial public offerings and seasoned issues of equity, corporate takeovers, corporate governance, and capital market efficiency.

Kini's papers have been published in the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Financial Research, Financial Review, Managerial and Decision Economics, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, and Journal of Applied Business Research.


PUBLICATIONS:
  • "Financial Advisors and Shareholder Wealth Gains in Corporate Takeovers," (with J.R. Kale and H. Ryan), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.
  • "Is the Market Optimistic about the Future Earnings of Seasoned Equity Offering Firms?" (with V. Datar and P.A. Brous), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2001, Volume 36 (lead article), 141-168.
  • "The Robustness of the Abnormal Returns from the EarningsÕ Yield Contrarian Investment Strategy," (with S.G. Badrinath), Journal of Financial Research, 2001, Volume 24, 385-401.
  • "Does the Presence of Venture Capitalists Improve the Survival Profile of IPO Firms?" (with B.A. Jain), Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 2000, Volume 9 & 10.
  • "On Investment Banker Monitoring in the New Issues Market," (with B.A. Jain), Journal of Banking and Finance, 1999, Volume 23, 49-84.