Professor, Finance and Business Law; Fischer Faculty Fellow
chowdhjx@jmu.edu
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Teaching & Research Interests
Research:
- Empirical Corporate Finance
- Market Efficiency
- Applied Econometrics
- Behavioral Finance
Education
- Ph.D. Finance, Virginia Tech - 2011
- Ph.D. Economics, Virginia Tech - 2008
- M.A. Economics, Virginia Tech - 2006
- M.S. Quantitative Economics, Indian Statistical Institute - 2000
Positions Held
- Professor, Fall 2023 - present
- Associate Professor, May 2017 - June 2023, JMU
- Assistant Professor, August 2011 - April 2017, JMU
- Visiting Assistant Professor, August 2010 - May 2011, JMU
Select Publications
“Sports CEO and Corporate Innovation” (with Carl Larsson and Weiwei Zhang), Forthcoming, European Financial Management.
Chowdhury, J., Sahaym, A., & Raina, G. S. (2023). When is the board’s two cents worth more? The relationship between board of directors’ pay and firm performance under contingencies. Journal of Business Research, 167, 114114.
“Overconfident directors and CEO compensation” (with Weiwei Zhang and Douglas Cook). June 2023, Vol 72, 143-162, Journal of Empirical Finance.
Chowdhury, J., Kumar, R., & Shome, D. (2016). Investment–cash flow sensitivity under changing information asymmetry. Journal of Banking & Finance, 62, 28-40.
Celiker, U., Chowdhury, J., & Sonaer, G. (2015). Do mutual funds herd in industries?. Journal of Banking & Finance, 52, 1-16.
Awards and Recognitions
- Dean’s Impact Award 2023
- Applied or Integration/Application Scholarship award (2nd place) - College of Business, JMU, 2021
- Basic or Discovery Scholarship award (3rd place) - College of Business, JMU, 2018
- Applied or Integration/Application Scholarship award (3rd place) - College of Business, JMU, 2018
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