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Nitish Kumar

Assistant Professor

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About

Nitish Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Warrington College of Business, University of Florida. He received a Ph.D. in Finance from the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago in 2015. Before that, he earned an MBA degree from Anderson School of Management, UCLA and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India. Kumar’s primary research interests are in corporate finance, financial intermediation, and political economy of firms and banks.

Education

  • PhD, The University of Chicago, 2015
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In The News

Last 3 years

Courses Taught

  • Equity and Capital Mkt (FIN4504)
Last 3 years

Phd Students Advised

  • Jing Lu — 2022 — Current
  • Charles Gavin Pearson — 2023 — 2023
  • Cheng Zhang — 2023 — 2023
  • Manvendra Tiwari — 2022 — 2022
  • Mustafa Emin — 2022 — 2022
  • MANVENDRA TIWARI — 2021 — 2021
  • MUSTAFA EMIN — 2021 — 2021
  • Svetlana Gavrilova — 2020 — 2020
Last 5 years

Professional Service

  • Committee Member, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2022 — 2022
Last 5 years

Journal Article Publications

Contact Details

University of Florida
Warrington College of Business
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
Stuzin Hall 312

(352) 392-0115

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