University of Florida
Warrington College of Business
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Department
Stuzin Hall 312
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Bio
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 All years
- PhD, The University of Chicago, 2015
News All articles
- For Corporations, Secured Debt Is Out — August 26, 2024 — Secured debt was once the most common type of debt issued by U.S. corporations. But that’s no longer the case. The issuance of secured deb...
- University of Florida finance faculty research among most read, according to Financial Times — July 11, 2023 — GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Inquiring academic and business minds into the latest and greatest research are looking to the work of two University...
- Exposing the dual role of mutual funds in connection with investment banks — May 18, 2023 — GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Institutional investors and investment banks are two key players in today’s financial system. The relationship betwe...
- Research Roundup: Innovative ideas from Warrington in 2019-2020 — August 11, 2020 — Over the 2019-2020 academic year, Warrington College of Business faculty members reminded us why they’re some of the best in the world. Fr...
- New study highlights the real cost of political interference in banking — February 11, 2020 — GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Banks across the world have long faced a common threat – political interference. Previous studies have shown that th...
Courses taught Last 3 years
- Equity and Capital Mkt (FIN4504)
PhD students advised Last 3 years
- Jing Lu — 2019 — Current
- Charles Gavin Pearson — 2022 — 2024
- Cheng Zhang — 2022 — 2024
- Mingyin Zhu — 2023 — 2024
- Manvendra Tiwari — 2021 — 2022
- Mustafa Emin — 2021 — 2022
- MANVENDRA TIWARI — 2018 — 2021
- MUSTAFA EMIN — 2018 — 2021
Professional service Last 5 years
- Book/Textbook Reviewer/Referee, Journal of Corporate Finance — 2023 to 2024
- Book/Textbook Reviewer/Referee, Review of Financial Studies — 2023 to 2024
- Book/Textbook Reviewer/Referee, Journal of Banking and Finance — 2023
- Book/Textbook Reviewer/Referee, Journal of Financial Intermediation — 2023
- Book/Textbook Reviewer/Referee, Review of Corporate Finance Studies — 2023
- Book/Textbook Reviewer/Referee, Review of Economics and Statistics — 2023
- Committee Member, Financial Management Association Annual Meeting 2022 — 2022
Book chapter publications Last 5 years
- Sustainable Private Capital Markets Status: PublishedPublished Year: 2023Authors: Sehoon Kim, Nitish Kumar, Jongsub Lee, Junho Oh
Journal article publications Last 5 years
- “Inter-firm Relationships and the Special Role of Common Banks” Status: PublishedJournal: Journal of Financial IntermediationPublished Year: 2024Authors: Andy Naranjo, Nitish Kumar, Emanuela Giocomini
- The Decline of Secured Debt Status: PublishedJournal: Journal of FinancePublished Year: 2024Authors: Nitish Kumar, Efraim Benmelech, Raghuram Rajan
- ESG Lending Status: 1st Revise and ResubmitJournal: Journal of Financial EconomicsPublished Year: 2023Authors: Sehoon Kim, Nitish Kumar, Jongsub Lee, Junho Oh
- Customers as Friendly Shareholders: Uncovering the Complex Mutual Fund-Broker Relationship Status: AcceptedJournal: Management ScienceAccepted Year: 2023Authors: Nitish Kumar, Yuehua Tang, Kelsey Wei
- The Secured Credit Premium and the Issuance of Secured Debt Status: PublishedJournal: Journal of Financial EconomicsPublished Year: 2022Authors: Nitish Kumar, Efraim Benmelech, Raghuram Rajan
- Prime (information) brokerage Status: PublishedJournal: Journal of Financial EconomicsPublished Year: 2020Authors: Nitish Kumar, Kevin Mullally, Sugata Ray, Yuehua Tang
- Political Interference and Crowding Out in Bank Lending Status: PublishedJournal: Journal of Financial IntermediationPublished Year: 2019Author: Nitish Kumar