Faculty & Staff Directory

Swaminathan Kalpathy

Professor
Theodore and Beulah Beasley Faculty Fellow
Finance Department

Education

  • PhD, Arizona State University
  • MBA, Southern Illinois University
  • BS, Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Areas of Expertise/Research

  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Executive Compensation

Selected Publications

  • “COVID-19 Vaccinations, Business Activity, and Firm Value,” with John Bizjak, Vassil Mihov, and Jue Ren. Forthcoming, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2024.
  • “The Choice of Peers for Relative Performance Evaluation in Executive Compensation,” with John Bizjak, Frank Li, and Brian Young. Review of Finance, 2022.
  • “CEO Political Leanings and Store-Level Economic Activity during the COVID-19 Crisis: Effects on Shareholder Value and Public Health,” with John Bizjak, Vassil Mihov, and Jue Ren. Journal of Finance, 2022.
  • “Performance Contingencies in CEO Equity Awards and Debt Contracting,” with John Bizjak and Vassil Mihov. The Accounting Review, 2019.
  • “Performance-Vesting Provisions in Executive Compensation,” with Carr Bettis, John Bizjak and Jeffrey Coles. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 2018.