"Does Insider Trading Have Information Content in the Bond Market?" (with Mai E. Iskandar-Datta), Journal of Banking and Finance (April 1996) vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 555-575.
Finance
Sudip Datta
Finance Department Chair, Missouri Bankers Chair and Professor of Finance
Dr. Sudip Datta is the chair of the Finance Department and Professor of Finance. He also holds the Missouri Bankers Chair.
Dr. Datta’s research covers a wide variety of areas related to finance, such as, mergers and acquisitions, LBOs/RLBOs, divestitures, executive compensation, gender-based decision-making, initial public offerings of debt securities, capital structure decisions and debt structure choice, insider trading, corporate bankruptcy, earnings management, analysts forecasts, corporate pension funding decisions, internal corporate restructuring, and corporate downsizing. He has published several articles in top finance and management journals, including The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Business, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, Strategic Management Journal, and the Harvard Business Review.
Dr. Datta serves on the editorial boards of:Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Stability, Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Corporate Ownership and Control, International Review of Banking and Financial Studies, Corporate Ownership and Organizational Behavior Review, and Review of Business. Dr. Datta is a regular commentator in radio and print media providing in-depth commentary on a variety of financial topics. Media appearances include: The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, The Washington Post, CFO magazine, The Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Worcester Telegraph, Economic Intuition, The Bowne Review of CFOs and Investment Bankers, CFA Digest, The Clarion Ledger, WDET Detroit Public Radio, among others. Dr. Datta has consulting experience and expertise in business valuation, estimation of financial damages/forgone earnings due to job related injuries, valuation of executive and employee stock options, valuation of shareholder damages due to stock price manipulation, insider-trading related damages, private company valuation, mergers/acquisitions, initial public offerings, and seasoned offerings.
Education
PhD State University of New York, Binghamton; MA State University of New York, Binghamton; BS (Economics Honors), Presidency College
Publications
"The Information Content of Bankruptcy Filing on Securityholders of the Bankrupt Firm: An Empirical Investigation" (with Mai E. Iskandar-Datta), Journal of Banking and Finance (August 1995) vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 903-920.
"The Value of Analyst Recommendations: A Test of 'The Announcement Effect' and 'The Valuable Information Effect'" (with W. Scott Bauman and Mai E. Iskandar-Datta), Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (July 1995) vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 659-670.
"Pension Plan Terminations, Excess Asset Reversions and Securityholder Wealth" (with Mai E. Iskandar-Datta and Edward J. Zychowicz), Journal of Banking and Finance (May 1995) vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 245-259.
"Reorganization and Financial Distress: An Empirical Investigation" (with Mai E. Iskandar-Datta), Journal of Financial Research (Spring 1995) vol 18, no. 1 pp. 15-32.