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Narasimhan Jegadeesh is the Dean's Distinguished Chair of Finance at Goizueta Business School, Emory University. He has previously served on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California at Los Angeles.
His educational background includes:
- PhD in Finance from Columbia University
- MBA in Postgraduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management
- BTech in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology
Narasimhan Jegadeesh's research focuses on market analysis, stock market investments, and market momentum. His work has significantly contributed to understanding momentum strategies, asset pricing models, and market microstructure. He has extensively examined how past returns predict future performance, the behavior of closing auctions in stock exchanges, and the information content of analyst recommendations and institutional trades. His research often bridges theoretical models with empirical evidence from real financial markets, providing insights into market efficiency and investor behavior.
His publication record shows a consistent focus on empirical finance with a progression from foundational momentum research to more recent work on closing auctions, fund flows, and text analysis. Over 30 years, he has documented and analyzed the momentum phenomenon, examined various asset pricing models, and investigated market mechanisms. His work demonstrates methodological sophistication, often developing new approaches to address empirical challenges in financial research.
His notable achievements include:
- One of his papers listed as 'one of the most cited papers in Economics and Finance' by Thomson Scientific
- Research discussed in major publications including Businessweek, The Economist, Forbes, Kiplinger's, Money, New York Times, and Smart Money
Professor Jegadeesh has mentored numerous doctoral students and his research has been supported by various grants. His work on momentum strategies has been particularly influential, with multiple papers reprinted in collections focusing on market efficiency and behavioral finance. He remains active in the academic finance community with recent publications continuing to shape the understanding of market dynamics.
