Pratik Kothari

Title: Assistant Professor of Finance
Office: 338A Elliott Hall
Phone: (248) 370-3265
Email: [email protected]

Education:
University of Missouri (Ph.D. Finance)

Teaching Interest:
Portfolio management, Investments, Derivatives

Research Interest:
Asset pricing, Investments, Mutual funds, Big-data analysis, Return predictability

Biography:
Dr. Pratik Kothari brings over four years of experience in investment management, valuation, and consulting. Most recently, he worked at Cornerstone Research in New York, where he conducted economic and financial analysis for major financial litigations and regulatory proceedings related to market manipulation. He specializes in investments, performance evaluation, asset pricing, financial markets, and big-data analysis. He has presented his research at major academic and industry conferences, and his papers have been published in leading finance academic journals.

Dr. Pratik currently teaches the Student Managed Investment Fund course. A class that Oakland business students gain real-world experience managing a $2 million portfolio powered by The Kresge Foundation. The fund complements Oakland's Managing Investment Funds course which teaches students the essentials of portfolio management, stock selection and portfolio evaluation while exposing them to local career opportunities in investment management.

Awards:
Winemiller Excellence Award for Quantitative and Analytics Research, University of Missouri, Outstanding Graduate Research Award, University of Missouri, August 2018

Raymond and Susan Chen International Ph.D. Scholarship, University of Missouri, October 2015

Journals and Articles:
Kothari, P. , O'Doherty, M. S. Job Postings and Aggregate Stock Returns. Journal of Financial Markets. Forthcoming

Kothari, P. , Chacon, R. G., Morillon, T. G. Economies of Scale in the Real Estate Mutual Fund Industry. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. Forthcoming

Kothari, P. , Abdulmanova, A. , Ferris, S. P., Jayaraman, N. P.(2021). The Effect of Investor Attention on Fraud Discovery and Value Loss in Securities Class Action Litigation. Journal of Financial Research. 44(3), 513-552

Kothari, P. , Chance, D. M., Ferris, S. P. Bragging rights: Does corporate boasting imply value creation?. Journal of Corporate Finance. 67(,), 101863