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Tarun Ramadorai is Professor of Financial Economics at Imperial College London.
He has a broad range of research interests in the areas of household finance, asset pricing, and international finance. He is greatly interested in finance and economics issues in emerging markets,
with a particular focus on India. He has published on these topics in a number of scholarly journals in Finance and Economics. In addition to his academic work, Tarun has taken on several
advisory roles in the area of financial regulation and policy in both India and Europe, most recently serving as the Chairman of the Inter-Regulatory Committee on Household Finance constituted
by the Reserve Bank of India.
Tarun has a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Williams College, an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University. Prior to his role at Imperial,
Tarun spent over a decade at the University of Oxford.
Recent working papers:
Inattention and inertia in household finance: Evidence from the Danish mortgage market
2017, with Steffen Andersen, John Y. Campbell, and Kasper Meisner-Nielsen.
Heterogenous taxes and limited risk sharing: Evidence from municipal bonds
2017, with Tania Babina, Pab Jotikasthira, and Chris Lundblad.
Revise and Resubmit, Review of Financial Studies.
Endowment effects in the field: Evidence from India's IPO lotteries
2016, with Santosh Anagol, and Vimal Balasubramaniam.
Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economic Studies.
Recent media coverage:
Investor's Chronicle: The Global Savings Glut
11 August 2017. Financial Times
Foreign Buyers Push Up Global House Prices
11 March 2017. The Economist
Inattention and Inertia in Household Finance
October 2016. Vox EU, Video.
The Brexit Generation
3 August 2016. The Indian Express
Research
Inattention and inertia in household finance: Evidence from the Danish mortgage market
2017, with Steffen Andersen, John Y. Campbell, and Kasper Meisner-Nielsen.
2017, with Steffen Andersen, John Y. Campbell, and Kasper Meisner-Nielsen.
Heterogenous taxes and limited risk sharing: Evidence from municipal bonds
2017, with Tania Babina, Pab Jotikasthira, and Chris Lundblad.
2017, with Tania Babina, Pab Jotikasthira, and Chris Lundblad.
James A Lebenthal Excellence in Municipal Finance Research Prize.
Revise and Resubmit, Review of Financial Studies.
Endowment effects in the field: Evidence from India's IPO lotteries
2016, with Santosh Anagol and Vimal Balasubramaniam.
2016, with Santosh Anagol and Vimal Balasubramaniam.
Online Appendix
Revise and Resubmit, Review of Economic Studies.
The effects of experience on investor behavior: Evidence from India's IPO lotteries
2015, with Santosh Anagol and Vimal Balasubramaniam.
2015, with Santosh Anagol and Vimal Balasubramaniam.
Online Appendix
Long-run discounting: Evidence from the UK leasehold valuation tribunal
2015, with Cristian Badarinza.
2015, with Cristian Badarinza.
Getting better or feeling better? How equity investors respond to investment experiences
2014, with John Y. Campbell and Benjamin Ranish.
2014, with John Y. Campbell and Benjamin Ranish.
Online Appendix
What calls to ARMs? International evidence on interest rates and the choice of adjustable rate mortgages
2016, with Cristian Badarinza and John Y. Campbell.
2016, with Cristian Badarinza and John Y. Campbell.
Management Science, forthcoming.
Online Appendix
Institutional Appendix
Volatility risk premia and exchange rate predictability
2016, with Pasquale Della Corte and Lucio Sarno.
2016, with Pasquale Della Corte and Lucio Sarno.
Journal of Financial Economics, 120, 21-40.
Journal Article
VoxEU Article
Review of Asset Pricing Studies, 5, 185-226.
Journal Article
Online Appendix
FMA Napa Conference Best Paper Prize.
SFS Finance Cavalcade/Review of Asset Pricing Studies Keynote Paper.
The impact of regulation on mortgage risk: Evidence from India
2015, with John Y. Campbell and Benjamin Ranish.
2015, with John Y. Campbell and Benjamin Ranish.
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 7, 71-102.
Journal Article
Online Appendix
Regulatory Appendix
Change you can believe in? Hedge fund data revisions
2015, with Andrew Patton and Michael Streatfield.
2015, with Andrew Patton and Michael Streatfield.
Journal of Finance, 70, 963-999.
Journal Article
VoxEU Article
Trade credit and cross-country predictable firm returns
2015, with Rui Albuquerque and Sumudu Watugala.
2015, with Rui Albuquerque and Sumudu Watugala.
Journal of Financial Economics, 115, 592-613.
Journal Article
INQUIRE Europe third prize.
How do foreign investors impact domestic economic activity?
Evidence from India and China
2013, with Pab Jotikasthira and Chris Lundblad.
Evidence from India and China
2013, with Pab Jotikasthira and Chris Lundblad.
Journal of International Money and Finance, 39, 89-110.
Journal Article
Does one size fit all? The consequences of switching markets with different regulatory standards
2013, with Tim Jenkinson.
2013, with Tim Jenkinson.
European Financial Management, 19, 852-886.
Journal Article
Best Paper prize. Financial Analysts Journal and CFA Institute.
Limits to arbitrage and hedging: Evidence from commodity markets
2013, with Viral Acharya and Lars Lochstoer.
2013, with Viral Acharya and Lars Lochstoer.
Journal of Financial Economics, 109, 441-465.
Journal Article
Online Appendix
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Viz Risk Management Best paper prize, European Finance Association.
Asset fire sales and purchases and the international transmission of funding shocks
2012, with Pab Jotikasthira and Chris Lundblad.
2012, with Pab Jotikasthira and Chris Lundblad.
Journal of Finance, 67, 2015-2050.
Journal Article
Online Appendix
Caught on tape: Institutional trading, stock returns, and earnings announcements
2009, with John Y. Campbell and Allie Schwartz.
2009, with John Y. Campbell and Allie Schwartz.
Journal of Financial Economics, 92, 66-91.
Journal Article
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Hedge funds: Performance, risk and capital formation
2008, with William Fung, David A. Hsieh and Narayan Y. Naik.
2008, with William Fung, David A. Hsieh and Narayan Y. Naik.
Journal of Finance , 63, 1777-1803.
Journal Article
Finalist for the Smith-Breeden prize.
Capacity constraints and hedge fund strategy returns
2007, with Narayan Y. Naik and Maria Stromqvist.
2007, with Narayan Y. Naik and Maria Stromqvist.
European Financial Management, 13, 239-256.
Journal Article
Institutional Investors
in H. Kent Baker and John Nofsinger (eds.), "Behavioral Finance: Investors, Corporations, and Markets", Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., October 2010.
in H. Kent Baker and John Nofsinger (eds.), "Behavioral Finance: Investors, Corporations, and Markets", Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., October 2010.
Book Chapter
The Indian household finance landscape
2016, with Cristian Badarinza and Vimal Balasubramaniam, India Policy Forum, volume 13
2016, with Cristian Badarinza and Vimal Balasubramaniam, India Policy Forum, volume 13
Online Appendix
Money for nothing? Understanding variation in reported hedge fund fees
2011, with Michael Streatfield. Older Working Paper.
2011, with Michael Streatfield. Older Working Paper.
On the dynamics of hedge fund risk exposures
2010, with Andrew Patton. Older Working Paper.
2010, with Andrew Patton. Older Working Paper.
Has different results from "On the high-frequency dynamics of hedge fund risk exposures" (see above), including searches across conditioning variables, and performance comparisons with other proposed approaches for modelling the dynamics of hedge fund risk exposures.
Household Finance Report
Report
Inter-Regulatory Committee on Household Finance
The report of the Household Finance Committee was released by the Reserve Bank of India on 24 August, 2017. Here are the links to the report.Report on RBI website Executive Summary Highlights Presentation slides Short presentation slides
Media
Tarun is a frequent media commentator, and regularly writes op-ed columns in a number of Indian newspapers. Recent coverage of his work includes:
Investor's Chronicle: The Global Savings Glut
11 August 2017. Financial Times
Foreign Buyers Push Up Global House Prices
11 March 2017. The Economist
Inattention and Inertia in Household Finance
October 2016. Vox EU, Video.
To Have and to Hold
20 August 2016. The Economist
The Brexit Generation
3 August 2016. The Indian Express
Household Saving and the Lure of Gold
25 June 2016, Teach it Forward Talk, Williams in London, Video.
Lessons from Brexit
28 June 2016. Mint
The Roundabout Route to a Corporate Bond Market
13 May 2016. The Times of India
Why No Corporate Bond Market?
29 December 2015. Mint
Thresholds of Offence
26 October 2015. Mint
Small Steps if Big Ones are Hard
21 September 2015. Mint
Greece and the Game of Burning Money
11 July 2015. Mint
Homeowning Hamlets
30 May 2015. The Economist
Investor Learning in the Indian Stock Market
13 April 2015, Invited Lecture at the Bombay Stock Exchange, Video.
Budget: Implementation is the Key
16 March 2015. Mint
Don't Underestimate the Role of Push Factors
5 February 2015. Mint
Building the Data Economy in India
8 January 2015. Mint
India's Collective Action Trouble
21 December 2014. Mint
The Costs of Frequent Elections
12 November 2014. Mint
Igniting Retail Interest in Equities
8 October 2014. Mint
Should Retail Investors Participate in the Equity Derivatives Market?
15 September 2014. Mint
Leave the Retail Investor Alone
8 September 2014. Mint
Transparency in Indian Politics
6 August 2014. Mint
Real estate goes global
26 May 2014. The New Yorker
When a man is tired of London house prices
9 May 2014. Financial Times
London house prices
14 January 2014, TV: World News Today, BBC 4 (around 19:22 on the clock).
Measuring London property's safe haven status
14 January 2014. Wall Street Journal
Turmoil abroad makes London safe as houses
14 January 2014. Financial Times
Homes 'earn' us more than jobs
14 January 2014. The Evening Standard
London house prices linked to political uncertainty overseas
13 January 2014. The Guardian
Individual investors should diversify portfolio, stop churning
27 December 2013. Business Standard
Novice Indian investors in a hurry to get rich
19 December 2013. The Times of India
India's Goldilocks Problem
28 November 2013. Mint
The Economics Nobel matters for India
21 October 2013. Mint
Are US hedge funds more attractive? A tale of two markets
23 June 2013. HedgeWeek
Bad data, the rich man's disease
4 June 2013. Morningstar
Bad financial disclosure regimen can be injurious to health
6 May 2013. The Economic Times
Don't Just Do Something, Sit There
26 April 2013. The Economist
Trimmed Hedges
6 April 2013. The Economist
Keeping It All Out of the Family
8 March 2013. The Wall Street Journal, Asia
In Defence of Immigration
8 February 2013. The Economic Times
The most important lesson in investment
21 December 2012. Money Week
Should the benefits mitigate the costs: PSL overhaul due?
22 November 2012. The Economic Times
Land acquisition law has to reflect business imperatives, not be the patchwork quilt
12 October 2012. The Economic Times
Hedge Funds
13 June 2012. BBC Today (Listen from 24.00 minutes)
Hedge funds: Do some mislead their investors?
12 June 2012. BBC News Business
Funds forecast mammoth growth
10 May 2012. Financial News
A kind of magic
30 March 2012. The Financial Times
Investing in Facebook: An IPO for Fools
2 February 2012. Morningstar
Data
If you use these datasets, please cite the associated paper.
1. Daily Institutional Flow Data: 3329 CRSP permcos for NYSE listed firms.
Citation: These data are from: "Caught on tape: Institutional trading, stock returns, and earnings announcements",
2008, Journal of Financial Economics, 92, 66-91, with John Y. Campbell and Allie Schwartz.
2. U.S. oil and gas producers' aggregate default risk data and Microdata on hedging by oil and gas producers.
Citation: These data are from: "Limits to arbitrage and hedging: Evidence from commodity markets",
2013, Journal of Financial Economics, 109, 441-465, with Viral Acharya and Lars Lochstoer.
3. A measure of aggregate hedge fund illiquidity, which predicts returns on multiple underlying asset classes.
Citation: These data are from: "The impact of hedge funds on asset markets",
2015, Review of Asset Pricing Studies, 5, 185-226, with Mathias Kruttli and Andrew Patton.
Engagement
OXFORD-HARVARD SLOAN INITIATIVE
INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE HOUSEHOLD FINANCE
Tarun is Principal Investigator on a transformational initiative which is financed by the Sloan Foundation, and connects Oxford and Harvard to establish a new sub-field of finance and economics, "International Comparative Household Finance." This field of research seeks to explore how household financial markets (such as mortgage, pension, and risky asset markets) are set up around the world, and whether there are international best practices that can be established. The latest event of the initiative is the conference at Harvard Business School on household behaviour in risky asset markets.Project website household-finance.net
SIGNIFICANT NON-COMPENSATED ACTIVITIES
APPOINTMENTS AND ADVISORY
Asian Bureau of Finance and Economics Research
Senior Economic Fellow. National Council for Applied Economic Research
Senior Nonresident Fellow.
Senior Economic Fellow. National Council for Applied Economic Research
Senior Nonresident Fellow.
CONFERENCES
Adam Smith WorkshopThis is an asset pricing and corporate finance conference, run by LBS, LSE, Oxford and CEPR.
PRESS
MintOp-ed columnist. *For previous engagements and other conference committees, click here:
COMPENSATED ACTIVITIES
Excludes honoraria from non-profit institutions including universities, government agencies, and academic journals of £3,000 or less in a given year, and payments from for-profit firms of £1,000 or less in a given year.Compensated activities
ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015
1. Asset Management(Anonymized) Global Macro Hedge Fund: Consulting
2. Executive Teaching and Speaking Engagements
Investment Management Consultants' Association: Speaking engagement.
CFA Institute: Speaking engagement.
ACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014
1. Asset Management(Anonymized) Global Macro Hedge Fund: Consulting
2. Consulting
Rio Tinto
3. Executive Teaching and Speaking Engagements
Investment Management Consultants' Association: Speaking engagement.
Norges Bank: Speaking engagement.
ACADEMIC YEAR 2012-2013
1. Executive Teaching and Speaking EngagementsOxAM: Executive teaching.
MBA@UNC: Executive teaching.
EDHEC Risk Institute: Executive teaching.
Gerson Lehrman Group: Speaking engagements.
2. Press
Financial Express: Op-ed columnist.
ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012
1. Asset ManagementMan Investments: Consulting.
2. Executive Teaching and Speaking Engagements
EDHEC Risk Institute: Executive teaching.
Gerson Lehrman Group: Speaking engagements.
3. Policy
Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, India
Visiting Scholar, 2011-2012.
4. Press
Financial Express: Op-ed columnist.
Contact
Get in touch
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ
UK
Email:
t.ramadorai [at] imperial.ac.uk
