"That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question,
and you are on the way to a pertinent answer"
Jacon Bronowski, The Ascent of Man

"The Best Pure Research Grows from Efforts to Solve applied Problems,
and The Best Applied Research Grows from Intellectual Curiosity."
Fischer Black

• "Performance Impact of Business Diversification Strategy Evidence from the Indian Corporate Sector", with Ike Mathur and Manohar Singh, Journal of Business Research, 2006,(forthcoming)
• "Selective Hedging, Information Asymmetry and Futures Prices" with April Knill and Kristina Minnick, Journal of Business, 2006, 79 (3), 1475-1501.
• "Capital Market Impact of Product Marketing Strategy: Evidence from the Relationship between Advertising Expenses and Cost of Capital", with Sheri Faircloth and Manohar Singh, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science: Special Edition in the Marketing/Finance Interface, 2005, 33 (4), 432-444.
• "Factors Influencing Interest Rates on Delinquent Property Tax Certificates", with Marcus Allen and Sheri Faircloth, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 2004, 28 (1), 19-36.
• "Internationalization, Capital Structure and Cost of Capital: Evidence from French Corporations", with Manohar Singh, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, 2004, 14 (2) , 153-169.
• "Growth Annuity: Elixir of Sustainable Growth?" with Caroline Patrick, Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, 2003, 1 (1) , 193-196.
• "How Do Exchange Traded Funds Track Indices?", Business Research Yearbook, 2003, 324-328.
• "Inflation and Stock Returns: Which Inflation Measure Matters?" with Sheri Faircloth, Business Research Yearbook, 2003, 329-333.

• "Issuer Tax Rates and the Term Structure of Credit Spreads" with Dan Dhahliwal and Raynolde Pereira, 2007
• "Modeling Firms' Choice of Public Issuance" with Chris Lamoureux, 2005 [pdf]
• "Analyst Learning or Herding: Theory and Evidence", with April Knill and Kristina Minnick, working paper, 2004
• "Information Precision and the Term Structure of Credit Spreads: An Empirical Examination" with Inder Khurana and Raynolde Pereira, 2004
• "Interest Rates, Taxes, Bankruptcy and Corporate Financing Decision",  2001 [pdf]
• "Dynamic Capital Structure and Stochastic Interest Rates", 2001 [pdf]
• "The Determinants of Credit Risk Deviations", 2002 [pdf]

• "Managerial Compensation and Income Smoothing" with Inder Khurana and Raynolde Pereira, 2002

• "Does Corporate Borrowing Predict Treasury Yield Curve Movements?", 2001