CNV KRISHNAN VITA Professor of Banking and Finance, Daberko Faculty Fellow, MSM-Finance Faculty Director. Banking and Finance Department Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. Phone: (216) 368-2116 Email: cnk2@case.edu Web: http://faculty.weatherhead.case.edu/cnvkrishnan/ SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author=231305 Education Ph.D.,Graduate School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. MBA, Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, India PUBLICATIONS Krishnan, CNV., R. Masulis, R. Thomas, and R. Thompson. 2013. Jurisdictional Effects in M&A Litigation. forthcoming, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Krishnan, CNV., and R. Masulis. 2013. Law Firm Expertise and Mergers and Acquisitions, Journal of Law and Economics 56(1), 189-226. Excerpted in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, April 2010. Krishnan, CNV., R. Masulis, R. Thomas, and R. Thompson, 2012. Shareholder Litigation in Mergers and Acquisitions Journal of Corporate Finance 18(5), 1248 1268. Excerpted in Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation, Dec. 2010, Securities Law Prof Blog, December 2010, BNA, Inc. Corporate Law Daily, January 2011. Krishnan, CNV., and R. Masulis. 2012. Venture Capital Reputation. The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital, Chapter 4, 61-129, Oxford University Press, Douglas Cumming, Ed., March 2012. 1
Krishnan, CNV., V. Ivanov, R. Masulis, and A. Singh. 2011. Venture Capital Reputation, Post-IPO Performance and Corporate Governance. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 46(5), 1295 1333. (Non-alphabetical order of authors highlights the bigger contribution of the first author). Krishnan, CNV., P. Ritchken, and J. Thomson. 2010. Predicting Credit Spreads. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 19(4), 529-563. Krishnan, CNV., O. Ergungor, P. Laux, A. Singh., and A. Zebedee. 2010. Examining Bank SEOs: Are Offers Made by Undercapitalized Banks Different?. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 19(2), 207-234. (Non-alphabetical order of authors highlights the bigger contribution of the first author). Krishnan, CNV., R. Petkova, and P. Ritchken. 2009. Correlation Risk. Journal of Empirical Finance, 16(3), 353 367. Lead Article. Krishnan, CNV., and P. Laux,. 2008. Legal Advisors: Popularity versus Economic Performance in Acquisitions. Journal of Corporate Ownership and Control, 6(2), Winter 2008. Krishnan, CNV. 2007. Optimal Wage Contracts Under Asymmetric Information and Moral Hazard when Investment Decisions are Delegated. Journal of Economics and Finance, 31(3), 302-318. Krishnan, CNV. 2007. Estimating the Determinants of Stock Price Changes. Journal of Economics and Finance, 31(2), 234-250. Krishnan, CNV., P. Ritchken, and J. Thomson. 2006. On Credit Spread Slopes and Predicting Bank Risk. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 38(6), 1545-1574. Krishnan, CNV., A. Singh, and A. Zebedee. 2006. An examination of large sell orders in cold IPO aftermarkets. Journal of Financial Markets, 9(2), 119-143. Krishnan, CNV., and P. Laux. 2005. Misreaction. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 40(2), 403-434. Krishnan, CNV., P. Ritchken, and J. Thomson. 2005. Monitoring and Controlling Bank Risk: Does Risky Debt Help?. Journal of Finance, 60(1), 343-378. Krishnan, CNV. 2004. Can Inefficient Traders Create Value?. Journal of Financial Research, 27(4), 461-479. Krishnan, CNV, and R. Bricker. 2004. Top Finance Journals: Do They Add Value? Journal of Economics and Finance, 28(3), 361-378. (Non-alphabetical order of authors highlights the bigger contribution of the first author). 2
PRESENTATIONS OF RESEARCH Krishnan, CNV. and R. Petkova. The Time-Varying Stock Market Risk-Return Relation. Financial Management Association Meetings, Atlanta. 2012. Krishnan, CNV., R. Masulis, R. Thomas, and R. Thompson. Shareholder Litigation in Mergers and Acquisitions. Northern Financial Association Meetings, Niagara. 2012. Krishnan, CNV., R. Masulis, R. Thomas, and R. Thompson. Litigation in Mergers and Acquisitions. American Finance Association Meetings, Chicago. 2012. Law and Business Conference, ISB India. 2012. Oxford University, 2012. Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, Northwestern University Law School. 2011. Financial Management Association Meetings, Denver. 2011. Vanderbilt University Law School. 2010. Georgetown University Law Center. 2010. Krishnan, CNV. and R. Masulis. Law Firm Reputation and Mergers and Acquisitions. Financial Management Association Meetings, New York. 2010. * Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, University of Southern California. 2009. Krishnan, CNV., P. Ritchken, and J. Thomson. Predicting Credit Spreads. 2nd Annual Risk Management Conference, National University of Singapore. 2008. Krishnan, CNV., and R. Petkova. Is the Time-Varying Risk-Return Relation Positive?. Lone Star Finance Symposium at University of Texas at Dallas. 2008. Krishnan, CNV., R. Masulis, and A. Singh. Does Venture Capital Reputation Matter? Evidence from Subsequent IPOs. American Finance Association Meetings. New Orleans. 2008. Financial Management Association Meetings. Orlando. 2007. Krishnan, CNV., R. Petkova, and P. Ritchken. Correlation Risk. Lone Star Finance Symposium, Rice University. 2007. Krishnan, CNV., R. Masulis, and A. Singh. Does Venture Capital Reputation Affect Subsequent IPO Performance?. University of Notre Dame. 2007. Econometric Society Meetings, India. 2006. Pennsylvania State University. 2006. Krishnan, CNV., P. Ritchken, and J. Thomson. On Forecasting the Term Structure of Credit Spreads. University of California-Irvine. 2006. Krishnan, CNV., and P. Laux,. Legal Advisors: Popularity versus Economic Performance in Acquisitions. Harvard Law School Conference. 2004. Krishnan, CNV., P. Ritchken, and J. Thomson. Credit Spread Curves and Firm Risk. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Conference. Washington DC. 2004. 3
Krishnan, CNV., P. Ritchken, and J. Thomson. On Credit Spread Slopes and Predicting Bank Risk, University of Delaware. 2004. Bank Structure and Competition Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. 2004. Krishnan, CNV. P. Ritchken, and J. Thomson. Monitoring and Controlling Bank Risk: Does Risky Debt Help?. American Finance Association Meetings. San Diego. 2004. Krishnan, CNV., A. Singh, and A. Zebedee. Crystal Balls or Collusion? An Examination of Large Sell orders in Cold IPO Aftermarkets. Financial Management Association Meetings. Chicago. 2003. European Financial Management Association Meetings. Glasgow. 2003. Western Finance Association Meetings. Mexico. 2003. Krishnan, CNV. Can Inefficient Traders Create Value?. Financial Management Association Meetings. Seattle. 2000. Krishnan, CNV. Optimal Wage Contracts Under Asymmetric Information and Moral Hazard. Southern Finance Association Meetings. Savannah. 2000. HONORS Weatherhead School of Management Teaching Excellence Award Nomination, May 2013 Research cited in letter dated August 26, 2012, in which Chairman Schapiro of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission addressed questions on current regulatory structure from Representative Darrell Issa of U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Weatherhead School of Management Teaching Excellence Award Winner, May 2012. Top Ten download list, Social Science Research Network, "Jurisdictional Effects in M&A Litigation", August 2013. "Law Firm Expertise and Mergers and Acquisitions", July 2013. "Litigation in Mergers and Acquisitions", June 2012. "Venture Capital Reputation Survey", July 2010. "Law Firm Reputation and Mergers and Acquisitions", October 2009. "Venture Capital Reputation, Post-IPO Performance and Corporate Governance.", October 2009. "Correlation Risk.", November 2008. "Does Venture Capital Reputation Matter? Evidence from Successful IPOs.", February 2008. Weatherhead School of Management Teaching Excellence Award Nomination, May 2011 Deborah and David Daberko Faculty Fellowship, November 2010 Weatherhead School of Management Teaching Excellence Award Nomination, May 2010 4
Weatherhead School of Management Teaching Excellence Award Nomination, May 2009 Weatherhead School of Management Teaching Excellence Award Nomination, May 2007 Weatherhead School of Management Research Grant, July 2005 Weatherhead School of Management Summer Research Grant, July 2004 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Research Grant, June 2004 Weatherhead School of Management Teaching Excellence Award Nomination, May 2004 Nasdaq Ph.D. Fellowship, January 2001 A Best paper award, Southern Finance Association Meetings, November 2000 Vilas Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, May 2000 Edgar Kapp Scholarship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, January 1997 TEACHING Courses Corporate Finance II (MBA Core): 2010-2012. Advanced Corporate Finance (MBA and MS-Finance Advanced Elective): 2001- date. Intermediate Corporate Finance (Undergraduate Elective): Spring 2012 - date Independent Study (MS-Finance and MBA), Summer 2011 - date. Corporate Financial Modeling (Weatherhead and Tongji (Shanghai) Double Degree Program Core), Fall 2012-date. Financial Management I (Part-time MBA Core): 2002-2008. Executive Education, Corporate Finance, 2006-2010. Other Teaching-related Activities MSM-Finance Program Faculty Director, July 2012-date. Finance Undergraduate Programs Committee Chair, May 2011-date. MBA Core Instructors Committee, Member. November 2009-date. 5
MBA Finance Courses Redesign Committee, Member. 2004-2009. Instructor, MBA, Ph.D, and Executive Education programs, Institute for Financial Management and Research, Chennai, India. 2002-2007. SERVICE Ad-hoc referee, Several academic journals, 2004-date. Program Committee member, Western Finance Association Meetings, Las Vegas, June 2012; Lake Tahoe, June 2013. Program Committee member, European Finance Association Meetings, Cambridge, August 2013. Program Committee member, Financial Management Association Meetings, Atlanta, October 2012. Program Committee member, Southern Finance Association Meetings, Charleston, November 2012. Session Chair, Financial Management Association Meetings, Salt Lake City, October 2006. Weatherhead School of Management Faculty Council, July 2011-date. Weatherhead School Distinguished University Professor Selection Committee member, 2012-13; Theodore Alfred Distinguished Service Award Committee member, 2011; Appointments Committee observer, 2008-9. Business As An Agent of World Benefit (BAWB), Presenter, BAWB Summit, October 2005 Co-Director of Institute for Studies in Micro Finance and Poverty Alleviation, 2005-6. Panelist, Roundtable on Economic Crisis of 2008, Case Western Reserve University, December 2008. Member, Board of Advisors, Institute for Financial Management and Research, India. 6