Ankur Pareek

Education

• PhD, Finance, Yale University, 2009.
• MPhil, Finance, Yale University, 2008.
• MA, Finance, Yale University, 2007.
• MS, Management and Regulation of Risk, London School of Economics, 2004.
• BTech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2002.
• MTech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2002.

Faculty Research Interests

• Empirical Asset Pricing
• Mutual Fund Performance
• Machine Learning

Recent and Representative Publications

Pareek, A., Nanda, V., (2024) Do Criminal Politicians Affect Firm Investment and Value? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Approach. Journal of Business Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05738-4

Pareek, A., Cremers, M., Sautner, Z., (2021) Short-Term Institutions, Analyst Recommendations, and Mispricing: The Role of Higher Order Beliefs. Journal of Accounting Research. 59(3), 911-958. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-679x.12352

Pareek, A., Gupta-Mukherjee, S., (2020) Limited attention and portfolio choice: The impact of attention allocation on mutual fund performance. Financial Management. 49(4), 1083-1125. https://doi.org/10.1111/fima.12294

Pareek, A., Cremers, M., Sautner, Z., (2020) Short-Term Investors, Long-Term Investments, and Firm Value: Evidence from Russell 2000 Index Inclusions. Management Science. 66(10), 4535-4551. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3361

Pareek, A., Anagol, S., (2019) Should business groups be in finance? Evidence from Indian mutual funds. Journal of Development Economics. 139, 229-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.03.007

Pareek, A., Cremers, M., (2016) Patient capital outperformance: The investment skill of high active share managers who trade infrequently. Journal of Financial Economics. 122(2), 288-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2016.08.003

Pareek, A., Cremers, M., (2015) Short-Term Trading and Stock Return Anomalies: Momentum, Reversal, and Share Issuance. Review of Finance. 19(4), 1649-1701. https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfu029

Recent Courses Taught

• ACFM 372, Advanced Corporate Finance.
• ACFM 374, Quantitative Investment Strategies.
• ACFM 382, Behavioral Finance.
• ACFM 203, Corporate Finance.
• ACFM 363, Topics in Financial Management.

Awards and Honors

• Lee Business School Teacher of the Year Award, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 2020
• Lee Business School Researcher of the Year Award, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, 2019