Lakshmi Naaraayanan
Assistant Professor of Finance
BS (NIT Calicut) MPhil PhD (HKUST)
Joining LBS after completing a PhD in Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Dr Naaraayanan’s research interests lie in the area of empirical corporate finance – including corporate governance, entrepreneurship, financial intermediation, and law and finance. His research has won several awards including the USC Marshall School of Business Trefftzs Award at the Western Finance Association Meetings. His work has been featuring in numerous publications such as the Financial Express, Forbes, Oxford Business and Law, and the World Bank.
Lakshmi's research is featured in the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development brochure.
- lnaaraayanan@london.edu
- +44 (0)20 7000 8224
2023
Business Group Spillovers
Naaraayanan L; Wolfenzon D
Review of Financial Studies 2023 Vol 37:1 p 231-264
2022
Roads and loans
Naaraayanan L; Agarwal S; Mukherjee A
Review of Financial Studies 2022 Vol 36:4 p 1508-1547
2021
Does personal liability deter individuals from serving as independent directors?
Naaraayanan L; Nielsen K M
Journal of Financial Economics 2021 Vol 140:2 p 621-643
2020
Do gender quotas change attitudes towards female directors?
Naaraayanan L; Nielsen K M
Social Sciences Research Network
The real effects of environmental activist investing
Naaraayanan L; Sachdeva K; Sharma V
Social Sciences Research Network
Teaching portfolio
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Masters Degrees electives
Optional courses providing a deep dive into specialist areas.
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Advanced Corporate Finance
Through in-depth cases and discussion of topical issues, discover the multitude of ways that corporate finance theory can be applied to practical problems, with all the complexities that the real world entails. Cover advanced topics in valuation and financing -
Finance and Sustainability
The climate change crisis and its effect on the environment, households, and capital markets are spurring a worldwide coordinated response by governments, which has the potential to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon inclusive economy.Against this backdrop, this course introduces sustainability challenges from different perspectives and discusses the role of finance in impacting and addressing them.It is designed around a combination of cases and financial tools to reach course objectives and will end with an individual exam. We will ground our discussions in rigorous state-of-the-art academic research and apply evidence from research to real-world problems through case discussions and recent developments. We will cover diverse aspects such as ESG measurement, investment management, socially responsible and impact investing, role of shareholder engagement, integrated reporting, risk management, and the use of capital markets to create market-based emissions trading systems. PROGRAMMES WITH THIS ELECTIVE
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Advanced Corporate Finance