Rajnish Mehra

Professor and E.N. Basha Senior Arizona Heritage Chair,

Department of Economics

Other ASU affiliations

Department of Finance

Department of Economics CPCOM 590J Tempe, AZ 85287-9801
Mail code: 9801

Campus: Tempe
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Education

Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon University 1978
M.S. Carnegie-Mellon University 1975
B.S. Indian Institute of Technology 1972
St. Stephen's College — University of Delhi, India 1967

Curriculum Vitae

Publications

"On the Financing and Investment Decisions of Multinational Firms in the Presence of Exchange Risk," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, July, 1978, pp. 227-244.
"Recursive Competitive Equilibrium: The Case of Homogeneous Households," (with E.C. Prescott), Econometrica, 48, September, 1980, pp. 1365-1379.
"Stochastic Growth with Correlated Production Shocks," (with J.B. Donaldson), Journal of Economic Theory, 29, April, 1983, pp. 282-312.

Research Activity

"Recursive Competitive Equilibrium," forthcoming in the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, Macmillan.

Courses

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 525	Investment Strategies
ECN 494	Special Topics
ECN 791	Seminar
FIN 785	Financial Econ of Cap Mkts

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 525	Investment Strategies
ECN 494	Special Topics
ECN 791	Seminar
FIN 785	Financial Econ of Cap Mkts

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 525	Investment Strategies
ECN 494	Special Topics
ECN 791	Seminar
FIN 785	Financial Econ of Cap Mkts
ECN 791	Seminar
FIN 785	Financial Econ of Cap Mkts

2021 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 525	Investment Strategies
ECN 494	Special Topics
ECN 791	Seminar
FIN 785	Financial Econ of Cap Mkts

2020 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
FIN 525	Investment Strategies
ECN 494	Special Topics
ECN 791	Seminar
FIN 785	Financial Econ of Cap Mkts

Honors / Awards

Keynote Speaker, Norwegian School of Economics, 2007
Keynote Address, Brazilian Finance Association, 2005
Scott Scheon Fellow, Yale University, 2005

Editorships

Editorial Board

Annals of Finance 2004-present

Editor

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
Special Issue on Finance
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
Finance 2000: New Paradigms in Finance

Work History

Arizona State University: 2008-present. Previous Appointments: University of California, Santa Barbara, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Columbia University

Consulting

Vega Asset Management, New York: Advisor for Quantitative Strategies
HFR Asset Management: Member Index Committee; Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago: Expert Testimony for IPO Valuation.

Expertise Areas

Finance