Raghu Venugopalan
Visiting Associate Professor of Accountancy
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Educational Background
- Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Minnesota, 2001
- M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management at Calcutta, 1990
- B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology at Madras, 1988
Positions Held
- Visiting Associate Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2016 to present
- Associate Professor, University of Texas at Arlington, 2014 to present
- Assistant Professor of Accountancy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007-2014
- Visiting Assistant Professor, CSOM, University of Minnesota, 2006-2007
- Assistant Professor, GSB, University of Chicago, 2001-2006
- Assistant Corporate Finance Manager, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd. (Indian Ally of Goldman Sachs), 1992-1993
- Consultant, AF Ferguson and Co. (former Indian Associate of KPMG), 1991-1992
- Internal Auditor, ITC Ltd. (Indian Associate of B.A.T. Industries), 1990-1991
- Summer Intern, Citibank, N.A. Calcutta, 1989
Recent Publications
- Gigler, F., Kanodia, C., Sapra, H., & Venugopalan, R. (2014). How Frequent Financial Reporting Can Cause Managerial Short-Termism: An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Increasing Reporting Frequency. Journal of Accounting Research, 52 (2), 357-387.
Other Publications
Articles
- Gigler, F., Kanodia, C., Sapra, H., & Venugopalan, R. (2009). Accounting Conservatism and the Efficiency of Debt Contracts. Journal of Accounting Research.
- Kanodia, C., Gigler, F., & Venugopalan, R. (2007). Assessing the Information Content of Mark-to-Market with Mixed Attributes: The Case of Cash Flow Hedges. Journal of Accounting Research.
- Kanodia, C., Sapra, H., & Venugopalan, R. (2004). Should Intangibles be Measured? What are the Economic Trade-Offs? Journal of Accounting Research.
- Kanodia, C., Mukherji, A., Sapra, H., & Venugopalan, R. (2000). Hedge Disclosures, Futures Prices and Production Distortions. Journal of Accounting Research.
Presentations
- Gigler, F., Kanodia, C., Sapra, H., & Venugopalan, R. (2013). How Frequent Financial Reporting Causes Managerial Short-Termism: An Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Reporting Frequency. Journal of Accounting Research Conference.
- Venugopalan, R. (2011). Need Title. Chicago-Minnesota Accounting Theory Conference.
- Venugopalan, R. (2007). Need Title. University of Houston.
- Venugopalan, R. (2007). Need Title. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Venugopalan, R. (2007). Need Title. University of Texas-Dallas.
- Venugopalan, R. (2006). Need Title. University of Iowa.
- Venugopalan, R. (2005). Need Title. University of Houston.
- Venugopalan, R. (2005). Need Title. University of Minnesota, Accounting Theory Conference.
- Venugopalan, R. (2004). Need Title. Financial Economics and Accounting Conference, USCLA.
- Venugopalan, R. (2004). Need Title. Purdue University.
- Venugopalan, R. (2002). Need Title. University of Chicago, Accounting Theory Conference.
- Venugopalan, R. (2002). Need Title. Duke University.
- Venugopalan, R. (2001). Need Title. Yale University, Yale School of Management.
- Venugopalan, R. (2001). Need Title. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.
- Venugopalan, R. (2001). Need Title. Carnegie Mellon University, GSIA.
- Venugopalan, R. (2001). Need Title. Columbia University, Columbia Business School.
- Venugopalan, R. (2001). Need Title. Northwestern University, Kellogg School.
- Venugopalan, R. (2001). Need Title. Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
- Venugopalan, R. (2001). Need Title. University of Chicago, Accounting Workshop, GSB.
- Venugopalan, R. (2000). Need Title. University of Minnesota, Accounting Mini-Conference.
- Venugopalan, R. (2000). Need Title. Euro-Conference Series-Evolutionary Economics.
- Venugopalan, R. (1999). Need Title. American Accounting Association Annual Meeting.
- Venugopalan, R. (1998). Need Title. University of Minnesota, Accounting Mini-Conference.
Working Papers
- Gigler, F., Kanodia, C., & Venugopalan, R. Who Benefits from Fair Value Accounting.
- Venugopalan, R., Sapra, H., & Lu, T. Accounting Conservatism, Agency Conflict and Debt Contracting Efficiency.
Current Courses
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Special Research Problems (ACCY 593) Individual investigations or research projects selected by the students, subject to approval by the graduate adviser and the executive officer of the Department.