Missaka Warusawitharana

Missaka Warusawitharana

Economist - Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
PhD in Finance - The Wharton School

Email: m1mnw00@frb.gov
Tel: (202) 452 3461

Curriculum Vitae
CV

News
Currently ranked among top Young Economists (5 years or less) at IDEAS

Publications
An Efficiency Perspective on the Gains from Mergers and Asset Purchases
Joint with Sugata Ray
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2009, Volume 9 (Contributions), Article 43.

Predictable Returns and Asset Allocation: Should a Skeptical Investor Time the Market?
Joint with Jessica Wachter
Journal of Econometrics, 2009, Volume 148, 162-178.

Corporate Asset Purchases and Sales: Theory and Evidence
Journal of Financial Economics, 2008, Volume 87, 471-497.

Area under the Curve as a Measure of Discounting
Joint with Leonard Green and Joel Myerson
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2001, Volume 76(2), 235-243.

Working Papers
Research and Development, Profits and Firm Value: A Structural Estimation

What is the Chance that the Equity Premium Varies Over Time: Evidence from Predictive Regressions?
Joint with Jessica Wachter

The Expected Real Return to Equity

Financial Market Shocks during the Great Depression
Joint with Alycia Chin

Firm Lifecycle Financing