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

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