I am a Job Market Candidate in Economics at University of California, Berkeley. 

My primary research interests are in International Economics (Finance and
Macroeconomics), Financial Economics and Corporate Finance. 

Email: rachitag@econ.berkeley.edu 

Phone: 510-220-8645

Job Market Paper

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Does Foreign Portfolio Investment Help In Bad Times? Firm-Level Evidence from the Asian Financial Crisis (2011)

Capital raised through foreign portfolio flows is seen as volatile and undesirable for countries with...

 

Research

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Capital Account Liberalization, Financial Development and Industry Growth: A Synthetic View (with Barry Eichengreen and Ugo Panizza), Journal of International Money and Finance (2011)

This paper synthesizes studies analyzing the effects of capital account liberalization on industry growth while...

 

Financial Internationalization, Firm Valuation and the Global Financial Crisis (In Progress) (2011)

Previous studies show that firms that cross-list in U.S. and foreign capital markets have higher...

 

“The Long-Term Growth and Volatility of Returns From Raising Capital Abroad” (In Progress) (2011)
 

Teaching (GSI)

Introduction to Finance, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley (2012)
 

Corporate Finance (MBA 231), Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley (2010)
 

Macroeconomics in the Global Economy (MBA 201B), Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley (2009)
 

Financial Economics (Econ 136), Department of Economics, UC Berkeley (2008)