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Harikumar Sankaran

Professor of Finance, New Mexico State University
Verified email at nmsu.edu
Cited by 300

Atorvastatin ameliorates arsenic-induced hypertension and enhancement of vascular redox signaling in rats

…, K Kannan, AH Pillai, SK Harikumar… - Toxicology and applied …, 2014 - Elsevier
Chronic arsenic exposure has been linked to elevated blood pressure and cardiovascular
diseases, while statins reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease predominantly by their …

Candesartan ameliorates arsenic-induced hypertensive vascular remodeling by regularizing angiotensin II and TGF-beta signaling in rats

MW Khuman, SK Harikumar, A Sadam, M Kesavan… - Toxicology, 2016 - Elsevier
Arsenic exposure can cause several cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension,
atherosclerosis and microvascular disease. Earlier, we reported that arsenic-mediated …

Influence of director expertise on capital structure and cash holdings in high-tech firms

SR Iyer, H Sankaran, ST Walsh - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2020 - Elsevier
Many “High-Tech” firms enjoy high market valuations despite negative earnings and low cash
flows due in part to what many see as future bountiful earnings and cash flows, which is a …

CEO overconfidence and agency cost of debt: An empirical analysis of CEO turnover events

SR Iyer, H Sankaran, A Nejadmalayeri - The North American Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
We develop a model and characterize the differences between the investment policies of a
rational CEO and an overconfident CEO. In the presence of risky outstanding debt, we show …

Shoot the Arrow, Then Paint the Target: CEO Compensation and Institutional Shareholder Services Benchmarking

SR Iyer, O Palmon, H Sankaran - Journal of Financial and …, 2023 - cambridge.org
We document that firms that expect their CEOs’ compensation to exceed the median CEO
compensation of their Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) peers influence ISS to revise …

Using the Black–Litterman model: a view on opinions

KJ Martin, H Sankaran - The Journal of Investing, 2019 - pm-research.com
The traditional mean-variance (MV) optimization method is known to have several
drawbacks that make it somewhat impractical to implement. 1 In the absence of short-selling …

do well‐connected boards invest optimally in R&D activities?

SR Iyer, H Sankaran, Y Zhang - Journal of Financial Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Researchers have argued that the uncertainty surrounding innovative activities causes firms
to either underinvest or overinvest in research and development (R&D). We examine …

Leverage deviation from the target debt ratio and leasing

H Chowdhury, S Rahman, H Sankaran - Accounting & Finance, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We find a negative association between the leverage deviation and leasing intensity,
implying that firms actively use leasing as a source of financing when faced with a leverage …

Average conditional volatility: A measure of systemic risk for commercial Banks

H Sankaran, M Saxena, CA Erickson - Journal of Business & …, 2011 - clutejournals.com
We propose using the cross-sectional (daily) average conditional volatility of commercial bank
stock returns as a measure of systemic risk for the US banking industry. The performance …

Extreme return correlation and volatility: a two‐threshold approach

H Sankaran, A Nguyen, J Harikumar - American Journal of Business, 2012 - emerald.com
Harikumar Sankaran (PhD, University of Houston) is an Associate Professor and Wells …
Harikumar Sankaran is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: sankaran@nmsu.…