Ramesh Chandra, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Finance
Education
- Ph.D. Oklahoma, Norman, OK, Accounting, 1983.
- Ph.D. Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska, Administrative and Engineering Systems, 1976.
- M.S. Union College, Lincoln, Nebraska, Operations Research, 1975.
- M.S. Mississippi State University, Starkville, Industrial Engineering, 1973.
- B.S. Bihar Institute of Technology, India, Metallurgical Engineering, 1964.
Employment Experience
- Professor Emeritus, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July 2020-Present
- Professor, University of Windsor (July 1990–June 2020)
- Associate Professor, University of Windsor (July 1984-June 1990)
- Associate Professor, University of New Brunswick (July 1981-June 1984)
- Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa (July 1980-June 1981)
- Assistant Professor, University of New Brunswick (July 1976-June 1981)
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Temple University (January 1976-August 1976), Philadelphia.
- Industrial Engineer, Hindustan Steel Ltd. Bhilai, India (January 1964-December 1971), India.
Honours and Awards
- 2014: Professor of the Year, Odette Commerce Society (Undergraduate Students).
INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Articles
- Chandra, R., Rohrback, K., & Willinger, G. L. (1995). A comparison of the power of parametric and nonparametric tests of location shift for event studies. Financial Review (Statesboro), 30 (4), 685 - 710, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6288.1995.tb00852.x.
- Chandra, R. (1992). Discussion of 'Bond Ratings, Bond Yields and Financial Information'. Contemporary Accounting Research, 9 (1), 283 - 289, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.1992.tb00880.x.
- Chandra, R., Rohrbach, K. J., & Willinger, G. L. (1992). Longitudinal rank tests for detecting a location shift in the distribution of abnormal returns: An extension. Contemporary Accounting Research, 9 (1), 296 - 305, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.1992.tb00882.x.
- Chandra, R., & Balachandran. (1992). More powerful portfolio approaches to regressing abnormal returns on firm-specific variables for cross-sectional studies. Journal of Finance, 47 (5), 2055 - 2070, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.1992.tb04697.x.
- Chandra, R. (1992). Specifying and diagnostically testing econometric models (Book Review). Accounting Review, 3, 640-642.
- Chandra, R. (1991). Application of electronic spreadsheet to reciprocal service cost allocation. Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, 5 (1), 129 - 146.
- Chanda, R., & Rohrbach, K. (1990). A methodological note on detecting a location shift in the distribution of abnormal returns: A nonparametric approach. Contemporary Accounting Research, 7 (1), 123 - 141, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.1990.tb00804.x.
- Chandra, R., & Balachandran, B. V. (1990). A synthesis of alternative testing procedures for event studies. Contemporary Accounting Research, 6 (2), 611 - 640, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1911-3846.1990.tb00778.x.
- Chandra, R., Moriarity, & Willinger. (1990). The re-examination of the power of alternative return generating models and the effect of Accounting for cross-sectional dependencies in event studies. Journal of Accounting Research, 28 (2), 398 - 408.
- Aneja, Y., Chandra, R., & Gunay, E. (1989). A portfolio approach to estimating the average correlation coefficient for the constant correlation model. Journal of Finance, 44, 1435-1438, http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6261.1989.tb02664.x.
- Rohrbach, A., & Chandra, R. (1989). The Power of Beaver's U against a Variance Increase in Market Model Residuals. Journal of Accounting Research, 27 (1), 145 - 155.
- Arcelus, A., Benerjee & Chandra, R. (1985). Optimal Schedule to Produce a Given Number of Acceptable Parts with a Specified Confidence Level. International Journal of Production Research, 23 (1), 185 - 196.
- Chandra, R. (1983). On n/1-F Set-up Dependent Problem. Engineering Optimization, 7 (1), 90-98.
- Arcelus, A., Banerjee & Chandra, R. (1982). Optimum Production Run for a Normally Distributed Quality Characteristic that Exhibits non-negative shifts in the Process Mean and Variance. Industrial Engineering Transactions, 14 (2), 90-98.
- Chandra, R., & Hahn. (1981). Confidence Limits on the Tail Areas of Poisson and Binomial Distributions. Journal of Quality Technology, 13 (2), 241 - 248.
- Chandra, R., & Hahn. (1981). Tolerance Intervals on Poisson and Bionominal Variables. Journal of Quality Technology, 13, 100 - 110.
- Chandra, R. (1979). On n/1/-F Dynamic Deterministic Problems. Naval Research Logistics, 26 (3), 537 - 544.
Proceedings / Presentations
- Arceluus, A., Benerjee & Chandra, R. (1983). Meeting a Production Schedule with Pre-specified Probability in a Tool Wear Process. Proceedings of the International Conference of Production Research, 2 (2), 703-709.
- Chandra, R., Arya, S., & Balachandran. (2009). Investors cannot utilize tailing to use futures like forward; The solution lies in discounting. Midwest Finance Association annual meeting, Oklahoma, USA.