Rate My Professor Anita Pennathur

Anita Pennathur serves as Chair of the Finance Department, Stone Fellow, and O'Maley Distinguished Professor in the Business & Economics faculty at Florida Atlantic University. She earned a PhD in Finance from The University of Alabama in 1998 and a BS in Accounting from St. Francis College. Her research specializations encompass international financial market integration, developing countries and economic development, and the performance, governance, and regulation of multinational institutions and markets. Pennathur joined Florida Atlantic University as Assistant Professor of Finance in 2007, advancing to Associate Professor in 2013 and later to full Professor, while taking on leadership roles including interim chair of the Finance Department.

Pennathur has garnered recognition through competitive awards such as the Stone Fellow, O'Maley Distinguished Professor, and multiple FAU College of Business Summer Research Awards in 2020, 2019, 2014, and others. Her prolific publication record features peer-reviewed articles in leading journals. Key works include Javakhadze, David; Pennathur, Anita; Silverstein, Brian, 'Managerial Opportunism and Corporate Investment Efficiency' (forthcoming, Journal of Financial Research); Burke, Lawrence; Fang, David; Pennathur, Anita; Zhang, Wenjun, 'Does Banking Competition Compromise the Role of Bank Monitoring in the Capital Market? Evidence from Firm-specific Tail Risk' (2025, European Financial Management); Beracha, Eli; Feng, Zifeng; Hardin III, William; Pennathur, Anita, 'The Market for High-end Luxury Residential Properties' (2025, Journal of Housing Research); Subrahmanyam, Vijaya; Singh, Manohar; Pennathur, Anita, 'CEO Characteristics, Firm Performance, and Corporate Political Contributions' (2020, Review of Financial Economics); Pennathur, Anita; Vishwasrao, Sharmila, 'The Financial Crisis and Bank-Client Relationships: Foreign Ownership, Transparency, and Portfolio Selection' (2014, Journal of Banking and Finance); and Pennathur, Anita; Subrahmanyam, Vijaya; Vishwasrao, Sharmila, 'Income diversification and risk: Does ownership matter? An empirical examination of Indian banks' (2012, Journal of Banking and Finance). These contributions underscore her impact on finance scholarship concerning governance, banking, and market dynamics.