Nandini Gupta

Richard E. Jacobs Chair in Finance

Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Recent Activity (2025): AFFECT mentor, AFA January 2025; AEA 2025 (Co-author); Surrey Business School 2025 (Research Mentorship Seminar); Future of Financial Information Conference, INSEAD 2025 (Discussion); WFA 2025 (Discussion); WFA 2025 Mentorship Panel; Corporate Finance Day, University of Groningen (Keynote lecture, September 2025); CEPR-Stigler Center Conference on Governance in a Polarized World, Imperial College; City University of London St. George.

Recent working papers:

"Politics and Finance", with Pat Akey and Stefan Lewellen, CEPR and ECGI Working Paper Series.

Covered in "The Growing Influence of Politics on Finance: What We Know and What's Next", Oxford Business Law Blog, December 10, 2025. 

"Politically Polarized Relational Contracts: Stability vs. Productivity", with Swarnodeep Homroy.

Presented at "Frontiers in Finance Conference" at USC, October 2024; Louisiana State University, November 2024; AEA 2025; Stigler Center/CEPR Politics in Finance Conference, Imperial College London, October 2025; City of St. George, University of London, October 2025.

Awards:

Editor's Choice, Journal of Financial Economics, May 2024: "Political Polarization in Financial News," with Eitan Goldman and Ryan Israelsen.

Research Award, Kelley School of Business, 2024 for "Political Polarization in Financial News," with Eitan Goldman and Ryan Israelsen, Journal of Financial Economics, 2024.

Trustee Teaching Award,  Kelley School of Business, 2023.

Employment:

Richard E. Jacobs Chair in Finance, Kelley School of Business at Indiana University 

Editorial Positions: 

My research focuses on the political economy of finance, financial development, labor, and emerging markets. My papers have been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Rand Journal of Economics, and European Economic Review. 

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Email: nagupta at iu dot edu

Address:  Department of Finance, Kelley School of Business

Hodge Hall, 1309 East Tenth Street

Bloomington, IN 47401