Abhishek Bhardwaj

Abhishek Bhardwaj

Assistant Professor of Finance
A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University

I am a financial economist with a Ph.D. from NYU Stern School of Business. My research examines how financial institutions shape credit allocation, risk transmission, and economic outcomes. I focus on banking, private equity, and non-bank finance, as well as how firms adapt to climate change and natural disasters.

Working Papers

8 papers

Does Loan Securitization Expose Borrowers to Non-Bank Investor Shocks? — Evidence from Insurers R&R

with Shan Ge & Saptarshi Mukherjee · The Journal of Finance

Do Firms Mitigate Climate Impact on Employment? Evidence from US Heat Shocks Conditionally Accepted

with Viral Acharya & Tuomas Tomunen · The Review of Financial Studies

Labor Shopping Substitution and Retail Prices: Evidence from Plant Openings Conditionally Accepted

with Devaki Ghose, Saptarshi Mukherjee & Manpreet Singh · Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics

How Does Bank Lending to Non-Banks Affect Credit Allocation and Systemic Risk

with Apoorva Javadekar

Does Fund Size Affect Private Equity Performance? Evidence from Donation Inflows to Private Universities

with Abhinav Gupta, Sabrina Howell & Kyle Zimmerschied

Capital Structure & Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Dividend Recapitalizations in Private Equity

with Abhinav Gupta & Sabrina Howell

Do Lending Relationships Matter When Loans Are Securitized?

with Saptarshi Mukherjee

Inside Debt in Financial Intermediation: Evidence from CLOs

with Kose John & Saptarshi Mukherjee

Publications

2 articles

Government Investment Stimulus and Household Balance Sheet Externalities

with Saptarshi Mukherjee · Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2023

Relationship Banking and Monetary Policy Transmission

with Krishnamurthy Subramanian & Prasanna Tantri · Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2022

Teaching

Financial Management

Tulane University · Undergraduate · Fall 2022, Spring 2023–2026

Managerial Finance

Tulane University · Graduate · Spring 2026

Foundations of Finance

NYU Stern School of Business · Undergraduate · Summer 2019

Contact

Email

abhardwaj@tulane.edu

Phone

Office

GWBC 350C, 7 McAlister Dr
New Orleans, LA 70118

Education

Ph.D. in Finance
NYU Stern School of Business