Rita Biswas
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor
Professor Biswas’ research interests include international financial markets and banking. She has published in journals such as The Financial Review, Journal of Financial Services Research, Review of Futures Markets, Global Finance Journal, and more recently, in Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions and International Journal of Media Management. Her teaching interests are in financial management, M&As, and international corporate finance. She has won several undergraduate and graduate teaching awards including the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (University at Albany, 2012-13) as well as the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (SUNY system-wide, 2013-14). She is a frequent teacher in Executive MBA programs worldwide, including at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Bankakademie, Germany and at Universidad del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Professor Biswas received a Master’s in International Economics from University of Rochester, NY in 1985 and a Ph.D. in International Finance and Banking from Texas A&M University, TX in 1990. She enjoys foreign travel, languages and cultures.
- Finance department
- Faculty
PUBLICATIONS
Chipman, R., Cozzens, T., Shwiff, S., Biswas, R., Plumley, J., O'Quin, J., Algeo, T., Rupprecht, C., Slate, D., 2013. Costs of raccoon rabies incidents in cattle herds in Hampshire County, West Virginia, and Guernsey County, Ohio, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Vol. 243(11), pp. 1561-1567.
Duchessi, P., Biswas, R., 2013. Value Creation in the Publishing Industry: the Impact of Acquiring IT Services Firms between 2002 and 2007, International Journal on Media Management Vol. 15(4), pp. 211-228.
Biswas, R., Buzen, D., Shawky, H., 2010. On the Use of Covered Bonds as an Alternative Mortgage Funding Model for US Banks, Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions Vol. 3(2), pp. 135-147.
Girard, E., Sinha, A., Biswas, R., 2010. The Efficacy of Conditional Cost of Carry Models in Pricing Oil Futures, Review of Futures Markets Vol. 18(3).
Girard, E., Sinha, A., Biswas, R., 2008. The Relationship between Information Flow and Energy Futures Volatility, Review of Futures Markets Vol. 16(3), pp. 271-300.
Girard, E., Biswas, R., 2007. Trading Volume and Market Volatility: Developed versus Emerging Stock Markets, Financial Review Vol. 42(3), pp. 429-459.
Duchessi, P., Biswas, R., 2013. Value Creation in the Publishing Industry: the Impact of Acquiring IT Services Firms between 2002 and 2007, International Journal on Media Management Vol. 15(4), pp. 211-228.
Biswas, R., Buzen, D., Shawky, H., 2010. On the Use of Covered Bonds as an Alternative Mortgage Funding Model for US Banks, Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions Vol. 3(2), pp. 135-147.
Girard, E., Sinha, A., Biswas, R., 2010. The Efficacy of Conditional Cost of Carry Models in Pricing Oil Futures, Review of Futures Markets Vol. 18(3).
Girard, E., Sinha, A., Biswas, R., 2008. The Relationship between Information Flow and Energy Futures Volatility, Review of Futures Markets Vol. 16(3), pp. 271-300.
Girard, E., Biswas, R., 2007. Trading Volume and Market Volatility: Developed versus Emerging Stock Markets, Financial Review Vol. 42(3), pp. 429-459.
Biswas, R., 2011, International Takeovers and Restructuring, in: H. Kent Baker, Halil Kiymaz (eds): The Art of Capital Restructuring, Hoboken: Wiley, pp. 437-460.
Biswas, R., Löchel, H., 2001. Recent Trends in U.S. and German Banking: Convergence or Divergence?, Arbeitsberichte der Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft 29, Frankfurt am Main: Hochschule für Bankwirtschaft.
OFFICE HOURS
During the lecture period
By appointment
OFFICE HOURS
During the lecture period
By appointment