Sanjai Bhagat, a professor of finance and economics at the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä-Boulder College of Business and Administration, will address members of the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Youth Justice in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Oct. 10.
BhagatÂ’s research on institutional investors will help the federal agencies in their quest to formulate U.S. policy. The FTC is interested in BhagatÂ’s findings on anti-trust issues and value gains in takeovers. He will discuss both economic and legal aspects of these and other issues.
Bhagat said he was pleased to learn that the research he is conducting at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä has immediate national implications. “ItÂ’s flattering to be asked to speak in Washington,” he said. “Federal agencies usually have three or four, maybe six, scholars speak to them each year. Those scholars are usually from Harvard, MIT and Stanford, so itÂ’s nice to be in such good company.”