Faculty

Overview

I am an Assistant Professor in the Finance area and Executive Director of the Centre for Analytical Finance at ISB. My research areas include- banking, financial inclusion, financial contagion, regulation, and the relationship between politics and finance. I teach a course on Indian financial systems.

Education

• Ph D (Finance), Deakin University 2021
• FPM , Indian School of Business 2019
• PGP , Indian School of Business 2011
• ICWA , Institute of Cost Accountants of India 2007
• B.Com , Mangalore University 2003

Research

Published Papers

Tantri, Prasanna. (forthcoming) "Fintech for the Poor: Financial Intermediation Without Discrimination", Review of Finance Bhowal, Subhendu.,Subramanian, Krishnamurthy.,Tantri, Prasanna. (forthcoming) "Costs Of Job Rotation: Evidence From Mandatory Loan Officer Rotation", Management Science Tantri, Prasanna. (forthcoming) "Creditor Rights and Strategic Default: Evidence from India", Journal of Law and Economics , 63 (3), 411-447 Chopra, Yakshup.,Subramanian, Krishnamurthy.,Tantri, Prasanna. (forthcoming) "Bank Cleanups, Capitalization and Lending: Evidence from India", Review of Financial Studies Tantri, Prasanna.,Subramanian, Krishnamurthy.,Bhardwaj, Abhishek. (forthcoming) "Relationship Banking and Monetary Policy Transmission: Evidence from India", Journal of Money, Credit and Banking Tantri, Prasanna. (forthcoming) "Identifying Ever-greening: Evidence Using Loan Level Data", Journal of Banking and Finance Agarwal, Sumit.,Alok, Shashwat.,Chopra, yakshup.,Tantri, Prasanna. (2020) "Government Employment Guarantee, Labor Supply, and Firms' Reaction: Evidence from the Largest Public Workfare Program in the World", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , 1-49 Jain, Ankit.,Tantri, Prasanna.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. (2019) "Demand Curves For Stocks Do Not Slope Downwards: Evidence Using an Exogenous Supply Shock", Journal of Banking and Finance , 104, 19-30 Tantri, Prasanna. (2018) "Contagious Effects of a Political Intervention in Debt Contracts: Evidence Using Loan-Level Data", The Review of Financial Studies , 31 (11), 4556–4592 Sarkar A..,Subramanian, Krishnamurthy.,Tantri, Prasanna. (2018) "Effects of CEO Turnover in Banks: Evidence Using Exogenous Turnovers in Indian Banks", Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis , 54 (1), 183-214 Mukherjee, Saptarshi.,Subramanian, Krishnamurthy.,Tantri, Prasanna. (2018) "Borrower Distress and Debt Relief: Evidence From a Natural Experiment", Journal of Law and Economics , 61 (4), 607-635

Conference Proceedings

Tantri, Prasanna. "National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) on Household Finance", Tantri, Prasanna. "European Finance Association", Tantri, Prasanna. "Asian Finance Association Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "Seminar on Agricultural Debt Waiver, Reserve Bank of India", Tantri, Prasanna. "Western Finance Association (WFA)", Tantri, Prasanna. "IIMC NYU Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "Financial Intermediation and Research Society (FIRS) Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "NEEMRANA Annual Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "NSE-NYU Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "American Finance Association Conference", Tantri, Prasanna. "Summer Research Conference, ISB", Tantri, Prasanna. "UNC Duke Conference on Corporate Finance", Tantri, Prasanna. "RBI Seminar on Monetary Policy Transmission", Tantri, Prasanna. "Asian Bureau for Financial and Economics Research Conference",

Working Papers

De, Sankar.,Tantri, Prasanna. "Impact of a Political Intervention in Debt Contracts on Credit Market: Evidence from a Policy Experiment" Bhue, Gursharan.,Prabhala, Nagpurnanand.,Tantri, Prasanna. "Do programs mandating small business lending disincentivize growth? evidence from a policy experiment" Tantri, Prasanna. "Third-Party Audits and Tax Compliance" Chopra, Yakshup.,Nagpurnanand, Prabhala.,Tantri, Prasanna. "Bank Accounts for The Unbanked: Evidence from a Big Bang Experiment" Rajagopal, Shivaram.,Tantri, Prasanna. "Does Mandated Corporate Social Responsibility Reduce Intrinsic Motivation? Evidence from India" Tantri, Prasanna.,Mishra, Mrinal.,Ramamoorthy, Venkatesh.,Thota, Nagaraju. "Does a Debt Relief Lead to Increased Precautionary Savings? Evidence from A Policy Experiment" Tantri, Prasanna.,Chopra, Yakshup.,Nishesh, Naman. "Does Regulatory Forbearance On Bank Loans Adversely Impact Governance of Borrowing Firms?: The Indian Experience" Tantri, Prasanna.,Mannil, Nithin.,Nishesh, Naman. "Medicine or an addictive drug?: The vicious cycle of regulatory forbearance" Tantri, Prasanna.,Agrawal, Deepak.,Subramanian, Krishnamurthy.,Thirumalai, Ramabhadran. "Do Derivatives matter? Evidence from a policy experiment" Agarwal, Sumit.,Murlidharan, Aditya.,Nishesh, Naman.,Tantri, Prasanna. "Familiarity Breeds Contagion" Agarwal, Sumit.,Prasad, Shradhey.P.,Sharma, Nishka.,Tantri, Prasanna. "A Friend Indeed: Does the Use of Biometric Digital Identity Make Welfare Programs Counter Cyclical?" Tantri, Prasanna.,Agarwal, Samanvaya.,Kamath, Saipriya.,Subramanian, Krishnamurthy. "Board Conduct in Banks" Agarwal, Sumit.,Tantri, Prasanna.,Vishen, Nitin. "Do Social Ties Trump Collateral in Determining Loan Performance? Evidence Using Same Day Loan Repayments" Tantri, Prasanna.,Kashyap, Nishant.,Mahapatro, Sriniwas. "They will do it anyway: Unearthing indirect Evergreening" Bhue, Gursharan.,Prabhala, Nagpurnanand.,Tantri, Prasanna. "Creditor rights and relationship banking: Evidence from a policy experiment"