Contact Information
202-452-3461
missaka.n.warusawitharana@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Corporate Finance
Investment
Financial Markets

Education
Ph.D., Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006-present

Selected Publications

• ''Corporate asset purchases and sales: Theory and evidence,'' Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming).
• ''Area under the curve as a measure of discounting'' (with Joel Myerson and Leonard Green), Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, vol. 76 (September 2001), pp. 235-43.
• An efficiency perspective on the gains from mergers and asset purchases (with Sugata Ray), Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2007-39. Washington: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2007.