Rajeev Bhattacharya, Ph.D., has over 15 years of experience as an economist. He has served on the full-time faculty of two leading universities and has worked as an expert in economics and finance in over 30 engagements with major companies around the world. He teaches courses in applied economics and performs research on various topics such as trust (over 400 citations), market efficiency, and analyst forecasts. 

Dr. Bhattacharya has been a testifying expert on a number of matters, including class certification and damages in a class-action alleging fraudulent product information, price-impact of alleged vertical foreclosure, harm to investors under allegations of securities manipulation, and profit lost by a retailer due to directory error. 

As a consulting expert in applied microeconomics (e.g., antitrust, intellectual property, commercial damages), he has applied advanced statistical/econometric methods to complex commercial disputes, market definition, monopolization, price fixing, single-entity defense, off-label marketing, Hart-Scott-Rodino filings, lost profits and reasonable royalties, bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, and other matters. 

As a consulting expert in financial economics, he has advised clients on market manipulation and insider trading issues, impact of trades, excessive fees and best execution by mutual funds, interpositioning, trading ahead and front running, valuation, fraudulent conveyance and insolvency. 

Dr. Bhattacharya has worked on a number of class actions in product fraud, price fixing, securities fraud (including event studies and testing for market efficiency), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, bankruptcy, and other contexts.

Education

• University of Rochester
  Ph.D., Economics 

Professional Affiliations

• American Finance Association
  Member
• American Economic Association
  Member
• American Bar Association
  Member