Rafael Matta

Rafael Matta

Professor of Finance at SKEMA Business School

Research Interests

Financial Contracting, Corporate Investment, Financial Distress, Financial Intermediation

Editorial Appointments

Associate Editor, International Review of Law and Economics

Contact

rafael.almeidadamatta@skema.edu

Biography

I am a Professor of Finance at SKEMA Business School. Before joining SKEMA, I served as an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam. My research deals with issues such as the impacts of contracting frictions, creditor protection, feedback effects, and bankruptcy laws on non-financial and financial corporations. My research interests also include the transmission of monetary policy, bank panics and the financial regulatory architecture. My work has been featured in the financial and legal media (Bloomberg and Harvard Law School Forum) and taken into account for new rules and policies (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and European Central Bank). I have published in several leading economic and finance journals, some of which are in the Financial Times 50 List (Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, and Review of Finance). My work has also been presented at the major finance conferences, such as the annual meetings of the American Finance Association, the Western Finance Association, and the European Finance Association. I currently serve as an Associate editor for the International Review of Law and Economics. I earned my PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois in 2012, which I attended as a Fulbright scholar. I also hold an MA and a BA in Economics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais.