Martin Szydlowski
Associate Professor of Economics
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Research Interests
Financial Economics, Contract Theory, Information Economics
Working Papers
Hype Cycles: Dynamic Information Design with Two Audiences, with Xuelin Li and Fangyuan Yu
Friends Don't Lie: Monitoring and Communication with Risky Investments, with Snehal Banerjee
Publications
Fomenting Conflict, Journal of Economic Theory (2024)
Aggressive Pivots and Entrepreneurial Skill, with Xuelin Li, AEJ: Microeconomics (2024)
Harnessing the Overconfidence of the Crowd: A Theory of SPACs, with Snehal Banerjee, Journal of Financial Economics (2024) [Harvard Law School Forum Summary]
Monitor Reputation and Transparency, with Ivan Marinovic, AEJ: Microeconomics (2023)
Ambiguity in Dynamic Contracts, with Ji Hee Yoon, Journal of Economic Theory (2022)
Monitoring with Career Concerns, with Ivan Marinovic, RAND Journal of Economics (2022) [Online Appendix]
Optimal Financing and Disclosure, Management Science (2020)
The Market for Conflicted Advice, with Briana Chang, Journal of Finance (2020)
Moving the Goalposts, with Jeffrey Ely, Journal of Political Economy (2020)
Incentives, Project Choice and Dynamic Multitasking, Theoretical Economics (2019)
On the Smoothness of Value Functions and the Existence of Optimal Strategies, with Bruno Strulovici, Journal of Economic Theory (2015)
Teaching
ECON 3133: Microeconomic Theory II (undergrad), HKUST, 2024 - present
FINA 4221: Principles of Corporate Finance (undergrad), University of Minnesota, 2013-2023
FINA 8812: Corporate Finance I (PhD), University of Minnesota, 2013-2023