Martin Szydlowski

Assistant Professor of Finance

University of Minnesota

Research Interests

Financial Economics, Contract Theory, Information Economics

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Working Papers

[1.] Deprioritizing Content

[2.] Fomenting Conflict, R&R at the Journal of Economic Theory

[3.] Hype Cycles: Dynamic Information Design with Two Audiences, with Xuelin Li and Fangyuan Yu, R&R at the Journal of the European Economic Association

[4.] Friends Don't Lie: Monitoring and Communication with Risky Investments, with Snehal Banerjee, R&R at the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

[5.] Leaks and Takeovers

[6.] Pivots and Prestige: Venture Capital Contracts with Experimentation, with Xuelin Li, Reject&Resubmit at AEJ: Microeconomics


Publications

[1.] Harnessing the Overconfidence of the Crowd: A Theory of SPACs, with Snehal Banerjee, Journal of Financial Economics (2024) [Harvard Law School Forum Summary]

[2.] Monitor Reputation and Transparency, with Ivan Marinovic, AEJ: Microeconomics (2023)

[3.] Ambiguity in Dynamic Contracts, with Ji Hee Yoon, Journal of Economic Theory (2022)

[4.] Monitoring with Career Concerns, with Ivan Marinovic, RAND Journal of Economics (2022) [Online Appendix]

[5.] Optimal Financing and Disclosure, Management Science (2020)

[6.] The Market for Conflicted Advice, with Briana Chang, Journal of Finance (2020)

[7.] Moving the Goalposts, with Jeffrey Ely, Journal of Political Economy (2020)

[8.] Incentives, Project Choice and Dynamic Multitasking, Theoretical Economics (2019)

[9.] On the Smoothness of Value Functions and the Existence of Optimal Strategies, with Bruno Strulovici, Journal of Economic Theory (2015)


Teaching

FINA 4221: Principles of Corporate Finance (undergrad)

FINA 8812: Corporate Finance I (PhD)