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This is Maurizio (Maurice) Montone, welcome to my website. I am an associate professor of finance at Utrecht University. Within the school, I am also thesis coordinator for the finance master's programs and a member of the Degree Program Committee. Outside of the organization, I am a member of the Series Advisory Board for World Scientific Publishing.

My primary research area is asset pricing, both theoretical and empirical, with a focus on behavioral finance. The overarching theme of my research is how investor behavior affects financial markets and economic growth. To this end, I study the interplay of asset pricing with corporate finance and macroeconomics. My main topics of interest are sentiment and growth, market efficiency, politics and finance, and attitude towards risk.

My research network includes a number of leading academics from the EU, the UK, and the US. My papers have featured in well-reputed academic journals (top 20% by article influence score), and downloaded more than 3k times on SSRN. They have also appeared in top conference programs (e.g., American Finance Association (AFA), American Economic Association (AEA), and Financial Management Association (FMA)) and working paper series (e.g., National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)).

As a holder of the University Teaching Qualification and the Senior Teaching Qualification (see here for details), I am also a certified teacher. Throughout the years, I have taught a variety of subjects in economics and finance both at the graduate and undergraduate level with good course evaluations. As part of my endeavors, I have covered multiple roles in course coordination and curriculum development. I also have extensive experience with thesis supervision. 

Please find my CV here, my university page here, and further information on my research and teaching activity on the side menu. You can contact me at m.montone@uu.nl.