Gregor Matvos
at Booth School of Business
Howard Berolzheimer Chair in Finance at Kellogg School of Management
Biography
Booth School of Business
Gregor Matvos primarily studies corporate finance. His research interests are related to financial contracting, financial distress, interaction of internal organization of firms with financing and investment, corporate taxation, consumer finance, banking, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. Matvos earned a PhD in 2007 and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with honors in economics in 2002, both from Harvard University.
Kellogg School of Management
Gregor Matvos is a Howard Berolzheimer Chair in Finance at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is a Research Associate in the Corporate Finance group at the National Bureau of Economic Research, serves as an Editor of Review of Corporate Financial Studies, and as an Associate Editor at The Journal of Finance. He was previously an Associate Editor at Management Science. Matvos is interested in issues related financial intermediation, household finance, and corporate finance. His papers in these areas have been published in several journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Financial Studies. His research has been featured in major media, including Bloomberg, the Economist, the Financial Times, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal and has had a direct impact on how regulators supervise financial institutions. Born and raised in Slovenia, Matvos earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University.
Education
- Ph.D., 2007, Business Economics, Harvard University
- A.B., 2002, Economics, Harvard University, magna cum laude with highest honors in field
Academic Positions
- Professor of Finance, Finance, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, 2017-2019
- Associate Professor of Finance, Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, 2011-2017
- Assistant Professor of Finance, Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, 2007-2011
Professional Experience
- Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017-present
- Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011-2017
Awards
- Fama-Miller Center Research Grant, Fama-Miller Center
- Fama-Miller Center Research Grant, Fama-Miller Center
- Fama-Miller Center Research Grant, Fama-Miller Center
- Initiative on Global Markets Research Grant
- Fama-Miller Center Research Grant, Fama-Miller Center
- Initiative on Global Markets Research Grant
- Initiative on Global Markets Research Grant
- Initiative on Global Markets Research Grant
- Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research
- Doctoral Fellowship, Harvard Business School
- Ad-Futura Scholarship, Government of Slovenia
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Zois National Merit Fellowship
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