GREGOR MATVOS https://sites.google.com/site/gmatvos/ Gregor.Matvos@mccombs.utexas.edu Contact Information University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business Department of Finance 2110 Speedway, Stop B6600 CBA 6.274 Austin, TX 78712 Academic Positions: University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business Professor of Finance, 2017 Present University of Chicago Booth School of Business Associate Professor of Finance, 2011-2017 Assistant Professor of Finance, 2007 2011 Other Affiliations: National Bureau of Economic Research, Research Associate, 2017 Present National Bureau of Economic Research, Faculty Research Fellow, 2011 2017 Associate Editor, Journal of Finance, 2016 Present Editor, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 2016 Present Associate Editor, Management Science, 2014 2017 Associate Editor, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 2015 2016 Education Ph.D. Business Economics, Harvard University, June 2007 A.B., Economics, Harvard University, magna cum laude with highest honors in field, June 2002 Interests Corporate finance, financial intermediation, real estate, and household finance. Published and Forthcoming Papers: The Market For Financial Adviser Misconduct, (with Mark Egan and Amit Seru), September 2017, Journal of Political Economy, Accepted Financial Market Frictions and Diversification (with Amit Seru and Rui Silva), Journal of Financial Economics, Accepted Deposit Competition and Financial Fragility: Evidence from the US Banking Sector, (with Mark Egan and Ali Hortaçsu), American Economic Review, 2017, v.107(1), pp. 169-21 Selling Failed Banks, (with Joao Granja and Amit Seru), Journal of Finance, 2017, v.72(4), pp.1723-1784. Advertising Expensive Mortgages, (with Umit Gurun and Amit Seru), Journal of Finance, 2016, v.71(5), pp. 2371-2416 Debt and Creative Destruction: Why Could Subsidizing Corporate Debt be Optimal? (with Zhiguo He), Management Science, 2016, v.62(2), pp. 303-325
Resource Allocation within Firms and Financial Market Dislocation: Evidence from Diversified Conglomerates, (with Amit Seru), Review of Financial Studies, 2014, v.27(4), pp.1143-1189. Renegotiation Design: Evidence from NFL roster bonuses, Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, v.57, pp. 387-430. Estimating the Benefits of Contractual Completeness, Review of Financial Studies, 2013, v.26(11), pp. 2798-2844. Indirect Costs of Financial Distress in Durable Goods Industries The Case of Auto Manufacturers (with Ali Hortaçsu, Chad Syverson and Sriram Venkataraman), Review of Financial Studies, 2013, v.26(5), pp. 1248-1290. Is an Automaker s Road to Bankruptcy Paved with Customers Beliefs? (with Ali Hortaçsu, Chaehee Shin, Chad Syverson and Sriram Venkataraman), American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 2011, v.101(3), pp. 93-97. Heterogeneity and Peer Effects in Mutual Fund Proxy Voting (with Michael Ostrovsky), Journal of Financial Economics, October 2010, v.98(1), pp. 90-112. Cross-Ownership, Returns, and Voting in Mergers (with Michael Ostrovsky), Journal of Financial Economics, September 2008, v.89(3), pp. 391-403. Working Papers: When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct, (with Mark Egan and Amit Seru), November 2017 Fintech, Regulatory Arbitrage, and the Rise of Shadow Banks, (with Greg Buchak, Tomasz Piskorski, Amit Seru, and Vincent Yao), November 2017 Search and Screening in Credit Markets: Evidence from the US Mortgage Market, (with Sumit Agrawal, John Grigsby, Ali Hortaçsu, Amit Seru, and Vincent Yao), March 2017 Manager Specific Human Capital Investment: A Model of Block Trading and Firm Stability, February 2005 Teaching: Business 35200: Corporation Finance (MBA) 2008 - Present Refereeing: American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Economic Journal, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Labor, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Political Economy, RAND Journal of Economics, Management Science, Marketing Science, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Quarterly Journal of Economics. Presentations: 2017-2018 NYU Stern Finance Seminar PCAOB Research Conference NBER Financial Market Regulation CMU Tepper School of Business Finance Seminar
Boston FED Stress Test Conference 17th FDIC/JFSR BankResearch conference European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Invited Session SITE Financial regulation, co-organizer NBER Risk of Financial Institutions Summer Institute 2016-2017 Joint Bank of Canada-John Deutsch Institute Workshop on Financial Intermediation and Regulation Chicago FED Seminar Berkeley Haas Finance Seminar University of Arizona, Peyton Finance Seminar Harvard / MIT, Industrial Organization Workshop University of Zurich Utah Winter Finance Conference American Finance Association Dartmouth Tuck Finance Seminar SEC DERA Stanford Graduate School of Business, Finance Seminar Wisconsin School of Business, Madison, Finance Seminar Boston College Finance Seminar CSEF-EIEF-SITE Conference on Finance and Labor European Association for Research in Industrial Economics NBER Personnel Economics Summer Institute NBER Household Finance Summer Institute NBER Risk of Financial Institutions Summer Institute NBER Corporate Finance Summer Institute 2015-2016 LBS Summer Symposium SEC Enforcement Division Yale Finance Seminar FDIC Center for Financial Research Seminar NBER Corporate Finance Program Meeting FINRA Sloan Finance Seminar NBER IO Program Meeting UT Austin Finance Seminar American Economic Association USC Finance Seminar Temple Finance Seminar UCLA Finance Seminar Maryland Finance Seminar 3rd Annual Finance, Organizations and Markets Research Conference Harvard Business School Finance Seminar Michigan Finance Seminar Kellogg Finance Seminar Wharton Finance Seminar Red Rock Finance Conference Darden Finance Seminar NBER Household Finance Summer Institute 2014-2015 Mitsui Finance Symposium Financial Intermediation Research Society SFS Cavalcade Ohio State Corporate Finance Conference Texas Finance Festival
DePaul Finance Seminar Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Applied Economics Seminar NBER IO Program Meeting Columbia Finance Seminar Princeton Finance / IO Seminar Harvard Industrial Organization Seminar American Economic Association BFI Becker Brown Bag Series Washington University 11th Annual Conference on Corporate Finance Utah Finance Seminar Duke Finance Seminar Wharton Conference on Liquidity and Financial Crises BFI Creditors and Corporate Governance NBER Risk of Financial Institutions NBER Corporate Finance Summer Institute Organizer 2013-2014 LBS 2014 Summer Finance Symposium Financial Intermediation Research Society NYU Stern Finance Seminar Drexel's 7th Corporate Governance Conference NY FED Seminar Alberta School of Business Finance Seminar MIT Organizational Economics Seminar JRC Annual Conference Consumption and Finance Utah Winter Finance Conference American Economic Association Red Rock Finance Conference NBER Household Finance Summer Institute Conference on Corporate Finance, Wash. U. Program Committee 2012-2013 LBS Finance Seminar LSE Finance Seminar NBER Behavioral Economics Program Meeting Rochester Finance Seminar UNC Finance Seminar Chicago Booth School of Business' 8th Annual Credit, Restructuring, Distressed Investing & Turnaround Conference (Distressed debt panel) Utah Winter Business Economics Conference Jackson Hole Finance Conference American Finance Association NBER Fall Program Meeting Paris Spring Corporate Finance Conference Kellogg Junior Finance Conference CEPR European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets Conference on Corporate Finance, Wash. U. Program Committee 2011-12 Stanford Applied Microeconomics Seminar Texas Finance Festival NBER Corporate Finance Program Meeting NBER Law and Economics Program Meeting
2010-11 2009-10 2008-9 2006-7 Boston College Finance Seminar NBER Corporate Finance Summer Institute Econometric Society Annual Meetings SITE Advances in Empirical Capital Structure Research Paris Spring Corporate Finance Conference AFA Session Chair: Corporate Governance, Ownership, and Activism Dartmouth Tuck Finance Seminar MSU Finance Seminar Berkeley Haas Finance Seminar 2009-10 EFA Annual Meetings NBER Corporate Finance Summer Institute UC Santa Cruz Wharton Finance Seminar NBER Corporate Finance Program Meeting NBER Industrial Organization Program Meeting MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference DePaul Finance Seminar Harvard-MIT Organizational Economics Seminar Wharton Finance Seminar UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School Harvard Business School London School of Economics and Political Sciences Simon Graduate School of Business, University of Rochester Duke University, Fuqua School of Business Kellogg Business School, Northwestern University Chicago Graduate School of Business MIT Sloan School of Business London Business School Stanford Graduate School of Business 2006 2005 LBS Trans Atlantic Doctoral Conference Honors, Scholarships, Fellowships and Grants: 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 2008-9 2007-8 2007 Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research 2002-present Doctoral Fellowship, Harvard Business School 2002-2004 Ad-Futura Scholarship, Government of Slovenia 2002 Phi Beta Kappa 1994-2004 Zois National Merit Fellowship