Armando Gomes

Associate Professor of Finance

Areas of Expertise:

Economics - International Economics; Economics - Microeconomics/ Industrial Organization; Finance/Investments - Corporate Finance

Research interests:

Corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, economic theory

Selected Publications:

• "Why Do Public Firms Issue Private and Public Securities?" with G. Phillips, working paper
• "Dynamic Processes of Social and Economic Interactions: On the Persistence of Inefficiencies," Journal of Political Economy, Issue 113(3), 626-667, with P. Jehiel, June 2005
• "Going Public without Governance: Managerial Reputation Effects," Journal of Finance, Issue LV(2), 615-646, April 2000
• "Mergers and Acquisitions: An Experimental Analysis of Synergies, Externalities, and Dynamics," Review of Finance, Issue 8, 481-514, with R. Croson, K. McGinn, and M. Noth, Fall 2004
• "Contracting with Externalities and Outside Options," Journal of Economic Theory, with F. Bloch, 2005
• "Multilateral Contracting with Externalities," Econometrica, Issue 73(4), 1329-1350, Summer 2005
• "SEC Regulation Fair Disclosure, Information, and the Cost of Capital," with G. Gorton, and L. Madureira, working paper

Academic/professional activities:

Member: American Finance Association, Western Finance Association, American Economic Association
Referee: Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, and numerous other journals

Awards/honors:

First Prize, Geewax, Terker & Company Prize for Financial Research, 2004
NASDAQ Educational Foundation Research Fellowship, 2004
Rodney White Center for Financial Research, 1999-2003
International Research Grant - Wharton School, 1998
CAPES Grant, for doctoral studies in social sciences, 1994
CNPq Scholarship, Ministry of Education, for scientific research, 1986

Personal interests:

Professor Gomes and his wife Ruth have two children, Giovani and Julia. He enjoys soccer, biking, swimming, and tennis.