Adolfo de Motta
REAP Professorship in Economics
PhD, Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
BA, University of Valencia, Spain
Professor de Motta's research focuses on corporate finance, financial intermediation and organization theory. His current research topics include the optimal degree of corporate diversification, the role of institutional investors on corporate governance and the performance of venture capital markets. Professor de Motta has published his work in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics,聽and the Review of Economic Studies.
Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Bouvard, Matthieu, and Adolfo de Motta 鈥淟abor Leverage, Coordination Failures, and Aggregate Risk鈥�, Journal of Financial Economics, v. CXLII, no. 3, pp. 1229鈥�1252, December 2021.
Almazan, Andres, Adolfo de Motta, and Sheridan Titman, 鈥淒ebt, Labor Markets and the Creation and Destruction of Firms鈥�, Journal of Financial Economics, v. CXVIII, no. 3, pp. 636鈥�657, December 2015.
Bouvard, Matthieu,聽Pierre Chaigneau, and Adolfo de Motta, "Transparency in the Financial System: Rollover Risk and Crises", 聽Journal of Finance, v. LXX, 聽no. 4, pp. 1805鈥�1837, August 聽2015.
de Motta, Adolfo,聽and Jaime Ortega, 鈥淚ncentives, Capital Budgeting, and Organizational Structure鈥�, 聽Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, v. XXII, no. 4, pp. 810鈥�831, Winter 2013.
Almazan, Andres, Adolfo de Motta, Vahap Uysal, and Sheridan Titman, 鈥淔inancial Structure, Acquisition Opportunities, and Firm Locations鈥�, 聽Journal of Finance, v. LXV, no. 2, pp. 529-563, April 2010.
Almazan, Andres, Sanjay Banerji, and Adolfo de Motta, 鈥淎ttracting Attention: Cheap Managerial Talk and Costly Market Monitoring鈥�, 聽Journal of Finance, v. LXIII, no. 3, pp. 1399鈥�1436, June 2008.
Almazan, Andres, Adolfo de Motta, and Sheridan Titman, 鈥淔irm Location and the Creation and Utilization of Human Capital鈥�, 聽Review of Economic Studies, v. 74, no. 4, pp. 1305-1327, October 2007.
de Motta, Adolfo聽鈥淢anagerial Incentives and Internal Capital Markets鈥�, 聽Journal of Finance, v. LVIII, no. 3, pp. 1193-1220, June 2003.
Awards
2007: Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award, Desautels Faculty of Management, 海角社区.
2004: Teacher of the Year Award, Management Undergraduate Society, 海角社区.
1993: Second Prize of the National Awards for Completion of University Studies, Ministry of Education, Spain.
1993: Extraordinary Prize for Completion of Undergraduate Studies in Economics, University of Valencia.
Fellowships
2019- Present REAP Professorship in Economics
2010-2019: Desmarais Faculty Scholar, Desautels Faculty of Management, 海角社区.
1995-1999: Graduate Studies Fellowship, Bank of Spain.
1993-1995: Generalitat Valenciana Graduate Studies Fellowship.
