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Pedro Matos
Assistant Professor of Finance and Business Economics

USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808

Phone: 
213-740-6533
pmatos@marshall.usc.edu
Education: 
PhD, MS, INSEAD; MS, Technical University of Lisbon; BA, New University of Lisbon
Personal Website: 
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~pmatos/

Overview

Pedro Matos' research focuses on international corporate governance. He has studied extensively the behavior of institutional investors and their impact on corporate financial policies. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies. It has also been featured in the press, including in the New York Times. He has received numerous research grants (FDIC, Inquire, ECB Lamfalussy fellowship). At USC, he has been a recipient of the Marshall Golden Apple Teaching Award. Prior to his PhD studies at INSEAD, he worked with the Portuguese Ministry of Finance.

Research

Are US CEOs Paid More? New International Evidence • 2012
The Executive Compensation Controversy: A Transatlantic Analysis • 2012
U.S.-Style Investor Activism in Japan: The First 10 Years • 2011
The Friendly Activist: Taiyo Pacific Partners and Nippon Ceramic • 2011
Corporate Governance Reform is not the Panacea for Preventing Future Financial Crises • 2011
Shareholders at the Gate? Institutional Investors and Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions • 2009
The Colors of Investors' Money: The Role of Institutional Investors Around the World • 2008
Favoritism in Mutual Fund Families? Evidence on Strategic Cross-Fund Subsidization • 2006
Shareholder Investment Horizon and the Market for Corporate Control • 2005
Universal Banks and Corporate Control: Evidence from the Global Syndicated Loan Market