Gregor Matvos
Howard Berolzheimer Professor of Finance
Gregor Matvos is a Howard Berolzheimer Chair in Finance at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, serves as an Editor of The Review of Financial Studies, and is a former Editor of The Review of Corporate Financial Studies and former Associate Editor at The Journal of Finance and Management Science. His papers in these areas have been published in several journals, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, 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. His recent paper on the fragility of the U.S. banking system is the most downloaded paper in finance posted in the last 25 years on SSRN. Born and raised in Slovenia, Matvos earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University.
- Financial intermediation
- household finance
- real estate
- corporate finance
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Ph.D., 2007, Business Economics, Harvard University
A.B., 2002, Economics, Harvard University, magna cum laude with highest honors in field -
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 -
Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017-present
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011-2017 -
Sidney J. Levy Teaching Award, 2023-2024
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Editor, Review of Financial Studies, 2020
Editor, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 2016-2020
Associate Editor, Journal of Finance, 2016
Associate Editor, Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 2015-2016
Associate Editor, Management Science, 2014-2017
Corporate Finance II (FINC-586-2)
This course provides a theoretical and empirical treatment of major topics in empirical corporate finance, including: investment decisions, capital structure, corporate governance, and law and finance.
Fintech and Society (FINCX-966-0)
Fintech and Society
FinTech and Society (FINC-966-0)
Since the Great Recession, financial intermediation has undergone a dramatic change, with disruptive and lightly regulated technology entrants (FinTechs) competing with traditional banks in every aspect of their business, and even launching financial products that had not existed before. This course explores the opportunities and challenges at the intersection of finance, technology, and regulation, and assesses their impact on broader society. We aim to develop an understanding of the broad landscape of FinTech, including the use of blockchain technology for cryptocurrencies and DeFi, as well as disruptive innovations in the areas of real estate, asset management, payments, and lending to businesses and households. The course aims to develop tools used to evaluate the profitability of FinTech opportunities from the perspective of the financial product markets, competition, regulation, and funding, and the role that technology plays in overcoming challenges faced by incumbents. We will also evaluate the role of FinTech in promoting financial inclusion - access to cheap and efficient financial services to the underbanked population, and its ability to alleviate or exacerbate the problem of discrimination in the financial sector. This approach will allow students to evaluate Fintech opportunities from the perspective of their own value system.
Field Study (FINC-498-0)
Field Studies include those opportunities outside of the regular curriculum in which a student is working with an outside company or non-profit organization to address a real-world business challenge for course credit under the oversight of a faculty member.
