Gregor Matvos
Howard Berolzheimer Chair in 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 and is a former Editor of The Review of Financial Studies, 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, 2020-2026
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.
Corporate Finance I (FINC-586-1)
This course introduces students to theories of corporate financing and investment decisions; optimal financial contracting and security design; financial intermediation; and financial crises. Throughout we study the effects of incentive problems and asymmetric information.
Competing in Financial Services: Strategy, Technology, and Regulation (FINCX-966-0)
Competing in Financial Services
FinTech and Society (FINC-966-0)
FinTech and Society studies financial intermediation (banking), with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. Financial intermediation has undergone dramatic changes since the Great Recession. Disruptive and lightly regulated technology entrants (FinTechs) compete with traditional banks across their businesses, both by innovating within existing products and by launching new financial products. For some maturing entrants, the change has come full circle: they have become banks.
This course explores the opportunities and challenges at the intersection of finance, technology, and regulation and assesses their impact on business and broader society. We aim to understand the broad landscape of FinTech and banking, including machine learning, generative AI, and regulatory arbitrage in real estate, asset management, payments, and lending to businesses and households. We also examine the use of blockchain technology for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenization.
The course develops tools to evaluate the profitability of innovation in financial intermediation by considering financial product markets, competition, regulation, and funding. We examine how technology helps incumbents overcome challenges, as well as FinTech's role in promoting financial inclusion and its ability to alleviate or exacerbate discrimination in the financial sector.
