Armando Gomes

Area of Expertise:

Corporate Governance, Law and Economics, Banking and Financial Institutions, Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, Negotiation, Banking and Financial Institutions, Corporate Finance, Entrepreneurship, Law and Economics, Negotiation

Research Interests:

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

Awards/Honors:

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

Professor Gomes'' research program focuses on addressing questions in corporate finance and economics, applying game theory and economic tools to construct and evaluate models. Recurrent themes of his research are the study of asymmetric information and incentive problems and issues related to bargaining and contracting. His interest also lies in empirical research focusing on finance topics where synergies with theory are an important element in uncovering and understanding the questions.