Marcus Braga-Alves

EDUCATION

• PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Finance

• MBA, Pace University, New York, NY

  • Financial Management

Marcus Braga-Alves is an Associate Professor of Finance at Pace University. He earned his MBA from Pace University and his Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Pittsburgh. His research analyzes problems that confront market participants and the academic community in the areas of investment management, corporate finance, and international finance. He is especially interested in the study of the development of capital markets in emerging countries. His work was published in the Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Financial Markets, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Journal of International Money and Finance, among other journals. He has served as an ad hoc reviewer for several academic journals. He has also served on the program committees of the annual meetings of the Financial Management Association and the Eastern Finance Association.

Before moving to the U.S., Marcus worked for five years as a consultant in the spot and derivatives markets for agricultural commodities in Brazil. His prime responsibility during that time was to promote the use of commodity derivatives for price risk management by local farmers, who faced new challenges resulting from increasing deregulation and globalization.