Paul Malatesta

Education

• PhD University of Rochester (1982)
• MS University of Rochester (1976)
• BA University of California, Santa Barbara (1973)

Academic Expertise

• corporate governance

Current Research

• Dual Class Shares and Corporate Innovation, Deregulation and the Cost of Debt

Positions Held

• At the University of Washington since 1980
• Visiting scholar at Arizona State University, 1997
• economics instructor at Colgate University, 1977-1980
• Research Associate for Weyerhaeuser’s Pension Fund Investments Group, 1988-1991

Honors and Awards

• Norman J. Metcalfe Faculty Fellow in Finance, 1997 – 2016
• Norman J. Metcalfe Endowed Professor of Finance, 2016 – present
• Jensen Prize for the best paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics during the year 2011 in the areas of corporate finance and organizations (first prize)

Academic Service

• Managing editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1987-present
• Program committee member of the American Finance Association, 1991, 1993-1995
• Executive committee member of the Western Finance Association, 1987-1988