Santiago Forte
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting in ESADE, URL Associate Professor at ESADE Business School

Schools
- ESADE Business School
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Biography
ESADE Business School
Santiago Forte holds a PhD in Economics from Universidad Carlos III, Madrid. His Doctoral Thesis is focused on the application of structural models to the determination of credit risk and the optimal capital structure of companies.
He has been an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Economics and Business Economics of this University, teaching both at undergraduate and at Master and PhD level.
More recently, he conducted a research project with the Bank of Spain, aimed at measuring the credit risk of quoted companies.
Of note among his work are the following: ''Debt Refinancing and Credit Risk''; ''Capital Structure: Optimal Leverage and Maturity Choice in a Dynamic Model''; ''Credit Spreads: Theory and Evidence about the Information Content of Stocks, Bonds and CDSs'' and; ''Implied Default Barrier in Credit Default Swap Premia''.
Education
- Doctor en Economía. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- Licenciado en Economía. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Areas of interest
- Credit Risk
- Optimal Capital Structure
- Valuation of Assets
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