Education
PhD in Finance, INSEAD.
MSc in Management and MBA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
BSc with Honours (Licenciatura) in Economics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Biography
Scientific Activities
Conference Presentations
Conferences / Seminars:
EFA 2005, Moscow*
AFA 2005, Philadelphia*
FMA 2004, New Orleans*
EFA 2004, Maastricht*
CEMAF/ISCTE, February 2004.
8th SPiE (Portuguese Association of Research in Economics), June 2003.
ESSEC, February 2003.
HEC Montréal, January 2003.
INSEAD, November 2002.
Said Business School, Oxford, November 2002.
2nd Annual Transatlantic Doctoral Conference, London, June 2002.
INSEAD, May 2002.
INSEAD / LBS Ph.D. Forum, May 2001.
(* indicates presentation by co-author)
Discussant Activities:
Croson et al. (2002), M&A: An Experimental Analysis of Synergies, Externalities
and Dynamics, RFS Conference on Experimental and Behavioral Finance, Mannheim,
December 2002.
Affiliations and Academic Responsibilities
INQUIRE Europe Research Grant ("Favoritism..."), 2003.
AFA PhD Student Travel Grant, AFA meetings Atlanta 2002.
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia Fellowship, 1999-2002.
American Finance Association.
Professional Experience
Teaching Assistant, 1995-1998, Economics department, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Lectured undergraduate courses on Corporate Finance, Bank Management and Financial Accounting.
Consulting analyst on project valuation and investment analysis, 1996-1998, for projects involving Universidade Nova and private corporations. Clients included the major credit card issuer and the incumbent energy (oil and gas) holding company in Portugal.
Analyst / writer, 1994-1995, on a student-owned company producing research on demand for private and public institutions and corporations.
