Research Interests

International finance; investments; and emerging markets

Featured Publications

• "The costs of sovereign default: Evidence from the stock market" (with V. Chhaochharia), Review of Financial Studies, forthcoming. 

  “Analyst coverage, information, and bubbles” (with J. Bian and T. Burch), Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (2013).

  "'Sell in May and go away' just won’t go away" (with V. Chhaochharia and M. Fuerst), Financial Analysts Journal (2013).

  "Information immobility and Foreign Portfolio Investment" (with V. Chhaochharia), Review of Financial Studies (2010).

  "A model of asset pricing under country risk", Journal of International Money and Finance (2009).

  "Trading imbalances, predictable reversals, and cross-stock price pressure" (with C. Chang and M. Seasholes), Journal of Financial Economics (2008).

Teaching and Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Finance, Miami Herbert Business School, 2013 - Present
• Assistant Professor, Finance, University of Miami School of Business Administration, 2006 - 2013
• Graduate Student Instructor, University of California - Berkeley, 2003 - 2006
• Analyst, Advisor, and Senior Advisor, Central Bank of Brazil, 1997 - 2001
• Economist, Institute of Applied Economic Research, 1996 - 1997
• Senior Financial Analyst, Banco BBM, 1996

Degrees

• Ph.D., Finance, University of California - Berkeley, 2006
• M.S., Economics, Escola de Pós-Graduação em Economia/FGV, 1996
• B.S., Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica, 1993

Honors and Awards

• Sun Yefang Financial Innovation Award, 2014
• Cheit Award for Graduate Student Instructor (MFE Program), Haas School of Business, 2006
• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California - Berkeley, 2005
• BBM Award, 1995
• INFRAERO Award, 1993
• Litoral Engineering Award, 1993
• Honors of ITA’s Dept. of Transports, 1993
• Honors of ITA’s Dept. of Mathematics, 1993