Marc Martos-Vila

Assistant Professor

Phone: (310) 825-4083

marc.martos vila@anderson.ucla.edu

Biography

Marc Martos-Vila is an assistant professor of finance at UCLA Anderson since 2007. His research interests are in the area of corporate finance, more specifically, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, and the effects of financial frictions. Other areas of interest include contract theory, search theory and the links between finance and aggregate economic activity. He has been granted fellowships form the Bank of Spain and Princeton University. He worked at the Financial Systems division of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.

Education

Ph.D. Economics, 2007, Princeton University
M.Sc. Economics and Finance, 2001, CEMFI (Madrid, Spain)
B.A. Economics, 1999, U. Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain)

Interests

Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Compensation, Effects of Financial Frictions, Contract Theory, Search Theory, Links Between Finance and Aggregate Economic Activity

Working Papers
  Marc Martos-Vila and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. (January 2012). “Financial Buyers vs. Strategic Buyers.” Revise and Resubmit, the Journal of Finance. Presented at the AFA Meetings 2012 in Chicago and scheduled at the LBS Coller Institute of Private Equity Symposium 2012 and at the WFA 2012. Winner of the 1st prize WHU Finance Award for the best paper presented at the Campus for Finance Research Conference 2012. [Link]
  Marc Martos-Vila. (January 2011). "A Theory of Private vs. Public Placements in Public Firms." Submitted. [Link]
  Marc Martos-Vila. (December 2008). "The Search for Corporate Control." Submitted. [Link]
  Marc Martos-Vila and Filippos Papkonstantinou. (August 2008). "The Effect of Search Frictions in Mergers." European Finance Association 2009 Meetings. [Link]