Research Output per year
Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
His research focuses on connections between business and financial strategy and emphasizes the importance of labor market frictions in the corporate environment. His recent research examines optimal corporate capital structure determination, concentrating on various strategic motivations vis-à-vis the firm’s workforce, and on the role of managerial preferences in firms’ labor market and other strategies, including workforce hiring and downsizing decisions.
Education/Academic qualification
Economics, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 2006
Economics, BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1996 → 2000
Mathematics, BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 2000
Research interests keywords
- Corporate Bankruptcy
- Corporate Capital Structure
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Restructuring
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Payout Policy
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Do Male Workers Prefer Male Leaders?; An Analysis of Principals’ Effects on Teacher Retention
Husain, A. N., Matsa, D. A. & Miller, A. R., 2023, In: Journal of Human Resources. 58, 5, p. 1480-1522 43 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Scopus citations -
The Big Three and board gender diversity: The effectiveness of shareholder voice
Gormley, T. A., Gupta, V. K., Matsa, D. A., Mortal, S. C. & Yang, L., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Financial Economics. 149, 2, p. 323-348 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
24 Scopus citations -
Locked in by leverage: Job search during the housing crisis
Brown, J. & Matsa, D. A., Jun 2020, In: Journal of Financial Economics. 136, 3, p. 623-648 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
28 Scopus citations -
Who votes for medicaid expansion? Lessons from Maine's 2017 referendum
Matsa, D. A. & Miller, A. R., 2019, In: Journal of health politics, policy and law. 44, 4, p. 563-588 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Capital structure and a firm's workforce
Matsa, D. A., Nov 1 2018, In: Annual Review of Financial Economics. 10, p. 387-412 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
44 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Replication data for: Running on Empty? Financial Leverage and Product Quality in the Supermarket Industry
Matsa, D. A. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2011
DOI: 10.3886/e116439v1, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/116439/version/V1/view
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Replication data for: Unemployment Insurance as a Housing Market Stabilizer
Hsu, J. W. (Creator), Matsa, D. A. (Creator) & Melzer, B. T. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2018
DOI: 10.3886/e116160v1-93880, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/116160/version/V1/view?path=/openicpsr/116160/fcr:versions/V1/readme.pdf&type=file
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Replication data for: A Female Style in Corporate Leadership? Evidence from Quotas
Matsa, D. A. (Creator) & Miller, A. R. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2013
DOI: 10.3886/e113856v1, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/113856/version/V1/view
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Replication data for: Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?
Anderson, M. L. (Creator) & Matsa, D. A. (Creator), ICPSR - Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research, 2011
DOI: 10.3886/e113773v1, https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/113773/version/V1/view
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