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Research Output per year
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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
- Corporate Bankruptcy
- Corporate Capital Structure
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Restructuring
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Payout Policy
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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
8 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 Access3 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
20 Scopus citations -
Unemployment insurance as a housing market stabilizer
Hsu, J. W., Matsa, D. A. & Melzer, B. T., Jan 2018, In: American Economic Review. 108, 1, p. 49-81 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
47 Scopus citations -
Boarding a Sinking Ship? An Investigation of Job Applications to Distressed Firms
Brown, J. & Matsa, D. A., Apr 1 2016, In: Journal of Finance. 71, 2, p. 507-550 44 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
54 Scopus citations