Armando R. Gomes Faculty Profile

Armando R. Gomes
Assistant Professor of Finance

PhD, Harvard University, 1997; MA, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1990; BS, Instituto Militar de Engenharia-IME, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1988

Research Areas
Corporate finance and governance (domestic and international issues); financial institutions and markets; game and contract theory

Current Projects
Mergers and acquisitions. Theory of negotiations and formation of coalitions. Design of financial instruments and contracts

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1996-present

Other Positions
Research Associate, McKinsey & Company, 1992-94

Representative Publications
"Going Public without Governance: Managerial Reputation Effects." Journal of Finance (forthcoming 1999)

"Takeovers and Freezeouts." (1999).

(with S. Hart and A. Mas-Colell)
"Finite Horizon Bargaining and the Consistent Field." Games and Economic Behavior 27 (1999).