Licentiate in Economics, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Current Position(s) Held
2021 - Present
Associate Professor of Finance, Singapore Management University, Singapore
2014 - 2021
Assistant Professor of Finance, Imperial College Business School, Finance Department, London, UK.
2009 - 2014
Assistant Professor of Finance, New York University, Stern School of Business, Finance Department, New York, NY.
Awards, Recognition and Honors
Lee Kong Chian Fellowship Grant ($60,000), 2021
Best Crypto Economics Paper Award at the 2nd Toronto Fintech Conference, 2019
Quantitative Sciences Research Institute (QSRI) award to organize the conference “Frictions in Finance: Theory and Evidence” with Johannes Muhle-Karbe, 2019
The Smith Richardson Foundation Grant ($50,000) with Thomas Philippon, 2010
Dissertation Year Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2008
Robert Eisner Memorial Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2007
Research Interests
Liquidity
Fintech
Industrial Organization of Financial Markets
Microstructure
Asset Pricing
Corporate Finance
Insider Trading
Bitcoin
Blockchain
DeFi
Money and Payments
Journal Articles (Refereed)
“Legal Risk and Insider Trading” , The Journal of Finance (2024), with Marcin Kacperczyk. Selected Presentations: WFA, AFA, NBER, FIRS, SFS Cavalcade, EFA.
“Non-Standard Errors,” The Journal of Finance (2024), with Albert Menkveld et al.
“Decentralizing Money: Bitcoin Prices and Blockchain Security”, The Review of Financial Studies (February 2022). Selected Presentations: AFA, FIRS, EFA, AEA, WFA, NBER, Winner Best Crypto Economics Paper Award at 2nd Toronto Fintech Conference.
“Chasing Private Information”, The Review of Financial Studies (December 2019), with Marcin Kacperczyk. Selected Presentations: WFA, NBER Asset Pricing, NBER Long-Term Asset Management, CEPR, FIRS.
“Competing on Speed”, Econometrica (May 2018), with Thomas Philippon. Awarded with a Grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation. Selected Presentations: WFA, Finance Theory Group, AEA.
