Francisco Gomes

Professor Francisco Gomes is a Professor of Finance at the London Business School, where he has been a faculty member since 2000. His research focuses on capital markets, asset allocation, household finance, and macroeconomics, with a particular emphasis on life-cycle investing, retirement policy, and risk-sharing mechanisms.

• BA - Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• MA/PhD - Harvard University

His work has been published in top-tier journals like The Journal of Finance, The Review of Financial Studies, and The American Economic Review. Recent publications analyze automation's impact on wealth dispersion, yield-chasing behavior in household investments, and optimal target-date fund strategies for retirement planning.

Professor Gomes is a Research Affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and co-founded the CEPR Network on Household Finance. His research bridges theoretical models with empirical analysis, often incorporating computational methods (e.g., Fortran/Matlab code for life-cycle models).