Leonardo Madureira

Leonardo Madureira is a Professor in the Department of Banking & Finance at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, and holds the Kenneth Walter Haber Professorship. He has been at the university since 2005 and specializes in corporate finance, market microstructure, and empirical asset pricing.

• PhD in Finance, University of Pennsylvania (2005)
• MA in Finance, University of Pennsylvania (2001)
• MBA, Pontifical Catholic University (1998)
• BSc in Economics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1990)

His research focuses on the causal effects of proximity on investment, analyst expertise, IPO outcomes, and regulatory impacts on financial markets. Recent work explores non-underwritten equity placements and rating systems in sell-side research.

Madureira has received prestigious awards including the Deborah and David Daberko Fellowship (2014) and Lewis-Progressive Fellow (2009). His publications span journals like the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Accounting & Economics.