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Francisco Urzúa is a Professor in Finance at Bayes Business School, City, University of London, where he has been a faculty member since January 2019, initially as a Reader before being promoted in August 2024. Prior to this, he was an Assistant Professor at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, from 2013 to 2018.
- PhD in Finance, Tilburg University, Netherlands
- MSc in Accounting and Finance, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- BA in Business and Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
His research centers on corporate finance and governance, with a particular emphasis on business groups, ownership structures, disclosure regulation, and privatization. His work often examines how ownership concentration, investor protection, and corporate affiliations affect firm behavior and financial policy. He has made significant contributions to understanding internal capital markets, the effects of going public, and the role of peer financial disclosures.
His publications appear in leading journals such as The Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, and The Accounting Review. Recent research investigates funding contagion, mandatory disclosure effects on M&A, and the real effects of financial reporting. His 2020 paper on the privatization origins of political corporations won the Arthur Cole Prize.
- Arthur Cole Prize for best paper in The Journal of Economic History
He has been involved in multiple research collaborations and grants, particularly with scholars like Borja Larrain and Marcelo Ortiz. His current work includes projects on family firms and M&As, innovation spillovers, and organizational structure. He supervises PhD students and contributes to academic discourse through working papers and ongoing research.
Francisco Urzúa is affiliated with the Faculty of Finance at Bayes Business School and leads research on corporate governance and financial policy. He maintains an active research agenda and is a key contributor to the academic community in corporate finance.
