Margarida Soares

Margarida Soares is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Nova School of Business and Economics since September 2019. Her research bridges Corporate Finance, Labor Economics, and Innovation, with a focus on gender-related decisions and outcomes.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, University of Chicago

Margarida's work explores critical intersections in finance and economics. Corporate Finance themes include firm shocks, IPO impacts, and intangible assets like trademarks. Gender disparities in labor markets and economic responses to sustainability are recurring motifs. Her Economics for Policy research ties empirical findings to business strategies and societal trends.

Article trends reveal a focus on quantifying economic impacts through empirical datasets, including employer-employee matches, retail scanner data, and trademark valuations. Methodologies span causal inference, structural modeling, and quasi-experimental designs.