College of Business: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professor of Finance

PhD Economics, University of Chicago, 2000
Master in Economics, PUC-Rio at Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 1995
BA Business Administration, UNA, Belo Horizonte, UG, 1993
BA Economics, UFMG at Belo Horizonte, MG, 1991

Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 - Present
Associate Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007-2009

Almeida, H., Campello, M. , Weisbach, M. Forthcoming. Corporate Financial and Investment Policies when Future Financing is not Frictionless. Journal of Corporate Finance SSRN Abstract

Almeida, H., Adams, R., Ferreira, D. Forthcoming. Understanding the Relationship Between Founder-CEOs and Corporate Performance. Journal of Empirical Finance SSRN Abstract

Almeida, H., Campello, M. Forthcoming. Financing Frictions and the Substitution Effect Between Internal and External Funds. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis SSRN Abstract

Almeida, H., Philippon, T. 2008. Estimating Risk-Adjusted Costs of Financial Distress. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 105-111 SSRN Abstract

Almeida, H., Philippon, T. 2007. The Risk-Adjusted Cost of Financial Distress. Journal of Finance, 62: 2557-2586 SSRN Abstract

Acharya, V., Almeida, H. 2007. Is Cash Negative Debt? A Hedging Perspective on Corporate Financial Policies. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 16: 515-554 SSRN Abstract

Almeida, H., Campello, M. 2007. Financial Constraints, Asset Tangibility and Corporate Investment. Review of Financial Studies, 20: 1429-1460 SSRN Abstract

Brattle Prize, first place, Journal of Finance, 2008
Finalist for the Journal of Finance Brattle Prize, Journal of Finance, 2007
Nomination for the Brattle Prize, Journal of Finance, 2007
Goldman Sachs Best Paper Prize, Review of Finance, 2006
Faculty research fellow, NBER, 2005
Jensen Prize for Best Paper in Corporate Finance and Organizations (Second Prize), Journal of Financial Economics, 2005

Ad-hoc Referee, American Economic Review, 2009
Ad Hoc Referee, Journal of Finance, 2009
Ad Hoc Referee, Review of Financial Studies, 2009
Associate Editor, Brazilian Journal of Finance, Present
Presenter, Yale Financial Crisis Conference-, 2009
Grant Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 2009
Session Chair, MFA Meeting, 2009
Session Chair, WFA Meetings, Present
Associate Editor, International Review of Finance, 2008-Present
Associate Editor, Review of Financial Studies, 2008-Present
Presenter, NBER Summer Corporate Finance, WFA & AFA, 2008
Program Committee, 5th Annual Conference on Corporate Finance, Washington University at St. Louis, 2008
Program Committee, AFA Meeting, 2008
Program Committee, WFA Meeting, 2008
Session Chair, AFA Meeting, 2008
Presenter, WFA, Conference of Credit Risk and Credit Derivatives, Federal Reserve Board, AFA, NBER Summer Capital Markets and the Economy, NBER Summer Corporate Finance, 2007
Program Committee, WFA Meeting, 2007
Presenter, WFA, NBER Summer Corporate Finance, 2006
Program Committee, FMA European Conference, Stockholm, 2006
Conference Organizer, NBER Coporate Finance Meeting, 2005
Presenter, WFA and AFA, 2005
Program Committee, FMA Meeting, 2005

Mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance

Financial constraints, international corporate finance, business groups, financial distress, corporate governance and managerial decision-making.