Research

Published Articles

• Peer Financial Reports and Cash Policy (with F. Urzúa).
  • European Accounting Review, 2025.
  • Publisher. Pre-print.
  • Featured by BSE Focus and ARC Blog.

• More than Money: Political Participation by Elite Business Families (with P. Duran and M. Carney).
  • Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2024.
  • Publisher. Pre-print.
  • Featured by BSE, Promarket, FamilyBusiness.org and Diario Financiero.
  • Awarded 2023-24 Schulze Publication Award in the Reseach Insights category (FamilyBusiness.org).

• Mandatory Financial Disclosure and the M&A Activity (with F. Urzua, C. Peter, and P. Volpin).
  • The Review of Financial Studies, 2023.
  • Publisher. Pre-print. Internet Appendix.
  • Policy Impact: Our findings on the role of transparency thresholds for M&As were incorporated into the discussion of IFRS 3 “Business Combinations” by the UK Endorsement Board and analyzed in an IASB Meeting.

• Inheritance tax, Shareholder Protection, and the market value of Family Firms (with M. Braun, M. Carney, P. Duran, and J. Riutort).
  • Global Strategy Journal, 2021.
  • Publisher.
  • Finalist Best Paper Award AIB LAT 2018.

• When More Is Better: Multifamily Firms and Firm Performance (with P. Duran).
  • Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2020.
  • Publisher.

Other Publications

• Inheritance Law.
  • Encyclopedia of Family Business. Book Chapter, 2024.
  • Publisher. Pre-print.
• The prevalence of Private Family Firms in Europe.
  • White Paper–Family Business and Long-Term Investment Chair. Dauphine PSL , 2025.
  • Publisher.

Working Paper

• The Effect of Mandatory Disclosure on the CEO Market for Private Firms (with Francisco Urzúa and Paolo Volpin).
  • Pre-print.
  • R&R at the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
• Dynamic Contracting and Corporate Tax Evasion (with Juan Imbet and Vincent Tena).
  • Pre-print.
• Private Firms and Offshore Finance: the Real Effects of Data Leaks (with Juan Imbet).
  • Pre-print.
• Board Gender Quotas and Female CEOs in Private Firms (with Sonia Falconieri, Francisco Urzúa, and Paolo Volpin).
  • Pre-print.
  • Featured by Forbes CL.

Work in Progress

• The Impact of Political Nationalism on Corporate Governance (with Caspar Peter).
• Moral Norms and the Economic Organization of the Firm (with Benito Arruñada and Lucas Lopez).
• Competitive Executive Compensation with Profitability Shocks (with Gilles Chemla, Juan Imbet, Vincent Tena).