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Mara Faccio

Mara Faccio

Tom and Patty Hefner Chair in Finance
Professor of Management
Finance

Education

Ph.D. (Dottorato), Finance; Universita' Cattolica, 1999
M.Phil. in Accounting and Finance; City University Business School, London, 1997
Master's in Accounting and Finance; Universita' di Pavia, 1995
Bachelor in Economics (Laurea); Universita' di Pavia, 1994

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Mara Faccio's primary research interests are in international finance and corporate finance. Her research has appeared in various leading academic journals including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, the Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, and Management Science.

Her research has received numerous awards, including the All-Star Paper Award (Journal of Financial Economics), the Best Paper Runner-Up for the BlackRock/Brennan Award (Review of Financial Studies), and the Sharpe Award for Best Paper (Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis). Her work has also been nominated for the Brattle Prize (Journal of Finance). Faccio is ranked as the #1 female scientist in academic finance by Renée Adams and Jing Xu (2022).

Mara Faccio currently holds the position of President of Financial Management Association International (FMA). She previously served on the board of directors of the American Finance Association. Professor Faccio is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Fellow of the International Corporate Governance Society, and a Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute. 

She serves as an Advisory Editor for the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and previously held the position of Managing Editor from 2020 to 2023. She serves or has served as an associate editor (or equivalent) for the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Corporate Finance, the Journal of International Business Studies, Financial Management, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, and other major journals. She currently holds the Tom and Patty Hefner Chair in Finance & Professor of Management (Finance) at Purdue University, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business. Prior to joining Purdue in 2007, Faccio was a faculty member at Vanderbilt University, at the University of Notre Dame, and at Università Cattolica (Milan). Faccio earned a Ph.D. in finance from Universita' Cattolica (Milan), an MPhil from City University Business School (London), and both a master's degree and a bachelor's degree from Universita' di Pavia. Outside of academia, Faccio enjoys golfing and is a passionate soccer fan.

Contact

mfaccio@purdue.edu
Office: KRAN 448

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Area(s) of Expertise

Business Valuation, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Family-Owned Business, Finance, Financial Economics, International Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Taxation