David A. Matsa

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

2001 Sheridan Road

Evanston, IL 60208

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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1.

A Female Style in Corporate Leadership? Evidence from Quotas

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 09 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2012
David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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Common Errors: How to (and Not to) Control for Unobserved Heterogeneity

Review of Financial Studies, 2014, 27(2), 617-61, AFA 2013 San Diego Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2014
Todd A. Gormley and David A. Matsa
Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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unobserved heterogeneity, group fixed effects, industry-adjust, bias

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Playing It Safe? Managerial Preferences, Risk, and Agency Conflicts

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 14 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2016
Todd A. Gormley and David A. Matsa
Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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risk aversion, managerial preferences, agency conflicts, acquisitions

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CEO Compensation and Corporate Risk: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Journal of Accounting & Economics (JAE), 2013, 56(2-3), pp. 79-101., AFA 2012 Chicago Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 02 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2014
Todd A. Gormley, David A. Matsa and Todd T. Milbourn
Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Washington University in Saint Louis - Olin Business School
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legal liability, regulatory risk, tail risk, stock options, compensation, managerial incentives

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Competition and Product Quality in the Supermarket Industry

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 03 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2010
David A. Matsa
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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product quality, competition, monopoly, big-box, inventory management, stockout

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Labor Unemployment Risk and Corporate Financing Decisions

Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Vol. 108, No. 2, pp. 449-470 (2013)
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 29 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 20 May 2018
Ashwini K. Agrawal and David A. Matsa
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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capital structure, financial distress, unemployment risk, compensating wage differentials

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Capital Structure as a Strategic Variable: Evidence from Collective Bargaining

Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 02 Oct 2006 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2014
David A. Matsa
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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strategic investment, strategic capital structure, collective bargaining, union rent sharing, right-to-work laws, unemployment insurance work stoppage provision, buffer inventories

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Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: Gender Spillovers in Corporate Leadership

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Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: Gender Spillovers in Corporate Leadership

RAND Working Paper No. WR-842
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 03 Apr 2011
David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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Chipping Away at the Glass Ceiling: Gender Spillovers in Corporate Leadership

American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 16 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2011
David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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Unemployment Insurance as a Housing Market Stabilizer

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Unemployment Insurance as a Housing Market Stabilizer

American Economic Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 05 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2017
Joanne W. Hsu, David A. Matsa and Brian Melzer
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Positive Externalities of Social Insurance: Unemployment Insurance and Consumer Credit

NBER Working Paper No. w20353
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 04 Aug 2014
Joanne W. Hsu, David A. Matsa and Brian Melzer
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
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Growing Out of Trouble? Corporate Responses to Liability Risk

Review of Financial Studies, 2011, 24(8), pp. 2781-2821., 2009 Western Finance Association Conference Paper
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2014
Todd A. Gormley and David A. Matsa
Washington University in St. Louis and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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legal liability, acquisitions, payout policy, capital structure, managerial agency

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Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America?

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 01 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2010
Michael L. Anderson and David A. Matsa
U.C. Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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economics of regulation, health production, obesity, fat tax

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Running on Empty? Financial Leverage and Product Quality in the Supermarket Industry

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Forthcoming, AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper, 9th Annual Texas Finance Festival Paper
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2010
David A. Matsa
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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debt, financial constraint, inventory management, stockout, leveraged buyout

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Why Do Firms Use High Discount Rates?

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 22 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2015
Ravi Jagannathan, David A. Matsa, Iwan Meier and Vefa Tarhan
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, HEC Montreal - Department of Finance and Loyola University of Chicago - School of Business Administration
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Capital budgeting; discount rates; cost of capital

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Does Malpractice Liability Keep the Doctor Away? Evidence from Tort Reform Damage Caps

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2010
David A. Matsa
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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malpractice, tort reform, damage caps, physician supply, rural medicine

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Workforce Reductions at Women-Owned Businesses in the United States

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Workforce Reductions at Women-Owned Businesses in the United States

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 17 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2013
David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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Workforce Reductions at Women-Owned Businesses in the United States

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 67, No. 2, 2014
Posted: 18 Apr 2014
David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics

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gender, female business leaders, workforce reductions, labor hoarding, business values

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Locked in by Leverage: Job Search during the Housing Crisis

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Locked in by Leverage: Job Search during the Housing Crisis

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2017
Jennifer Brown and David A. Matsa
University of Utah - Department of Finance and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Downloads 217 (134,145)

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Job Search, Mortgage Leverage, Mobility

Locked in by Leverage: Job Search During the Housing Crisis

NBER Working Paper No. w22929
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 12 Dec 2016
Jennifer Brown and David A. Matsa
University of Utah - Department of Finance and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Restaurants, Regulation, and the Supersizing of America

Regulation, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2010
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 12 Oct 2010
Michael L. Anderson and David A. Matsa
U.C. Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Do Male Workers Prefer Male Leaders? An Analysis of Principals’ Effects on Teacher Retention

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2018
Aliza N. Husain, David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller
University of Virginia - The Curry School of Education, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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gender discrimination, coworker discrimination, turnover, glass ceiling, education workforce

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Boarding a Sinking Ship? An Investigation of Job Applications to Distressed Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w18208
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 10 Jul 2012
Jennifer Brown and David A. Matsa
University of Utah - Department of Finance and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Capital Structure and a Firm's Workforce

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Capital Structure and a Firm's Workforce

NBER Working Paper No. w25125
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 08 Oct 2018
David A. Matsa
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
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Capital Structure and a Firm's Workforce

Annual Review of Financial Economics, Vol. 10, pp. 387-412, 2018
Posted: 08 Nov 2018
David A. Matsa
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Who Votes for Medicaid Expansion? Lessons from Maine's 2017 Referendum

NBER Working Paper No. w25109
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Oct 2018
David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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Do Male Workers Prefer Male Leaders? An Analysis of Principals' Effects on Teacher Retention

NBER Working Paper No. w25263
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Nov 2018
Aliza N. Husain, David A. Matsa and Amalia R. Miller
University of Virginia - The Curry School of Education, Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and University of Virginia - Department of Economics
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