Alejandro Rivera

Associate Professor of Finance at University of Texas at Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States

About

I am an Associate Professor of Finance at UT-Dallas. My research is mostly focused on the theory of Corporate Finance: -Recursive Contracts. -Behavioral Finance: Ambiguity-Aversion, Present-Bias, Extrapolation Bias. -Sustainable Finance. -Dynamic Liquidity Management. -Optimal Capital Structure. -Household Finance. My research has been published in top Economics and Finance journals, including Econometrica, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Prior to joining UT-Dallas, I earned my PhD in Economics from Boston University in 2015. I have also held visiting positions at the Haas Business School, where I taught Corporate Finance in the MBA program, and at the University of Rosario, where I taught Mathematical Economics in their undergraduate program.

Experience

  • The University of Texas at Dallas (10 yrs 11 mos)
    • Associate Professor of Finance
      Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

    • Assistant Professor of Finance
      Sep 2015 - Aug 2024 · 9 yrs

  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
    Aug 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr

  • PhD Candidate at Boston University
    Sep 2008 - Oct 2015 · 7 yrs 2 mos

  • Summer Research Fellow at American Institute for Economic Research
    Jun 2011 - Jul 2011 · 2 mos

  • Instructor at Universidad del Rosario
    Jan 2010 - Jun 2010 · 6 mos