Dr Cesario Mateus
Job title
Senior Lecturer in Finance and Banking
Department
Accounting & Finance
Qualifications
BA Economics, MSc, PhD
Dr. Mateus holds a PhD in Finance from Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark and has received grants and scholarships from the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, American Finance Association and Financial Management Association.
He has written several academic papers and newspaper articles and also presented his research in invited seminars and international conferences (European Finance Association, Financial Management Association, European Financial Management Association, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, City University of Honk Kong, etc) in more than 30 countries. In addition he has been referee for several academic journals which includes Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Money, Investment and Banking, Brazilian Finance Journal and National Tax Journal
He taught has visiting professor at several Universities which includes: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Cass Business School and Aston Business School, United Kingdom, Catholic University of Lisbon, University of Melbourne, Australia, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, among others at both Executive and MSc levels.
Dr Mateus was Visiting Scholar at the Department of Finance at The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA (2003), consultant of the Portuguese Stock Exchange Commission at the research department (2008-2009) and Millennium BCP from 1992 to 1999.
Research/scholarly interests
His research focuses mainly Financial Markets, Portfolio Management, Investment Decisions, valuation, right issues, and capital structure and tax issues. He has also some recently work in Hedge Funds and ETF’s performance.
Selected publications
Bartholdy J. and Mateus C. (2011), Debt and taxes for Private Firms”, International Review of Financial Analysis, 20, 177–189
Mateus, C., Gama A. and Teixeira A. (2010) “Does trade credit facilitate access to bank finance? An empirical evidence from portuguese and spanish SME's, International Research Journal in Finance and Economics, Issue 45, 26-45
Mateus, C. and P. Terra (2007) “Capital Structure and Debt Maturity: Evidence from Emerging Markets”, Emerging Market Letters, Vol. 1, nr. 1, pp. 48-58
Balla, A. and C. Mateus (2004) “An empirical research on capital structure choices” Budapeste Management Review, Vol.35, nº2, p.24-33
