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9 new researchers join MIT Sloan faculty
The new faculty joining MIT Sloan in 2022 are experts in finance, system dynamics, technological innovation, and more.
Jul 6, 2022
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Matt Phillips
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Matt Phillips is the Silverman (1968) Family Careeer Development Assistant Professor and an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Matt’s research primarily investigates how firms’ informational properties affect commercial lending. He also examines the determinants and consequences of illiquidity in secondary debt markets.
Prior to his academic career, Matt was an auditor at Ernst & Young. He is joining the Accounting group of the Sloan School of Management as an Assistant Professor after receiving his PhD in accounting from the University of Miami. He teaches in the MBA program at MIT Sloan.
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"Contracting in the Dark: The Rise of Public-Side Lenders in the Syndicated Loan Market."Amiraslani, Hami, John Donovan, Matthew A. Phillips, and Regina Wittenberg Moerman. Journal of Accounting and Economics Vol. 76, No. 1 (2023).
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"Financial Statement Complexity and Bank Lending."Chakraborty, Indraneel, Andrew J. Leone, Miguel Minutti-Meza, and Matthew A. Phillips. The Accounting Review Vol. 97, No. 3 (2022): 155-178. SSRN Preprint.
"Tax Shields Under Siege: The Effect of Limiting Interest Deductibility on Commercial Lending Negotiations."
Maydew, Edward L., Matthew Phillips, and Zirui Song, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7240-25. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, February 2025.
"Odd Lots & Optics: Manipulation in Response to Scrutiny."
Charles Downing, Bradford (Lynch) Levy, Matthew A. Phillips, Eric C. So, MIT Sloan Working Paper 7070-24. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, July 2024.
"The Consequences of Fund-Level Liquidity Requirements."
Chakraborty, Indraneel, Elia Ferracuti, John C. Heater, and Matthew A. Phillips, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6716-22. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, January 2024.
"Does Recognition versus Disclosure Affect Debt Contracting? Evidence from SFAS 158."
Donovan, John, Andrew Stephen McMartin, and Matthew A. Phillips. The Accounting Review Vol. 99, No. 1 (2024): 163-190. SSRN Version.
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