3 hidden forces driving the M&A market
In mergers and acquisitions, it takes more than low interest rates and a healthy stock market to get a deal done. New research pinpoints three unapparent behaviors.
Faculty
Rodrigo Verdi is the Deputy Dean for Degree Programs, Teaching and Learning and the Nanyang Technological University Professor of Accounting at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
He joined MIT Sloan in 2006 after receiving a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and received tenure at MIT in 2013.
He has taught financial accounting to undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, and PhD students over the last 15 years. Prof. Verdi has received numerous teaching awards at MIT and Sloan including the Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2021), the MIT Teaching with Digital Technology Award (2020), the Best Teacher Award at Sloan School of Management (2021, 2019, 2015), and the Outstanding Teacher Award at Sloan School of Management (2018, 2016).
He has previously served as a Senior Editor at the Journal of Accounting Research, as an Editor at The Accounting Review, and an Associate Editor at Management Science. His research has been published in the premier accounting and finance journals and has received the Distinguished Contributions and Best Paper Award recognitions by the American Accounting Association.
Outside MIT, he has served on the board of trustees at Laspau (a Harvard Affiliate) and the Cambridge Ellis School, as an advisor to the provost at the Unisinos University in Brazil.
Featured Publication
"Calendar Rotations: A New Approach for Studying the Impact of Timing using Earnings Announcements."Noh, Suzie, Eric So, and Rodrigo Verdi. Journal of Financial Economics Vol. 140, No. 3 (2021): 865-893. Download Paper.
Featured Publication
"CEO Tax Effects on Acquisition Structure and Value."Hanlon, Michelle, Rodrigo Verdi, and Benjamin Yost. The Accounting Review Vol. 96, No. 2 (2021): 333-363. SSRN Preprint.
Imperatore, Claudia, Gabriel Pundrich, Rodrigo Verdi, and Benjamin Yost. Journal of Accounting and Economics. Forthcoming. SSRN Preprint.
Hoitash, Rani, Udi Hoitash, Ahmet Kurt, and Rodrigo Verdi. The Accounting Review Vol. 98, No. 6 (2023): 253-281. Firm Benchmarking Measure. SSRN Preprint.
Shi, Tianshuo, Jinhwan Kim, and Rodrigo Verdi, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6832-22. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, August 2022.
Baik, Brian K., Natalie Berfeld, and Rodrigo Verdi, MIT Sloan Working Paper 5869-19. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, July 2022.
Interim Dean Georgia Perakis provided alumni at MIT Sloan Reunion 2024 with updates on the state of the school and told everyone how proud she was of them.
In mergers and acquisitions, it takes more than low interest rates and a healthy stock market to get a deal done. New research pinpoints three unapparent behaviors.
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