Matteo Arena joined Marquette University in 2006 as an Assistant Professor in the
Finance Department. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from the University of
Torino in Italy, and his M.B.A. from Iowa State University. After graduation Professor
Arena worked briefly for Procter & Gamble and then as an environmental consultant.
During his M.B.A. studies, Matteo worked at Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University to
develop a method to be applied by NASA astronauts to analyze drinking water on the
International Space Station. 

Professor Arena is currently teaching Advanced Financial Management at Marquette.

Articles

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Takeover Exposure, Agency, and the Choice between Private and Public Debt, Journal of Financial Research (2009)
 

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Price Momentum and Idiosyncratic Volatility (with K. Stephen Haggard and Xuemin (Sterling) Yan), Financial Review (2008)
 

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When Managers Bypass Shareholder Approval of Board Appointments: Evidence from the Private Security Market (with Stephen P. Ferris), Journal of Corporate Finance (2007)
 

Working Papers

The Effect of Taxes on Multinational Debt Location (with Andrew H. Roper) (2009)
 

Other

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A Face Can Launch a Thousand Shares (and a 0.80% abnormal return) (with John S. Howe), Finance Faculty Research and Publications (2008)
In this paper we examine the market reaction—price and volume—to the appearance of a firm...