Dr. Martin Schmalz

Biography

Martin is a Professor of Finance, Economics, and Real Estate at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. He brings 15 years of experience leading interdisciplinary teams in finance, corporate governance, competition policy, and AI applications in business regulation. Previously, he served as Chief Economist and Director at the Office of Economic Risk Analysis of the U.S. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, where he led economic analysis of audit rules protecting $70 trillion in investor capital. At Oxford, Martin has held multiple leadership roles, including Director of the Future Real Estate Initiative, Academic Director of the Blockchain Strategy Programme, and co-Director of the Open Banking & AI Finance Programme. His research focuses on how finance interacts with economics, industrial organization, labor economics, behavioral economics, and monetary theory. Martin has published papers in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies, and he has received awards like the Brattle Group Distinguished Paper Prize. His research has been covered by major media outlets and he has been invited to present at prestigious institutions including the Department of Justice and the European Commission. Martin teaches Real Estate courses within the MBA and Executive MBA programmes and supervises doctoral students at Saïd Business School.

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