Florencio LOPEZ DE SILANES MOLINA

Professor

Corporate finance, Gouvernance d'entreprise, family firms, law and finance, regulation of financial markets and banks, state-owned enterprises and legal reform, deregulation

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Academia

Globalization

Centro de pesquisa

Finance & Accounting Insights on Risk and Regulation

Localização

Sophia Antipolis

Disciplina

Finance

Florencio Lopez de Silanes is Professor of Finance and Associated Dean for Academic Strategy. He has also been a professor at Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Amsterdam, EDHEC, and the Ecole Normale Superieur in Paris. His lifetime academic citations place him among the three most widely cited business authors in the world according to the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science indicators. His research interests and main publications are in corporate finance, corporate governance, family firms, law and finance, regulation of financial markets and banks, state-owned enterprises, and legal reform and deregulation.

Education

2018

HDR in Investor Protection: Origins - Impact - and Reforms, Université Côte d'Azur, France

2005

PhD, Harvard University, United States of America

2002

Master of Arts, Economics, Harvard University, United States of America

Experience

Full-time academic positions

Since 2017

Professor, SKEMA Business School, France

Other academic affiliations and appointments

Since 2017

Associate Dean for Academic Strategy, SKEMA Business School, France

Research grants, Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

2023

Top 5 Most Cited Authors in Business in the World, SSRN rankings, https://hq.ssrn.com/rankings/Ranking_display.cfm?RequestTimeout=5000&TRN_gID=2&TMY_gID=10&runid=76266, United States of America

2014

Second or Third Most Cited Researcher in the World in the area of Business and Economics, starting on November 2004 to date, Essential Science Indicators Index, http//www.in-cites.com/top/

2009

Chevalier de La Legion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor), award granted by the President of France for 20 years of work, merit and integrity

2007

All Star Paper, Prize given to "Investor Protection and Corporate Governance," for achieving a high number of citations since publication, Journal of Financial Economics

2004

Research Opportunities in Math and Economics, Yale University, Summer Grant 2004., Yale University

2004

Yale Center for International and Area Studies, Faculty Research Grant 2004-2005., Yale University

2002

100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow 2003, selected by the World Economic Forum's Management Board as one of the "100 outstanding international leaders for business and society in 2003.", World Economic Forum, Switzerland

2000

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Faculty Research Grant 1996-1997 and 1999-2000., Harvard University

2000

Jensen Prize for Best Papers of the Journal of Financial Economics in the Areas of Corporate Finance and Organizations 2000, second prize given to "Investor Protection and Corporate Governance.", Journal of Financial Economics

1999

Brattle Prize of the Journal of Finance for Distinguished Paper 1999, given to "Corporate Ownership Around the World", American Finance Association

1996

National Award of Law and Economics 1996, first prize given to "Privatization in the United States", National Association of Law and Economics, Mexico

1996

Tinker Field Research Grant, Junior Faculty Award

1995

Wells Prize for the Best Dissertation in Economics, 1995. Thesis: Privatization and Restructuring., Harvard University

1994

Roger F. Murray Prizegiven to "Determinants of Privatization Prices", The Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance, United States of America

1994

Dean's Faculty Research Grant, Harvard Kennedy School

1994

Five-year Prize Fellowship, 1989-1994., Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), Mexico

1993

Harvard Field Research Grant, Committee on Latin American and Iberian Studies

1989

Highest Honorary Mention and Diploma (Summa Cum Laude), Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM)

1989

Distinction in Teaching Award, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM)

Research Grants

2023

International Research Grant of100,000 euros, European Commission, Directorate General for European Anti-Fraud Office, (joint with O. Lopez-Foronda and J. Gallud)

2019

International Research Project EUMODFRAUD (EU proposal 878513 – Hercule III 2019 Legal Training and Studies, HERCULE-2019-LT-AG, approved in 2019, 2nd November 19 de November, 2019 by EUROPEAN COMMISSION within the EU PROJECT H2020 and Hercules III Program.International Research Project EUMODFRAUD (EU proposal 878513 – Hercule III 2019 Legal Training and Studies, HERCULE-2019-LT-AG, approved in 2019, 2nd November 19 de November, 2019 by EUROPEAN COMMISSION within the EU PROJECT H2020 and Hercule

Professional activities

Consulting

1998 - 1999

Consultant, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. Topics: Bankruptcy Law.

1994

Consultant, governments of China, Costa Rica, Egypt, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Yemen. Topics: Financial Markets Reform, Bankruptcy Law, Corporate Law and Privatization

Other research activities

Affiliations

2014

President, Iberoamerican Institute of Law and Finance

PhD Supervision

Since 2023

SKEMA Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis director

Since 2023

SKEMA Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis director

Since 2023

SKEMA Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis director

2023

B. FERNANDEZ-TAMAYO, SKEMA Business School, PhD thesis, Thesis director

2018

F. LOPEZ DE SILANES MOLINA, SKEMA Business School, Habilitated for thesis direction, HDR Candidate

Other academic activities

Since 2010

Member, Academia Europaea, Section of Economics

2006 - 2007

Board Member, AFORE DE LA GENTE, Mexico

Since 2005

Board Member, Academic Advisory Board, The Fraser Institute, Canada

1999

Advisor, Bogota Stock Exchange, Ministry of Economic and Social Development, and Confederation of Chambers of Commerce, Colombia

1989

Under-Director of Foreign Trade Policy Design and Member of the Committee of Advisors to the Minister of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development, Mexico

1988

Head of Department and Junior Economic Advisor to the President of Mexico, Council of Economic Advisors to the President of Mexico, Mexico