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Daniel Carvalho

  • Associate Professor
  • Blanche “Peg” Philpott Faculty Fellowship
Department: Finance
Campus: Bloomington

Biography

Daniel Carvalho is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Kelley School of Business. He has earned his Ph.D. in economics from

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Daniel Carvalho is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Kelley School of Business. He has earned his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and previously was a faculty member at the USC Marshall School of Business. Daniel’s research focuses on empirical corporate finance and financial intermediation. His research interests include the role of banks in shaping resource allocation, the connection between finance and economic volatility, and the determinants of credit cycles. Daniel’s work has been published in top finance journals such as the Journal of Finance and Review of Financial Studies and presented at the top finance conferences. He is a member of the organizing committee for the leading conferences in finance. Daniel teaches courses on banking and credit markets at the undergraduate and PhD levels. He has previously taught finance electives in both valuation and corporate financial policies.

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Areas of Expertise

Corporate Finance, Banking

Academic Degrees

  • PhD, Harvard University
  • MA, Harvard University

Selected Publications

  • Carvalho, D., Ma, P., and Gao, J. (2023). Loan Spreads and Credit Cycles: The Role of Lenders' Personal Economic Experiences. Journal of Financial Economics, 148(2), 118-149.
  • Carvalho, D. (2018). How Do Financing Constraints Affect Firms’ Equity Volatility? Journal of Finance, 73(3), 1139-1182.

    Abstract

    Higher firm equity volatility is often associated with non-fundamental trading by investors or constraints on firms’ ability to insulate their value from economic risks. This paper provides evidence that an important determinant of higher equity volatility among R&D-intensive firms is fewer financing constraints on firms’ ability to access growth options. I provide evidence for this effect by studying how persistent shocks to the value of firms’ tangible assets (real estate) affect their subsequent equity volatility. The analysis addresses concerns about the identification of these balance sheet effects and shows that these effects are consistent with broader patterns on the equity volatility of R&D-intensive firms.

  • Carvalho, D., Bai, J., and Phillips, G. (2018). The Impact of Bank Credit on Labor Reallocation and Aggregate Industry Productivity Journal of Finance, 73(6), 2787-2836.

    Abstract

    Using a difference-in-difference methodology, we find that the state-level deregulation of local U.S. banking markets leads to significant increases in the reallocation of labor within local industries towards small firms with higher marginal products of labor. Using plant-level data, we propose and examine an approach that quantifies the industry productivity gains from labor reallocation and find that these gains are economically important. Our analysis suggests that labor reallocation is a significant channel through which local banking markets affect the aggregate productivity and performance of local industries.

  • Carvalho, D. (2015). Financing Constraints and the Amplification of Aggregate Downturns. Review of Financial Studies, 28(9), 2463–2501.

    Abstract

    This paper shows that during industry downturns, firms experience significantly greater valuation losses when their industry peers’ long-term debt is maturing at the time of the shocks. Across a range of tests, the analysis addresses the endogenous determination of peer debt maturity structure. Overall, the evidence suggests that the negative externalities financially constrained firms impose on their industry peers can significantly amplify the effects of industry downturns. The evidence also provides support for the view that these amplification effects are driven by the adverse impact that financially constrained firms have on the balance sheets of their industry peers.

  • Carvalho, D., Ferreira, M., and Matos, P. (2015). Lending Relationships and the Effect of Bank Distress: Evidence from the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 50(6), 1165-1197.

    Abstract

    We study the role of lending relationships in the transmission of bank distress to nonfinancial firms using the 2007-2008 financial crisis and a sample of publicly traded firms from 34 countries. We examine the effect of both bank-specific shocks (announcements of bank asset write-downs) and systemic shocks (the failure of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers) that produced heterogeneous effects across banks. We find that bank distress is associated with equity valuation losses to borrower firms that have lending relationships with banks. The effect is concentrated in firms with the strongest lending relationships, with the greatest information asymmetry problems, and with the weakest financial position at the time of the shock. Additionally, the effect of relationship bank distress is not offset by borrowers’ access to public debt markets. Overall, our findings suggest that the strength of firms’ lending ties with banks is important to explain differences across firms in the effects of bank distress.

  • Carvalho, D. (2014). The Real Effects of Government-Owned Banks: Evidence from an Emerging Market. Journal of Finance, 69(2), 577-609.

    Abstract

    Government ownership of banks is widespread around the world. Using plant-level data for Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper provides evidence that government control over banks leads to significant political influence over the real decisions of firms. I find that firms eligible for government bank lending expand employment in politically attractive regions near elections. These expansions are associated with additional (favorable) borrowing from government banks. Also, the expansions are persistent, take place just before elections, only before competitive elections, and are associated with lower future employment growth by firms in other regions. I find no effects for firms that are ineligible for government bank lending. The analysis suggests that politicians in Brazil use bank lending to shift employment towards politically attractive regions and away from unattractive regions, creating a direct link between the political process and firms’ real behavior.

Edited on December 21, 2023

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