Name
BECHT, Marco
Position and Affiliated Institution
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Professor of Finance and the Goldschmidt Professor of Corporate Governance
Degree
PhD
Education and Academic Employment
| 1985 | International Baccalaureate, United World College of the Adriatic, Duino, Italy |
| 1988 | B.Sc. (Econ), London School of Economics |
| 1990 | M.Sc. (Econ), London School of Economics |
| 1991 | M.A., European University Institute |
| 1995 | Ph.D. (Econ), European University Institute |
| 2003 | Visiting Professor, Saïd Business School, Oxford |
| 2008 | Max Schmidheiny Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship and Risk, Law and Economics Programme, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| 2011 | Visiting Fellow, Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford University |
| 2011 | Visiting Professor, Stanford University Law School |
| 2012 | Visiting Fellow, Saïd Business School, Wadham College and Faculty of Law, Oxford |
| 2013 | Senior Research Scholar, Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, Columbia University |
| 2013 | Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University Law School, New York |
Research Topic
Institutional Investor Stewardships
Fields of Research Interests
Corporate governance, corporate law, investor stewardship, business history
Academic Publications
- Becht, M., Bolton, P., & Röell, A. (2003). Corporate Governance and Control. Handbook of the Economics of Finance, 1, 1-109 (1)
- Barca, F., & Becht, M. (Eds.). (2002). The Control of Corporate Europe. Oxford University Press
- Becht, M., Franks, J. R., Mayer, C., & Rossi, S. (2009). Returns to Shareholder Activism: Evidence from a Clinical Study of the Hermes UK Focus Fund. The Review of Financial Studies, 22(8), 3093-3129. doi:10.1093/rfs/hhn054
- Becht, M., Franks, J. R., Grant, J., & Wagner, H. F. (2017). Returns to Hedge Fund Activism: An International Study. The Review of Financial Studies, 30(9), 2933-2971. doi:10.1093/rfs/hhx048
- Becht, M., Polo, A. A., & Rossi, S. (2016). Does Mandatory Shareholder Voting Prevent Bad Acquisitions? The Review of Financial Studies, 29(11), 3035-3067. doi:10.1093/rfs/ hhw045
Affiliated Academic Organizations
- Executive Director and Fellow, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
- Research Follow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London
- Research Fellow, Centre for Financial Studies (CFS), Goethe University, Frankfurt
Other Interests
Scuba Diving
