Heitor Almeida is a Brazilian economist, focusing on

merger Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...

s and acquisitions, financial constraints, international

corporate finance Corporate finance is the area of finance that deals with the sources of funding, the capital structure of corporations, the actions that managers take to increase the Value investing, value of the firm to the shareholders, and the tools and anal ...

, liquidity management, business groups, financial distress, corporate governance, and managerial decision-making. He is currently the Professor of Finance and Stanley C. and Joan J. Golder Chair in Corporate Finance at the University of Illinois.

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University of Illinois faculty 21st-century American economists Living people University of Chicago alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-economist-stub