María José Arteaga Garavito
Hi! I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. I received my Ph.D. in Finance from Bocconi University in 2026. Previously, I worked as a financial stability researcher at Bank of Mexico. I hold a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in Mexico City.
Research interests: Financial Intermediation, Financial Regulation, Climate Finance.
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| Aug 1, 2026 |
After an amazing and rewarding job market season, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve joined Mays Business School at Texas A&M University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Finance 🎉. Enormously grateful to my advisors, co-authors, and everyone at Bocconi who supported me along the way. This fall I’ll be teaching Investment Analysis (FINC 351). Gig ‘em! 👍 |
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| Oct 11, 2025 |
Back in Boston 🇺🇸 for the NBER Climate Finance PhD Workshop. Grateful to the organizers Caroline Flammer and Stefano Giglio for accepting my paper The Rise of Green Banks in the U.S.. Super useful feedback! |
| Aug 30, 2025 |
Honored to have joined the 8th Lindau Nobel Meeting on Economic Sciences this summer and to take part in the opening ceremony 🤯. 🎥 Full video here! |
| Aug 25, 2025 |
It was great to share our paper at the NBER Summer Institute in Boston and at the EFA in Paris. Grateful to my co-authors, our discussants (Zhengyang Jiang and Yasmine Van der Straten) and everyone who joined in person and online! 🎥 See full NBER video here. |
| Jun 9, 2025 |
🎉 Honored to have been awarded today the Baffi Centre Fellowship on New Frontiers of Green Lending and look forward to contributing to the Centre’s research community. |
| Sep 27, 2024 |
Excited to present new joint work with Nicola Borri and Max Croce Crypto Frictions for Fiat Currencies at the SDA MUR-PRIN Conference in Rome today! 🇮🇹 See our preliminary slides here. |
| Jul 1, 2024 |
Great summer presenting our paper International Climate News (with Ric Colacito, Max Croce, and Biao Yang) at the SED in Barcelona and the LUISS Finance Workshop in Rome. Amazing discussions and feedback! |
| Feb 1, 2024 |
🚨 New WP! 🚨 International Climate News. We construct country-level high-frequency, #ClimateNewsIndices. Countries more exposed to adverse climate news experience an inflow of capital and a currency appreciation. Visit our webpage! |
| Jan 8, 2024 |
I’m currently visiting Columbia Business School in New York |
| Jan 1, 2024 |
Very happy that our COVID paper is forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics! Amazing team, I’ve learned so much from them. |
| Jun 6, 2023 |
I’m currently visiting the BIS in Basel |
for the Spring semester.
as a Senior Associate. I’m working on a project on climate change regulation and its impact on cross-border lending.