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Biography<\/h2>\n
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Rodrigo Verdi is the Deputy Dean for Degree Programs, Teaching and Learning and the Nanyang Technological University Professor of Accounting<\/em> at the MIT Sloan School of Management.<\/p>\n

He joined MIT Sloan in 2006 after receiving a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and received tenure at MIT in 2013.<\/p>\n

He has taught financial accounting to undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, and PhD students over the last 15 years. Verdi has received numerous teaching awards at MIT and Sloan including the Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2021), the MIT Teaching with Digital Technology Award (2020), the Best Teacher Award at Sloan School of Management (2021, 2019, 2015), and the Outstanding Teacher Award at Sloan School of Management (2018, 2016).<\/p>\n

He has previously served as a senior editor at the Journal of <\/em>Accounting Research<\/em>, as an editor at The Accounting Review<\/em>, and an associate editor at Management Science<\/em>. His research has been published in the premier accounting and finance journals and has received the Distinguished Contributions and Best Paper Award recognitions by the American Accounting Association.<\/p>\n

Outside MIT, he has served on the board of trustees at Laspau (a Harvard Affiliate) and the Cambridge Ellis School, as an advisor to the provost at the Unisinos University in Brazil.<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>

Recent Research<\/h3>\t\t\t\t
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\"Do Public Financial Statements Influence Venture Capital and Private Equity Financing?\"<\/a><\/h4> Baik, Brian K., Natalie Berfeld, and Rodrigo S. Verdi. The Accounting Review<\/i> Vol. 100, No. 2 (2025): 1-203. SSRN Preprint<\/a>.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\"Litigation Risk and Strategic M&A Valuations.\"<\/a><\/h4> \u200bImperatore, Claudia, Gabriel Pundrich, Rodrigo Verdi, and Benjamin Yost. Journal of Accounting and Economics<\/i> Vol. 78, No. 1 (2024): 101671. SSRN Preprint<\/a>.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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\"The Innovation Consequences of Judicial Efficiency.\"<\/a><\/h4> Shi, Tianshuo, Jinhwan Kim, and Rodrigo Verdi, MIT Sloan Working Paper 6832-22. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, June 2024.\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Areas of Interest<\/h2>