Mendoza School of Business


Michal Zator

Assistant Professor
Finance
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  • Biography
  • Background
  • Publications

Michal Zator teaches the undergraduate course in Corporate Finance. His research focuses on empirical questions at the intersection of finance and labor economics, covering both corporate and household finance areas. Originally from Poland, he received his Ph.D. in Managerial Economics from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management in 2020 and joined Notre Dame afterwards. He lives in South Bend with his wife Patrycja, and three children, Filip, Teresa, and Tomasz.

Areas of Expertise
Corporate Finance
Household Finance
Labor Economics

"Flexibility Costs of Debt: Danish Exporters During the Cartoon Crisis,", (With Benjamin Friedrich), Journal of Financial Economics, 148, 2023

"Morale and Debt Dynamics", (With Daniel Barron, Jin Li), Management Science, 68, 2022