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Dominique Badoer, CFA

Associate Professor

Department of Finance

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UH 2118

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badoerd@uic.edu

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About

Experience
Dominique C. Badoer is Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Business Administration. His research focuses on corporate debt markets, credit ratings, covenant-lite lending, and the determinants of capital structure, with publications in leading journals including the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Financial Economics. Before entering academia, Dr. Badoer worked in credit risk and market risk management at Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. in Zurich and Singapore, and he holds the CFA designation.
Classes Taught
o Managerial Finance (Undergraduate) – University of Illinois Chicago, 2019–present
o Accounting Ph.D. Research Seminar – University of Illinois Chicago, 2022
Awards an Affiliations
● Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business Summer Research Fellowship, University of Missouri, 2018
● Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business Large Grant, University of Missouri, 2017
● Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business International Travel Grant, University of Missouri, 2016

Selected Publications

● Badoer, D.C., Emin, M., and C.M. James (2024). Contracting Costs, Covenant-Lite Lending and Reputational Capital. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 59(7), 3376–3415.
● Badoer, D.C., Costello, C., and C.M. James (2020). I Can See Clearly Now: The Impact of Disclosure Requirements on 401(k) Fees. Journal of Financial Economics, 136(2), 471–489.
● Badoer, D.C., Dudley, E., and C.M. James (2020). Priority Spreading of Corporate Debt. Review of Financial Studies, 33(1), 261–308.
● Badoer, D.C. and C. Demiroglu (2019). The Relevance of Credit Ratings in

Professional Leadership

Associate Editor, Journal of Financial Research, 2024-present

Notable Honors

2018, Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business Summer Research Fellowship, University of Missouri

2017, Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business Large Grant, University of Missouri

2016, Gordon E. Crosby, Jr. MBA Program Rising Star Teaching Award, University of Missouri

Education

Ph.D. in Finance – University of Florida, Department of Finance, 2009–2014
MSc ETH (Dipl. Math. ETH) – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Department of Mathematics, 2001–2006