Melissa Porras Prado é Professora Catedrática de Finanças na Nova SBE. Tem um Doutoramento em Finanças pela Universidade Erasmus da RSM. Um tema principal da sua investigação é compreender como as fricções de mercado afetam o comportamento comercial dos investidores institucionais e os preços dos activos. Publicou em importantes revistas académicas tais como o Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics e Review of Financial Studies, entre outras. A sua investigação tem sido apresentada em muitas conferências internacionais, incluindo as reuniões da WFA, AFA e EFA.

2012 - Doutoramento em Finanças - RSM Erasmus University

2010 - Investigadora Visitante - Scholar University of Florida

2006 - Mestrado em Finanças - RSM Erasmus University

2005 - International Management, CEMS - RSM Erasmus University

2004 - Licenciatura em Business Administration - RSM Erasmus University

Investimento Institucional e Fundos Mútuos, Preços Empíricos de Activos, Venda a Curto Prazo e Bens Imóveis. 

• Gómez, Juan Pedro, Prado, Melissa Porras, Zambrana, Rafael (2024). Capital commitment and performance: The role of mutual fund charges. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 59 (2).
• Evans, Richard Burtis, Prado, Melissa Porras, Zambrana, Rafael (2020). Competition and cooperation in mutual fund families. Journal of Financial Economics, 136 (1), 168-188.
• Boons, Martijn, Prado, Melissa Porras (2019). Basis-momentum. The Journal of Finance, 74 (1), 239-279.
• Huszár, Zsuzsa R., Prado, Melissa Porras (2019). An analysis of over-the-counter and centralized stock lending markets. Journal Of Financial Markets, 43, 31-53.
• Evans, Richard, Ferreira, Miguel A., Prado, Melissa Porras (2017). Fund performance and equity lending: Why lend what you can sell?. Review Of Finance, 21 (3), 1093-1121.
• Prado, Melissa Porras, Saffi, Pedro A.C., Sturgess, Jason (2016). Ownership structure, limits to arbitrage, and stock returns: evidence from equity lending markets. Review Of Financial Studies, 29 (12), 3211-3244.
• Prado, Melissa Porras (2015). Future lending income and security value. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 50 (4), 869-902.
• Brounen, Dirk, Ling, David C., Prado, Melissa Porras (2013). Short sales and fundamental value: explaining the REIT Premium to NAV. Real Estate Economics, 41 (3), 481-516.
• Brounen, Dirk, Porras Prado, Melissa, Verbeek, Marno (2010). Real Estate in an ALM framework: The case of fair value accounting. Real Estate Economics, 38 (4), 775-804.

• Evans, Richard B., Porras Prado, Melissa, Rizzo, Emanuele, Zambrana, Rafael (fev 2022), 67 p., (SSRN Electronic Journal), The performance of diverse teams: Evidence from U.S. Mutual Funds.
• Eça, Afonso, Ferreira, Miguel A., Porras Prado, Melissa, Rizzo, Emanuele (mar 2021), (SSRN Electronic Journal), How does peer-to-business lending affect financial policy of SMEs?.
• Eça, Afonso, Ferreira, Miguel A., Porras Prado, Melissa, Rizzo, Emanuel (dez 2021), (Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), n. DP16684), The real effects of FinTech lending on small and medium-sized enterprises.
• Porras Prado, Melissa, Zambrana, Rafael, Gomez, Juan Pedro(2020), Capital commitment and investment decisions: the role of mutual fund charges.