Lira Mota

Lira Mota is the Class of 1958 Career Development Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Management. Her research focuses on asset pricing, macrofinance, and corporate finance, with an emphasis on how financial frictions, regulation, and monetary policy influence asset prices and corporate decisions. Before joining MIT Sloan, she earned a PhD in finance from Columbia Business School and completed post-doctoral work at Princeton University.

Lira Mota is an Assistant Professor of Finance at MIT Sloan School of Business, specializing in asset pricing and macro finance. Her research explores the cross-section of risk and returns, the impact of regulatory changes on financial markets, and the role of corporate financial strategies in asset pricing. She investigates topics such as the corporate supply of safe assets, convenience yields, and the effects of short-selling restrictions. Her work also examines the demand for safety in the crypto ecosystem and the implications of loan fee dispersion. Mota's research provides insights into how macroeconomic factors influence financial markets and corporate behavior.