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Martin Schmalz is a German financial economist. He is the Head of the Finance, Accounting, Management, and Economics Area and Professor of Finance and Economics at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.

Education
Schmalz graduated with a Diplom-Ingenieur in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Stuttgart as the valedictorian, winning the Artur Fischer Preis. He obtained his PhD in Economics from Princeton University.

Career
Schmalz served as Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business from 2012 to 2018. He then joined Oxford's Saïd Business School as Associate Professor of Finance (with tenure) in 2019. He was elected Head of the Finance, Accounting, Management, and Economics Area in 2022.

Teaching
Schmalz is the Academic Director of Oxford's Blockchain Strategy Programme and Co-Director of the AI in Fintech and Open Banking Programme. He co-authored the book The Business of Big Data: How to Create Lasting Value in the Age of AI.

Research
Schmalz is most well-known for his research at the intersection of corporate governance, industrial organization, and antitrust economics. His research has been published in all "top-3" academic finance journals as well as the Journal of Political Economy, and has been cited more than 3,000 times as of March 2023.

He has been called to testify to The White House Council of Economic Advisers, FTC Hearings on Common Ownership and Competition, The U.S. Department of Justice, European Parliament, Australian Parliament, various central banks, and competition authorities worldwide. He has been cited in the media more than 200 times.