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João Pinto is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Católica Porto Business school, Executive Committee Member at Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto, and member of CEGE. He holds a Ph.D. in Business and Management Studies, with a specialization in Finance, from University of Porto. He was a visiting scholar at Michael F. Price College of Business - The University of Oklahoma. João Pinto has worked with public and private firms on valuation, financing decisions, cost-benefit analysis, project finance, corporate restructuring and due diligence. He has published refereed articles in several academic journals, including the Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Financial Service Research, European Financial Management, European Journal of Finance, Finance Research Letters, and Investment Management and Financial Innovations. Current projects include analysis on the firm's choice of project financing over corporate financing; banks bond choice and capital structure; sustainable finance; the impact of ECB’s asset purchase programs on firms’ cost of borrowing and financing choices.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Pinto

Citation names

  • Pinto, João

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
281E-DC45-D3FB
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0110-9513

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 935847770 (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Economics and Business
Education
Degree Classification
2008/09/01 - 2013/12/05
Concluded
 Ciências Empresariais (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: Finanças
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
"A Theoretical and empirical analysis of structured finance" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2003/09/01 - 2006/03/15
Concluded
 Ciências Empresariais (Mestrado)
Major in Finanças
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
"O Movimento de Titularização de Ativos em Portugal" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
1998/09/01 - 2003/06/30
Concluded
 Economia (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Economia, Portugal
 14
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2024/05/01 - Current Associate Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
2018/01/01 - 2024/04/30 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
2010/02 - 2017/12/31 Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/12/13 - Current Organic Unit Director Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Católica Porto Business School, Portugal
2017/03/13 - Current Vice-President Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2015/09 - 2016/12 Project Finance in Europe: An Overview and Discussion of Key Drivers
EIB 2016
Principal investigator
European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pinto, João. "Credit conditions and corporate investment in Europe". In Investment and Investment Finance in Europe. Luxemburgo, Luxembourg: Economics Department, European Investment Bank, 2016.
    Published
  2. Laurent Maurin; Carlo de Nicola; Natacha Valla; Marcin Wolski; João Pinto; Paulo Alves. "4". In Investment and investment finance in Europe : financing productivity growth, 145-191. European Investment Bank, 2016.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Joana F. Kanda; João M. Pinto; Beatriz P. Silva. "The ECB’s APP’s impact on non-financial firms’ cost of borrowing and debt choice". Journal of Financial Stability 77 (2025): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/48143.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jfs.2025.101387
  2. Mário Coutinho dos Santos; João M. Pinto; Pedro Verga Matos. "Performance-based contracting of urban transport operation services: evidence from Porto's light-rail". Case Studies on Transport Policy 16 (2024): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/44531.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.cstp.2024.101193
  3. Sebastião S. Guedes; João M. Pinto. "Pricing of project finance bonds: a comparative analysis of primary market spreads". Journal of Corporate Finance 82 (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/41309.
    Open access • Published • 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2023.102429
  4. Mafalda C. Correia; João M. Pinto. "Are covered bonds different from securitization bonds? A comparative analysis of credit spreads". European Financial Management 29 3 (2023): 841-900. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/37992.
    Open access • Published • 10.1111/eufm.12382
  5. Paulo P. Alves; M. Ricardo Cunha; Luís K. Pacheco; João M. Pinto. "How banks price loans for LBOs: an empirical analysis of spread determinants". Journal of Financial Services Research 62 3 (2022): 163-200. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/33800.
    Open access • Published • 10.1007/s10693-021-00355-y
  6. João Pinto; Paulo Alves; Cláudio Castendo. "Financing circular economy projects: a clinical study". ERBE 2 1 (2022): 93-120. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/39374.
    Open access • Published • 10.26619/ERBE-2022.2.1.4
  7. Pinto, João M.; Silva, Cátia S.. "Does export intensity affect corporate leverage? Evidence from Portuguese SMEs". Finance Research Letters 38 (2021): 101418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2019.101418.
    10.1016/j.frl.2019.101418
  8. Marques, Manuel O.; Pinto, João M.. "A comparative analysis of ex ante credit spreads: Structured finance versus straight debt finance". Journal of Corporate Finance 62 (2020): 101580. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101580.
    10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2020.101580
  9. Branco, Ricardo; Pinto, João M.; Ribeiro, Ricardo; João Pinto; Ricardo Ribeiro; Ricardo Branco. "The Pricing of Bank Bonds, Sovereign Credit Risk and ECB’s Asset Purchase Programmes". SSRN Electronic Journal (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3691310.
    10.2139/ssrn.3691310
  10. Pinto, João M.; Santos, Mário C.; João M. Pinto; Mário C. Santos. "The choice between corporate and structured financing: evidence from new corporate borrowings". The European Journal of Finance 26 13 (2019): 1-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1351847x.2019.1697323.
    Published • 10.1080/1351847x.2019.1697323
  11. M. Pinto, João. "What is project finance?". Investment Management and Financial Innovations 14 1 (2017): 200-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.14(1-1).2017.06.
    10.21511/imfi.14(1-1).2017.06
  12. Pinto, João; Alves, Paulo. "The economics of securitization: evidence from the European markets". Investment Management and Financial Innovations 13 1 (2016): 112-126. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.13(1).2016.10.
    10.21511/imfi.13(1).2016.10
  13. Pinto, Jooo; Alves, Paulo. "How Banks Price Loans in Leveraged Buy-Outs: An Empirical Analysis of Spread Determinants". SSRN Electronic Journal (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2876523.
    10.2139/ssrn.2876523
  14. Pinto, Jooo; Alves, Paulo. "The Choice between Project Financing and Corporate Financing: Evidence from the Corporate Syndicated Loan Market". SSRN Electronic Journal (2016): http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2876524.
    10.2139/ssrn.2876524
  15. Pinto, Jooo; Krug Pacheco, Luus Pedro; João M. Pinto; Luís K. Pacheco. "The Economics of Structured Leasing". Journal of Self-Governance and Management Economics 2 3 (2014): 94-116. https://web.a.ebscohost.com/abstract?direct=true&profile=ehost&scope=site&authtype=crawler&jrnl=23294175&AN=99013506&h=xbZVCpukOEK0C%2bfSvbUiFSVuv4GkuY6b1aJet9sVrxXCLWFvtZfeNg34gKA1gFvCspRtMUCfJpxwH90p%2f3LMQQ%3d%3d&crl=f&resultNs=AdminWebAuth&resultLocal.
    Published
  16. Pinto, João; Marques, Manuel Oliveira; João Filipe Monteiro Pinto; Manuel Oliveira Marques. "O Movimento de Titularização de Activos em Portugal". Cadernos do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários 26 (2007): 8-45.
    Published
Working paper
  1. João Pinto; Diva Ribeiro. 2024. "Sustainable versus conventional bonds: a comparative analysis of primary market spreads". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/47466.
  2. Paulo Alves; Jorge Gonçalo; João M. Pinto. 2023. "The pricing of sustainable syndicated loans". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/47488.
  3. João Monteiro Pinto; Mário Coutinho dos Santos; Pedro Verga Matos. 2022. "Governance of PPP infrastructure projects: a variable capital structure valuation approach". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/39376.
  4. João Pinto. 2021. "The economics of LBOs: evidence from the Syndicated Loan Market". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/36560.
    10.2139/ssrn.3981471
  5. Paulo P. Alves; João M. Pinto. 2021. "Structured finance and the boundaries of the firm: the case of project finance". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/40299.
  6. Joana F. Kanda; João M. Pinto; Beatriz P. Silva. 2021. "The CSPP impact on non-financial firms’ cost of borrowing and debt choice". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/37318.
    10.2139/ssrn.3908463
  7. João Pinto; Mário C. Santos; Pedro Verga Matos. 2021. "Contracting out public transit services: an incentive performance-based approach". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/35984.
  8. João Pinto; Mário C. Santos. 2017. "Debt financing choices: theory and evidence from Europe". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/36007.
  9. João Pinto; Mafalda Correia; Pinto, Jooo M.; Correia, Mafalda. 2017. "Are covered bonds different from securitization bonds?". http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/35977.
    10.2139/ssrn.3045149
  10. Pinto, João; Paulo Alves; Paulo P. Alves. 2016. "Project Finance in Europe: An Overview and Discussion of Key Drivers". https://www.eib.org/en/publications/economics-working-paper-2016-04.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2021/07/05 Are covered bonds different from securitization bonds? A comparative analysis of credit spreads 11th Portuguese Finance Network International Conference
(Braga, Portugal)
2021/06/30 Are covered bonds different from securitization bonds? A comparative analysis of credit spreads European Financial Management Association 2021 Annual Meeting
(Leeds, United Kingdom)
2021/04/07 Are covered bonds different from securitization bonds? A comparative analysis of credit spreads Eastern Finance Association 2021 Annual Meeting
(United States)
2019/06/26 The Choice between Corporate and Structured Financing: Evidence from New Corporate Borrowings European Financial Management Association 2019 Annual Meeting
(São Miguel, Portugal)
2018/07/02 The Choice between Corporate and Structured Financing: Evidence from New Corporate Borrowings 10th Portuguese Finance Network Conference
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2018/06/30 A Comparative Analysis of Ex Ante Credit Spreads: Structured Finance versus Straight Debt Finance International Finance And Banking Society 2018 Conference
(Porto, Portugal)
2017/10/11 The Choice between Project Financing and Corporate Financing: Evidence from the Corporate Syndicated Loan Market Financial Management Associal 2017 Annual Meeting
(Boston, United States)
2017/06/28 The Choice between Project Financing and Corporate Financing: Evidence from the Corporate Syndicated Loan Market European Financial Management Association Annual Meeting
(Athens, Greece)
2016/03/17 Project Finance in Europe: An Overview and Discussion of Key Drivers 2016 European Investment Bank Annual Economics Conference
(Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
2015/10/15 Debt Financing Choices: Theory and Evidence from Europe Financial Management Association 2015 Annual Meeting
(Orlando, United States)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/09/01 - Current A theoretical and empirical analysis of sustainable finance
Supervisor
Portucalense University Infante D. Henrique, Portugal
2017/12/01 - Current Project Finance: evidência do mercado de crédito sindicado Africano
Supervisor
Universidade Católica de Moçambique, Mozambique

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020/12/21 - Current Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (1468-5957) © John Wiley & Sons Ltd
2020/12/01 - Current Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (0306-686X) Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2020/10/20 - Current ERBE (2184-898X) Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2020/10/07 - Current ERBE (2184-898X) Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
2020/01/01 - Current Journal of Corporate Finance (0929-1199) Elsevier
2018/02/06 - Current Investment Management and Financial Innovations (1810-4967) Business Perspectives
2017/07 - Current Investment Management and Financial Innovations (1812-9358) LLC CPC Business Perspectives
2017/06/20 - Current Investment Management and Financial Innovations (1810-4967) Business Perspectives
Distinctions

Award

2025 Outstanding Paper Award Professor Lúcia Lima Rodrigues
2023 MDS Best Paper Award | 3rd Conference Innovation, Sustainability and Regeneration
INSURE.Hub, Portugal
2022 MDS Best Paper Award | 2nd Conference Innovation, Sustainability and Regeneration
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2014 Best Paper in Global Corporate Finance
Global Finance Association, United States