Professors

Victor MOTTA

Associate Professor

Microfinance, Financial Inclusion, Financial Literacy, Private Sector Development

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Victor MOTTA

Academy

Globalization

Research center

SKEMA Centre for Sustainability Studies

Location

Belo Horizonte

Discipline

Economics

Bachelor's degree in economics (B.A), applied mathematics and statistics (B.Sc.) from King University, in Tennessee, a Master's degree in applied economics and a Ph.D in business administration and a minor in applied statistics from the Pennsylvania State University. International professional experience - UAE, Oman, Thailand, India, China and Egypt. Spent nearly 1.5 years living in Russia and China to study both Russian and Chinese language and literature at Moscow State University and Hebei University, respectively.

Currently serving as Associate Professor of International Finance at SKEMA Business School. Previous academic positions held at São Paulo School of Business Administration - Fundação Getúlio Vargas and Fundação Dom Cabral.

Research interest broadly focuses on microfinance, financial inclusion, financial literacy and private sector development. Teaching interest mainly comprises microfinance and financial inclusion, international finance and applied econometrics. Main publications have appeared in leading international peer reviewed journals, such as Journal of Financial Stability, Small Business Economics, Tourism Economics, International Journal of Hospitality Management, and Journal of School Health, among others.

Education
2016
PHD in Business Administration, Pennsylvania State University - University Park, United States of America
2015
Master of Science in Economics, Pennsylvania State University - University Park, United States of America
2004
Bachelor of Science, Sciences, Mathematics, King University, United States of America
2004
Bachelor of Arts, Economy, Economics, King University, United States of America
2004
Bachelor of Science, Sciences, Statistics, King University, United States of America
Experience
Full-time academic positions
Since 2022
Associate Professor, SKEMA Business School, France
2018 - 2022
Assistant Professor, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil
2016 - 2017
Assistant Professor, Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC), Brazil
Other research activities
Reviewer for:
Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Financial Stability, Tourism Management, Applied Economics, International Small Business Journal, Small Business Economics, Tourism Economics
PhD Supervision
Since 2020
R. MARQUES, Post-graduate dissertation, Thesis director
2022
I. CARRASCO, Post-graduate dissertation, Thesis director
2022
I. SOBRAL, Post-graduate dissertation, Thesis director
2022
P. MACHADO, Post-graduate dissertation, Thesis director
2022
A. FERNANDES, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Post-graduate dissertation, Thesis director
Other academic activities
Since 2024
European Research Conference on Microfinance
Since 2014
Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association
Since 2012
American Economic Association, American Economic Association

Peer-reviewed journal articles

AMIN, M. and MOTTA, V. (2023). The impact of corruption on SMEs’ access to finance: Evidence using firm-level survey data from developing countries. Journal of Financial Stability, 68(October), pp. 101175.
MOTTA, V. and GONZALEZ, L. (2022). Determinants of financial inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean. Development in Practice, 32(8), pp. 1063-1077.
MOTTA, V. and SHARMA, A. (2020). Lending technologies and access to finance for SMEs in the hospitality industry. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 86, pp. 102371.
MOTTA, V. (2020). Lack of access to external finance and SME labor productivity: does project quality matter? Small Business Economics, 54(1), pp. 119-134.
SHARMA, A., MOTTA, V. and MARTINEZ, L. (2019). Effectiveness of short videos to enhance HACCP information for consumers. Journal of Foodservice Business Research, 22(6), pp. 549-562.
MOTTA, V. (2019). Estimating Poisson pseudo-maximum-likelihood rather than log-linear model of a log-transformed dependent variable. RAUSP Management Journal, 54(4), pp. 508-518.
MOTTA, V. (2019). The Impact of Local Food Expenditure on School Foodservice Revenues. Journal of School Health, 89(9), pp. 722-729.
MOTTA, V. (2017). Are SMEs in the hospitality industry less likely to experience credit constraint than other industries in the service sector? Evidence from Latin America. Tourism Economics, 23(7), pp. 1398-1418.
MOTTA, V. (2017). The impact of crime on the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises. Tourism Economics, 23(5), pp. 993-1010.
MOTTA, V. and SHARMA, A. (2016). Benefits and transaction costs of purchasing local foods in school districts. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 55, pp. 81-87.
SHARMA, A., MOTTA, V., CHOI, J.G. and ALTMAN, N.S. (2016). Economic production in hospitality and tourism industry. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 28(5), pp. 1026-1050.

Book chapters

MOTTA, V. (2023). Gender and financial inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean. In: Valentina Hartarska and Robert Cull (ed.). Handbook of Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Development. 1st ed. Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 339-356.
MOTTA, V. (2020). The Impact of Farm-to-School and Local Food Expenditures on School Foodservice Revenues. In: Amit Sharma (ed.). Financial Decision-Making in the Foodservice Industry: Economic Costs and Benefits. 1st ed. New York: Apple Academic Press, pp. 151-172.

Working papers

AMIN, M. and MOTTA, V. (2021). The Impact of Corruption on Smes' Access to Finance: Evidence using Firm-Level Survey Data from Developing Countries. 9812, Washington, DC: The World Bank.
MOTTA, V. and DE ZEEUW, M. (2021). Minority-Owned Enterprises and Access to Capital from Community Development Financial Institutions. 15, San Francisco: Federal Reserve Bank San Francisco.