Ricardo Cunha is a member of Faculty and a full member of the Research Centre in Management and Economics (CEGE) at Catolica Porto Business School, dedicated to the accounting and finance areas, with a special focus on risk management and auditing and assurance services. He holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance (Lancaster University), a Licenciatura in Economics, and an MSc in Finance (Catolica Porto Business School). Ricardo was a visiting lecturer and researcher at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). His main research interests and publications are in the areas of financial information quality, auditing and assurance, firm capital structure and cost of capital, real estate finance and household finance. Ricardo is also partner in an audit firm and consultant to several public and private entities.