PIETRO ANDREA BIANCHI FEDRIGONI

Courses a.y. 2024/2025

Biographical note

Pietro A. Bianchi Fedrigoni joined the Department of Accounting at Bocconi University in 2024. Prior to this, he worked at Florida International University, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in the summer of 2024, as well as at the University of South Florida and the University of Miami. His teaching expertise includes cost accounting and financial accounting. Pietro earned his Ph.D. from IE Business School in Spain. His research interests encompass auditing, corporate governance, social network analysis, and financial reporting for private firms with an international focus. His work has been presented at numerous national and international conferences and published in top accounting journals, including Journal of Accounting Research, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and European Accounting Review. Pietro has received multiple awards for his research, teaching, and service. He also serves on the editorial boards of several prominent accounting journals, including The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, Accounting Horizons, and Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. Before entering academia, he worked for several accounting firms in Milan. He is a licensed Chartered Accountant (Dottore Commercialista) and Statutory Auditor (Revisore dei Conti) in Italy.


Research interests

Corporate governance, auditing, private firms, social network analysis (SNA), international


Selected Publications

Bianchi P. A.; Causholli M.; Minutti-Meza M.; Sulcaj V.
Social Networks Analysis in Accounting and Finance*
CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, 2023

Barrios J. M.; Bianchi P. A.; Isidro H.; Nanda D.
Boards of a Feather: Homophily in Foreign Director Appointments Around the World
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, 2022

Bianchi, Pietro A.; Marra, Antonio; Masciandaro, Donato; Pecchiari, Nicola
Organized crime and firms' financial statements: evidence from criminal investigations in Italy
ACCOUNTING REVIEW, 2021

Bianchi P. A.; Carrera N.; Trombetta M.
The Effects of Auditor Social and Human Capital on Auditor Compensation: Evidence from the Italian Small Audit Firm Market
EUROPEAN ACCOUNTING REVIEW, 2020

Bianchi P. A.; Falsetta D.; Minutti-Meza M.; Weisbrod E.
Joint audit engagements and client tax avoidance: evidence from the italian statutory audit regime
THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN TAXATION ASSOCIATION, 2019

Pietro Andrea Bianchi Fedrigoni
Auditors' Joint Engagements and Audit Quality: Evidence from Italian Private Companies
CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH, 2017