Courses a.y. 2024/2025
At Bocconi, I have been teaching courses in corporate finance, corporate valuation, and financial markets at both the graduate and undergraduate level, and also in the MBA and PhD programs. Prior to joining Bocconi, I have also thought various courses in mergers and acquisitions and private equity at the MBA and graduate level.
Biographical note
I am a Full Professor of Finance in the Finance Department at Bocconi University. I am a Research Affiliate of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), a Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), an executive editor of the Journal of Law, Finance, and Accounting, and an Associate Editor of European Financial Management.
Prior to joining Bocconi I have taught at the Stockholm School of Economics, Cornell University, Imperial College, and Purdue. I hold a BA and an MSc in Economics from Bocconi University, Milan; and a PhD in Finance from London Business School.
About
My research interests include corporate governance, bankruptcy and financial distress, debt financing, international finance, sovereign borrowing, financing of innovations, and quantitative trading. My research has been published in top peer-reviewed journals such as The Journal of Finance, The Journal of Financial Economics, The Review of Financial Studies, The Journal of Monetary Economics, The Journal of Economic Theory, and The Review of Finance, and has been featured in publications such as The Financial Times and The Economist. My research on the evolution of ownership (with J. Franks and C. Mayer) was awarded two international prizes for Best Paper by the European Corporate Governance institute.
Working papers
Insurance Companies and the Propagation of Liquidity Shocks to the Real Economy
June 2021
Credit Cycles, Expectations, and Corporate Investment
March 2021
Financial Reform and Public Good Provision: Municipal Bankruptcy Law and the Financing of Hospitals
October 2021
Selected Publications
Rational quantitative trading in efficient markets
Journal of Economic Theory, 2021
Banks, government bonds, and default: What do the data say?
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2018
Does mandatory shareholder voting prevent bad acquisitions?
The Review of Financial Studies, 2016
Sovereign default, domestic banks, and financial institutions
The Journal of Finance, 2014
Contractual resolutions of financial distress
The Review of Financial Studies, 2013
Judicial discretion in corporate bankruptcy
The Review of Financial Studies, 2010
Ownership: evolution and regulation
The Review of Financial Studies, 2009
Returns to shareholder activism: evidence from a clinical study of the Hermes UK Focus Fund
The Review of Financial Studies, 2009
Cross-country determinants of mergers and acquisitions
Journal of Financial Economics, 2004