Finance

Twenty One New International Entries for the Faculty in 2015/2016

With twenty one new professors recruited on the international job market, the University will enjoy fresh knowledge

Julien Sauvagnat, a Financial Economics Scholar at Bocconi

A PhD graduate from Toulouse School of Economics, the new assistant professor investigates shocks' transmission in firm networks

De Marco Will Study Banks' Behavior

The new Assistant Professor Comes from Boston College

When Too Much Is Too Much: Media and Stigma in the Nuclear Industry

Perretti and Piazza find that criticism can force firms to disengage from a stigmatized industry, but excessive media exposure reduces the amount of stigma people are able to perceive

The Consequences of Bankruptcy Law for Firm Financing and Investment

A new research paper by Nicolas Serrano Velarde, in joint with Giacomo Rodano and Emanuele Tarantino, shows that bankruptcy law reforms, at least in Italy and in the 2005 2006 period, significantly affected interest rates and investments.

Why Finance Gets Big. And Why It's Not a Problem

A new research paper by Nicola Gennaioli, joint with Andrei Shleifer, and Robert Vishny, shows that preservation of wealth is a key driving factor that makes the financial sector increasingly important even in mature economies