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I am full professor in Economics at the Department of Economics, Society and Politics  (DESP) of the Università di Urbino Carlo Bo, Italy, where I teach Microeconomics and Monetary Economics.  I am delegate of the Rector at International Relations, and chair of the Bachelor in Economics.

I am also associate researcher of the Money and Finance Research Group (Mo.Fi.R) at the Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, member of the GEU (Gruppo Economisti di Urbino), and member of the scientific group of the ECDN Debt Scientific Group (CoDeS).

From 2022 I am member of the executive committee of the Italian Association for the Study of Comparative Economic Systems - AISSEC, member of the Structrualist Development Macroeconomics Research Group, member of the Economics teaching Committee of the Italian Economics Association.

From 2018 to 2022 I  have been  Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics (IJABE), and I am also member of the Scientific Committee of  Argomenti - Journal of Economic  provides a scholarly, international forum for all methodological approaches and schools of thought. 

In 2018 I obtained the national habilitation from the Italian Ministry of Education of full professor of Economic Policy and Applied Economics (ASN Area 13/A2  and ASN Area 13/A4). In  2020 I also obtained the national habilitation from the Italian Ministry of Education of full professor of Political Economy (ASN Area 13/A1)

I graduated in 2001 in Economics and Business at the Università di Urbino with summa cum laude. I obtained a MSc. in Economics (with distinction) from the University College London in 2003,  and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Università Politecnica delle Marche in 2006. 

Recent Publications

Information asymmetry, external certification, and the cost of bank debt  (with A Bellucci, A Borisov, A Zazzaro) Journal of Corporate Finance 78, 102336