ESG, Climate Finance, Corporate Governance, Shareholder Voting, Media Coverage, Political Connections
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The Effect of Hype and Social Preferences on Crypto Investments (with Hans Degryse, Naciye Sekerci and Francesco Stradi)
previous title: “Who Arrives Early and Late to the Crypto Market Party"
presented: FIRS 2025, FMA Europe 2024, EFMA 2024, the Finance Research Day (Open Universiteit), the University of Bologna, the University of Limerick, Toulouse Business School.
Sustainable Investors: Value and Values (with Hans Degryse, Naciye Sekerci and Francesco Stradi)
previous title: "Sustainable Investments: One for the Money, Two for the Show"
presented: 31st Finance Forum, FMA Europe 2024, EFMA 2024, Hanken School of Economics, the Belgian Environmental Economics Day, Deutsche Bundesbank, Lund University, the 1st HEC-HKUST Workshop on Impact and Sustainable Finance, ESADE Business School, the Corporate Finance Days, the European Central bank, the European Sustainable Finance PhD Workshop, the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, and the 7th Household Finance Workshop for their helpful
The Voting Behavior of Women-Led Mutual Funds (with Alexandre Garel and Arthur Romec)
presented: Aalto University, 13th Annual Hedge Fund Research Conference at Dauphine University, 13th NYU-LawFin/SAFE-ESCP Conference at Goethe University, Frankfurt, 16th Financial Risk International Forum "Finance & Society" (Paris), EFA 2023 (scheduled), Financial Forum 2023 (Tel Aviv), FMA 2023, Maastricht University, Sustainability and Finance Conference 2022 (Leuven), Voting, Proxy Voting Guidelines, and Proxy Voting Advisors Workshop 2023 (University of Zurich).
The Role of The Media in Corporate Governance: Evidence From Shareholder Proposals (with Arthur Romec)
presented: AFFI Spring 2021, Cunef Business School, Utrecht University.
Old working papers: Pollution and Firm Value
Climate Change and Mutual Fund Voting on Environmental Proposals (with Alexandre Garel, Roni Michaely and Arthur Romec)
Management Science, Forthcoming
CEO Reputation and Corporate Voting (with Thomas David and Arthur Romec)
Journal of Corporate Finance, 2023, (83) 102476
Bank CEO Careers after Bailouts: The Effects of Management Turnover on Bank Risk (with Pramuan Bunkanwanicha and Federica Salvade') Journal of Financial Intermediation, 2022, (52) 100995
Capital Structure and Reversible Bargaining Tools: Theory and Evidence from Union-Sponsored Shareholder Proposals (with Rafael Matta and Arthur Romec)
Journal of Banking and Finance, 2023, (149)
The Effect of Media-Linked Directors on Financing and External Governance (with Paul Laux)
Journal of Financial Economics, 2022, 141 (2) 103-131.
Appeared in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation.
Common Ownership and Firm Dividend Policies (with Egle Karmeziene and Naciye Sekerci)
Finance Research Letters, 40, May 2021.
Are Red or Blue Companies More Likely to Go Green? Politics and Corporate Social Responsibility (with Leonard Kostovetsky)
Journal of Financial Economics, 2014, 111 (1), 158–180.
Appeared in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation;
Winner of the BSI Gamma Foundation Prize, 2012;
Cited in the Harvard Business Review, November 2015.
The Effect of Stock Misvaluation and Investment Opportunities on the Method of Payment in Mergers
Journal of Corporate Finance, 2013, 21, 196–215.
Are Small Family Firms Financially Sophisticated? (with Stefano Caselli and Stefano Gatti),
Journal of Banking and Finance, 2011, 35 (11), 2931-2944.
Does the CFO Matter in Family Firms? Evidence from Italy (with Stefano Caselli),
The European Journal of Finance, 2010, 16 (5), 381-411.
Prada’s Hong Kong IPO (with Denis Gromb)
Winner of the "Best Finance Case": The Case Center 2018 Award and the AFFI -CCMP 2018 Award