Research
PUBLICATIONS
"Women’s Empowerment and Child Mortality” (with N. Kellard, Y. Makhlouf, and D. Vinogradov), World Development, Accepted.
"On the Relationship Between Financial Inclusion and Bank Performance" (with T. Arun, C. Girardone, and M. Sha'ban), Economic Notes 52, 2023.
"Bank Misconduct, Board Diversity and CEO Turnover" (with B. Casu, A. Gallo, and E. Kalotychou), Review of Corporate Finance 3, pp. 149-174, 2023.
"Gender Diversity and Bank Misconduct" (with F. Arnaboldi, B. Casu, A. Gallo, and E. Kalotychou), Journal of Corporate Finance 71, 2021.
"The Performance Effects of Board Heterogeneity: What Works for EU Banks?" (with F. Arnaboldi, B. Casu, and E. Kalotychou), European Journal of Finance 26, pp. 897-924, 2020.
"Board Diversity Reforms: Do They Matter for EU Bank Performance?" (with F. Arnaboldi, B. Casu, and E. Kalotychou), EFMA 2018 Capital Markets Best Paper Award, European Financial Management 26, pp. 416-454, 2020.
"Cross-Country Variation in Financial Inclusion: A Global Perspective " (with C. Girardone and M. Sha'ban), European Journal of Finance 26, pp. 319-340, 2020.
"Securitization and Bank Performance" (with B. Casu, A. Clare, and S. Thomas), Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 45, pp. 1617-1658, 2013.
"Does Securitization Reduce Credit Risk Taking? Empirical Evidence from US Bank Holding Companies" (with B. Casu, A. Clare, and S. Thomas), European Journal of Finance 17, pp. 769-788, 2011.
OTHER PUBLISHED OUTPUT
"Financial Inclusion and Gender Gap across Islamic and Non-Islamic Countries" (with L. Baeshen and C. Girardone) in S. Leo and M. La Torre (editors), Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance, Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance, 2023.
"Securitization" (with B. Casu) in A. Berger, P. Molyneux, and J.O.S. Wilson (editors), Oxford Handbook of Banking, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2019.
"Financial Inclusion: Trends and Determinants" (with C. Girardone and M. Sha'ban) in E. Gualandri, V. Venturelli, and A. Scilp (editors), Frontier Topics in Banking, Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions, 2019.
"Securitization" (with B. Casu) in A. Berger, P. Molyneux, and J.O.S. Wilson (editors), Oxford Handbook of Banking, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2014.
"Securitization and Bank Performance: Some Empirical Evidence on US Commercial Banks" (with B. Casu, A. Clare, and S. Thomas), Bancaria (Associazione Bancaria Italiana) 3, pp. 56-62, 2010.
WORKING PAPERS AND WORK IN PROGRESS
"Shadow Banking and Non-Bank Financial Intermediation" (with B. Casu and A. Gallo) in A. Berger, P. Molyneux, and J.O.S. Wilson (editors), Oxford Handbook of Banking, 4th edition, Oxford University Press, Work in progress.
Bank Misconduct and CEO Turnover: Evidence from US Commercial Banks” (with B. Casu, A. Gallo, and E. Kalotychou), Work in progress.
"Retained Interests in Securitizations and Implications for Bank Solvency" (with B. Casu), European Central Bank Working Paper No. 1538.
"The Determinants of Bank Capital Structure: A European Study" (with C. Girardone and M. Sha'ban).