Research

1. Board meetings dynamics (with V. Lagasio), forthcoming, Corporate Governance: an International Review.
2. Long tenured independent directors and firm performance (with K. John, J. Deng, M. Ferrari, David G. Ross), forthcoming, Strategic Management Journal.
3. Digitization in Finance (with F. Bertoni, M. Colombo, S. Manigart, M. Wright), Entreprenurship Theory and Practice, August 2021
4. Gazelles, ponies, and the impact of business angels’ characteristics on firm growth. (with V.Capizzi; A. Croce; and E. Ughetto), Journal of Small Business Management, September 2020 
5. The performance of angel-backed companies, (with V. Capizzi, P. Zocchi), Journal of Banking and Finance, 21 (2-3), May 2019. 
6. The Role of Venture Capital in the Entrepreneurial Finance Ecosystem: Future Threats and Opportunities (with V. Capizzi). Venture Capital, 21 (2-3), May 2019. 
7. Emerging trends in entrepreneurial finance (with V. Capizzi, D. Cumming). Venture Capital, 21 (2-3), May 2019, 
8. Angel Network Affiliation and Business Angels’ Investment Practices (with V. Capizzi, P. Zocchi, M. Valletta). Journal of Corporate Finance, June 2018 
9. Does post-IPO M&A activity affect firms' profitability and survival? (with V. Capizzi, G, Giudici) Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions, 1/2018 
10. Credit Market Concentration, Relationship Lending and the Cost of Debt (with A. Dell'Acqua, M. Fungo, V. Kysucky), International Review of Financial Analysis, 2016
11. Do firms hedge translation risk? (with M. Dallocchio, P. Raimbourg, A.Salvi), Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions, 2/2016
12. Secondary Buy-Outs: operating performance and investment determinants,  Financial Management, Winter 2015.
13. A, B or C? Experimental tests of IPO mechanisms (With O. Voloshyna), 2013, European Financial Management
14. The effects of Venture Capitalists on the Governance of firms (With S. Alkan, A. Salvi) 2012, Corporate Governance: an International Review 
15. Corporate Scandals and Capital Structure (with D. Boraschi), 2011, Journal of Business Ethics 
16. The Macro and Political Determinants of Venture Capital Investments around the World (with S. Alkan), 2011, Small Business Economics
17. Target price accuracy in equity research, (With R. Bianchini, A. Salvi, L. Zanetti), 2010, Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting
18. Testing Share Repurchases Hypotheses: a Conditional Study (With V. Capizzi, R. Mazzei), Corporate Ownership and Control, Vol. 5, n. 4, Summer 2008.

1. The role of angel syndicates on the  demand and supply of informal venture capital (with V. Capizzi), 2019,  in New Frontiers in Entrepreneurial Finance, World Scientific Publishing  
2. Institutional investors and corporate governance, in Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance, Edward Elgar Press, 2016.
3. The causes and financial consequences of corporate frauds (with D. Boraschi), 2012, in Entrepreneurship, Finance, Governance and Ethics, R. Cressy, D. J. Cumming, C. Mallin eds, Springer Press 
4. The development of Venture Capital. December 2011, in Handbook of Venture Capital and Private Equity, Douglas Cumming editor, Oxford University Press, 

1. Analysts, Fundamentals and Portfolio Selection: a Machine Learning Approach, under review (with M. Gultekin, UNC; T. Shofi, RPI; and M. Simaan, Stevens Institute of Technology)
2.  Dark Trading and the Exchanges Switches, under review (with Eleni Gousgounis, CFTC; Filippo Pavesi, LIUC; and A. Taatian, Stevens Institute of Technology)
3. Homophily and Merger Dynamics, under review (with M. Vaidya, Stevens Institute of Technology)
4. Play On: A Natural Experiment on Definitivity Avoidance (with Filippo Pavesi, LIUC; Thomas Bassetti, University of Padova and Fausto Pacicco LIUC), under review.
5. Dual Holding and Bank Risk, (with A. Taatian, Stevens Institute of Technology), under review. 
6. What is the Value of Analysts research? (with S. Bharath, Arizona State University), under review.
7. Option to Abandon, Syndication and Investment Return (with S. Banerjee, Stevens Institute of Technology and Thorsten Janus, University of Wyoming), under review.
8. Do valuation models affect analysts’ forecasts? (with Alexander Kerl, Giessen University). Conditionally accepted, Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions.
9. Heterogeneity in CDS coverage (with S. Banerjee and M. Vaidya, Stevens Institute of Technology)
10. Private ratings (with S. Bharath, Arizona State University)
11. Business angels, crowdinvesting and the start-up funding gap. (with V. Capizzi, F. Pavesi, and G. Giudici) 
12. Dual Holders as control mechanism: Evidence from Leveraged Buyouts (with A. Taatian, Stevens Institute of Technology)

• October 2021: Financial Management Annual Conference, Best Paper Award (Runner-up)
• November 2019: Puebla Mexico, The Econometric Society American Conference, Honorable mention. 
• June 2015: Amsterdam, EFMA Conference Best paper award (Runner-up)
•  May 2014: Tokyo, FMA Conference Best paper award (Runner-up)

Blog

• Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, June 2017 on Long Tenured Directors. 
• Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, May 2017 on Long Tenured Directors.

Press

• CNN Business, interview on the fixed income market after the 2020 Presidential elections.
• Aftonbladet (Sweden), Norwegian Business Daily, coverage of article on Secondary buyouts December 2012.
• Fortune, coverage of article on Secondary buyouts, August 2012.
• Wall Street Journal, coverage of article on Secondary buyouts, October 2011.
• Il Mondo, Sarfatti 25: coverage of article on corporate scandals, 2011.
• Il Sole 24 ore, coverage of article on analyst target prices, 2008.
• L’espresso, coverage of article on analyst target prices, 2008.
• Il Mondo, coverage of article on analyst target prices, 2008.
• Il Corriere della Sera: coverage of article on analyst target prices, 2008.
• Il Sole 24 ore: roundtable with the CEO of Borsa Italiana and the president of AIAF on analyst accuracy and conflicts of interest, 2008.

TV

• CNBC New York: invited speaker on the financial crisis, 2009.
• CNBC Italy: invited speaker on conflict of interests in the investment banking industry, 2008.
• CNBC Italy: invited speaker on analyst forecasts and target prices. 2008.