I am Professor of Corporate Finance in the Department of Business and Management at LUISS-Guido Carli University. My fields of specialization are Corporate Finance, Banking, Innovation and International Trade. I published several papers in leading international journals, including Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Review of Economic Dynamics, European Economic Review, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance. I obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bari. I have held positions in several Italian universities, and currently, I am the Director of the Master in Corporate Finance at LUISS-Guido Carli.