Paola Sapienza

Current

Professor of Finance at Kellogg School of Management

Past

Ford Visiting Associate Professor at University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Associate Professor of Finance at Kellogg School of Management
Assistant Professor of Finance at Kellogg School of Management

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Education

Harvard University
Harvard University
Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'

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Paola Sapienza’s Summary

Paola Sapienza is a Professor in the Finance Department. Prior to joining the Kellogg School of Management, Professor Sapienza worked as an economist in the research department of Bank of Italy.

She is interested in corporate finance. She has written articles on banking, on state-ownership, on social capital and on financial development.

Professor Sapienza is a Zell Center Faculty Fellow, a research affiliate of the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and a Faculty Research Fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research's (NBER) program on Corporate Finance. Trained in economics, she holds a B.A. from Bocconi University (Milan), and an M.A. and Ph.D in Economics from Harvard University.

All media requests can be directed to Meg Washburn at m-washburn@kellogg.northwestern.edu.

Paola Sapienza’s Specialties:

Financial development, financial institutions, political economy, behavioral economics.

Paola Sapienza’s Experience

Professor of Finance

Kellogg School of Management

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

September 2009 — Present (5 months)

Paola Sapienza’s Education

Harvard University

Ph.D. , Economics , 1998
Harvard University

M.A. , Economics , 1993
Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi'

Laurea (B.A.) , Economics, summa cum laude , 1989