Professor of Finance at Kellogg School of Management
Greater Chicago Area
Professor of Finance at Kellogg School of Management
Greater Chicago Area
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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.
Financial development, financial institutions, political economy, behavioral economics.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2009 — Present (5 months)
Ph.D. , Economics , 1998
M.A. , Economics , 1993
Laurea (B.A.) , Economics, summa cum laude , 1989
Financial development, financial institutions, political economy, behavioral economics