Finance

EFA 2021: Diversity, Climate Change and Technology for a Changing Finance

From August 25 to 27 Bocconi will virtually host the participants of the European Finance Association conference

Only Some Banks Have Been Able to Help SMEs During COVID

According to De Marco, the system of Guarantee Fund has rewarded SMEs that had relations with an efficient bank, especially from a technological point of view, creating a situation of unequal access to credit

Circular Businesses Risk Less and Reap Higher Returns

Adherence to circular economy practices reduces by 12 times the default risk at one year from opening and leads to better risk adjusted returns, according to a white paper by Bocconi University, Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Intesa Sanpaolo, coordinated by Claudio Zara

Gender Pay Gap Means Fewer Female Candidates on the Ballot

Thomas Le Barbanchon and Julien Sauvagnat, analyzing French electoral data, found that where gender pay gaps are larger, women candidates obtain fewer votes and are less often on the ballot. Parties candidate men in the most contested districts even if it comes with a financial penalty in public funding

Research Excellence Awards to 63 Bocconi Scholars

Bocconi faculty are publishing in top tier journals like never before

Corporate Taxation and Reduction of CO2 Emissions

Sauvagnat, Iovino, and Martin observed that corporate taxes paid by dirty industries are lower than those paid by clean ones and earned a grant from Fondation Banque de France to investigate further