Bio
Hi, welcome to my page!
I am a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Economics, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. I hold my Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Catania in 2018 and my Master's degree in Economics and Economic Policy from the University of Bologna in 2021.
Formerly: Visiting Scholar at SOAS University of London - Department of Economics (May-September 2025) under the supervision of Professor Costas Lapavitsas.
Research
I am also intrigued by all those non-economic domains that aim to analyze finance from a socio-economic perspective, from the sociology of finance to historical sociology and political science.
Another area of my research looks at how inequality and climate change are related.
Supervisor: Giovanni Dosi . Co-supervisor: Andrea Roventini . Co-supervisor: Maria Enrica Virgillito .
Working Papers
- The finance-growth nexus over the long-run, with G. Dosi (Sant'Anna) and M. E. Virgillito (Sant'Anna) (Reject & Resubmit at Journal of Financial Stability)
- Financial capitalism and warfare: asset managers’ ownership in the military industry, with G. Dosi (Sant'Anna) and M. E. Virgillito (Sant'Anna) (Revise & Resubmit at Review of International Political Economy)
- Billionaires’ emissions and climate finance: the case for a carbon wealth tax, with M. Coronese (Sant'Anna), F. Lamperti (Sant'Anna), C. Marino (Sant'Anna), E. Palagi (Sant'Anna), A. Roventini (Sant'Anna) (Revise & Resubmit at Fiscal Studies)
Work(s) in Progress
- Corporate financialization in the age of asset managers: emerging traits of financial imperialism, with G. Dosi (Sant'Anna), C. Lapavitsas (SOAS) and M. E. Virgillito (Sant'Anna)
- What does finance do? A comparative and historical perspective, 1850-2020, with G. Dosi (Sant'Anna) and M. E. Virgillito (Sant'Anna) (draft coming soon!)