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Bruno Pellegrino

Assistant Professor of Finance, Columbia University

Bruno Pellegrino is a PhD Student in the Global Economics and Management (GEM) Area at the UCLA Anderson School of Management. He joined the program in 2014. He employs a combination of theory and statistical analysis to understand how institutions shape economic activity and, in particular, the firms' productivity, innovation and competition. Additionally, he is also interested in the microeconomic foundations of social capital. He assists professors in the GEM area in teaching Managerial Economics to students of the FEMBA and EMBA program. Before joining the GEM PhD program, he worked in Credit Suisse, Nomura, Société Générale (primarily as an economist and global macro strategist), then as a Research Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. A southern Italian native, he holds an undergraduate degree from Bocconi University and a masters' degree from the London School of Economics.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Assistant Professor of Finance, Columbia University
  • –present
    Member - Macro, Money & International Finance), CESifo Network
  • 2023–present
    Affiliate Fellow, UChicago Stigler Center
  • 2021–2023
    Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Maryland
  • 2012–2014
    Research Fellow (Booth School of Business), University of Chicago
  • 2010–2012
    Economist and Strategist, Credit Suisse

Education

  • 2020 
    UCLA, PhD Business Economics
  • 2009 
    London School of Economics, MSc Finance & Economics
  • 2008 
    Bocconi University, BSc International Economics and Management

Publications

  • 2024
    Quantifying The Impact of Red Tape on Investment: a Survey Data Approach, Journal of Financial Economics

Grants and Contracts

  • 2017
    Price Center for Entrepreneurship Research Grant
    Role:
    Lead author
    Funding Source:
    UCLA Anderson
  • 2016
    Center for Global Management Resarch Grant
    Role:
    Lead author
    Funding Source:
    UCLA Anderson
  • 2015
    Center for Global Management Resarch Grant
    Role:
    Lead author
    Funding Source:
    UCLA Anderson