Paolo Mazza

I am an Associate Professor of Finance at IESEG School of Management (Rue de la Digue, 3 ; 59000 Lille, France) where I teach Financial Markets, Global Finance and Technical Analysis courses. In the past, I also used to teach Credit Risk Management, Empirical Asset Pricing, Financial Econometrics and SAS Programming courses.

Before holding this position, I was an ARC Postdoctoral fellow at the Louvain School of Management (Université catholique de Louvain) and a member of the Center for Studies in Asset Management (CESAM). I was also a Visiting Researcher at Cass Business School (London, UK).

My research papers have been published in Finance ABS/CNRS ranked journals, including Journal of Banking and Finance, Economic Modelling, Applied Economics, Finance, The International Review of Financial Analysis, Quantitative Finance, Finance Research Letters, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance and, Bankers, Markets and Investors.

My doctoral thesis, entitled "Essays on Intraday Liquidity and Price Movements", has been successfully defended in October 2013. Before holding a Finance PhD-track position, I gained experience in the asset management industry. I worked for Dexia Asset Management (now Candriam) for two years, from 2008 to 2010. I also hold a Master's degree in management engineering, with a specialization in finance, and I was granted the Best Master's Thesis Award by the Alumni organization. In 2017, I have successfully defended my Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) in Management Sciences at Université Paris-Dauphine.

My research interests include, but are not limited to, market microstructure, traders' behaviors, environmental finance, stock return predictability, Insider trading, transaction costs management, cryptocurrencies, commodities, carbon markets and alternative investments.