Prof. Dr. Francesco D’Acunto
- Visiting Scholar
- Phone: +49 721 608-43427
- francesco dacunto ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Research Interests
Expectations and Decision-making, Cultural Finance, FinTech/Entrepreneurship
Publications
Robo-advising (with A. G. Rossi), forthcoming. In Handbook of Technological Finance, eds: R. Rau, R. Wardrop, L. Zingales.
Regressive Mortgage Credit Redistribution in the Post-crisis Era (with A. G. Rossi), forthcoming. Review of Financial Studies.
The Promises and Pitfalls of Robo-advising (with N. Prabhala and A. G. Rossi), 2019. Review of Financial Studies, Vol 32(5), p. 1983 – 2020
Cognitive Abilities and Inflation Expectations (with D. Hoang, M. Paloviita, and M. Weber), 2019. American Economic Review P&P.
Historical Antisemitism, Ethnic Specialization, and Financial Development (with M. Prokopczuk and M. Weber), 2019. Review of Economic Studies, Vol 86(3), p. 1170 – 1206.
Flexible Prices and Leverage (with R. Liu, C. Pueger, and M. Weber), 2018. Journal of Financial Economics, Vol 129(1), p. 46 – 68.
Unconventional Fiscal Policy (with D. Hoang and M. Weber), 2018. American Economic Review P&P, Vol 108, p. 519 – 523.
Telecracy: Testing for Channels of Persuasion (with G. Barone and G. Narciso), 2015. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol 7(2), p. 30 – 60.
Employment
Boston College, Carroll School of Management
- Assistant Professor of Finance, 2018 – Present
University of Maryland, R.H. Smith School of Business
- Assistant Professor of Finance, 2015 – 2018
Other Affiliations (Selection)
CESifo Research Network
- Member, 2017 – Present
Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets
- Member, 2017 – Present
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship
- Member, 2017 – Present
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Germany
- Visiting Scholar, 2016 – Present
Education
University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business
- Ph.D., Finance, 2015
- M.Sc., Finance, 2012
Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- M.Sc., Economics and Business Law (cum laude, dignità di stampa), 2008
Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
- B.A., Economics (cum laude and honors), 2006