Research

Publications:

  1. Bressan, S., 2023, “ESG, taxes, and profitability of insurers”, Sustainability, Volume 15, Issue 18, 1–13, ISSN 2071-1050
  2. Bressan, S., 2023, “Reinsurance and sustainability: Evidence from international insurers”, Journal of Applied Finance and Banking, Volume 13, Issue 6, 153-184, ISSN 1792-6580
  3. Bressan, S., 2023, “Effects from ESG scores on P&C insurance companies”, Sustainability, Volume 15, Issue 16, 1–15, ISSN 2071-1050
  4. Bressan, S., 2023, “On the double leverage of US insurance groups”, Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, Volume 13, Issue 1, 26–36, ISSN 2077-429X
  5. Bressan, S., and A. Weissensteiner, 2023, “On the time-varying relationship between coskewness and returns of banks”, Review of Financial Economics, 00, 1–18, ISSN 1873-5924
  6. Bressan, S., and A. Weissensteiner, 2022, “Option-implied skewness and the value of financial intermediaries”, Journal of Financial Services Research, Volume 64, 207–229, ISSN 0920-8550
  7. Bressan, S., and A. Weissensteiner, 2021, “The financial conglomerate discount: Insights from stock return skewness”, International Review of Financial Analysis, Volume 74, 101662, ISSN 1057-5219
  8. Bressan, S., M. Rammerstorfer, and K. Weinmayer, 2021, “Internal Capital Markets and Bank Holding Company Efficiency”, Review of Financial Economics, Volume 39, Issue 2,163–177, ISSN 1873-5924
  9. Bressan, S., 2018, “The impact of reinsurance for insurance companies,” Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, Volume 8, Issue 4, 22–29, ISSN 2077-429X
  10. Bressan S., and A. Weissensteiner, 2018, “The relationship between stock return skewness and bank features,” Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions, Volume 6, Number 2, 1–17, ISSN 2282-717X
  11. Bressan, S., 2018, “The Effect of Consolidation for the Interplay between Risk and Double Leverage inside Bank Holding Companies,” Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal, Volume 22, Issue 3, 1–5, ISSN 1096-3685
  12. Bressan, S., 2018, “The Impact of Banks´ Liquidity Reserves on Lending,” Journal Of Banking Regulation, Volume 19, Issue 4, 337–345, ISSN 1745-645
  13. Bressan, S., 2018, “The Funding of Subsidiaries Equity, Double Leverage, and the Risk of Bank Holding Companies,” Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Volume 45, Issue 1-2, 209 – 231, ISSN 0306-686X
  14. Bressan, S., 2018, “Banking Subsidiaries and the Double Leverage of Bank Holding Companies,” Financial Regulation International, Volume 20, Issue 10, 1 – 3, ISSN 1473-3323
  15. Bressan, S., 2017, “Effects from the Parent Exposure to Subsidiaries inside Bank Holding Companies (BHCs),” Journal Of Banking Regulation, Volume 18, Issue 2, 132 – 148, ISSN 1745-6452
  16. Bressan, S., 2017, “The Interplay between Payout Policies and Debt inside Banking Firms,” International Journal of Financial Research, Volume 8, Number 2, 7 – 39, ISSN 1923-4023
  17. Bressan, S., 2017, “A Short Note on the Funding of Investment Firms Across the Crisis: Did the Turmoil Bring Changes?,” Journal of Applied Finance and Banking, Volume 7, Issue 1, 63 – 77, ISSN 1792-6580
  18. Bressan, S., 2016, “Taxation and Leverage Inside Bank Holding Companies,” Accounting & Taxation, Volume 8, Number 1, 27 – 37, ISSN 1944-592X
  19. Bressan, S., 2015, “The Funding of Subsidiaries Equity, Double Leverage, and the Risk of Bank Holding Companies,” in O. M. Lehner (Ed.), Proceedings in Finance and Risk Series Vol 15, ACRN Oxford Publishing House: Linz, Austria, ISBN 978-3-9503518-4-2
  20. Bressan, S., N. Pace, and L. Pelizzon, 2014, “Health status and portfolio choice: Is their relationship economically relevant?,” International Review of Financial Analysis, Volume 32, 109 – 122, ISSN 1057-5219
  21. Bressan, S., N. Pace, and L. Pelizzon, 2012, “Health status and portfolio choice: Does feeling better affect your attitude towards risk?,” Geneva Association Information Newsletter: Health and Ageing, Geneva, The Geneva Association, vol. 26, pp. 9-13, ISSN 1605-8283

Research Grants:

1) Internal research funds of the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano: “The pricing of coskewness for bank equity” (Principal investigator, EUR 5000, April 2021 – April 2023))

2) Internal research funds of the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano: “The market performance of financial firms: An analysis through skewness” (Principal investigator, EUR 5000, November 2017 – November 2019)

Scholarships and Awards:

  • December 2014    Best Young Economist Session (YES) Paper at the XXIII International Rome Conference on Money, Banking and Finance, Rome (Italy)
  • 2013 – 2014, 2011 – 2012, 2010 – 2011   Scholarship from the Austrian Science Fund
  • September 2012 – August 2013      PhD Scholarship from WU Gutmann Center
  • September 2012 – August 2013      Scholarship from the UniCredit Leopold Gratz Foundation
  • May 2005:    Coin Award as Best First-Year Student of the B.A. in Economics and Finance 

Conference Presentations:

  • VII Workshop in Macro Banking and Finance, Turin (Italy), October 2019
  • XXVII International Rome Conference on Money, Banking and Finance, Rome (Italy), December 2018
  • Outliers: How to create and manage the exceptional, Bozen (Italy), December 2017
  • 2nd ACPR – Banque de France International Academic Conference, Paris (France), December 2015
  • 15th Finance, Risk and Accounting Perspectives, Steyr (Austria), October 2015
  • XXIII International Rome Conference on Money, Banking and Finance, Rome (Italy), December 2014 − Best Young Economist Session (YES) Paper
  • 29th Workshop of the Austrian Working Group on Banking and Finance, Vienna (Austria), November 2014
  • “Global Trends in Financial Intermediation, Financial Markets, and Financial Modelling,” 4th International Conference of the Financial Engineering & Banking Society (F.E.B.S.), Guilford (United Kingdom), June 2014
  • “Banking, Finance, Money and Institutions: The Post Crisis Era”, Guilford (United Kingdom), November 2013
  • 28th Workshop of the Austrian Working Group on Banking and Finance, Vienna (Austria), November 2013
  • Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF) Conference, Vienna (Austria), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

Other Research Experience:

  • January 2014 – June 2014          Consultant, The World Bank, Vienna (Austria)
  • October 2007 – January 2010    Researcher, GRETA Associati (Gruppi di Ricerca Economica Teorica e Applicata), Venice (Italy)
  • January 2009 – June 2009         Visiting Scholar, ICMA Centre, University of Reading (United Kingdom)

Referee Activity:

Journal of Banking Regulation