Eleonora Sfrappini

Eleonora Sfrappini is a Lecturer in Finance at the University of St Andrews Business School and a Junior Research Affiliate at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH). She holds a PhD from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg and completed her postgraduate studies at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. Her research focuses on banking regulation, climate finance, and the macroeconomic implications of financial policies.

• Education: BSc from Free University of Bozen-Bolzano; MSc from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg; PhD from Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg.

Her work examines how regulatory frameworks impact bank funding costs, credit allocation, and corporate environmental strategies. Recent studies include analyzing EU banks' responses to the Capital Requirements Directive IV and assessing climate-related regulatory risks' effects on lending behavior.

• Key Awards: Lamfalussy Research Fellowship (ECB, 2021), ECB Young Economist Prize Finalist (2024), 2023 FIR-PRI Sustainability Grant.

Her research has been presented at major conferences including EEA, AFA, and BIS-CEPR, and she collaborates with institutions like the ECB and Norges Bank. Current projects explore government spending’s role in firm emissions and the productivity-channel link between credit and recession risk.