Elena Carletti

Elena Carletti is a Full Professor of Finance at Bocconi University since 2013, serving as Dean for Research since 2022. She holds multiple leadership roles including Director of the Banking, Finance and Regulation Unit at Baffi Carefin Center (since 2015) and Director of CEPR's Banking and Corporate Finance Program (since 2022). Her academic work focuses on banking regulation, systemic risk, financial stability, and international finance. Carletti advises major institutions like the European Parliament (Expert Panel on banking supervision, 2016–2024) and Unicredit Group (Deputy Vice Chair of Board of Directors). Her research explores topics such as interbank liquidity management, capital adequacy frameworks, and systemic risk amplification channels.

• Educational Background: Not explicitly stated in provided texts, but inferred to hold a PhD in Finance/Economics given her academic rank.

Her research interests center on the intersection of financial markets, regulation, and macroeconomic stability. She analyzes systemic risk drivers in banking systems, optimal capital structures for financial institutions, and the design of effective liquidity management frameworks. Recent work includes studies on stakeholder governance impacts on firm value and the implications of mark-to-market accounting practices on liquidity pricing.

Carletti participates in policy-oriented research networks such as the CEPR's European Financial Architecture RPN and serves on governance committees at Deutsche Bundesbank and Bloomberg's Women in Finance Initiative. She has contributed to over 20 peer-reviewed articles addressing critical issues in financial regulation and systemic risk mitigation.

Professional Activities:

• Member of Executive Committee at Institute for European Policy Making (IEP) since 2023
• Chair of Bruegel’s Scientific Committee since 2017
• Research Professor at Deutsche Bundesbank since 2017

Labs/Teams: Active in Bocconi’s Baffi Carefin Center and CEPR networks, focusing on European financial architecture and policy design.