Alessandra Caragnano

Fellow
Knowledge groupFinance
Research domainsCorporate Finance
Teaching domainsCapital Structure, Financial Management, Corporate Sustainability, Real Estate Finance
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Biography

Alessandra Caragnano is a Fellow at SDA Bocconi – Corporate Finance & Real Estate. 

After the master degree in Economics & Management curriculum in Corporate Finance & Banking at LUM University, she obtains the International Phd in “The Economics and Management of Natural Resources” - XXXI cycle. She carried out the visiting period at the School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University – Finance Department, recognised at an international level as an excellent university centre on the subject of Sustainable Finance. 
She is a member of the COST research permanent group (European Cooperation in Science & Technology) and she is an analyst for the Standard Ethics rating agency.

From 2015 to 2021 she has been teaching assistant in Corporate Finance, Real Estate Finance, Financing Tools in the PA at LUM University and from 2017 to 2021 at the University of Bari Aldo Moro – Department of Economics and Finance, in Corporate Financial Policies and Finance Advanced Course. During the visiting period she acquired skills in Sustainable finance as well as in the PBL didactic approach (Project based learning method).

In 2019 she obtained the Best Paper Award for the paper “Do GHG emissions impact the cost of debt financing of European large companies?”, admitted and presented to the 3rd Social Impact Investments International Conference.

 

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    Finanza ESG. Innovazioni, rischi e strumenti per un mondo che cambia
    CARAGNANO, A., F. PIZZUTILO - "Finanza ESG. Innovazioni, rischi e strumenti per un mondo che cambia" - 2025, Giappichelli Editore, Torino, Italy
  • 2024
    Are Women the Panacea? Exploring the Direction of Socially Responsible Commitment
    CARAGNANO, A., M. ZITO, A. BRANDONISIO, F. D’ERCOLE, D. FRASCATI, "Are Women the Panacea? Exploring the Direction of Socially Responsible Commitment" in Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance., Mario La Torre, Sabrina Leo (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 219-238, 2024
  • 2024
    Carbon intensity and market pricing: An asymmetric valuation
    MARIANI, M., A. CARAGNANO, F. D'ERCOLE, D. FRASCATI, "Carbon intensity and market pricing: An asymmetric valuation", International Review of Financial Analysis, 2024, vol. 93, pp. 103191
  • 2024
    Exploring the Shades of Green Premium: A Matching Approach
    MARIANI, M., A. CARAGNANO, D. FRASCATI, F. D’ERCOLE, A. BRANDONISIO, "Exploring the Shades of Green Premium: A Matching Approach" in Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance., Mario La Torre, Sabrina Leo (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 157-175, 2024
  • 2023
    Catastrophe Bonds: A Mitigation Opportunity in Turmoil Period
    MARIANI, M., A. CARAGNANO, F. D'ERCOLE, R. DIDONATO, D. FRASCATI, "Catastrophe Bonds: A Mitigation Opportunity in Turmoil Period" in Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance: Exploring Performance, Impact Measurement and Financial Inclusion., Mario La Torre, Sabrina Leo (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan UK, chap. 8, pp. 187-228, 2023
  • 2023
    Evoluzione di alcune metriche nel contesto della Finanza Aziendale
    CARAGNANO, A. - "Evoluzione di alcune metriche nel contesto della Finanza Aziendale" - 2023, Egea, Milano, Italy

Grants & Honors

  • Best Paper Award per il paper: Caragnano A., Mariani M., Pizzutilo F., Zito M. “Do GHG emissions impact the cost of debt financing of European large companies?” - 3rd Social Impact Investments International Conference, Roma, 2019