Antonio Marra
Full Professor

Biography
Antonio Marra is a Full Professor of Accounting and Financial Reporting at Università Bocconi and is a member of the Knowledge Group Accounting & Control at SDA Bocconi School of Management. He is alsothe Academic Director of the Master of Science in Accounting, Financial Management, and Control at Università Bocconi. He holds visiting positions at Wharton School - University of Pennsylvania, Stern School of Business – New York University, University of Iowa, and Baruch College.
Antonio has more than 15 years of experience in the accounting arena, and has trusted expertise in teaching and research in several institutions. His teaching spans from undergraduate to MBA and top executive level, in the areas of Financial Reporting and Analysis, Group Accounting and Mergers & Acquisitions. He has conducted numerous research, education and consulting projects for major companies operating in different sectors.
His research is centered on accounting quality determinants and their economic consequences; mergers and acquisitions and particular emphasis is given to the role of culture and its dynamics in the accounting context. He has published in leading international journals including The Accounting Review, Review of Accounting Studies; Auditing: A journal of Practice and Theory; European Accounting Review; and the Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, among others. Antonio is a member of the European Accounting Association, the American Accounting Association and a Research Fellow at the Bocconi BAFFI-CAREFIN research center.
Antonio is a Bocconi graduate in Accounting and Law. He also earned an MSc in Corporate Tax Law from the same institution; an MSc. in Financial Management from Lancaster University Management School, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Università degli Studi di Pavia.
Recent Publications
- 2025
The Effect of Fair Value Accounting on Firm Public Debt – Evidence from Business Combinations Under Common Control
BONACCHI, M., A. MARRA, R. SHALEV, "The Effect of Fair Value Accounting on Firm Public Debt – Evidence from Business Combinations Under Common Control", European Accounting Review, 2025, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 999–1027 - 2024
Home Sweet Home: CEOs Acquiring Firms in Their Birth Countries
MARRA, A., A. , K. PETTINICCHIO, R. SHALEV, "Home Sweet Home: CEOs Acquiring Firms in Their Birth Countries", Journal of Accounting Research, 2024, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 1363-1404 - 2023
Il così fan tutte nel gioco plusvalenze
MARRA, A., D. MASCIANDARO, "Il così fan tutte nel gioco plusvalenze", Il Sole 24 Ore, 31 January 2023 - 2023
Separare fair play finanziario e plusvalenze
MARRA, A., D. MASCIANDARO, "Separare fair play finanziario e plusvalenze", Il Sole 24 Ore, 7 February 2023 - 2022
Organized Crime and Firms' Financial Statements: Evidence from Criminal Investigations in Italy
BIANCHI, P. A., A. MARRA, D. MASCIANDARO, N. PECCHIARI, "Organized Crime and Firms' Financial Statements: Evidence from Criminal Investigations in Italy", The Accounting Review, 2022, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 77–106 - 2021
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Market Reaction to Negative Events: Evidence from Inadvertent and Fraudulent Restatement Announcements
BARTOV, E., A. MARRA, F. MOMENTE, "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Market Reaction to Negative Events: Evidence from Inadvertent and Fraudulent Restatement Announcements", The Accounting Review, 2021, vol. 96, no. 2, pp. 81-106 - 2021
Financial statement analysis. Firms’ analysis and valuation
MARRA, A. - "Financial statement analysis. Firms’ analysis and valuation" - 2021, McGraw-Hill Education - 2021
All that glitters is not gold! Independent directors' attributes and earnings quality: Beyond formal independence
MARRA, A., "All that glitters is not gold! Independent directors' attributes and earnings quality: Beyond formal independence", Corporate Governance: An International Review, 2021, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 567-592 - 2021
Quel filo sottile che lega plusvalenze e fair play finanziario
MARRA, A., D. MASCIANDARO, "Quel filo sottile che lega plusvalenze e fair play finanziario", Il Sole 24 Ore, 1 December 2021 - 2019
La qualità degli utili
MARRA, A., "La qualità degli utili" in Analisi di bilancio e driver di valore., P. Ghiringhelli (Ed.), Egea, 2019
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Grants & Honors
Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2021
Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2020
Research Grant - Organized Crime and Legitimate Businesses: the Role of Auditors, Invernizzi Foundation, 2020
Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2019
Research Grant - Financial communication and voluntary disclosure, PwC Italy, 2017
INPDAP (National Welfare Institute for the Public Sectors) Research Grant., INPDAP, 2010
“Puglia Region” Government Grant, Regione Puglia, 2006

