Stefano Gatti

Associate Professor
Knowledge groupFinance
Research domainsInvestment Banking
Teaching domainsInfrastructure Finance, IPO, Private Equity & Hedge Funds, Project Financing, Syndication of Bonds and Loans
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Stefano Gatti

Biography

Stefano Gatti is the Antin IP Professor of Infrastructure Finance at the Department of Finance at Università Bocconi.

At SDA Bocconi, he has been the Director of the Full Time MBA and the International Teachers’ Program Director. He has taught at SDA Bocconi Asia Center in Mumbai. He has conducted research, consulting and education projects for several financial and non-financial institutions in Italy and abroad. He has been a consultant for major multilateral development banks in the field of project and infrastructure finance.

His research activities focus on corporate finance and investment banking. Currently, he is focusing on four main topics: corporate financial advisory, infrastructure and project finance, corporate restructuring and private equity.

He is the author of a number of books and articles in his research fields. His works have been published in the European Journal of Operational Research, Financial Management, the Journal of Money Credit and Banking and the Journal of Banking and Finance. He was Chairman of the European Financial Management Association in 2005 and 2009. He has taught at Fudan University Shanghai (PRC) and has won the Best MBA Teacher award for 15 years in a row.

Stefano earned a degree in Business Administration from Università Bocconi and the ITP (International Teachers Programme) at Manchester Business School in 2003.

Recent Publications

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  • 2025
    An announcement effect in reverse? Evidence from cash‐settled convertible bonds
    GATTI, S., U. SPERL, "An announcement effect in reverse? Evidence from cash‐settled convertible bonds", European Financial Management, 2025, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 639-669
  • 2025
    Financing Infrastructure with Public–Private Partnerships
    CASALINI, F., S. GATTI, V. VECCHI, "Financing Infrastructure with Public–Private Partnerships" in The Palgrave Handbook of Development Finance., George Kararach, Emmanuel Pinto Moreira, Victor Murinde (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 263-283, 2025
  • 2024
    Project Finance in Theory and Practice. Designing, Structuring, and Financing Private and Public Projects - IV Ed.
    GATTI, S. - "Project Finance in Theory and Practice. Designing, Structuring, and Financing Private and Public Projects - IV Ed." - 2024, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands (The)
  • 2024
    The joint determination of the payment method and the bid premium in M&As: What is the role of firm opacity?
    BATTIGALLI, P., C. CHIARELLA, S. GATTI, T. ORLANDO, "The joint determination of the payment method and the bid premium in M&As: What is the role of firm opacity?", European Financial Management, 2024, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 2195-2241
  • 2023
    Agriculture as an Alternative Investment: The Status Quo and Future Perspectives
    GATTI, S., C. CHIARELLA, V. FIORILLO (Eds.), "Agriculture as an Alternative Investment: The Status Quo and Future Perspectives" - 2023, Springer Cham, Switzerland
  • 2023
    Agriculture as an Asset Class in the Alternative Investments Space
    GATTI, S., C. CHIARELLA, "Agriculture as an Asset Class in the Alternative Investments Space" in Agriculture as an Alternative Investment: The Status Quo and Future Perspectives., Stefano Gatti, Carlo Chiarella, Vitaliano Fiorillo (Eds.), Springer Cham, chap. 3, pp. 73-99, 2023

Grants & Honors

  • Bocconi Teaching Award per l'anno accademico 2023-2024 - “Innovation in Teaching”, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2025

  • Teaching Award - Graduate School, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2021

  • Best Professor of the Year - Graduate School, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2019

  • Best full time MBA Professor, SDA Bocconi School of Management, 2006