Emiliano PAGNOTTA
Full-time Faculty
         Associate Professor of Finance;  Digital Business Research Peak Co-lead
         		    Lee Kong Chian School of Business
		    LKCSB
		
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Education
| 2009 | Ph.D. in Economics, Northwestern University | 
| 2005 | M.A. in Economics, Northwestern University | 
| 2003 | M.A. in Economics, Universidad de San Andres | 
| 2002 | Licentiate in Economics, Universidad de Buenos Aires | 
Current Position(s) Held
| 2021 - Present | Associate Professor of Finance, Singapore Management University, Singapore | 
| 2014 - 2021 | Assistant Professor of Finance, Imperial College Business School, Finance Department, London, UK. | 
| 2009 - 2014 | Assistant Professor of Finance, New York University, Stern School of Business, Finance Department, New York, NY. | 
Awards, Recognition and Honors
- Lee Kong Chian Fellowship Grant ($60,000), 2021
- Best Crypto Economics Paper Award at the 2nd Toronto Fintech Conference, 2019
- Quantitative Sciences Research Institute (QSRI) award to organize the conference “Frictions in
 Finance: Theory and Evidence” with Johannes Muhle-Karbe, 2019
- The Smith Richardson Foundation Grant ($50,000) with Thomas Philippon, 2010
- Dissertation Year Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2008
- Robert Eisner Memorial Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2007
Research Interests
- Liquidity
- Fintech
- Industrial Organization of Financial Markets
- Microstructure
- Asset Pricing
- Corporate Finance
- Insider Trading
- Bitcoin
- Blockchain
- DeFi
- Money and Payments
Journal Articles (Refereed)
- “Legal  Risk and Insider Trading” , The Journal of Finance (forthcoming), with Marcin Kacperczyk. 
 Selected Presentations: WFA, AFA, NBER, FIRS, SFS Cavalcade, EFA.
- “Non-Standard Errors,” The Journal of Finance (forthcoming), with Albert Menkveld et al.
- “Decentralizing Money: Bitcoin Prices and Blockchain Security”, The Review of Financial Studies (February 2022).
 Selected Presentations: AFA, FIRS, EFA, AEA, WFA, NBER, Winner Best Crypto Economics Paper Award at 2nd Toronto Fintech Conference.
-  “Chasing Private Information”, The Review of Financial Studies (December 2019), with Marcin Kacperczyk.
 Selected Presentations: WFA, NBER Asset Pricing, NBER Long-Term Asset Management, CEPR, FIRS.
- “Competing on Speed”, Econometrica (May 2018), with Thomas Philippon. Awarded with a Grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation.
 Selected Presentations: WFA, Finance Theory Group, AEA.