Giacinta Cestone

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Background

Giacinta Cestone obtained a PhD in Economics from the University of Toulouse (France). She has previously held research and teaching positions in various institutions such as the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE, Barcelona), the University of Salerno (Italy) and Queen Mary, University of London. Her research interests are in the areas of Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, and Industrial Organization.

In her research Giacinta Cestone has investigated the interaction between corporate finance and product market competition. Her paper "The Deep Pocket Effect of Internal Capital Markets" (forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics) provides empirical evidence that affiliation with a cash-rich group represents a source of competitive strength for manufacturing firms. Giacinta is currently working on a project analysing the interplay between internal capital and labour markets in business groups. Giacinta has also contributed to the literature on venture capital financing; in ongoing work, she analyzes how double-sided asymmetric information shapes venture capital syndication deals. She has also studied the relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate governance. She has published her articles in the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Finance, the Rand Journal of Economics, and the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. Giacinta is also a research associate at the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI).

Additional Languages

Spanish. French, Italian.

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