Dr Sonia Falconieri

Reader in Finance

Cass Business School, Faculty of Finance

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Postal address

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106 Bunhill Row
London
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United Kingdom

About

Overview

Sonia Falconieri joined the faculty of Finance at in September 2009. Previously, she was lecturer in Finance at Brunel University. She also worked at the University of Amsterdam and University of Tilburg (The Netherlands). Her research interests are in Corporate Finance; specifically she has been working on Initial Public Offerings, Takeovers and the financing side of Public Private Partnerships among others. Her articles have been published in some major journals such as the JEEA, the Review of Finance and Financial Management. Sonia received her Bachelor and Master degree in Economics from Bocconi University, Milan (Italy) and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Toulouse (France).

Languages

French and Italian.

Expertise

Primary topics

  • Corporate Finance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Financial Markets
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Additional topics

  • Banking
  • Information & Market Efficiency
  • Venture Capital

Research

Research topics

corporate finance

Initial Public Offerings

Information Theory

mergers and acquisitions

Research students

Chiara De Amicis

Attendance: Sep 2016 – present, full-time

Thesis title: Are Female Managers More Informative

Role: 1st Supervisor

Emmanuel Pezier

Attendance: Sep 2016 – present

Role: 1st Supervisor

Mesut Tastan

Attendance: Sep 2010 – Dec 2014, full-time

Thesis title: Essays on Initial Public Offerings

Role: 1st Supervisor

Boran Li

Thesis title: Essays in Corporate Finance

Role: 1st Supervisor

Publications

Chapter

  1. Falconieri, S. (2010). I Rapporti tra Sistema Finanziario e Imprese di Costruzione. In Macchiati, A. and Napolitano, G. (Eds.), È possibile realizzare le infrastrutture in Italia? Il Mulino. ISBN 978-88-15-13282-6.

Journal articles (11)

  1. Falconieri, S., Filatotchev, I. and Tastan, M. (2019). Size and diversity in VC syndicates and their impact on IPO performance. European Journal of Finance, 25(11), pp. 1032–1053. doi:10.1080/1351847X.2018.1560345.
  2. Falconieri, S. and Tastan, M. (2018). The role of admission documents on the pricing of UK fixed priced IPOs. Economics Letters, 173, pp. 44–46. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2018.09.007.
  3. Bennouri, M., Falconieri, S. and Kooli, M. (2017). Single versus multiple banking: lessons from initial public offerings. European Journal of Finance, 23(10), pp. 841–858. doi:10.1080/1351847X.2015.1053149.
  4. Calcagno, R. and Falconieri, S. (2014). Competition and the Dynamics of Takeover Contests. Journal of Corporate Finance, 26(June 2014), pp. 36–56. doi:10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2014.02.003.
  5. Arping, S. and Falconieri, S. (2010). Strategic versus financial investors: the role of strategic objectives in financial contracting. OXFORD ECONOMIC PAPERS-NEW SERIES, 62(4), pp. 691–714. doi:10.1093/oep/gpp038.
  6. Falconieri, S., Murphy, A. and Weaver, D. (2009). Underpricing and Ex Post Value Uncertainty. Financial Management, 38(2), pp. 285–300. doi:10.1111/j.1755-053X.2009.01036.x.
  7. Bennouri, M. and Falconieri, S. (2008). The optimality of uniform pricing in IPOs: An optimal auction approach. Review of Finance, 12(4), pp. 673–700. doi:10.1093/rof/rfn006.
  8. Bennouri, M. and Falconieri, S. (2008). Optimal Rationing in IPOs with Risk Averse Institutional Investors. Rivista di Politica Economica, 95(4), pp. 3–29.
  9. Bennouri, M. and Falconieri, S. (2006). Optimal auctions with asymmetrically informed bidders. Economic Theory, 28(3), pp. 585–602. doi:10.1007/s00199-005-0637-2.
  10. Falconieri, S., Palomino, F. and Sakovics, J. (2005). La vendita dei diritti televisivi nel calcio: centralizzazione vs decentralizzazione. Rivista di Diritto ed Economia dello Sport, 1(3), pp. 67–88.
  11. Falconieri, S., Sákovics, J. and Palomino, F. (2004). Collective versus individual sale of television rights in league sports. Journal of the European Economic Association, 2(5), pp. 833–862. doi:10.1162/1542476042782305.

Scholarly editions (4)

  1. Bennouri, M., Falconieri, S. and Weaver, D. (2011). Trading Mechanism, Ex-post Uncertainty and IPO Underpricing.
  2. Calcagno, R. and Falconieri, S. (2008). White Knights and the Corporate Governance of Hostile Takeovers.
  3. Bennouri, M. and Falconieri, S. (2001). Price versus Quantity Discrimination in Optimal IPOs.
  4. Arping, S. and Falconieri, S. Strategic versus Financial Investors: The Role of Strategic Objectives in Financial Contracting.

Professional activities

Editorial activity

  1. European Journal of Finance, Associate Editor, 2013 – present.

Events/conferences (6)

  1. Money Banking and Finance Conferece 2016. (Conference) Rome (2016).
    Paper: Fragmentation, Ex-Post Uncertainty and IPO Underpricing
    Author: Moez Bennouri
    Co-authors: Sonia Falconieri, Daniel Weaver
  2. (Seminar) Skema BS, Lille (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Competition and Dynamics of Takeover Contests
    Author: Falconieri S.
    Co-authors: R. Calcagno
  3. (Seminar) EM Lyon (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Competition and Dynamics of Takeover Contests
    Author: Falconieri S.
    Co-authors: R. Calcagno
  4. (Public lecture) Forli (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: PPP: An Overview
    Author: Falconieri S.
  5. ESSFM Meeting. (Workshop) Gerzensee (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Competition and Dynamics of Takeover Contests
    Author: Falconieri S.
    Co-authors: R. Calcagno
  6. CEF conference. (Conference) City University, London (2010). Invited speaker.
    Paper: Trading Mechanism, Ex-post Uncertainty and IPO Underpricing
    Author: Falconieri S.
    Co-authors: M. Bennouri, D. Weaver

Media appearances (8)

  1. (2017) Snapchat beats expectations with its IPO but big challenges lie ahead (website).
  2. (2017) L'IPO de Snapchat est un succes (website).
  3. Perche si vuole aumentare l'Iva, ma non si introduce una tassa sulle transazioni finanziarie? (2012) www.greenreport.it (website).
  4. Ban on break fees could harm takeover competition. (2011) www.prlog.org (website).
  5. Britain's break fees rule may cut takeovers-study. (2011) Reuters.
  6. (2011) Financial Times (newspaper).
  7. (2011) City A.M (newspaper).
  8. Hostile takeovers are under attack. (2009) Daily Mail (newspaper).
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