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Biography
Silvio Contessi joined Monash Business School in 2015 as a Senior Lecturer and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Banking and Finance.
His principal research interests are banking, macro-finance, and international finance.
He is the Lead Investigator of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project (2019-23) on "Gross credit flows, credit reallocation, and the macroeconomy."
Before joining Monash, Silvio was a research economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (2008-2015) and an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis (2012-2015).
He received his B.A./M.A. from Università Bocconi (Milan, Italy) in 1999, and was awarded his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, USA) in 2004 and 2008, respectively.
Silvio is a research associate at the Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and of the Monash Center for Development Economics and Sustainability.
He currently serves as Deputy Head of the Department of Banking and Finance
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Monash teaching commitment
Current:
BFC5916 - International Banking (M.B.F.)
Recent:
BEX6013 - Issues in Financial Intermediaries (Ph.D.)
BFF3321 - International Finance
BFF5230 - Global Financial Markets (M.A.F.)
BFF5050 - Global Banking: Institutions and Issues (M.B.F)
BFF5130 - Case Studies and Research in Banking and Finance (M.B.F)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Economics, Ph.D., Aggregate Implications of Firm Heterogeneity in Open Economies, Johns Hopkins University
Award Date: 30 May 2008
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Gross credit flows, credit reallocation, and the macroeconomy
Contessi, S., Dong, M. & Minetti, R.
15/08/19 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Bank stocks and the propagation of financial shocks in the long run
Contessi, S., Caggiano, G. & Yang, S.
1/01/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Credit derivatives and bank systemic risk: risk enhancing or reducing?
Halili, A., Fenech, J-P. & Contessi, S., Oct 2021, In: Finance Research Letters. 42, 9 p., 101930.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus) -
The international spread of COVID-19 stock market collapses
Contessi, S. & De Pace, P., Oct 2021, In: Finance Research Letters. 42, 11 p., 101894.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
73 Citations (Scopus) -
Mildly explosive dynamics in U.S. fixed income markets
Contessi, S., De Pace, P. & Guidolin, M., Dec 2020, In: European Journal of Operational Research. 287, 2, p. 712-724 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Financial choice and international trade
Cho, I., Contessi, S., Russ, K. N. & Valderrama, D., Jan 2019, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 157, p. 297-319 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
7 Citations (Scopus) -
Multinational firms׳ entry and productivity: Some aggregate implications of firm-level heterogeneity
Contessi, S., Dec 2015, In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 61, p. 61-80 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Dean’s Commendation for Excellence in Postgraduate Coursework Teaching
Contessi, Silvio (Recipient), Dec 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)