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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.
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, a member of the Banking Research Program at the Australian Center for Financial Studies, and of the Monash Center for Development Economics and Sustainability.
He is the lead investigator of an Australian Research Council Discovery Project (2019-21) on "Gross credit flows,credit reallocation, and the macroeconomy."
His principal research interests are banking, macro-finance, and international finace.
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Monash teaching commitment
Current:
BEX6013 - Issues in Financial Intermediaries (Ph.D.)
BFF5230 - Global Financial Markets (M.A.F.)
Recent:
BFF5050 - Global Banking: Institutions and Issues (M.B.F)
BFF5130 - Case Studies and Research in Banking and Finance (M.B.F)
Network
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Projects 2019 2019
- 1 Finished
Gross credit flows, credit reallocation, and the macroeconomy
Contessi, S., Dong, M. & Minetti, R.
15/08/19 → 15/08/19
Project: Research
Research Output 2009 2019
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
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
An international perspective on the recent behavior of inflation
Contessi, S., De Pace, P. & Li, L. L., 2014, In : Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review. 96, 3, p. 267-294 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
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How did the financial crisis alter the correlations of U.S. yield spreads?
Contessi, S., De Pace, P. & Guidolin, M., Sep 2014, In : Journal of Empirical Finance. 28, p. 362-385 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
International trade, female labor and entrepreneurship in MENA countries
Contessi, S., de Nicola, F. & Li, L., 28 Mar 2014, The Economic and Political Aftermath of the Arab Spring: Perspectives from Middle East and North African Countries. Altomonte, C. & Ferrara, M. (eds.). Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 106-140 35 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
Prizes
Dean’s Commendation for Excellence in Postgraduate Coursework Teaching
Silvio Contessi (Recipient), Dec 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)