Emiliano Pagnotta

Education

• Master of Arts (MA) Northwestern University (2004 — 2005)
• Master of Arts (M.A.) Universidad de San Andres (2003 — 2004)
• Licentiate in Economics Universidad de Buenos Aires (1997 — 2002)

Companies

• Associate Professor Of Finance Singapore Management University (2021)
• Assistant Professor of Finance Imperial College London (2014 — 2021)
• Assistant Professor of Finance Leonard N. Stern School of Business New York University (2009 — 2014)

Research Interests

• Securities Trading
• Liquidity
• Fintech
• Industrial Organization of Financial Markets
• Microstructure
• Asset Pricing
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Innovation
• Economics of Information
• Insider Trading
• Bitcoin
• Blockchain
• Cryptocurrencies

Awards, Recognition and Honors

• 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

Journal Articles (Refereed)

• “Decentralizing Money: Bitcoin Prices and Blockchain Security”, The Review of Financial Studies (forthcoming). Selected Presentations: 2019 AFA, 2019 FIRS, 2019 EFA, 2020 AEA, 2020 WFA Winner Best Crypto Economics Paper Award, 2nd Toronto Fintech Conference.
• “Chasing Private Information”, The Review of Financial Studies (December 2019), with Marcin Kacperczyk. Selected Presentations: 2016 WFA, 2017 NBER Asset Pricing, 2017 NBER Long-Term Asset Management, CEPR 2016, 2017 FIRS.
• “Competing on Speed”, Econometrica (May 2018), with Thomas Philippon. Awarded with a Grant from the Smith Richardson Foundation. Selected Presentations: Western Finance Association (WFA), Finance Theory Group, American Economic Association (AEA).