Sonia Falconieri

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 Topics

• corporate finance
• Initial Public Offerings
• Information Theory
• mergers and acquisitions

Chapter

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 (9)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Bennouri, M. and Falconieri, S. (2008). Optimal Rationing in IPOs with Risk Averse Institutional Investors. Rivista di Politica Economica, 95(4), pp. 3–29.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Editorial Activity

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