Donato Masciandaro

Donato Masciandaro, born in Italy in 1961, is Full Professor of Economics, Chair in Economics of Financial Regulation, at Bocconi University. He is Head of the Department of Economics and President of the Baffi Carefin Centre for Applied Research on International Markets, Banking, Finance and Regulation, and Member of the Management Council of SUERF (Sociètè Universitarie Europèenne de Recherches Financières). He is Associated Editor of the Journal of Financial Stability. His work has covered three main topics: central banking, financial regulation and supervision, illegal financial markets. His three most recent books are: Banking Secrecy and International Financial Markets. Economics and Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke Hampshire, 2015, (with O. Balakina), forthcoming.; Modern Monetary Policy and Central Bank Governance, (ed.), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2014, (with S. Eijffinger); The Handbook of Central Banking, Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis, (ed.), Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2011, (with S. Eijffinger). He is op-ed Columnist in the main Italian financial newpaper Il Sole 24Ore.