I am a PhD student at Imperial College London. My research mainly focuses on climate finance, household finance and sovereign debt.
Short bio
Matilde graduated summa cum laude from the University of Bologna with a B.A. in Business and Economics (CLABE) and a M.A. in Economics (LMEC).
During her undergraduate studies she spent one semester at the campus of the University of Bologna in Buenos Aires (Argentina).
In the second year of her master, she spent one semester at the University of California, Berkeley.
After that, she was an intern in the Monetary Policy Research Department of the European Central Bank.
She started her PhD at Imperial College London in September 2020.
In Summer 2021, Matilde was a research intern at the Bank of Italy (Rome) after being shortlisted as ``particularly deserving" by the Bank of Italy's Mortara Scholarship.
From September 2021 Matilde is part of the London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS dtp).
In Spring 2023, she was a visting PhD student at Berkeley Haas sponsored by Ulrike Malmendier.
In the Media
PRI Blog Post - How exposure to weather events can affect analysts’ earning forecasts Jan 2023.
Podcast "Clauses & Controversies" May 2022.
"La Nadef, l'effetto Draghi e l'insegnamento del caso Colombia" on Il Foglio (02/10/2021).
"On the Benefits of Repaying" on Vox EU (24/09/2021).