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University of Essex

Academic Staff

Professor Claudia Girardone

Position in departmentFirst Year Undergraduate Director (Finance) and Second Year Direct Entry Link
Staff positionProfessor of Banking and Finance
E-mailcgirard (non Essex users should add @essex.ac.uk)
Telephone4156 (non Essex users should add 01206-87 to the beginning of this number)
Room5NW.6.7
Office hours

My office hours in the summer term 2012/13 are:

Mondays 11-12.30pm & Wednesdays 11-12.30pm

Please check this page regularly for updates and amendments.

Qualifications

BA (Genova); MA; PhD (Bangor, Wales)

Research interests

  • Modelling efficiency and productivity of financial institutions
  • Integration in banking and financial markets
  • Bank Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Structure and performance in European and Latin American Banking
  • Competition issues in banking
Teaching responsibilities
  • BE632 International Banking
  • BE651 Bank Strategy and Risk

Publications

BOOK

Introduction to Banking (2006), FT Prentice Hall, Pearson Education, 1st Edition, Harlow, England (with B. Casu and P. Molyneux).

 

FORTHCOMING 

"Financial Freedom and Bank Efficiency: Evidence from Europe", Journal of Banking and Finance (with G.E. Chortareas and A. Ventouri).

"Competition, Efficiency and Interest Rate Margins in Latin American Banking", International Review of Financial Analysis  (with G.E. Chortareas and J.G. Garza-Garcia).

"Contemporary Issues in Financial Markets and Institutions", Editorial, The European Journal of Finance (with J.O.S. Wilson and P. Hamill).

"How Do Stock Markets in the US and Europe Price Efficiency Gains from Bank M&As?", Journal of Financial Services Research (with D.K. Chronopoulous and J.C. Nankervis).

 

PUBLISHED PAPERS

“Is There a Conflict Between Competition and Financial Stability?” in J.R. Barth, C. Lin and C. Wihlborg (Eds), International Research Handbook on Banking and Governance, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. (with B. Casu and P. Molyneux). Book chapter.

"Bank Supervision, Regulation, and Efficiency: Evidence from the European Union", Journal of Financial Stability, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 292-302 (with G.E. Chortareas and A. Ventouri)

"Ownership Structures and Cost Advantages: Evidence from the Italian Leasing Industry" (2012), Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 879-896 (with M. Degl'Innocenti).

"Efficiency and Risk-Taking in Pre-Crisis Investment Banks" (2012), Journal of Financial Services Research, Vol. 41, No. 1-2, pp. 81-101 (with N. Radic and F. Fiordelisi).

“Are there Any Cost and Profit Efficiency Gains in Financial Conglomeration? Evidence from Accession Countries" (2011) The European Journal of Finance, Vol. 17, No. 8, pp. 603-621 (with D.K. Chronopoulos and J.C. Nankervis).

"Project Finance Loan Spreads and Disaggregated Political Risk" (2011) Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 21, No. 23. pp. 1725-1734 (with S. Snaith).

“Financial Deepening and Bank Productivity in Latin America” (2011) The European Journal of Finance, Vol. 17, No. 9-10. pp. 811-827 (with G.E. Chortareas and J.G. Garza-Garcia).

“Financial Frictions, Efficiency and Risk: Evidence from the Euro Zone” (2011) Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting,  Vol. 38, No. 1-2. pp. 259-287 (with G.E. Chortareas and A. Ventouri).

“Banking Sector Performance in Latin America: Market Power versus Efficiency” (2011) Review of Development Economics, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 307-325 (with G.E. Chortareas and J.G. Garza-Garcia).

"Emerging Themes in Banking: Recent Literature and Directions for Future Research" (2010) British Accounting Review, Vol. 42, No.3, pp. 153-169 (with J.O.S. Wilson, B. Casu and P. Molyneux).

“Integration and Efficiency Convergence in EU Banking Markets" (2010) Omega, The International Journal of Management Science, Vol. 38, No. 5-6, pp. 260-267 (with B. Casu).

“Testing the Relationship Between Competition and Efficiency in Banking: A Panel Data Analysis” (2009) Economics Letters, Vol. 105, No. 1, pp. 134-137 (with B. Casu).

“Efficiency and Productivity of Greek Banks in the EMU Era” (2009) Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 19, No. 16, pp. 1317-1328 (with G.E. Chortareas and A. Ventouri).

“Competition Issues in European Banking” (2009) Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 119-133 (with B. Casu).

“Efficiency Ownership and Financial Structures in EU Banking: A Cross-Country Comparison” (2009) Managerial Finance, Vol 35, No. 3, pp. 227-245 (with E.F. Velentza and J.C. Nankervis).

“Market Structure, Profits and Spreads in the Mexican Banking Industry" (2009) Banks and Bank Systems, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 43-52 (with G.E. Chortareas and J.G. Garza-Garcia).

“Efficiency Across Alternative Financial Structures, Bank Types and Size Classes: A Comparison of OECD Countries (2008) International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 168-188 (with E.F. Velentza and J.C. Nankervis).

“Bank Competition, Concentration and Efficiency in the Single European Market” (2006) The Manchester School, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 441-468 (with B. Casu).

“Efficiency and Stock Performance in European Banking” (2006) Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting, Vol. 33, No. 1-2, pp. 245-262 (with E. Beccalli and B. Casu).

“An Analysis of the Relevance of OBS Items in Explaining Productivity Change in European Banking” (2005) Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 15, No. 15, pp. 1053-1061 (with B. Casu).

“Multinationality Matters in Innovation: The Case of the UK Financial Services” (2005) Industry and Innovation, Vol. 12, No. 28, pp. 65-92 (with M. Frenz and G. Ietto-Gillies)

“Productivity Change in Banking: A Comparison of Parametric and Non-Parametric Approaches” (2004) Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 28, No. 10, pp. 2521-2540 (with B. Casu and P. Molyneux).

“Analysing the Determinants of Bank Efficiency: The Case of Italian Banks” (2004) Applied Economics, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 215-227 (with P. Molyneux and E.P.M. Gardener).

“Financial Conglomerates: Strategic Drive and Impact on Bank Efficiency and Productivity” (2004), Applied Financial Economics, Vol. 14, No. 10, pp. 687-696 (with B. Casu).

“Large Banks’ Efficiency in the Single European Market” (2004) The Services Industries Journal, Vol.24, No.6, pp. 129-142 (with B. Casu).

“A Comparative Study of the Cost Efficiency of Italian Bank Conglomerates” (2002) Managerial Finance, Vol. 28, No. 9, pp. 3-23 (with B. Casu).

Conferences/presentations

2013

• International Conference on the Global Financial Crisis, University of Southampton, 25-26 April

• Seminar "Multimarket Contacts, Profits and Market Power: Evidence from Leasing", Catholic University of Milan, 12 April (Invited)

 

2012

• 3rd Emerging Scholars in Banking and Finance Conference, Cass Business School London, December, 11-12

• Seminar "Multimarket Contacts, Profits and Market Power: Evidence from Leasing", Loughborough University, 7 November  (Invited)

• Annual Conference of the European Association of University Teachers in Banking and Finance ('Wolpertinger’ conference) Malta, September.

• Measuring Economic Performance" International Workshop, School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, March (Invited).

Additional information


EDITORIAL BOARDS

Journal of Banking and Finance (2013-)

The European Journal of Finance (2011-)

Journal of Financial Economic Policy (2011-)

International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance (2007-)

Journal of Money, Investment and Banking (2007-)


REFEREEING FOR JOURNALS

Applied Financial Economics; Banca, Impresa e Societa’; Ekonomia; Emerging Markets, Finance and Trade; European Economic Review; European Journal of Finance; European Journal of Operational Research; Frontiers in Finance and Economics; International Journal of Banking, Finance and Accounting; International Journal of Business and Economics; Journal of Applied Economics; Journal of Asian Economics; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting; Journal of Economic Studies; Journal of Economics and Business; Journal of Financial Stability; Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade; Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research; Journal of Money Credit and Banking; Journal of Multinational Financial Management; Journal of Productivity Analysis; Quantitative Finance; Omega, The International Journal of Management Science; Pacific-Basin Finance Journal; Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies; Review of International Economics; World Journal of Financial Management.


I have acted (once) as ESRC project evaluator. 


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