Emanuele Colonnelli is an Assistant Professor of Finance, Liew Family Junior Faculty Fellow, and Fama Faculty Fellow at The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. Colonnelli’s research focuses on the intersection between finance and development and in the interaction between governments, institutions, and firms. He is the recipient of a number of grants and awards, such as the AQR Top Finance Graduate Award. He has extensive research and work experience in several emerging countries including Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Malawi, Myanmar, South Africa, and Uganda. His research has been published in various top academic journals, such as the American Economic Review, the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Finance, and the Journal of Financial Economics. Colonnelli holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University, a BSc in Economics from the University of Siena, an MSc in Economics from Bocconi University, and he spent an academic year visiting Pembroke College, Oxford University.
