Stefano Lovo

Stefano Lovo received his Ph.D. in 2000 from CORE (Université Catholique de Louvain). He is a member of GREGHEC (CNRS).

His research focuses on information economics and its applications to financial markets and corporate finance. He has worked on various topics such as asymmetry of information among market-makers, inter-corporate asset sales, repeated games, market herd behavior, multi-unit auctions. His work is published or is in academic journals such as Econometrica, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Financial Studies, among others.

EDUCATION

• 2000 Ph.D. in Economics, Center for Operation Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain - Belgium
• 1996 Master of Arts in Economics, Universite Catholique de Louvain la Neuve - Belgium

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Academic responsabilities at HEC

• 2022- Department Head, Finance
• 2010- Professor HEC Paris
• 2006-2010 Associate Professor, Finance HEC Paris
• 2006-2007 Head, Finance and Economic Department HEC Paris
• 2003-2005 Co-organisation, research seminar, Finance department HEC Paris
• 2004- Member of GREGHEC, the joint research laboratory CNRS-HEC Paris HEC Paris

External Academic Responsabilities

• 2007-2007 Visiting Professor Université de Toulouse I
• 1999-2000 Post Doc, Institut d'Economie Industrielle Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse I
• 1997-1999 Teaching Assistant for Prof. H. Polemarchakis (Advanced Microeconomics) Universite Catholique de Louvain la Neuve
• 1996-1999 Research Assistant, CORE Universite Catholique de Louvain la Neuve
• 1995-1996 Research activity at CORE for Fondazione Luigi Einaudi Universite Catholique de Louvain la Neuve
• 1993-1995 Teaching Assistant for Prof. M Frigero (Applied Economics) Università degli Studi di Torino

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

• Member, American Finance Association
• Member, Western Finance Association
• Member, Econometric Society
• Member, Marie Curie Fellowship Association

Editorial activities

• Reviewer, Journal of Mathematical Economics
• Reviewer, Econometrica
• Reviewer, International Journal of Industrial Organization
• Reviewer, Review of Economic Studies
• Reviewer, Rand Journal of Economics
• Reviewer, Revue Finance

AWARDS & HONORS

• 2010 Prix du Chercheur de l'annee 2010, Fondation HEC
• 1999 PAI-UAP "First Price for Young Researcher" for the paper on "Bid-Ask Price Competition with Asymmetric Information Between Market Makers"