Enrico C. Perotti

Current Work

Research on financial stability, growth, inequality, and institutions.

Working Papers

Banking, Liquidity & Safety

Bank Fragility Over the Reserve Cycle

With Thomas Eisenbach, Rafael Matta, and Spyros Terovitis

Research on how bank fragility evolves over the reserve cycle.

Liquidity Runs

With Rafael Matta and Remo Oostdam

Research on liquidity runs and the incentives behind withdrawals.

Safety via Control

With Spyros Terovitis

Research on the relationship between demand for safety and control rights.

Growth, Intangibles & Inequality

Creating Intangible Capital

With Robin Döttling and Tomislav Ladika

Studies how cash holdings and deferred compensation help innovative firms retain the employees who create intangible assets.

Redistributive Growth

With Robin Döttling

Examines how a shift towards intangible capital affects inequality, the supply of investable assets, interest rates, and household leverage.

A Structural Trend Break in EU Corporate Leverage

With Alessandro Zona and Tomislav Ladika

Research on the structural decline in European corporate leverage.

Climate, Political Economy & Wellbeing

A Framework for Broad Wellbeing Measurement

With Nicky Pouw

Develops a framework for measuring wellbeing across material, relational, and subjective dimensions.

Organizations & Institutions

Lobbying versus Bribing

With Magda Rola-Janicka and Marcel Vorage

Research on lobbying, bribery, and political influence.

Resistance to Change

With James Dow and Luis Garicano

Examines resistance to organisational change. An earlier draft with James Dow studies how changes in employee rents can impede adaptation to disruptive shifts.