Enrico C. Perotti

Background & Experience

Professor of Finance at the Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam.

Research Interests

Financial intermediation and regulation; macrofinance and long-term growth; political economy; financial and legal history; organization theory.

Academic Appointments

1994–present

Professor of Finance

Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam. Department Head, 2001–2008.

1989–1994

Assistant Professor

Boston University Graduate School of Management.

1985–1990

Junior Research Fellow

Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Education

1985–1990

Ph.D. in Finance

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Thesis advisors: Franco Modigliani, Robert Merton, and Jean Tirole.

1978–1984

Laurea in Discipline Economiche e Sociali

Università Bocconi, Milan.

1973–1978

Maturità

Liceo Zucchi, Monza.

Policy and Advisory Experience

2026–2027

Houblon Norman Fellow and Senior Advisor

Bank of England, London.

2024–2026

Senior Advisor to the Board

De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam.

2015

Wim Duisenberg Fellow

European Central Bank, Frankfurt.

Since 2012

Advisor on Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability

European Central Bank.

2010–2012

Houblon Norman Fellow and Senior Advisor

Bank of England, London.

2010–2012

Senior Advisor on Macroprudential Policy

De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam.

1997–2000

Senior Advisor

EU RECEP Center, Moscow. Advisory work for the Russian Central Bank and Ministry of Finance.

Awards and Research Grants

2021

NWO Open Competitie Grant

Redistributive Credit Allocation, €750,000.

2015

Wim Duisenberg Fellowship

European Central Bank.

2011–2012; 2026–2027

Houblon Norman Fellowship

Bank of England.

2002

Lopez de la Vega Prize

Best paper on European stock exchanges.

1985–1989

Doctoral Fellowship

MIT Sloan School of Management.

Visiting Appointments

2025, 2026

European University Institute

2016, 2018

Harvard University

Department of Economics and Harvard Business School.

2015–2018

Columbia Business School

Appointments in 2015 and 2016–2018.

2015–2019

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Appointments in 2015 and 2016–2019.

2011, 2017–2018

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2014, 2015

European Central Bank

2012–2013

Bank of England

2009

University of Oxford

Saïd Business School.

2004–2007

London Business School

1992, 1996, 2005, 2026

London School of Economics

Financial Markets Group.

1992–1996, 2002, 2005

International Monetary Fund

Research Department.

Fellowships and Affiliations

  • Research Fellow, Institute for Law and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt.
  • Fellow, European Economic Association; Council Member, 2007–2012.
  • Member, European Central Bank Research Network Steering Committee, 2002–2006.
  • CEPR Fellow, Financial Economics and International Economics programmes, since 1996.
  • Research Fellow, Tinbergen Institute, since 1996.
  • Member of NBER research groups in corporate finance, risk, macrofinance, and entrepreneurship, since 2003.

Academic and Professional Service

  • Member of the ESRB Advisory Scientific Committee.
  • Founder Director of A Sustainable Future, a faculty-wide research grant platform.
  • Referee for journals including Econometrica, American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Financial Studies, and Journal of Financial Economics.
  • Conference committee service for the Western Finance Association, European Finance Association, Financial Intermediation Research Society, and Econometric Society.

Research and Policy Writing

Explore my publications, ongoing research, and policy contributions.

Contact

Department of Finance, Amsterdam Business School
University of Amsterdam
Plantage Muidergracht 12, 1018 TV Amsterdam

e.c.perotti@uva.nl