Spring 2012 Family name: Steri Given name: Roberto Gender: Male

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Curriculum Vitae ‐ Spring 2012 Family name: Steri Given name: Roberto Gender: Male Date of birth: 24/07/1981 Citizenship: Italian email address: [email protected] Qualifications 2007‐2012 (expected) Bocconi University (Milan, Italy) Phd in Finance 2003‐2005 Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy) MEng in Financial Engineering (summa cum laude) 2000‐2003 Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy) BEng in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering (summa cum laude) Awards and Scholarships 2011: Bocconi University Research Grant 2008‐2011: Bocconi University Phd Fellowship. 2003: E. Massa honorable mention for the best students in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. 2002: E. Massa award for the best students in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. 2000, 2001: “Arma dei Carabinieri” Fellowship for the best university students in Italy (by Carabinieri Military Force). 1999: invitation to the academic guidance course of the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa for the best high‐school students in Italy. 1998: study check of the Small Enterprises Association of Lecco (Italy) awarded to the best high school student in computer science. Research Interests Capital Structure, The Cross‐Section of Equity Returns, Corporate Cash Policy, Investment‐based Asset Pricing, Computational Methods. Working Papers The Relative Leverage Premium (with F. Ippolito and C. Tebaldi) Presented at: Eastern Finance Association, UNC‐Duke Asset Pricing Conference 2012, Midwest Finance Association 2012, Southwestern Finance Association 2012, Eastern Finance Association 2012, American Finance Association 2012, Northern Finance Association 2011, Multinational Finance Conference 2011, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Finance Lunch Seminars (2011). A Quantitative Model of Risk Managament (with L. Schmid) Work Experience March 2007 – July 2007: Politecnico di Milano – RA and TA activities November 2006 – March 2007: Efibanca S.p.A. – M&A Division July 2006 – November 2006: Reply E‐Finance Consulting – Junior Consultant November 2004 – February 2005: MIP ‐ Politecnico di Milano – External Collaborator May 1999 – December 2003: Elmec Assemblaggi s.r.l. – External IT Consultant February 2003 – December 2003: IdeaTech s.r.l. – External IT Consultant June 1999 – July 1999: Atlante Computer s.r.l. – Summer Internship – IT Technician July 1998 / July 1999: Gutter Cranes s.r.l. – Summer Internship – Administration Employee Studies abroad 2011‐2012 (Sep‐Jul) Duke University (Durham, NC) Visiting Scholar 2010 (Feb‐Jun) Central European University (Budapest, Hungary) Visiting PhD Student Language Skills English (C2). IT Skills - Word, Excel, Power Point, Latex (excellent) - C++ (good) Matlab, Stata, AMPL (excellent), Eviews, dynare++ (good), R (fairly good)