Academic positions/Education: 2019-present, Assistant professor, Sapienza University of Rome 2018-2019, Assistant professor, PARTHENOPE University of Naples 2014-2018, Post-doc at LUISS Guido Carli University 2013, PHD Money and Finance, Tor Vergata University of Rome 2012-2013, Visiting Scholar, Boston College 2010, Master of Science (equivalent) in Economic Policy, Quantitative Analysis, La Sapienza University of Rome. Final Grade: Summa cum laude 2007,Bachelor degree (equivalent) in Economic Policy, Quantitative Analysis, La Sapienza University of Rome. Final Grade: Summa cum laude Other positions: 2010-present, Senior analyst at MET srl 2014-present, Research fellow at CASMEF, Arcelli Center for Monetary and Financial Studies 2015-present, Research Fellow at LUISS Lab for European Economics 2010, Internship, European Commission Publications: 2019 E. Brancati and M. Macchiavelli, “The Information Sensitivity of Debt in Good and Bad Times", Journal of Financial Economics 133, 99-112. 2019 E. Brancati and M. Macchiavelli, “Endogenous Debt Maturity and Rollover Risk", Financial Management, forthcoming. 2019 M. Agostino, E. Brancati, A. Giunta, F. Trivieri, and D. Scalera “Firms’ Efficiency and Global Value Chains: An Empirical Investigation on the Italian Industry”, The World Economy, forthcoming. 2018 P. Balduzzi, E. Brancati, and F. Schiantarelli, “Financial Markets, Banks' Cost of Funding, and Firms' Decisions: Lessons from two Crises", Journal of Financial Intermediation 36, 1-15. 2017 E. Brancati, R. Brancati, and A. Maresca, “Global Value Chains, Innovation, and Performance: Firm-Level Evidence from the Great Recession", Journal of Economic Geography 17(5), 1039-1073. 2015 E. Brancati, “Innovation Financing and the Role of Relationship Lending for SMEs", Small Business Economics 44(2), 449--473. 2017 E. Brancati (with several coauthors), “Firm-Level Drivers of Export Performance and External Competitiveness in Italy", European Commission Discussion Paper, forthcoming. 2015 E. Brancati and M. Macchiavelli, “The Role of Coordination in Pricing Default: Evidence from the CDS Market", Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2015-079, Federal Reserve Board. 2013 E. Brancati, “The Real Side of the Financial Crisis: Banks' Exposure, Flight to Quality, and Firms' Investment Rate", CEIS Research Paper 302. Article in books: 2015 “Il Dinamismo Imprenditoriale e il Mercato del Credito" (Firm Dynamism and the Credit Market), ch. 4 in “Le Strategie per la Crescita", Meridiana Libri publishing. 2012 E. Brancati, D. Ciferri, and A. Maresca, “Produttività, Filiere e Catene Globali del Valore" (Firms' Productivity and Global Value Chains), in the book “Rapporto MET 2012", Meridiana Libri publishing.