PhD Graduate in MODELS FOR ECONOMICS AND FINANCE XXXVI ILARIA STEFANI (supervisor: Immacolata Oliva, advisor: Immacolata Oliva, co-supervisor: Immacolata Oliva) XXXV ANDREA CINFRIGNINI CAROLINA FALAGUASTA BEATRICE FORONI (advisor: Lea Petrella) FRANCESCO SAVERIO LUCIANI PAOLO ONORATI GIUSEPPE REALE (supervisor: Sergio Bianchi, advisor: Sergio Bianchi, co-supervisor: Sergio Bianchi) XXXIV BARBARA BROLLO (co-supervisor: Filippo Celata) MARINELLA CIRILLO ALESSANDRO CREMASCHINI (co-supervisor: Antonello Maruotti) PIERLUIGI FAVA (co-supervisor: Massimo Angrisani) LORENZO GIAMMEI (co-supervisor: Paola Vicard) TIZIANA TUOTO (co-supervisor: Andrea Tancredi, Davide Di Cecco) XXXIII VERONICA BALLERINI VALENTINA BRUNO ROBERTA DI STEFANO CHIARA FERRANTE (co-supervisor: Augusto Cerqua & Nicola Pontarollo) GRETA QUARESIMA ANTONELLO ROMANO (co-supervisor: Filippo Celata) XXXII ROSARIO BARONE DIEGO BATTAGLIESE STEFANIA BENETTI (co-supervisor: Davide Marino & Cary Y. Hendrickson) VIVIANA CELLI MAZEN MOHAMD DIWANI JAN MARTIN ROSSI (co-supervisor: Lea Petrella & Gianni Amisano)