Valentina Lagasio

Associate professor


email: valentina.lagasio@uniroma1.it
phone:
building: RM 019
room: n. 21, Dipartimento di Management, Ala C, terzo piano

Associate Professor of Banking and Finance at the Department of Management, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, where she teaches Banking and Finance and Artificial Intelligence in Banking and Finance (in English) in the Master's Degree in Finance. Qualified for the role of Full Professor since 2023. She is a member of the Board of Professors of the PhD Program in Management, Banking and Commodity Sciences and Contact person for the Erasmus mobility EU agreement between ICADE, Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid and the Faculty of Economics of Sapienza University of Rome.
Her main research areas concern banking risk management and corporate governance, sustainability and ESG, financial regulation, and the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to finance. She has received several scientific awards, including Best Paper Awards and the Minerva Prize for scientific research.
Associate Editor of the top-tier international scientific journal Finance Research Letters and member of the Editorial Board of numerous international journals including Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management and Finance Research Open. Author of numerous scientific publications in top-tier international journals (including International Review of Financial Analysis, Information Sciences, Corporate Governance: An International Review, Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting).
She is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the Consob-Sapienza seminar series "New Frontiers in Financial Markets and Regulation" and Program Chair of the international conference New Frontiers in Banking and Capital Markets, promoted in collaboration with the European Commission – Joint Research Centre, awarded the Medal of Representation of the President of the Republic.
Since 2018, Coordinator and member of Technical Committees for AIFIRM (Italian Association of Financial Industry Risk Managers). She is a member of national and international scientific associations (ADEIMF, AIDEA, AIFIRM, ECGI, EFA, ENIA – National Institute for Artificial Intelligence).

Research products

11573/1758647 - 2025 - Do Corporate Governance Frameworks Affect Sustainability Reporting?
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Limited) pp. 3928-3943 - issn: 1535-3958 - wos: WOS:001431660900001 (10) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85219554778 (12)

11573/1739421 - 2025 - Integrating Generative AI and Large Language Models in Financial Sector Risk Management: Regulatory Frameworks and Practical Applications
Lagasio, Valentina; Mercuri, Danilo; Pirillo, Jasmine; Belloli, Michele - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: RISK MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE (Milano: Associazione italiana Financial Industry Risk Managers (AIFIRM)) pp. - - issn: 2612-3665 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1716937 - 2024 - New but naughty. The evolution of misconduct in FinTech
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (Elsevier Science Incorporated / NY Journals:Madison Square Station, PO Box 882:New York, NY 10159:(212)633-3730, EMAIL: usinfo-f@elsevier.com, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, Fax: (212)633-3680) pp. - - issn: 1057-5219 - wos: WOS:001286241200001 (6) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85199857547 (13)

11573/1726567 - 2024 - Leveraging Digital Transformation in Risk Management
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina; Mercuri, Daniele; Pirillo, Jasmine; Venditti, Marco - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: RISK MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE (Milano: Associazione italiana Financial Industry Risk Managers (AIFIRM)) pp. - - issn: 2612-3665 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1726601 - 2024 - ESG-washing detection in corporate sustainability reports
Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (Elsevier Science Incorporated / NY Journals:Madison Square Station, PO Box 882:New York, NY 10159:(212)633-3730, EMAIL: usinfo-f@elsevier.com, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, Fax: (212)633-3680) pp. - - issn: 1057-5219 - wos: WOS:001356009800001 (14) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85208501498 (19)

11573/1688407 - 2023 - Does the banks’ performance improve after share buybacks?
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina; Bruno, Michelangelo - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: RISK MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE (Milano: Associazione italiana Financial Industry Risk Managers (AIFIRM)) pp. 4-12 - issn: 2612-3665 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1614176 - 2023 - Women board members’ impact on ESG disclosure with environment and social dimensions. Evidence from the European banking sector
Gurol, Burcu; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY JOURNAL (London : Social Responsibility Network, 2005-) pp. 211-228 - issn: 1747-1117 - wos: WOS:000907630100010 (84) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85123867838 (97)

11573/1667994 - 2023 - May board committees reduce the probability of financial distress? A survival analysis on Italian listed companies
Lagasio, Valentina; Brogi, Marina; Gallucci, Carmen; Santullli, Rosalia - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (Elsevier Science Incorporated / NY Journals:Madison Square Station, PO Box 882:New York, NY 10159:(212)633-3730, EMAIL: usinfo-f@elsevier.com, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, Fax: (212)633-3680) pp. - - issn: 1057-5219 - wos: WOS:000948569500001 (3) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85148767261 (8)

11573/1614180 - 2022 - Board meetings dynamics and information diffusion
Bonini, Stefano; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (Oxford : Blackwell, 1993) pp. 96-119 - issn: 0964-8410 - wos: WOS:000746841300007 (6) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85123618822 (5)

11573/1624941 - 2022 - Determinants of Insurance Companies’ ESG Awareness
Brogi, Marina; Cappiello, Antonella; Lagasio, Valentina; Santoboni, Fabrizio - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Limited) pp. - - issn: 1535-3958 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85128958841 (45)

11573/1622861 - 2022 - Be good to be wise. Environmental, social, and governance awareness as a potential credit risk mitigation factor
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina; Porretta, Pasqualina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & ACCOUNTING (Oxford: Basil Blackwell.) pp. - - issn: 0954-1314 - wos: WOS:000744342100001 (93) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85122825094 (104)

11573/1667985 - 2022 - NON-DAMAGE BUSINESS INTERRUPTION INSURANCE POLICIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina; Santoboni, Fabrizio - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business (University of Tuzla, Faculty of Economics) pp. 41-48 - issn: 1512-8962 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1503484 - 2022 - The impact of blockchain in banking processes. The Interbank Spunta case study
Cucari, Nicola; Lagasio, Valentina; Lia, Giuseppe; Torriero, Chiara - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS & STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (Carfax Publishing Limited:Rankine Road, Basingstoke RG24 8PR United Kingdom:011 44 1256 813000, EMAIL: madeline.sims@tandf.co.uk, INTERNET: http://www.carfax.co.uk, http://www.tandf.co.uk, Fax: 011 44 1256 330245) pp. 138-150 - issn: 0953-7325 - wos: WOS:000621282000001 (25) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85101656374 (51)

11573/1667984 - 2022 - The conceptualization of environmental, social and governance risks in portfolio studies A systematic literature review
Gallucci, Carmen; Santulli, Rosalia; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES (-New York: Pergamon Press. -Elsevier Science Limited:Oxford Fulfillment Center, PO Box 800, Kidlington Oxford OX5 1DX United Kingdom:011 44 1865 843000, 011 44 1865 843699, EMAIL: asianfo@elsevier.com, tcb@elsevier.co.UK, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.com, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/shpsa/, Fax: 011 44 1865 843010) pp. 101382- - issn: 0038-0121 - wos: WOS:000965665500012 (20) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85134804245 (26)

11573/1667982 - 2022 - Assessing bank default determinants via machine learning
Lagasio, Valentina; Pampurini, Francesca; Pezzola, Annagiulia; Quaranta, Anna Grazia - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: INFORMATION SCIENCES (Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier 1968-) pp. 87-97 - issn: 0020-0255 - wos: WOS:000900845400006 (5) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85141481913 (9)

11573/1638293 - 2022 - COVID-19: managing a pandemic risk with a Non-physical Damage Business Interruption policy
Lagasio, Valentina; Santoboni, Fabrizio; Tremoglie, Davide - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: RISK MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE (Milano: Associazione italiana Financial Industry Risk Managers (AIFIRM)) pp. 36-49 - issn: 2612-3665 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1638297 - 2022 - DLT and blockchain in the back-office processes of banks. The “Spunta Banca DLT” project
Lagasio, Valentina; Torriero, Chiara - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: RIVISTA BANCARIA. MINERVA BANCARIA (Editrice Minerva Bancaria:via Silvio Pellico 12, 20121 Milan Italy:011 39 2 8692700) pp. 46-76 - issn: 1594-7556 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1549039 - 2021 - Better safe than sorry. Bank corporate governance, risk-taking, and performance
Brogi, M.; Lagasio, V. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS (Elsevier) pp. 102039- - issn: 1544-6123 - wos: WOS:000741353500019 (23) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85105784555 (33)

11573/1614236 - 2021 - Systemic risk measurement: bucketing global systemically important banks
Brogi, M.; Lagasio, V.; Riccetti, L. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: ANNALS OF FINANCE (Heidelberg ; Berlin : Springer.) pp. 319-351 - issn: 1614-2446 - wos: WOS:000670726800001 (8) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85109720418 (12)

11573/1610218 - 2021 - An Overview of the European Policies on ESG in the Banking Sector
Bruno, Michelangelo; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: SUSTAINABILITY (Basel : MDPI) pp. - - issn: 2071-1050 - wos: WOS:000806896100001 (7) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85119183524 (12)

11573/1638299 - 2021 - Environmental, Social, Governance: Implications for businesses and effects for stakeholders
Engle, R.; Brogi, M.; Cucari, N.; Lagasio, V. - 01m Editorial/Introduzione in rivista
paper: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Limited) pp. 1423-1425 - issn: 1535-3958 - wos: WOS:000674861200001 (10) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85110773926 (12)

11573/1638305 - 2021 - Corporate governance and market performance of European banks: Analysing differences and similarities between one-tier and two-tier models
Gurol, B.; Lagasio, V. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS (Olney (PO Box 735, Olney, Bucks MK46 5WB) : Inderscience Enterprises, 2004-) pp. 21-37 - issn: 1477-9048 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85110265739 (11)

11573/1556548 - 2021 - How corporate social responsibility initiatives affect the choice of a bank. Empirical evidence of Italian context
Lagasio, Valentina; Cucari, Nicola; Åberg, Carl - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Limited) pp. 1-12 - issn: 1535-3958 - wos: WOS:000657177500001 (19) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85107051401 (20)

11573/1614178 - 2021 - Cluster analysis of bank business models: The connection with performance, efficiency and risk
Lagasio, Valentina; Quaranta, Anna Grazia - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS (Elsevier) pp. 102640- - issn: 1544-6123 - wos: WOS:000813443100001 (12) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85121775950 (15)

11573/1416101 - 2020 - Can governance help in making an IPO “successful”? New evidence from Europe
Brogi, M.; Lagasio, V.; Pesic, V. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & ACCOUNTING (Oxford: Basil Blackwell.) pp. - - issn: 0954-1314 - wos: WOS:000563786800001 (6) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85081715361 (8)

11573/1583023 - 2020 - Il ruolo della BCE e le dinamiche del settore bancario
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: RIVISTA DI POLITICA ECONOMICA (Roma: Editore SIPI.) pp. 53-75 - issn: 0035-6468 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1583033 - 2020 - Banking after Covid-19
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: The italian economy after Covid-19. Short-term costs and long-term adjustements - (978-92-76-15038-1)

11573/1583019 - 2020 - Banche locali e ripresa economica: proporzionalità e vigilanza flessibile
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina; Torriero, Chiara - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: BANCARIA (Roma: Bancaria editrice) pp. 15-29 - issn: 0005-4623 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1638310 - 2020 - IL PROCEDIMENTO SANZIONATORIO DELLA BANCA CENTRALE EUROPEA: FONTI NORMATIVE E IMPATTI SULLA QUOTAZIONE DI BORSA
Figliolini, Roberto; Lagasio, Valentina - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: SVILUPPI IN TEMA DI ANALISI DEL RISCHIO SISTEMICO E INDICAZIONI DI POLICY - ()

11573/1638313 - 2020 - ESG and profitability: the case of financial institutions
Lagasio, Valentina - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: Joint JRC - EBA workshop on Banking Regulation and Sustainability - (978-92-76-15038-1)

11573/1416093 - 2020 - Market reaction to banks’ interim press releases: an event study analysis
Lagasio, Valentina; Brogi, Marina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: THE JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE (-Netherlands: Springer Netherlands -Dordrecht ; Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers) pp. - - issn: 1385-3457 - wos: WOS:000541212600001 (4) - scopus: (0)

11573/1366644 - 2020 - Application of the Merton model to estimate the probability of breaching the capital requirements under Basel III rules
Russo, V.; Lagasio, V.; Brogi, M.; Fabozzi, F. J. - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: ANNALS OF FINANCE (Heidelberg ; Berlin : Springer.) pp. 141-157 - issn: 1614-2446 - wos: WOS:000507697500001 (4) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85078599698 (7)

11573/1116015 - 2019 - Equity markets
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: Capital markets union and beyond - (9780262042765)

11573/1212621 - 2019 - Lights on the shadows: exploring the need for regulation in shadow banking
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED DECISION SCIENCES (Inderscience Enterprises) pp. 1- - issn: 1755-8077 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85063725064 (0)

11573/1212639 - 2019 - Do bank boards matter? A literature review on the characteristics of banks' Board of Directors
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS (Olney (PO Box 735, Olney, Bucks MK46 5WB) : Inderscience Enterprises, 2004-) pp. - - issn: 1477-9048 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85065144882 (15)

11573/1212637 - 2019 - Corporate governance, board of directors and company performance in Italy
Lagasio, Valentina - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND COMPANY PERFORMANCE: AN INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK - (978-617-7309-00-9)

11573/1614183 - 2019 - 35 years of literature on corporate governance in banks: Risk management, ownership and compensation
Lagasio, Valentina - 04b Atto di convegno in volume
conference: Corporate Governance: Search for the Advanced Practices (Rome)
book: Corporate Governance: Search for the Advanced Practices - (9786177309054)

11573/1638307 - 2019 - New frontiers in financial markets: from machine learning to algorithmic trading
Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: RISK MANAGEMENT MAGAZINE (Milano: Associazione italiana Financial Industry Risk Managers (AIFIRM)) pp. 14-18 - issn: 2612-3665 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1212623 - 2019 - Corporate Governance and Environmental Social Governance: A Meta- Analytical Review of Voluntary Disclosure and Non-Financial Reporting. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management
Lagasio, Valentina; Cucari, Nicola - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Limited) pp. - - issn: 1535-3958 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85060510691 (323)

11573/1092425 - 2018 - Is the market swayed by press releases on corporate governance? Event study on the Eurostoxx banks
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CORPORATE OWNERSHIP & CONTROL (Sumy : Virtus Interpress) pp. 23-31 - issn: 1727-9232 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1212618 - 2018 - Environmental, social, and governance and company profitability: Are financial intermediaries different?
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons Limited) pp. 1-12 - issn: 1535-3958 - wos: WOS:000467369500005 (242) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85058243014 (285)

11573/1212631 - 2018 - Corporate governance in banks: systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: CORPORATE OWNERSHIP & CONTROL (Sumy : Virtus Interpress) pp. 14-27 - issn: 1727-9232 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1019729 - 2017 - Credito e vigilanza: dagli impulsi di policy all'economia reale
Lagasio, Valentina - 03a Saggio, Trattato Scientifico
book: Credito e Vigilanza: dagli impulsi di policy all’economia reale - (978-620-2-45018-8)

11573/1021754 - 2017 - Il peso dei derivati nei bilanci delle banche
Lagasio, Valentina - 03a Saggio, Trattato Scientifico
book: Il peso dei derivati nei bilanci delle banche - (978-620-2-45025-6)

11573/928308 - 2016 - SME sources of funding: more capital or more debt to sustain growth? An empirical analysis
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: Access to bank credit and SME financing - (978-3-319-41362-4)

11573/928309 - 2016 - Sliced and diced: European banks’ business models and profitability
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: Industrial, Institutional and Behavioural Economics, 2016 Report on the Italian Financial System - (978-88-449-1106-5)

11573/801463 - 2015 - Monetary policy and capital adequacy: the impact on credit supply
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina; Langone, Rosaria - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
book: 20th Report on the Italian Financial System. European Banking 3.0. Bank Industry and Supervision in the Behavioural Finance Revolution - (978-88-449-1058-7)

11573/832996 - 2015 - Il Mercato dei capitali per le imprese italiane
Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: BANCHE E BANCHIERI (Roma:EMB - Editrice Minerva Bancaria Sr Milan Italy: ICEB) pp. 273-280 - issn: 0390-1378 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1116001 - - Lights in the shadows: exploring the need for regulation in shadow banking
Brogi, Marina; Lagasio, Valentina - 01a Articolo in rivista
paper: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED DECISION SCIENCES (Inderscience Enterprises) pp. - - issn: 1755-8077 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

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