Filippo Ippolito is Associate Professor of Financial Management at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and BSE Affiliated Professor. He is research affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London, and Director of the Master in Finance at the BSE. Professor Ippolito holds a PhD in finance from Said Business School, Oxford, and an MPhil from the University of Oxford. In the past he has worked in the financial and consulting sectors. His research focuses on corporate debt, capital structure, corporate liquidity management and private equity. Professor Ippolito has published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Monetary Economics and Journal of Corporate Finance.