Prof. Federica Zeni
SFI Faculty Member, Assistant Professor, EPFL
Federica Zeni is Tenure Track Assistant Professor at EPFL. Before joining EPFL, she was an Economist in the Finance and Private Sector Development Team of the World Bank's Development Research Group. She holds a Ph.D. in Finance from Imperial College London.
Research Interests
Professor Zeni's research focuses on corporate finance, sustainable finance, and environmental economics. In a recent work with co-authors, she explores the equilibrium interactions of carbon taxes and "green" financial markets in the presence of political constraints. She also investigates the optimal design of financial instruments to incentivize investment in climate adaptation and mitigation purposes.
Expertise Fields
- Portfolio Management and Asset Classes
- Commodities
- Fixed Income
- Options and Other Derivatives
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Corporate Governance and Managerial Compensation
- Financing Policy and Capital Structure
- Frontier Topics
- Sustainable Finance