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Emanuele Colonnelli

Emanuele Colonnelli is the Joseph L. Gidwitz Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship at The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a board member and Co-Chair of the Finance Sector at the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), and a Research Associate at NBER, CEPR, and BREAD. His research focuses on the intersection between finance, development, and political economy, with a special interest in high-growth entrepreneurship and the interaction between governments, firms, and investors. He holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University.
Development

The Foreignness of Africa’s Startup Ecosystem

Emanuele Colonnelli
Startups in Africa rely heavily on an equity market dominated by foreign investors and founders who studied or worked outside the continent. In new research, Emanuele Colonnelli, Marcio Cruz, Mariana Pereira-Lopez, Tommaso Porzio and Chun Zhao show that this dynamic exists because local equity is expensive, the pool of local entrepreneurs seeking out funding is small, and local entrepreneurs have limited access to foreign investors.
ESG, Corporate Governance & Future of the Firm

Public’s Perception of Large Corporations Has Direct Impact on the Public Support of Corporate Bailouts

Emanuele Colonnelli
A new Stigler Center working paper finds that the likelihood of someone signing an online petition or contacting their US senators to support corporate...

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