Ludovico Maria COCCO

RESEARCH INTERESTS   Bankruptcy, SMEs, Law and Economics, Growth Policies, Entrepreneurial Finance, Financial Economics.

EDUCATION

Strasbourg, September 2018 - March 2021

PhD in Economics, University of Strasbourg (Programme Doctoral International, Excellence PhD Programme)

The PDI Programme involves a double-PhD Programme with Ca' Foscari University.  

Venice, September 2017 - March 2021

PhD in Management, Ca' Foscari University Venice

Doctoral Thesis: FOSTERING THE SME ECONOMY THROUGH THE BANKRUPTCY INSTITUTION: AN EMPIRICAL APPROACH FOR EU COUNTRIES 

Supervisors: Pr. Ugo Rigoni, Pr. Régis Blazy 

Venice, September 2017 - September 2018

Master of Second Level in Management Studies, Ca' Foscari University Venice

Strasbourg, September 2015 - 23rd September 2016

Master Grande Ecole in Finance, EM Strasbourg Business School - Double Degree Program with Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Grade: 17.38/20 With Honours – Mention: Très Bien-Highest Honours
Nomination as Best Student of the Course by Director Pr. M. H. Broihanne

Thesis: The impact of the macroeconomic environment onto the bankruptcy process: an empirical model over the European economy

Supervisors: Pr. R. Blazy and Pr. G. M. Mantovani.

Venice, September 2014 - 2nd November 2016

Master of Science in Economics and Business Development - Entrepreneurship and Finance, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Grade: Magna Cum Laude - 110/110 With Honours

Padua, September 2011 - 4th October 2014

Bachelor Degree in Economics and Management, Università degli Studi di Padova Grade: 101/110

Thesis: Fiscal multipliers and business cycle: theoretical aspects and empirical evidence
Supervisor: Pr. G. Caggiano.

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES

Cocco, L. M., Cavezzali, E., Rigoni, U., Simion, G., 2019. Ristrutturazione del debito e rinascita aziendale: un’analisi empirica sulla soluzione italiana alla crisi d’impresa. In BANCARIA, vol. 10, pp. 24-40.

Ristrutturazione del debito e rinascita aziendale: un’analisi empirica sulla soluzione italiana alla crisi d’impresa, Camera di Commercio di Venezia Rovigo, Convegno “Soluzione alla crisi d'impresa attraverso le procedure giudiziarie di ristrutturazione. Cosa ci insegna l'esperienza del Veneto”, 20th November 2019, Mestre, (with U. Rigoni).

Causes of business failure from bankruptcy filings: empirical evidence from in-court restructuring of Italian SMEs, August 2019, Wolpertinger Conference, Venezia (with E. Cavezzali, U. Rigoni, G. Simion)

Causes of business failure from bankruptcy filings: empirical evidence from in-court restructuring of Italian SMEs, June 2019, EFMA Annual meeting, Ponta Delgada, Portogallo (with E. Cavezzali, U. Rigoni, G. Simion)

Causes of business failure from bankruptcy filings: empirical evidence from in-court restructuring of Italian SMEs, July 2019, MFS Annual meeting, Gerusalemme, Israele (with E. Cavezzali, U. Rigoni, G. Simion – conference attendance by U. Rigoni)

Business Research Quarterly – Reviewer, October 2020.

TEACHING

2020/2021

Senior Tutorship, Corso di Economia Politica
Senior Tutorship, Corso di Prodotti Bancari e Finanziari
Senior Tutorship, Corso di Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance
Tutorship, Corso di Financial Statement Analysis

2019/2020
Teaching Assistant, Corso di Bilancio e Analisi Economico-Finanziaria

2018/2019
Teaching Assistant, Corso Magistrale di Corporate Banking
Teaching Assistant, Corso di Politica Economica

2014/2015
Tutorship, Corso di Economia Politica

WORKING EXPERIENCES  

Bassano del Grappa, Italy, July - September 2017

Fratelli Comunello S.R.L. - Export Department, Project Manager  

Mexico City, Mexico, January - April 2017

Maquinaria Veneta - Sales Department, Vendor  

Podgorica, Montenegro, May – July 2016

Embassy of Italy - Office of the Ambassador, Trainee  

Dublin, May – June 2015

Bruel International, Ltd. - Sales, External Collaborator  

London, April – July 2014

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. - Investment Banking Team for Europe, Trainee  

Bassano del Grappa, Italy, December 2013 – December 2016

Caffè Danieli, S.N.C., Jazz Band - Pianist    

LANGUAGES

Italian - Mother Tongue

English - Advanced

Spanish - Advanced  

French - Beginner