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Stefano LOVO

Professor

Finance

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Biography

Stefano Lovo received his Ph.D. in 2000 from CORE (Université Catholique de Louvain). He is a member of GREGHEC (CNRS).

His research focuses on information economics and its applications to financial markets and corporate finance. He has worked on various topics such as asymmetry of information among market-makers, inter-corporate asset sales, repeated games, market herd behavior, multi-unit auctions. His work is published or is in academic journals such as Econometrica, The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Financial Studies, among others.

Scientific articles

Working papers

Scientific articles

Algorithmic Pricing and Liquidity in Securities Markets

Review of Financial Studies, Forthcoming, n° hhag010, (in coll. with J. E. COLLIARD, T. FOUCAULT)

Working papers

On Some Collusive and Signaling Equilibria in Ascending Auctions for Multiple Objects

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2002

Risk Aversion and Herd Behavior in Financial Markets

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2002

De l'impact de la microstructure d'un marché de permis de polluer sur la politique environnementale

Discussion paper - CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain , 2001

Market Efficiency and Price Formation when Dealers are Asymmetrically Informed

Cahier de Recherche du Groupe HEC , 2001

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, Center for Operation Research and Econometrics (CORE), Université Catholique de Louvain - Belgium
  • Master of Arts in Economics, Universite Catholique de Louvain la Neuve - Belgium

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2022-2023 Department Head, Finance HEC Paris

Scientific Activities

Membership in Academic or Professional Organisation

  • Member, American Finance Association
  • Member, Western Finance Association
  • Member, Econometric Society
  • Member, Marie Curie Fellowship Association

Editorial activities

  • Reviewer, Journal of Mathematical Economics

  • Awards & honors

    • 2026 2026 HEC Foundation researcher's Award
    • 2025 2024 Faculty Impact Award
    • 2010 Prix du Chercheur de l'annee 2010, Fondation HEC
    • 1999 PAI-UAP "First Price for Young Researcher" for the paper on "Bid-Ask Price Competition with Asymmetric Information Between Market Makers"