Silvia Bressan is assistant professor in Finance. She holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the Vienna Graduate School of Finance. Before joining the Free University of Bozen/Bolzano in 2017, her previous affiliations included the Vienna University of Business and Administration (WU), and the MODUL University Vienna. Her research activity focuses on financial intermediation and empirical banking. She has published in international journals such as Journal of Financial Management, Markets and Institutions, and Academy of Accounting and Financial Studies Journal.