Dr. Massimiliano De Santis
Senior Consultant
massimiliano.desantis@nera.com
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Education
PhD, Economics, University of California, Davis
MSc, Applied Econometrics, University of Arizona
BS, Agricultural Economics, Universita della Tuscia
Experience
Dr. De Santis is a Senior Consultant in NERA's Global Securities and Finance and Mass Torts and Product Liability Practices.
Dr. De Santis has a range of experience in securities litigation and financial matters. He has analyzed damages in Section 10(b)-5 and Section 11 cases; examined the effect of information on stock returns and market efficiency; estimated the effect of accounting restatements on stock prices; and analyzed the performance of IPOs. He has also performed the valuation of private and publicly traded companies, as well as financial derivatives and structured products.
Dr. De Santis has written numerous papers on systematic risk, the equity risk premium, the high volatility of stock prices, irreversible investment, and the welfare cost of business cycle risk. His research in finance and business cycles has been published in journals including The American Economic Review, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, and Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics.
Prior to joining NERA, Dr. De Santis was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College and an Associate at Cornerstone Research. Dr. De Santis has lectured and taught seminars at universities, central banks, and professional associations including Dartmouth College, Columbia Business School, The University of Toronto, McGill University, Tulane University, The European Central Bank, Norges Bank. He received his PhD in economics from the University of California, Davis.
Languages
English
Italian
