Marco Macchiavelli
Assistant Professor
Marco Macchiavelli serves as assistant professor of finance and co-director of the PhD program. He is also senior fellow of research at the Bank Policy Institute, a banking advocacy group based in Washington DC.
Prior to joining UMass, Macchiavelli spent seven years at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. There, he worked as an economist on matters related to monetary policy implementation and funding markets. He has also gained additional experience as consultant for the American Financial Exchange. Macchiavelli is active in several research areas including financial intermediation, financial regulations, cybersecurity, and geopolitical risk. He has published in leading finance journals including the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, and the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
Macchiavelli received his PhD in economics from Boston College and his MA and BA in economics and finance from the University of Bologna.
Education
Academic Appointments
Research Interests
Teaching Interests
- Capital Markets and Institutions
- International Finance
- Real Asset Investing
- Financial Intermediaries
Awards
Selected Working Papers / Current Research
Liquidity Provision in a One-Sided Market: The Role of Dealer-Hedge Fund Relations
M. Kruttli, M. Macchiavelli, P. Monin, and A. Zhou
Treasury Financing by Hedge Funds: A Tale of Three Channels
S. Anbil, A. Anderson, M. Macchiavelli, and A. Xia
Selected Publications
Securing technological leadership? The cost of export controls on firms. M Crosignani, L Han, M Macchiavelli, AF Silva. Journal of Financial Economics 175, 104192 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2025.104192
Pirates without borders: The propagation of cyberattacks through firms’ supply chains. M Crosignani, M Macchiavelli, AF Silva. Journal of Financial Economics 147 (2), 432-448 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2022.12.002
Liquidity restrictions, runs, and central bank interventions: Evidence from money market funds. L Li, Y Li, M Macchiavelli, X Zhou. The Review of Financial Studies 34 (11), 5402-5437 https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhab065