Dr Gabriele Lepori PhD

Lecturer in Finance

Dr. Gabriele Lepori is a Lecturer in Finance within the Business School at the University of Southampton. He holds a PhD in Economics from Michigan State University, USA.

Gabriele joined Southampton Business School in September 2019. Prior to joining SBS, he was an Assistant Professor of Finance at Copenhagen Business School, in Denmark, and later a Lecturer in Finance at Keele University, UK.

During his academic career, he has also taught as a guest lecturer at Uppsala University, in Sweden, and at the University of Nevada – Reno, in the United States.

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Dr. Lepori's research agenda focuses on behavioural asset pricing. In particular, he investigates how psychological and sociological forces affect decision making under risk and may sway the behaviour of individual investors and the dynamics of financial markets.

His research findings have been often discussed in the financial press and also on the radio, including The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Investors Chronicle, and NPR Morning Edition.

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Centre for Empirical Research in Banking and Finance

PhD supervision

Dr. Lepori is available to supervise PhD students interested in conducting lab experiments or analysing observational data in the field of Behavioural Finance.

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Lepori, G. (2022). Acute illness symptoms among investment professionals and stock market dynamics: evidence from New York City. Journal of Empirical Finance, 70, 165-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2022.12.003
Chen, R., Lepori, G., Tai, C-C., & Sung, M-C. (2022). Can salience theory explain investor behaviour? Real-world evidence from the cryptocurrency market. International Review of Financial Analysis, 84, [102419]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2022.102419
Chen, R., Lepori, G., Tai, C-C., & Sung, M-C. (2022). Explaining cryptocurrency returns: A prospect theory perspective. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 79, [101599]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2022.101599
Lepori, G. (2021). A non-random walk down Hollywood Boulevard: celebrity deaths and investor sentiment. Financial Review, 56(3), 591-613. https://doi.org/10.1111/fire.12254
Heinlein, R., & Lepori, G. (2021). Do financial markets respond to macroeconomic surprises? Evidence from the UK. Empirical Economics, 62, 2329-2371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-021-02108-1
Lepori, G. (2016). Air pollution and stock returns: Evidence from a natural experiment. Journal of Empirical Finance, 35, 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jempfin.2015.10.008
Lepori, G., & Feldman, T. (2016). Asset price formation and behavioral biases. Review of Behavioral Finance, 8(2), 137-155. https://doi.org/10.1108/RBF-05-2015-0020
Lepori, G. (2015). Investor mood and demand for stocks: Evidence from popular TV series finales. Journal of Economic Psychology, 48, 33-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2015.02.003
Lepori, G. (2015). Positive mood and investment decisions: evidence from comedy movie attendance in the U.S. Research in International Business and Finance, 34, 142-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2015.02.001

Dr. Lepori currently teaches the following modules:

MANG6239 Behavioural Finance (Master’s)

MANG3020 Futures and Options (Undergraduate)

Dr Gabriele Lepori
Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

Room Number : 2/5014

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