Dr. Patrick Gagliardini

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Biography

Patrick Gagliardini studied at the Polytechnical School Zurich (ETHZ) and graduated in Physics in 1998. In January 2003, he received his PhD from the Faculty of Economics of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) for a thesis in Econometrics. He was a visiting fellow at the Laboratoire de Finance-Assurance CREST in Paris during 2003 under an SNSF research grant. From 2004 to 2006, he held an assistant professor position at the Faculty of Economics of the University of St. Gallen. In 2012, he became a full professor in Econometrics at USI. His research interests primarily focus on econometrics and financial econometrics, with published papers covering large panel factor models, nonparametric estimation, Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), asset pricing, time series analysis, and credit risk. He teaches courses in Introductory Econometrics (Bachelor), Financial Econometrics (Master), and Econometrics (PhD), alongside Time Series Analysis (PhD) with Professor Fabio Trojani.

Research Interests

Experience

Full Professor

2012-01-01 — Present

Institute of Finance (IFin), Università della Svizzera italiana • Lugano

Teaching and conducting research in Econometrics and Financial Econometrics.

Assistant Professor

2004-01-01 — 2006-01-01

Faculty of Economics, University of St. Gallen •

Held position focused on teaching and research in economics.

Courses

Introductory Econometrics Financial Econometrics Econometrics Time Series Analysis

Requirements for Università della Svizzera italiana

Master Program
Requirements
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
GMAT
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Economics or related disciplines At least 180 ECTS credits
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree diploma
  • Official transcripts
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Letter of motivation
  • English language certificate
  • GMAT/GRE (Mandatory for non-EU/non-EFTA)
  • Copy of passport/ID
Specialization Notes

Department of Finance - Master in Finance (MFIN).