Dr. Silvio Contessi

Associate Professor

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Biography

Silvio Contessi joined Monash Business School in 2015 as a Senior Lecturer and currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Banking and Finance. His primary research interests include banking, macro-finance, and international finance. Silvio is the Lead Investigator for an Australian Research Council Discovery Project titled "Gross credit flows, credit reallocation, macroeconomy," which runs from 2019 to 2023. Before his tenure at Monash, Silvio worked as a research economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis from 2008 to 2015 and held an adjunct lecturer position in the Department of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis from 2012 to 2015. He earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Università Bocconi in Milan, Italy, in 1999, and later completed his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA, in 2004 and 2008, respectively. Additionally, Silvio is a research associate at the Globalization Monetary Policy Institute of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and the Monash Center for Development Economics and Sustainability. He also serves as the Deputy Head of the Department of Banking and Finance.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2015-01-01 — Present

Monash Business School • Melbourne, Australia

Teaching and research in banking and finance.

Research Economist

2008-01-01 — 2015-12-31

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis • St. Louis, USA

Conducted research in the Research Department.

Adjunct Lecturer

2012-01-01 — 2015-12-31

Washington University in St. Louis • St. Louis, USA

Taught courses in the Department of Economics.

Awards

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Dean’s Commendation Excellence Postgraduate Coursework Teaching

2017-12-01

Courses

International Banking (M.B.F.) Issues Financial Intermediaries (Ph.D.) International Finance Global Financial Markets (M.A.F.) Global Banking: Institutions Issues (M.B.F) Case Studies and Research Banking Finance (M.B.F)

Requirements for Monash University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:12
Reading
Required:13
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:79
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a related field
Application Checklist
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Proof of English Proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Copy of Passport
Specialization Notes

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