Francesca Franco
Adjunct Associate Professor of Accounting
BS (Bocconi) PhD (Padova) Post-doc (Wharton)
Dr Francesca Franco joined London Business School after post-doctoral research in Accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She received an undergraduate degree in Business Economics from Bocconi University, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Padova, Italy.
Before starting her PhD, she was a research fellow and part-time consultant for the Accounting and Finance Department of SDA Bocconi School of Management. Her primary research interests are incentive design, compensation contracting and corporate governance.
- ffranco@london.edu
- +44 (0)20 7000 8113
- Francesca Franco CV
- Incentive contracting
- Executive compensation and corporate governance
2019
Matching premiums in the executive labor market
Carter M E; Franco F; Tuna I
Accounting Review 2019 Vol 94:6 p 109-136
2017
Executive gender pay gaps: the roles of board diversity and female risk aversion
Carter M E; Franco F; Gine Torrens M
Contemporary Accounting Research 2017 Vol 34:2 p 1232-1264
2016
Corporate diversification and the cost of debt: the role of segment disclosures
Franco F; Urcan O; Vasvari F
Accounting Review 2016 Vol 91:4 p 1139-1165
Determinants and trading performance of equity deferrals
Franco F; Ittner C D; Urcan O
Management Science 2016 Vol 63:1 p 114-138
Review of: "Institutional investor activism: hedge funds and private equity, economics and regulation"
Franco F
Accounting Review 2016 Vol 91:2 p 707-710
2014
Review of "Corporate governance failures: The role of institutional investors in the global financial crisis by J.P Hawley; S. J Jamath; A.T Williams"
Franco F
Accounting Review 2014 Vol 88 p 1132-1135
Review of "The small worlds of corporate governance"
Franco F
Corporate Governance: an International Review 2014 Vol 22:1 p 68-70
2012
Review of "Compensation and organizational performance: theory, research and practice" by Gomez-Mejia L R, Berrone P & Franco-Santos M
Franco F
European Accounting Review 2012 Vol 21:1 p 183-189
2007
Review of "Contemporary issues in financial reporting: a user oriented approach" by Rosenfield P
Franco F
European Accounting Review 2007 Vol 16:1 p 230-232
2018
Executive deferral plans and insider trading
Franco F; Urcan O
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