2025

Dragotto, M., Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2025) Greenium fluctuations and climate awareness in the corporate bond market. International Review of Financial Analysis. ISSN 1873-8079 doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104281 (In Press)

Billio, M., Busetto, F., Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2025) Bond supply expectations and the term structure of interest rates. Journal of International Money and Finance, 150. 103217. ISSN 1873-0639 doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2024.103217

Sina, A., Billio, M., Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X, Rocciolo, F. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2025) The systemic risk of leveraged and covenant-lite loan syndications. International Review of Financial Analysis, 97. 103738. ISSN 1873-8079 doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103738

2024

Cathcart, L., Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X, Rossi, L. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2024) Corporate bankruptcy and banking deregulation: the effect of financial leverage. Journal of Banking and Finance, 166. 107219. ISSN 1872-6372 doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2024.107219

2023

Billio, M., Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X, Segato, S. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2023) Complexity and the default risk of mortgage-backed securities. Journal of Banking & Finance, 155. 106993. ISSN 1034-3040 doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2023.106993

2021

Liu, C. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2021) Is small beautiful? The resilience of small banks during the European debt crisis. International Review of Financial Analysis, 76. 101793. ISSN 1057-5219 doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2021.101793

2020

Cathcart, L., Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X, Rossi, L. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2020) Differential impact of leverage on the default risk of small and large firms. Journal of Corporate Finance, 60. 101541. ISSN 0929-1199 doi: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2019.101541

2019

Aftab, Z. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2019) Liquidity and shadow banking. Journal of International Money and Finance, 99. 102080. ISSN 0261-5606 doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2019.102080

2018

Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 and Zhao, L. (2018) Systemic risk and bank size. Journal of International Money and Finance, 82. pp. 45-70. ISSN 0261-5606 doi: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2017.12.002

2017

Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X, Stancu, A. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2017) The equity-like behaviour of sovereign bonds. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 48. pp. 25-46. ISSN 1042-4431 doi: 10.1016/j.intfin.2016.11.014

Liu, Y., Padgett, C. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2017) Corporate governance, bank mergers and executive compensation. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 22 (1). pp. 12-29. ISSN 1099-1158 doi: 10.1002/ijfe.1565

2015

Avino, D., Lazar, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8761-0754 and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2015) Time varying price discovery. Economics Letters, 126. pp. 18-21. ISSN 0165-1765 doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.09.030

2013

Coro, F., Dufour, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0519-648X and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2013) Credit and liquidity components of corporate CDS spreads. Journal of Banking & Finance, 37 (12). pp. 5511-5525. ISSN 0378-4266 doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.07.010

Avino, D., Lazar, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8761-0754 and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2013) Price discovery of credit spreads in tranquil and crisis periods. International Review of Financial Analysis, 30. pp. 242-253. ISSN 1057-5219 doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2013.08.002

2012

Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2012) Stress testing credit risk: the Great Depression scenario. Journal of Banking and Finance, 36 (12). pp. 3133-3149. ISSN 0378-4266 doi: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2011.10.001

2011

Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2011) Liquidity risk, credit risk, market risk and bank capital. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 7 (2). pp. 134-152. ISSN 1743-9132 doi: 10.1108/17439131111122139

2010

Drage, S. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2010) Country bias detection in postgraduate student admissions. International Journal of Management Education, 8 (3). pp. 95-106. ISSN 1472-8117 doi: 10.3794/ijme.83.260

2008

Kou, J. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2008) Timeliness of spread implied ratings. European Financial Management, 14 (3). pp. 503-527. ISSN 1468-036X doi: 10.1111/j.1468-036X.2007.00362.x

Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2008) An assessment of the internal rating based approach in Basel II. The Journal of Risk Model Validation, 2 (2). ISSN 1753-9579

2007

Nickell, P., Perraudin, W. and Varotto, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5328-5327 (2007) Ratings-based credit risk modelling: an empirical analysis. International Review of Financial Analysis, 16 (5). pp. 434-451. ISSN 1057-5219 doi: 10.1016/j.irfa.2007.06.003