Short bio:

Salvatore Capasso is the Director of the Institute for Studies on Mediterranean Societies of the Italian National Research Council. Professor of Economics on leave at the University of Naples Parthenope, he holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Manchester. His research focuses on economic growth, contract theory, monetary economics and theory of financial intermediation. He has been research Fellow at Universidad de Santiago de Compostela and Visiting professor at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Recent publications include “Financial Development and the Underground Economy”, Journal of Development Economics (with T. Jappelli) and “Active and passive corruption: Theory and evidence”, European Journal of Political Economy, (with L. Santoro). His latest research focuses on the relationship between criminal activity, corruption and growth and on the role of the underground economy in economic development. See also salvatorecapasso.it

My best personal achievement:

I have guided a group of 5 students in a national competition in trading. They have performed very well obtaining 55% of return on investment in 6 months winning the professional awards.