2026 Leonardo Gambacorta: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	66	565	510	8	8	193	20605

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

Leonardo Gambacorta is affiliated with the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple areas within economics, econometrics, finance, business, management, and accounting, with a significant focus on financial stability and digital finance.

Their scholarly output includes 85 publications in the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, complemented by 55 papers in Business, Management and Accounting. Within these broader fields, their work concentrates on several specific subfields including Finance, Economics and Econometrics, Accounting, Management Information Systems, and Information Systems.

Key research topics covered by Leonardo Gambacorta are:

Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
Corporate Finance and Governance
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Housing Market and Economics

Their frequent coauthors include:

Jon Frost
Giulio Cornelli
Sebastian Doerr
Alessio Reghezza
Hyun Song Shin

Leonardo Gambacorta has published extensively in several academic journals, including:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Financial Stability
Economics Letters
Journal of International Money and Finance
The Review of Corporate Finance Studies

Their recent published papers demonstrate a continued engagement with contemporary financial issues. Among these are:

Central Bank Digital Currencies: Motives, Economic Implications, and the Research Frontier (2022), published in Annual Review of Economics
Fintech and big tech credit: Drivers of the growth of digital lending (2022), published in Journal of Banking & Finance
The shifting drivers of global liquidity (2020), published in Journal of International Economics
The cost of steering in financial markets: Evidence from the mortgage market (2021), published in Journal of Financial Economics
Does gender diversity in the workplace mitigate climate change? (2022), published in Journal of Corporate Finance

Best Publications

The effectiveness of unconventional monetary policy at the zero lower bound : a cross-country analysis

Leonardo Gambacorta;Boris Hofmann;Gert Peersman

968
Citations
Bank profitability and the business cycle

Ugo Albertazzi;Leonardo Gambacorta

932
Citations
Relationship and Transaction Lending in a Crisis

Patrick Bolton;Xavier Freixas;Leonardo Gambacorta;Paolo Emilio Mistrulli

794
Citations
Financial systems and the role of banks in monetary policy transmission in the euro area

M. Ehrmann;L. Gambacorta;J. Martínez-Pagés;P. Sevestre

771
Citations
Does monetary policy affect bank risk-taking?

Yener Altunbas;Leonardo Gambacorta;Leonardo Gambacorta;David Marqués-Ibáñez

765
Citations
Financial Systems and the Role of Banks in Monetary Policy Transmission in the Euro Area

Michael Ehrmann;Michael Ehrmann;Leonardo Gambacorta;Leonardo Gambacorta;Jorge Martínez-Pagés;Patrick Sevestre

760
Citations
Does bank capital affect lending behavior

Leonardo Gambacorta;Paolo Emilio Mistrulli

758
Citations
The bank lending channel: lessons from the crisis

Leonardo Gambacorta;David Marques-Ibanez

729
Citations
The influence of monetary policy on bank profitability

Claudio Borio;Leonardo Gambacorta;Boris Hofmann

713
Citations
Securitisation and the bank lending channel

Yener Altunbas;Leonardo Gambacorta;David Marques-Ibanez

651
Citations
How do banks set interest rates

Leonardo Gambacorta

648
Citations
Inside the bank lending channel

Leonardo Gambacorta

540
Citations
Bank risk and monetary policy

Yener Altunbas;Leonardo Gambacorta;David Marques-Ibanez

494
Citations
Monetary policy and the risk-taking channel

Leonardo Gambacorta

460
Citations
Why bank capital matters for monetary policy

Leonardo Gambacorta;Hyun Song Shin

455
Citations
BigTech and the changing structure of financial intermediation

Jon Frost;Leonardo Gambacorta;Yi Huang;Hyun Song Shin

434
Citations
Countercyclical capital buffers: exploring options

Mathias Drehmann;Claudio Borio;Leonardo Gambacorta;Gabriel Jiminez

403
Citations
BASEL III: Long-term impact on economic performance and fluctuations

Paolo Angelini;Laurent Clerc;Vasco Cúrdia;Leonardo Gambacorta

362
Citations
Mutual guarantee institutions and small business finance

Francesco Columba;Leonardo Gambacorta;Paolo Emilio Mistrulli

236
Citations
Bank profitability and taxation

Ugo Albertazzi;Leonardo Gambacorta

224
Citations
Countercyclical capital buffers : exploring options

Mathias Drehmann;Claudio Borio;Leonardo Gambacorta;Leonardo Gambacorta;Gabriel Jimenez

199
Citations
Securitisation and the Bank Lending Channel

Leonardo Gambacorta;Leonardo Gambacorta;Yener Altunbas;David Marques-Ibanez

56
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yener Altunbas Bangor University

Claudio Borio Bank for International Settlements

Hyun Song Shin Bank of Korea

Boris Hofmann Bank for International Settlements

Luigi Guiso Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance

Xavier Freixas Barcelona School of Economics

Michael Ehrmann Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Pierre-Richard Agénor University of Manchester

Linda S. Goldberg Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Patrick Sevestre Aix-Marseille University

External Links

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