Federico Mainardi

Professor Federico Mainardi joined Columbia Business School in 2025. He received his Ph.D. from the Joint Program in Financial Economics at the University of Chicago and holds an M.S. in Finance and a B.S. in Economics and Finance from Bocconi University.

His research is broadly within finance and macroeconomics, focusing on asset pricing, household finance, and public finance. In his recent work, he examines how households respond to tax incentives, both in the aggregate and across the wealth distribution, and the role of financial intermediaries in the transmission of policy shocks.