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Dr Isabella Blengini

Dr Isabella Blengini

Dr Isabella Blengini

Associate Professor

Expertise

  • Economics

Biography

Isabella Blengin, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Economics at EHL, she teaches the courses of microeconomics and hospitality economics in the bachelor and in the online MBA program. After taking her PhDs at the University of Milano and at Boston College, she did a post-doc at the University of Lausanne. She has been visiting fellow in the economics department at MIT and summer intern at the Boston Fed.


Isabella’s most recent research project relates to exchange rate and hospitality, and examines how exchange rate appreciations affect the different sub-sectors of the Swiss hospitality industry. The goal is to give concrete instructions to hospitality industry practitioners to allow them to better protect themselves from exchange rate fluctuations. Other projects include theoretical analyses on optimal monetary policy with endogenous information, foreign currency denominated debt and optimal portfolio allocation under uncertainty.

Awards

H. Michael Mann Summer Fellowship Award, Summer 2008 Boston College Graduate Scholarship (September 2006 - May 2011)
Prize "Fausto Vicarelli" for best Undergraduate Thesis in Italy (2004)

Education

PhD in Economics, Boston College (USA)
Academic Publications

Academic publications from Isabella Blengini

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The impact of Basel III on trade finance : the potential unintended consequences of the leverage ratio

The treatment of trade finance, particularly in the form of short-term letters of credit, has been subject to policy discussions during the making of Basel III rules. International public institutions representing the trade and development...

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A macroeconomic perspective on Airbnb’s global presence

The rise of the P2P economy has been fueled by a range of social, economic and technological factors, but limited research has been focused on the P2P economy from a macroeconomic perspective. Therefore this study tried to identify the macroeconomic...

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Optimal monetary policy when information is market-generated

The nature of the private sector’s information changes the optimal conduct of monetary policy. When firms observe their individual demand and use it as a signal of real shocks, the optimal policy consists in maximising the information content of...

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How do hotels adapt their pricing strategies to macroeconomic factors?

The hospitality industry is naturally highly sensitive to subtle changes in the external environment, and its performance is affected by various external factors. Therefore, hoteliers should carefully monitor the various macroeconomic indicators...

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Why a new name ? : the role of asset characteristics and broad market trends in predicting brand affiliation change in hotels

Brand affiliation is a critical choice in the hotel business. The decision to change brand (i.e., “rebranding”) may be determined by asset-level private information as well as publicly known information related to the property. In this article, we...

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The role of exchange rate on hotelier’s pricing decision and business performance: the case of Switzerland, a small open economy

This study focuses on the role of the exchange rate on hotelier’s pricing decision and business performance. This study explores the way hospitality industry practitioners react to exchange rate fluctuations and monetary policy interventions on the...

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