University Carlo Cattaneo

A walk down memory lane: How memories influence stock investment and information processing

Propensity to invest in stocks is highly heterogeneous, with many households avoiding stock market participation altogether. This heterogeneity is difficult to reconcile with standard economic theory. We study the role of memories in shaping investment decisions and in influencin...

From adoption to assimilation: routinised GenAI use and SMEs' digital presence

Purpose This study examines whether and how SMEs' post-adoption use of generative AI (GenAI) relates to firms' market-facing digital presence. Moving beyond binary adoption, it asks how three usage patterns, i.e. duration (continuity over time), volume (cumulative interaction) an...

Digitalization in Sustainability Reporting and Text Attributes of Non‐Financial Disclosure: Evidence From Italian Listed Companies

ABSTRACT Recent regulatory initiatives, including the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), are reinforcing the demand for more structured, transparent, and accessible sustainability reporting. However, empirical evidence on how digital tools influence the narra...