Curriculum Vitae
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS
- Associate Professor, Economic Department, University of Pavia, June 2015-
- Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale, Settore Concorsuale 13/A1 e 13/A2 – II Fascia.
- Lecturer with Tenure in Economics, Economic Department, University of Sheffield, UK, Oct. 2008-Aug. 2011 (on leave Sep.2011-Oct. 2012).
- Lecturer in Economics, Economic Department, Keele University, UK, Sep. 2006-Sep. 2008.
REASEARCH INTERESTS:
Organized Crime and Economics, International Finance, Monetary Economics.
STUDIES AND RESEARCH VISITING PERIODS
- Visiting Fellow, Harvard University, US, January 2015-June 2015 and March 2016-June 2016. Research project: Organized Crime and Key Drivers in Economic Growth.
- Research Fellow, EIEF, Italy, May 2008- October 2008.
- Ph.D in Economics, Très bien avec félicitations du jury, 2006, HEI Geneva. Thesis title: “ThreeEssays in Monetary Economics”. Thesis Director: Professor Charles Wyplosz.
- Visiting Researcher, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong, China, October 2005.
- Visiting Researcher, New Zealand Reserve Bank, Wellington, New Zealand, October 2005.
- Visiting Student Research Collaborator, 2003. Princeton, Nj, USA. Supervisor: Professor Lars Svensson.
- M.A., Economics, 2002. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
- Doctorate, Mathematics for Economic Decisions 2001, University of Rome I “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy. Thesis Supervisor: Professor Alessandro Blasi.
- M.A.International Economics, 2000. GIIS, Geneva, Switzerland. Thesis Supervisor: Professor Charles Wyplosz.
- B.S. in Economics, Magna cum laude, 1997 University of Rome I "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. Thesis Supervisor: Professor Giancarlo Gandolfo.
- Erasmus Student, King’s College and London School of Economics, London, 1993.
TEACHING
- Visiting Professor, Organized Crime and Key drivers in Economic Growth, Ph.D course, Transcrime, Cattolica University of Milan, Italy.
- Associate Professor, Advanced Macro, Ph.D course, University of Milano Statale, Italy.
- Associate Professor, Macroeconomics (second year course), Monetary Economics, (third year courses), University of Pavia, Italy.
- Tenured Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Monetary Economics (third year optional course), Dynamic Optimization and Economic Applications (PhD course), University of Sheffield, UK.
- Visiting Professor, Recursive Methods in Economics, (PhD course), Universita’ di Tor Vergata Rome, Italy.
- Lecturer (Assistant Professor), International Finance (third year course), Macroeconomics III (third year course), Monetary Economics (third year optional course), Keele University, UK.
- Lecturer, International Economics (third year course), Advanced Microeconomics (PhD course), Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland.
PUBBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS:
“Inflation Targeting and Exchange Rate Pass-through”, Journal of International Money and Finance, 26
(2007) 1113-1150.
“Policy Regime Changes, Judgment and Taylor Rules in the Greenspan Era”, with C. Alcidi and A. Fracasso, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 78(309), pages 89-107, January 2011.
“Real-time Optimal Monetary Policy with Undistinguishable Model Parameters and Shock Processes
Uncertainty”, with C. Milas, Studies of Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, Vol. 15, Issue 2, Pages –, ISSN (Online) 1558-3708, DOI: 10.2202/1558-3708.1845, March 2011.
“Household's Preferences and Monetary Policy Inertia”, with A. Fracasso, Economics Letters, vol. 111(1), pages 64-67, April 2011.
“Economic Stability and the Choice of the Target Inflation Index”, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics. Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages –, ISSN (Online) 1558-3708, DOI: 10.1515/1558-3708.1997, April 2012.
“Interest Rate Forecasts in Inflation Targeting Open-Economies”, Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, il Mulino, issue 3, pages 381-408, 2012.
“Distribution Forecast Targeting in an Open-economy”, with C. Milas, Macroeconomic Volatility and
Financial Implications, Journal of Financial Stability, Volume 16, February 2015, Pages 89–105
“Illegal drugs and public corruption: Crack based evidence from California”, with B. Jahanshahi, B., and K. Mohaddes, (Accepted/In press). European Journal of Political Economy, [102005]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102005
"Institutional Mandates for Macroeconomic and Financial Stability" with P. R. Agenor, Journal of Financial Stability, DOI 10.1016/j.jfs.2022.101063
PUBBLICATIONS IN BOOKS
- “Politica di Stabilizzazione”, Encyclopedia Treccani, 2012.
- “Ritardo”, Encyclopedia Treccani, 2012.
WORK IN PROGRESS
- Organized Crime and Technology (with Mustafa Caglayan and Babak Jahanshahi)
- Organized Crime and Human Capital (with Mustafa Caglayan and Babak Jahanshahi)
- Economic Crisis and Organized Crime Opportunities (with Babak Jahanshahi)
- Institutional Mandates for Macroeconomic and Financial Stability (with P. R. Agenor)
- Heterogeneity in Sectoral Price Stickiness, Aggregate Dynamics and Monetary Policy Pitfalls with Real Shocks
- Price Stickiness Asymmetry, Industrial Transformation, and the Great Moderation
OTHER WORK IN PROGRESS:
- Organized Crime and Economic Growth
- Optimal Fiscal Policy in Times Austerity and High Public Debt
- A Simple Graphical Presentation of the New-Keynesian Model
REFEREEING:
European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, International Finance, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of International Development (2), Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance (2), Journal of Money Credit and Banking, International Economics and Economic Policy, International Review of Economics and Finance, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of International Economics, Studies of Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics (2).
INVITED SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS:
- Stratclyde University, May 2017
- Koc University, March 2017
- University of Geneva (IFSA), March 2017
- University of Milan, January 2017
- University of Trento, June 2017
- University of Geneva, June 2014.
- University of Manchester, May 2012.
- University of Pavia, December 2011.
- University of Nottingham, September 2011.
- University of Geneva, May 2011.
- University of Surrey, February 2011.
- University of Manchester, March 2010.
- University of Pavia, October 2009.
- Lancaster University, October 2009.
- Tor Vergata University, Rome, April 2009.
- Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF), Rome, July 2008.
- Norges Bank, Oslo, June 2008.
- University of Cardiff, February 2008.
- University of Cambridge, January 2008.
- Birkbeck College, University of London, November 2007.
- ESRC Seminar Series: Nonlinear Economics and Finance Research Community, Brunel University,
- London, UK, July 2007.
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong, China, October 2005.
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, October 2005.
- Reserve Bank of Australia, Sidney, Australia, October 2005.
- Swiss National Bank, Zurich, Switzerland, July 2005.
- London School of Economics, London, UK, November 2004.
- Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, Spring 2004.
- Ente L. Einaudi, Bank of Italy, Rome, Italy, September 2004.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- ASSA, Atlanta, US, January 2019.
- 32th Annual Congress, European Economic Association, Lisbon, Portugal, August 2017.
- Annual Meeting of the SSES, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2017.
- Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Productivity Workshop, Izmir, March 2017.
- Applied Microeconomic Workshop, University of Bolzano, March 2017.
- SIE annual conference, Bocconi University, 2017.
- 31th Annual Congress, European Economic Association, Geneva, Switzerland, August 2016.
- 55th RSA Trento, University of Trento, October 2014.
- Monetary transmission mechanism in diverse economies. Narodowy Bank Polski Workshop, Poland Central Bank, December 2013.
- Anglo-French-Italian Macroeconomic Workshop, Birkbeck, University of London, June 2013.
- 8th Dynare Conference, Swiss National Bank, Zurich, September 2012.
- Alumni's Workshop 2010, University La Sapienza, Rome, October 2010.
- Advances in International Economics and Economic Dynamics, Conference in Honour of Giancarlo Gandolfo, Rome, September 2010.
- Rimini Conference in Economics and Finance, University of Bologna, Rimini, June 2010.
- Anglo-French-Italian Macroeconomic Workshop, Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II, CNRS, GREQAM, June 2010.
- Society for Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics 18th Annual Symposium, University of Novara, April 2010.
- Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, University of Surrey, March 2010.
- Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Colloquium in Honour of Hans Genberg, October 2009.
- XVII International Conference on Banking and Finance, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, December 2008.
- Money Macro and Finance Annual Conference, Birkbeck, University of London, September 2008.
- 23th Annual Congress, European Economic Association, Amsterdam, Milan, August 2008.
- 12th Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, Crete, May 2008
- Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Warwick, March 2008.
- Annual Meeting of the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists, Padua, Italy, November 2007 (presented by A. Fracasso).
- Growth and Business Cycles in Theory and Practice Conference, University of Manchester, UK, July 2007.
- SSES Conference, St. Gallen University, Switzerland, March 2007 (presented by A. Fracasso).
- The 17th EC² Conference, Rotterdam, Netherland, December 2006.
- Theories and Methods in Macroeconomics, Toulose University, France, January 2006, (presented by C. Alcidi).
- 20th Annual Congress, European Economic Association, Amsterdam, Nederland, August 2005.
- 22nd Symposium on Banking and Monetary Economics, Strasburg, France, June 2005.
- X Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Geneva, Switzerland, March 2005. -Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, December 2004.
- XIII International Conference on Banking and Finance, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, November 2004.
- Congress “Money and International Finance”, Basel, Switzerland, 2004.
- Mondragone International Macroeconomics Workshop, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, 2001.
- Conference “Il modello economico e sociale di Maastricht alla prova dei fatti”, Senato della Repubblica, Rome, Italy, 1994.
CONFERENCE DISCUSSIONS:
- SIE annual conference, Bocconi University, Milan, 2017.
- Fourth International Conference in memory of Carlo Giannini “Advances in macroeconometrics and the empirical assessment of macroeconomic policies”, 2014, Pavia, Italy.
- . Comment to XIII Rapporto di Sos Impresa, co-authored with Guido Ascari, 2012, Pavia, Italy.
- The Anglo-French-Italian Macroeconomics Workshop 2011, Milano, Italia.
- 12th Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, 2008, Crete, Greece.
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:
- Ente L. Einaudi, Rome, Italy, Research Fellowship, April – October 2008.
- The 17th EC² Conference, Rotterdam, Netherland, December 2006, Best Poster Award.
- HEI GENEVE, Scholarship for Post-graduate study, 2005-2006.
- Grant for the 20th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2005.
- XIII International Conference on Banking and Finance, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy, 2004. Best Paper Award for the Young Economists Session.
- HEI GENEVE, Scholarship for Post-graduate study, 2004.
- Ente L. Einaudi, Rome, Italy, Grant for Research Project, 2002.
- Swiss National Fund, Research Grant, 2001.
- Swiss Confederation, Geneva, Switzerland, Scholarship for Post-graduate study, 1999.
- University of Rome I "La Sapienza", Italy, Scholarship for Doctorate in Mathematical Economics, 1998.
- EU, Study Grant for the Erasmus Exchange Project, LSE and King's College, London, UK, 1993.
RESEARCH GRANT COMMISSIONS
- President, Postdoc Research Grant “Study and simulation/Econometric Estimation of DSGE models for Macroeconomic and Financial Stability”, University of Pavia, 2014.
- Member, Postdoc Research Grant “Organized Crime and Industrial Transformation”, University of Pavia, 2014.
- Member, Postdoc Research Grant, University of Pavia, 2012.
RESEARCH PLANNING COMMISSIONS
- Member, Research Committee, University of Sheffield, 2008-2011.
PhD VIVA COMMISSIONS
- External Examiner for Massimo Ferrari, Cattolica University of Milan, 2017.
- Internal Examiner for Alice Albonico and Daniela Baiardi, University of Pavia, 2012.
- External Examiner for Roy Zilberman, University of Manchester, UK, 2014.
RESEARCH GRANTS
- Principal Investigator, Research Project “Organized Crime & Industrial Transformation”, Univ. Pavia, 2014
- Member, Research Project “Better integrating financial markets into, policy focussed, macro models”, FP7 EU
- Member, PRIN 2009BL8BEF_002
POSTDOC SUPERVISIONS
- Research Project “Study and simulation/Econometric Estimation of DSGE models for Macroeconomic and Financial Stability” (Research Project within the previously reported FP7 project), Supervisee: L. Tariffi
- Research Project “Organized Crime and Industrial Transformation”, Supervisee: Babak Jahanshahi.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES:
- Exams and Teaching Timetable Committee, University of Pavia, 2014 –
- Open Days Organization Committee, Keele University, 2007-2008.
- External Seminar Coordinator, University of Sheffield 2009 and Keele University, 2007-08
SOFTWARE: E-Views, Fortran, Gauss, Mathematica, Matlab, Dynare.
LANGUAGES: Italian, English, French, Spanish.
Last Updated 26.02.2021