I am a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Law of Sapienza University of Rome. I am also an affiliate at the Centre for Macroeconomics and a Fellow at the Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis.
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PhD in Economics, 2010
University of Kent
MSc in Economics, 2005
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
BSc in Economics and Statistics, 2004
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
I was born in Potenza, Basilicata (Italy), on the 5th of May 1981. In 2004 I graduated from Bocconi University and I moved to Barcelona to study an MSc in Economics at Pompeu Fabra University. After a one-year scholarship at Carlos III University in Madrid, in 2006 I moved to the University of Kent in Canterbury (UK) as a Ph.D. student. In September 2009 I started as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the University of Surrey where I have also contributed to the creation and development of the Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies. In April 2013 I was promoted to Senior Lecturer and in August 2018 to Reader. In September 2018 I joined the Research Hub of the Bank of England as a Senior Research Economist. In July 2021 I have been promoted to Research Advisor. In March 2023 I left the Bank of England and the University of Surrey to join Sapienza University of Rome as a Full Professor in Economics. Over the years I’ve also been at OECD and ECB as an intern, at the Banco de España as a research fellow, at the University of California San Diego as a visiting professor, a pole lead director at the Centre for Macroeconomics and a Guest teacher of Monetary Economics in the MSc of the London School of Economics .
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Blog post on Bank Underground: Covid-19 briefing: epi-macro 101
Blog post on Bank Underground: The Missing Link: Monetary Policy and The Labor Share
Radio interview on Brexit for ‘Corresponseales en Linea’ on Radio Ciudad Buenos Aires, Argentina. Youtube link
Bloomberg views: Beware of economic theories claiming to explain everything, by Noah Smith
The Replication Network: Furthering the practice of replication in Economics
Centre for International Macroeconomic Studies, University of Surrey: Organizing Easter and Summer schools in Macroeconomics every year.
Le lezioni inizieranno lunedì 23 settembre 2024 con il seguente calendario:
Il corso è finalizzato a fornire la conoscenza delle teorie, dei modelli e degli strumenti della politica economica e la capacità di applicarla con riferimento alle problematiche nazionali e internazionali, aziendali e istituzionali.
Programma: Politica economica ed economia politica. Fallimenti del mercato microeconomici e macroeconomici. La teoria normativa della politica economica. I fallimenti dello stato e la teoria positiva della politica economica. L’analisi costi-benefici. Gli strumenti di politica microeconomica. Le politiche antimonopolistiche. Le politiche in presenza di esternalità e di beni pubblici. Le politiche redistributive e lo stato sociale. Gli obiettivi e gli strumenti macroeconomici in un’economia aperta. La politica monetaria. La politica fiscale. La politica dei redditi e dei prezzi. Le politiche per la bilancia dei pagamenti. Politica economica e crescita economica. Le regole automatiche, gli interventi discrezionali e le incoerenze temporali. Politica economica e l’integrazione finanziaria internazionale.
L’esame consiste in una prova scritta e in una prova orale obbligatoria per poter ottenere un voto superiore al 25.
La prova scritta consiste in circa 20 domande a risposta multipla, comprendente anche domande su grafici e alcuni esercizi numerici, a cui si deve rispondere in 30 minuti.
In linea con quanto stabilito dalla facoltà, non sono previste prove intermedie o preappelli. Gli esami si terranno nelle finestre temporali previste dalla Facoltà.
Le lezioni inizieranno lunedì 18 settembre 2023 con il seguente calendario:
Office Hours - Orario di ricevimento
Tuesdays from 14.30 to 15.30 during term.
Martedì dalle 14.30 alle 15.30 durante il periodo di lezione.
2023 to date: Sapienza University of Rome - Teorie e Politiche Macroeconomiche - Laurea Magistrale in Economia Politica; Politica Economica - Laurea Triennale in Economia e Finanza.
2023: Economic Policy - MSc in Economics Sapienza University.
2022: London School of Economics - MSc ‘Monetary Economics and Aggregate Fluctuations’.
2009-2023: University of Surrey - Macroeconomics at all levels; International trade, Data analyisis and Contemporary issues in Economics at undergraduate level.
Over the years I have been teaching various courses on Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models construction, simulation and estimations using Dynare at the University of Surrey or in New Delhi, Porto, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cagliari, Abuja, Berlin and Turin.