Joined the department as a full-time professor in September 2012, coming from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. He has taught in numerous universities around the world and given professional courses at central banks. He has published over 70 articles in international journals and his graduate textbook, Methods for Applied Macroeconomic Research, was published in 2007 by Princeton University Press.
Education
M.A. 1992 Brown University, Providence. Rl. USA.
Ph.D. 1988 Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. MN, USA.
M.A. 1982 Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.,USA.
Diploma 1981 Cinema and TV Production, Instituto Nazzareno, Carpi, Italy
Diploma 1980 Piano and Orchestra Direction, Conservatory of Music, Reggip Emilia, Italy.
Laurea (BA) 1980 Economics, University of Modena, Modena, Italy.
Career
Referee Activities:
Econometrica, American Economic Review. Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Monetary Economics, International Economic Review, Review of Economic Dynamics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Quantitative Economics, NSF, ERC, ESRC, SSHRCC, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Controls, Review of Economic and Statistics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Economica, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Econometric Journal, Economic Journal, Review of the European Economic Association. Journal of Economics Growth, Journal of Japanese and International Economics, European Economic Review, Econometric Journal, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Forecasting, International Journal of Forecasting. Economic Notes, Politica Economica, Ricerche Economiche, Investigationes Economicas, IMF Staff Papers, World Bank Economic Review.