Curriculum

Biografy

Current Positions

Professore Ordinario” (Full Professor) of Economics, Università di Firenze (2000-present); Team Leader and Part-Time Professor, European University Institute, Florence, (October 2008- present); scientific coordinator of Fondazione ICE Manlio Masi (2005- present).

Previous experience

Visiting Professor, New York University (Florence, 2007-2009); Head of Research and Study Area, Italian Foreign Trade Commission (2005-2007); Advisor Ministry of International trade (2006-2008); "Professore Associato" of  Economics, Università di Firenze, 1995- 2000 and Università di Cassino, 1992-1995; Research Associate, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), project on "Market Integration, Regionalism and the Global Economy", 1994-1998; Lecturer and Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, 1990 - 1995; "Ricercatore Confermato", Università di Roma, La Sapienza, 1987 -1991; Lector, Trinity College,  Cambridge, UK, 1988 - 1989; "Ricercatore", Università di Roma, La Sapienza, 1983 - 1987.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 1989.
  • M.Phil in Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 1982.
  • Laurea cum Laude in Statistics and Economics, Università di Roma, La Sapienza, Italy, 1980.

Fields of Specialization

  • Development Economics
  • International Economics, International Finance, European Monetary Union.
  • Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics.
  • Applied Econometrics.

Selected publications (last 15 years):

  • Size, Innovation and Internationalization: a Survival Analysis of Italian Firms (with G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi), Applied Economics, forthcoming, 2009 (in proofs).
  • "A Tale of Parallel Integration Processes: A Gravity Analysis of EU Trade with Mediterranean and Central and Eastern European Countries," (with Pastore, Francesco and Ferragina, Anna Maria), in Review of Middle East Economics and Finance: Vol. 5 : No. 2, Article 2, 2009.
  • “Do Chinese exports crowd-out African goods? An econometric Analysis by country and sector” (with Marco Sanfilippo), The European Journal of Development Research, vol 21, n. 4 September, pp 506-530, 2009.
  • “Productivity and the international firm: dissecting heterogeneity” (with D. Castellani),  EFIGE WP 13, october 2009, forthcoming in  The Journal of Econominc Policy Reform, 2009.
  • Nominal Debt as a Burden on Monetary Policy (with R. Marimon, J. Diaz Gimenez and P. Teles), Review of Economic Dynamics, 2008, already NBER Working Paper 13677, December 2007.
  • Imprese Internazionalizzate e produttività: il ruolo delle competenze organizzative e manageriali, (with D. Castellani), ), l’Industria, n.3, 2008, p 385-404.
  •  Struttura industriale e competitività: elementi determinanti nel processo di internazionalizzazione dell’economia italiana (with E. Mazzeo), l’Industria, n. 1, 2008
  • “J curve” in S. Durlauf editor, “The new Palgrave Dictionary of Economics”, 2007.
  • Forecasting EU-Romania Trade by Gravity Analysis, with A. Ferragina and F. Pastore in Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting, 4/2005, 83-93
  • Geografia e commercio mondiale (with L. De Benedictis), Ice, rapporto sul Commercio Estero 2006, Rome July 2006.
  •  “The Business Cycle and its International Transmission: Recent Changes for the Italian Economy” (with M. Cacciotti, B. Cerciello, and G. De Arcangelis), Rivista di Politica Economica, June 2005.
  • “Trade Links with the SEEC’s: Trade Specialization and Industrial Structure”; (joint with G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri and M. Galeotti), Journal of Balkans, 2005.
  • "An EMU with different transmission mechanisms?" (with R. Marimon), in J. von Hagen and C. Waller (eds.) Regional Aspects of Monetary Policy in Europe, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
  • "Policy Commitments and the Creation of EMU" (with R. Marimon and P. Teles) in J. Arrowsmith ed. Thinking the Unthinkable about EMU, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, London, March 1998;
  • "A Monetary Union for a Heterogeneous Europe" (with R. Marimon), in F. Torres ed., Monetary Reform in Europe, Universitade Catolica Editora, Lisbon, 1996;
  • "Growth, Capital Flows and Enforcement Constraints: The Case of Africa,'' (with A. Marcet and R. Marimon), European Economic Review, 1993.

Other Selected Publications (last 10 years)

  • Fragile countries and the current Economic crisis,  (with Franklin Allen), Background paper for European Report on Development, October, 2009;
  • African Financial Markets: a spillover analysis of shock (with Margherita Velucchi), ), Background paper for European Report on Development, October, 2009;
  • Commercio, outsourcing e gli effetti sul mercato del lavoro (with B. Quintieri) in Dell’Aringa, Giovannetti, Padoan, Quintieri e Sestito eds, Globalizzazione, Specializzazione produttiva e mercato del lavoro, Rubbettino editore, collana Fondazione Masi, 2008
  • Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Italy, Germany and the New Europe (withn F. Luchetti), in A. Quadrio Curzio and M. Fortis eds. The EU and the Economies of the Eastern European Enlargement, Physica-Verlag, 2008.
  • Le imprese esportatrici sfruttano i vantaggi di localizzazione? Un’analisi multilivello per imprese italiane (with G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi), 2008, in Rapporto Commercio Estero;
  • Globalization, in P. Della Posta and A. Verdun (eds), Palgrave Mc Millan, 2008, forthcoming.
  • Strategie di prezzo e qualità nelle esportazioni italiane: il settore tessile-abbigliamento (with M. Armenise and F. Luchetti) in A. Lanza e B. Quintieri: Eppur si Muove, Rubettino ed. March 2007
  • Dinamica dell’interscambio commerciale e degli investimenti diretti esteri tra Italia ed Europa Centro Orientale (with F. Luchetti) , in M. Fortis and A. Quadrio Curzio, L’Europa Allargata, l’est e l’Italia, il Mulino, Bologna 2007.
  • Dimensione, Innovazione e Internazionalizzazione: Un’Analisi di Sopravvivenza delle Imprese Italiane,  (with G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi) ICE, Annual Report, 2007, Rome, July 2007
  • Effetti della Imprenditorialità e della Internazionalizzazione sulla performance di impresa in Italia (with G. Ricchiuti and M. Velucchi) ICE, Annual Report, 2007, Rome, July 2007
  • Commento in Come sta cambiando l’Italia, Baldwin R. Barba Navaretti G and T. Boeri eds, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2007.
  • The effects of the new patterns of FDI on growth and inequality: the case of Southern Mediterranean Countries (with  Giorgio Ricchiuti and C. Bonassi) in A. Cornia (ed.) Pro-poor Macroeconomics, Palgrave, London, 2006.
  • Il Superamento delle tensioni commerciali transatlantiche, in “ Alleanze alla prova: Europa e Stati uniti fra cooperazione e conflitto”, E. Sassoon and C. Secchi eds, Egea editore, 2006.
  • Due modelli di integrazione commerciale e produttiva con l’Europa centro orientale: un confronto fra Italia e Germania (with F. Luchetti e C. Bonassi), Rapporto ICE 2006, Rome, July 2006
  • “A Tale of Parallel Integration Processes. A Gravity Analysis of EU Trade with Mediterranean and Central and Eastern European Countries”, IZA Discussion Paper, No. 1829,  (with A. Ferragina and Francesco Pastore), 2005
  • “Sud o Est? Sfide e opportunità per l’Italia di una crescente integrazione” ” (with G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri and M. Galeotti), in L. Paganetto e B. Quintieri eds. Il commercio estero dell’Italia, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2003.
  •  “Quote di mercato e competitività delle imprese italiane nel bacino del Mediterraneo e nei Balcani” (with G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri and M. Galeotti), in La Competitività dell’Italia, in GP. Galli and L. Paganetto eds., Il Sole 24 Ore, Milan, 2002.
  • “Sulle asimmetrie di una politica monetaria comune in Europa” (with G. De Arcangelis), in Da Nazioni a Regioni: Mutamenti Istituzionali e strutturali dopo l’Unione Monetaria Europea, in F. Farina and R. Tamburini eds., Bologna, Il Mulino, 2002.
  •  “EMU and the Mediterranean Area” in Economic Cooperation among the Countries in the Mediterranean Area, P. Tani ed., Florence University Press, Firenze, 2001.
  • “Perspective of trade of Italy with Balkans and Mediterranean“(with G. De Arcangelis, G. Ferri and M. Galeotti), in Rapporto sul Commercio Estero, ICE, 2000, Roma, 2001. 
  • "L'Unione Monetaria Europea e i paesi del Sud del Mediterraneo (“EMU and South Mediterranean countries"), in P.C. Padoan ed., Gli effetti Reali dell'Euro, il Mulino, Bologna, 2000.
  • "The impact of EMU on Mediterranean economies", in R. Ragionieri ed., Politica ed Economia nell'Area del Mediterraneo (Politics and economics in the Mediterranean areas) , Quaderni Forum, anno XI n. 2, Florence, 1997;
  • "A Monetary Union for a Heterogeneous Europe" (with R. Marimon), in F. Torres ed., Monetary Reform in Europe, Universitade Catolica Editora, Lisbon, 1996;
  • "Europa: Heterogeneidad Economica e Integracion Monetaria" (with R. Marimon), in R. Marimon ed. La economia Espanola: una vision diferente, A. Bosch, Barcelona, January 1996;
  • "La Economia Politica della Union Monetaria Europea" (with R. Marimon), in R. Marimon ed. La economia Espanola: una vision diferente, A. Bosch, Barcelona, January 1996;

Work in progress

  • Sophistication of Chinese exports and crowding out (joint with M. Sanfilippo)
  • Internationalization and Management (joint with D. Castellani)
  • Quality and export: the role of income distribution (with A. Borin)
  • Multilevel analysis of the Italian  export propensity (with M. Velucchi and G. Ricchiuti)
  • Italian FDI in services (joint with M. Armenise and I. Cingottini)
  • Use of Knowlegde Services and mode of internationalization

Main Presentations in Meetings and Conferences

Academic (last 10 years)

  • Roma, do FDI in services follow FDI in Manufacturing?, November 2009;
  • Addis Ababa, African Development Bank, Annual Conference 2009, channels of transmission of the financial crisis, November 2009;
  • European Economic Association, 2009 Meeting, Barcelona, August 2009, Productivity and the international firm: dissecting heterogeneity
  • Accra, Conference on Financial markets, adverse shocks and coping strategies in fragile countries, fragile countries and the current economic crisis, May 2009;
  • Turin, Firb, TFP and management; also discussant, February 2009;
  • Lecce, Italian trade Study Group, Entrepreneurship and internationalization mode, May 2008;
  • Milan, Firb, Management and productivity, February 2008;
  • Villa Mondragone, CNR,  Firms Demography, September 2007;
  • Cagliari, Crenos, Quality, R&D and Exports, June 2007;
  • Firenze, International Economics and Industrial Economics: a new bridge? Annual Conference of SIEPI, invited paper, January 2007
  • Rome, January 2007, Conference organized by Luiss, FDI and the “I” factor
  • Roma, June 2006, Annual Conference of Italian Statistic Institute, Import Content of Italian Imports
  • Florence, EUI, Globalization, Round Table (with P. De Grauwe and M. Nuti), April 2006.
  • Roma, March 2006, Exports and FDi in Italian Districts, conference organised by Fondazione Masi
  • Roma, February 2006, Trade dynamic and Eastern Europe, Accademia dei Lincei, Conference organized by Fondazione Edison
  •  “The effects of the new patterns of FDI on growth and inequality: the case of Southern Mediterranean Countries”, Pro-poor Macroeconomics, Unsrid, Florence, 24-25 February 2005;
  • “FDI in Egypt, Morocco, Turkey  and Tunisia”, Conference on “Southern Mediterranean Countries and the enlargement of EU”, Il Cairo, November, 2004;
  • European Economic Association, 2004 Meeting, Madrid, August 2004, “New Patterns of FDI and Mediterranean Countries”,
  • European Economic Association, 2003 Meeting, Stockholm, August 2003, “Nominal Debt as a Burden to Monetary Policy”
  • Econometric Society European Meetings, Stockholm, August 2003, “The Business Cycle and its International Transmission: Recent Changes for the Italian Economy”;
  • Society for Economic Dynamics Meetings, Paris, June 2003, “Nominal Debt as a Burden to Monetary Policy”
  • Conference on “Whither SEECs Development? A SME Perspective for Integration with the EU”, World Bank and University of Bari, Bari, February 2001, “Trade Links with the SEEC’s: Trade Specialization and Industrial Structure”;
  • Società Italiana degli Economisti, Cagliari, October 2000, invited lecture “Sulle asimmetrie di una politica monetaria comune in Europa”;
  • World Congress Econometric Society, Seattle, August 2000, “Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility”;
  • Conference on “La Europa de las Regiones tras la Union Monetaria”, April 2000, Sevilla, Spain, invited lecture on “ Una Union Monetaria con diferentes Mecanismos de Trasmision?”
  • Conference on “Le Economie dell’Area del Mediterraneo”, Bank of Italy, April 2000, Rome, Italy, invited paper on “Integration in the Mediterranean Area, opportunities for Italy”.
  • Giornata Paolo Baffi, Ente L. Einaudi, December 1999, Rome, Italy, invited paper on: "Nominal Debt and  Monetary Policy".
  • ASSET99, October 1999, Tel Aviv, Israel, “Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility”;
  • Villa Mondragone XI International Seminar, Taxation and Fiscal Policy after EMU, July 1999, invited lecture on “Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility”;
  • Society for Economic Dynamics, 1999 Meetings, June 1999, Alghero, Italy, “Nominal Debt and Monetary Policy Credibility”;
  • Alexandria, Egypt, February 1999, invited lecture at the Conference "Integration between Europe and the Arab World", "The Economic Dimension of Integration between Arab World and Western Europe";
  • Il Cairo, Egypt, University Ain-Shams, November 1998, invited lecture at the Conference: "Economic Links between Mediterranean Countries",  "EMU and the Mediterranean Area";
  • Società Italiana degli Economisti, Milan, October 1998, "EMU and the Mediterranean Area";
  • European Economic Association, 1998 Meeting, Berlin, September 1998, "an EMU with different transmission mechanisms?";
  • Bonn, July 1998, Common Money and Uncommon Regions, "An EMU with different Transmission Mechanisms?";
  • Europe on the way to the Euro, Florence, may 1998, "Policy conflicts and Monetary Union: where do we stand?";
  • CNR Meeting on: "Sviluppo economico e  Relazioni Internazionali", Padova, April 1998 "The impact of EMU on outsiders";
  • L'Europa del Trattato di Amsterdam e dell'Euro, Conference organized by the European Parliament, Florence, March 1998, "The Euro, the dollar and the yen: changes in their uses as international currencies?";
  • Identità e Conflitti: il Mediterraneo, Forum per I problemi della pace e della guerra, November 1997, Florence, "Some possible consequences of EMU for the Southern Mediterranean countries";
  • Society for Economic Dynamics, 1997 Meetings, July 1997, Oxford, UK, “An EMU with different transmission mechanisms?”;
  • Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, III International Meeting, June 1997, Antalya, Turkey, “An EMU with different transmission mechanisms?”.

Policy oriented Conferences

  • Florence, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion and presentations of the Draft Report, June 2009
  • Rome, Discussant of ISAE Quarterly report, July 2009;
  • Rome, Presentation of ICE Annual report, July 2009;
  • Barcelona, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion, May 2009;
  • Florence, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion , April 2009;
  • Cambridge, European Report on Development, 2009, panel discussion,  March 2009;
  • Bologna, Prometeia, Presentation Annual report, January 2008;
  • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2007, The Italian Export model: quality upgrading, outsourcing and pricing to market.
  • Sophia, CEI-OECD, SME Development Projects in the CEI Region, The Increasing Importance of Internationalized SMEs in the CEI region, November 2007 November 2007;
  • Firenze, Stati Generali sulla Sostenibilità, La Sostenibilità socio-economica della internazionalizzazione, November 2007;
  • Santorini, Greece, Workshop, September 2007, Nominal Debt as a burden to Monetary Policy
  • Roma, Presentation of ICE Annual Report, July 2007.
  • Damasco, Syria, Italian exports and the move to high quality, June 2007.
  • Roma, Il posizionamento internazionale dell’economia italiana e l’operatività delle BCC-CR con l’estero, June 2007.
  • Roma, Italia Multinazionale, Foreign direct Investment in Italy: the state of the art, May 2007.
  • Buenos Aires, April 2007, invited Lecture (lezione Magistrale) on The role of China in the world Economy, University of Bologna at Buenos Aires.
  • Riga, Competitività e crescita nel mercato europeo: prospettive di sviluppo, L’Italia nell’economia internazionale: sfide e opportunità, March 2007;
  • Lecce, Annual Meeting CIA, I mercati di riferimento del Made in Italy alimentare.
    L’evoluzione del commercio estero e degli investimenti dell’Italia, March 2007;
  • Rome, CNEL, Globalization, international specialization and labor market, towards a new welfare, March 2007
  • Rome, OECD, Progress in Investment Reform, Investment Reform Index (Balkan), February 2007
  • Roma, Upgrading of quality in the Italian textiles industry, Conference organised by Fondazione Masi, San Paolo IMI January 2007
  • Roma, July 2006, Presentation of the Italian trade Institute Annual Report
  • Conference on “il Sistema Lombardo  dell’internazionalizzazione”, invited lecture, “SME and industrial District: a model of internationalization”, Bejing and Shangai, November 2002.
  • Young Leaders Alumni Conference, Florence, May 1998 "Is the Euro Challenging the Dollar?";

Invited Seminars, Discussions and Economic Policy Panels (last 5 years)

Presentation of ERD2009, European Development Days (Stockholm, October 2009); DIE (Bonn, November, 2009), European Commission (Brussels, October 2009), University of Manchester (Manchester, November 2009), German Marshal Fund (Washington, November 2009), Milan, Meeting Chinese Opinion Leader, Italy and mechanics: a world leadership, January 2008. Caserta, Annual Meeting of Piccola Industria, Opening Speech, October 2007; ICE-Prometeia Annual report Presentation: Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs, Roma, November 2007; Firenze, January 2007, Aid for Trade, Conference on development Issues and Aid; Rome, Convegno Fondazione De Benedetti, Le imprese e la specializzazione produttiva dell’Italia: dal Macrodeclino alla microcrescita? Come sta cambiando la specializzazione produttiva dell’Italia, March 2007; Milan, Globalizzazione, l’Italia e il settore del caffé, October 2007; EUI, Florence, Globalization, April 2006; Casablanca, Italy and Morocco: ICE-ABI-Confindustria: new opportunities for trade and FDI, November 2006; Canton, China, Italian districts, Invited Paper, CISMEF, September 2006; Rome, November 2006, Presentation of The Annual Report ICE- Prometeia; Prato, October 2006, Invited paper, Annual meeting of “Piccola Industria”, Opportunities and Challenges for small medium enterprises; Firenze, March 2006, China and India and world trade; Bergamo, February 2006, oil producers and the new market opportunities; IAI, Asian Economic Outlook, Roma, April 2005; Aspen Institute, Rome, China’s Challenge to Europe and the US, March 2005;  Il Made in Italy e la Sfida Globale, Rome, 25-26 February 2005, Italy: “is there a competitiveness Problem?”; American Chambers of Commerce, UE and US: How to improve economic integration? February 2005; Aspen Institute, Rome, Rethinking Globalization: Italy’s role in EU-India Relations, February 2005; International WorkshopEmpirical studies on innovation in Europe, Urbino, December 2003; Rome, Conference on Outsourcing: the case of Romania, September 2003; Rome, Conference on “Internationalization of Industrial Districts”,  March 2003; XIV Villa Mondragone International Economic Seminar on “Institutions and Growth”, June 2002.

Conference organizer

Roma, November 2009, “Competitiveness of the Italian Economy”; ERD2009 conferences in Cambridge (March 2009), Florence (April, 2009), Barcelona (May 2009), Accra (May 2009), Florence (June 2009); Lecce, May 2008 “theoretical and empirical aspects of firms internationalization”; Villa Mondragone, September 2007 “The Doha Round”; Turin, February 2007 “FDI and Exports”; Milan, June 2006; Conference on “ FDI and Determinants of location of foreign activities”, (joint with G. De Arcangelis, D. Castellani, A. Zanfei), Urbino, May 2005; Conference on “Southern Mediterranean Countries and the enlargement of EU”, Il Cairo, October 2004 (on behalf of University of Florence, joint with University of Il Cairo and Central Bank of Egypt); Conference on “Outsourcing and Competitiveness in International Trade” (with R. Faini and G. De Arcangelis), Firenze, November 2003. Conference on “Clusters, Italian Districts and SME”, ICE-CNR (with G Bruno), Rome, March 2003. Conference on “External Trade and International Integration”, CNR-CreNos (with M. Vannini), Alghero, June 2002.Conference on “Macroeconomic Policy After EMU”, (Schuman Centre-EUI, Oxford Review of Economic Policy and European Commission, with M. Artis), Florence, April 1999.Conference on "The Political Economy of Fiscal and Monetary Policy in EMU", (CEPR, Crei-UPF, EUI, DGXII, with R. Marimon, H. Uhlig, A. Marcet, P. Weil),  Barcelona, December 1998; Conference on "Growth: transfer of technology, capital and skills", (CEPR, CreNos and CNR, with R. Baldwin), Alghero, September 1997;  Summer School of Industrial Economics, Cargese, Corsica, (with J. de Bandt, R. Arena), September 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995; Second International Workshop in Game Theory and Applications, Cassino (with E. Agliardi), May 1995. First International Workshop in Game Theory and Applications, Cassino (with E. Agliardi), June 1994;

Other Activities

Managerial Experience

As Head of Research of ICE, I organized a group of more than 10 people with different duties (economists working on the Annual Report and other research, statisticians, librarians etc). I was directing the research, organizing meetings, conferences, acting as speechwriter for the President and the Director General of ICE and the Minister of International trade; I went to the WTO meeting in Hong Kong and was head of delegation at some tables; I was head of delegation in a visit in China (Zuhai and Canton, September 2007).

I directed the PhD programme on Economic Development of the University of Firenze (2003-2005).

Teaching Experience

(graduate and undergraduate) at Università di Firenze, Faculty of Economics, and Faculty of Engineering (1995-present);  New York University, Firenze,(2007- present); Università di Cassino, Faculty of Economics (1992-1995), University of Cambridge, Faculty of Economics and Politics (1990-1995); Universitat Pompeu Fabra: graduate teaching (1994); Università di Roma, Faculty of Statistics: (1984 - 1990) and  Faculty of Economics (graduate teaching in applied econometrics, 1988- 1991). College teaching: TrinityCollege, King's, St Johns', Fitzwilliam, and ChurchillCollege (1988-1995); Extensive experience in PhD supervising and thesis committee; Member of  Selection Committee (entry level, grants, Associate Professors).

Executive Teaching

Istituto Commercio Estero, executive teaching in International Economics, 2003 to present; SACE, executive teaching in International Economics, 2007-2008; Presidenza del consiglio dei Ministri, SSPA, Caserta, post-graduate lectures for top managers of the prime Minister office on "Italy and the Monetary Union", May 1999; Scuola Superiore di Pubblica Amministrazione, Rome, Master lectures for managers of Public Administration on "Globalization of Financial Markets", 1999-2003; University of Firenze, Teacher in Master for Engineering of Environmental Disasters (10 lectures on the theory of investment) 2001 to present; Università di Firenze, Faculty of Political Science, postgraduate lectures for perspective diplomats on "International Relationships in a interdisciplinary perspective: the economists views", 1998- 2001 and  on "the development of the Mediterranean Area", September 1999; Special Management Course on "Effects of the European Monetary Union", Regione Toscana, 1998-2000; Special Course on "Economic Integration in Europe and the European Monetary Union" for Public Administration Employees (8 hours), Scandicci (Fi), September-December 1998; Lectures for Managers on "International Macroeconomics", Ilea-Olivetti, Ivrea, 1985-89; Lectures for Managers on "Integration in Europe" and "The oil crises and counter-crises", ENI, Castel Gandolfo, 1984-1988.

Main Grants and Awards

Grant FIRB (Ministry of Reserarch) “Delocalization” Project coordinator, 2005-2008; Grant Murst 40% “Competitiveness, Specialization and productive delocalization”, project coordinator, 2003-2005. Grant CNR  “EMU and the Mediterranean Area”, project coordinator, 2000-2002. Grant Ministero Esteri, Azioni Integrate Italia- Spagna, "Harmonization of EMU Economic Policies", National coordinator, Italy, 1999-2001. Grant CNR, "Globalization, International Capital Flows and Growth", Local coordinator (national coordinator prof. B. Quintieri), Italy, 1998-2002. Grant CNR, "European Economic Integration and Regional Growth Differentials", National Coordinator, Italy, 1995-97. European Forum Fellowship, European Economic Institute, Firenze, 1996-97; Visiting Fellowship, Ministerio de Economia, Spain, 1992; Grant to study abroad: Ente L. Einaudi, Rome, 1982-84; Grant to study abroad: B. Stringher, Banca d'Italia, Rome, 1981-82; Grant for a project on “Wage indexation” under the supervision of Prof. L. Izzo, Fondazione L. Einaudi, Turin, 1980-81; Special thesis award: premio Mario Negri, 1980.

Translation Translator English to Italian for the Bank of International Settlements Annual Report, 1985-89; Translations of Articles and Books from English to Italian, 1982-89.

Referee: Banca d'Italia, Contributi alla Ricerca; BNL Quarterly Review; Economic Notes; European Economic Review; European Journal of Political Economy; Joice; Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics; Manchester School; Metroeconomica; Moneta e Credito; Ricerche Economiche; Rivista di Politica Economica. 

Languages

Italian:  Mother Tongue.  English: Fluent in all its aspects.  French: Fluent (exams of Grenoble 1, 2, 3).  Spanish: Intermediate.  German:  Elementary (Goethe Institute 5th year).