WORKING PAPERS

"On the Benefits of a Monetary Union: Does it Pay to Be Bigger?" May 2009.

"Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy in the EMU: Does Fiscal Policy Coordination Matter? " May 2009.

"Trade Policy: Terms of Trade Externality vs. Home Market Effect." (joint with Alessia Campolmi and Harald Fadinger), September 2009.

"Policy Targets in a Linear-Quadratic Framework", joint with Stefano Gnocchi work in progress.

"Optimal Trade Policy in a Krugman Model" (joint with Alessia Campolmi and Harald Fadinger), work in progress.

"A Model with Housing with Risky Mortgages" (joint with Luisa Lambertini) work in progress.

BIOGRAPHY

Education:

October 2009: PhD Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona Spain.
Supervisor: Prof. Jordi Galí.
Thesis Committee: Gianluca Benigno, Bianca De Paoli, Gino Gancia, Evi Pappa, Thijs Van Rens.

February-March 2006: Visiting MIT.

March 2005: PhD in Economics at the University of Venice.
Final Dissertation: Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy: Three Essays.
Supervisor: Prof. Guido Cazzavillan

June 2003: Master in Economics with honours Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona Spain.

November 1997: Laurea (BA) in Economics at Università di Venezia (Ca' Foscari) Venice, Italy.
Supervisor: Prof. Ignazio Musu.

Fields of Interest:
Macroeconomics, Open Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics.

Teaching and Related Activities:

January-June 2008: Applied Economics I, Macroeconomics II Universitat Pompeu Fabra Spain.

Teaching Assistantship:

October 2008- Economics, Master in Financial Engineering CDM EPFL.

October 2005 - June 2007 Applied Economics I, Applied Economics II, Introduction to Economics I (undergraduate courses) Universitat Pompeu Fabra;

April - June 2005 International Finance (graduate course) Universitat Pompeu Fabra;

February - June 2000 Microeconomics (undergraduate course) Università di Venezia

Professional Experience:

September 1998-August 2001: Senior Researcher at the GRETA Associati (Gruppi di Ricerca Economica Teorica e Applicata), Venice, Italy.

More details in my CV.