2006 - Visiting scholar, University of Berkeley, California, USA.
2005 - PhD in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
1997 - M.Sc. in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
1995 - M.Sc. in Economics, Universita' L. Bocconi, Milan, Italy
1995 - B.A. in Economics, Universita' L. Bocconi, Milan, Italy.

From 2000, Economic Research Department, Bank of Italy, Rome.
2000 - 2003, Lecturer in Macroeconomics, LUISS University, Rome, Italy.
1998 - 2000, Lecturer in Microeconomics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.