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Francesca Carapella

Federal Reserve Board

20 str and Constitution ave. NW 

Washington DC, 20551

                                       Francesca.Carapella@frb.gov

                                                            http://carapellaf.googlepages.com/home

                                                                                        Phone: +1 202 452 2919

 

 Current Employment

  •  08/2009 - present
Economist, Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems Studies, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Washington DC

 

Education


Ph.D. , Economics, University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, May 2008

M.A., Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, May 2006

M.A., Economics, CORIPE Piemonte, Turin, (Italy), July 2002

B.A., Economics, LUISS University, Rome (Italy), July 2001

 

Honors and Awards

 
 
Spring 2003: Marco Fanno fellowship, Medio Credito Centrale, Rome, Italy
 
 

Major Research Interests


Macroeconomic theory, Monetary theory, Public economics, Growth and development


Publications

"A model of banknotes discounts", joint with Laurence Ales, Pricila Maziero and Warren Weber, Journal of Economic Theory, volume 142, issue 1, 2008, pp. 5-27


"Deposit insurance, institutions and Banks' interest rates", joint with Giorgio Di Giorgio, Transition Studies Review, 11:3, December 2004, pp. 77-92


Research papers


"Banking panics and deflation in dynamic general equilibrium".


Teaching Experience

2002-2003  


  • Teaching Assistant, for the courses of Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Department of Economics, LUISS University, Rome, Italy
2008-2009
  • Adjunct professor of Monetary Economics, Department of Economics, LUISS University, Rome, Italy
  • Assistant professor of Macroeconomics, Master of Science in Economics, LUISS University, Rome, Italy

 

Professional Experience

2008 - 2009
    • Assistant professor of Economics, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Rome, Italy
2006 - 2008
    • Research Assistant, Research Department, Federal Research Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Research Assistant for Prof. Martin Schneider.
 2005 - 2006
    • Research Analyst, Research Department, Federal Research Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

 


 Professional Activities

 Conference and Invited Seminars:


2009


Conferences: European Summer Symposium in International Macroeconomics, Summer 2009, CEPR and Banque de France, Chateau de Ragny (France).
 
 

 2008


Conferences: European Economic Review Young Economists Workshop, Florence (Italy); Moncasca workshop, EIEF, Rome (Italy).

Seminars: New York FED, New York (USA), Rutgers University, New Brunswick (USA), University of Montreal, Montreal (CA), Notre Dame University, South Bend (USA), European Central Bank, Frankfurt (Germany), Federal Reserve Board, Washington DC (USA), Bank of Canada, Ottawa (CA), Toulouse School of Economics, Toulouse (France), EIEF, Rome (Italy), Bank of Italy, Rome (Italy), Bank of England, London (UK), Wesleyan University, Middletown (USA), University of Iowa, Iowa City (USA), University of Modena, Modena (ITALY).


2007


Conferences: Midwest Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN; Midwest Macreconomics Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH; Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Dynamics, Prague, Czech Republic; Money, Banking, Payments and Finance Conference, Cleveland FED, OH


2006

Conferences: Conference on Payment Methods II, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.  

 


Additional skills 

Languages: Italian (native), English (fluent), French (intermediate level) 

Other: Fifth year Conservatory Degree in Classical Piano, Volleyball (played competitively in Italy and UK)