Hi, I am associate professor at the Economics Department of the London Business School and research affiliate at CEPR. Until July 2009, I was Research Advisor of the External Members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England. I hold a Ph.D. from Bocconi University. My fields of interest are Macroeconomics, Business Cycle, Monetary Economics and Applied Econometrics. In these web pages, you will find information on my curriculum vitae, publications, working papers and work in progress. Hope you enjoy it!