My research focuses on Economic Policy and Applied Econometrics, primarily in the fields of Growth and Development, Macroeconomics and Regional Economics.
Current research
"Understanding the Drivers of Remittances to Pakistan" (with D. de Padua, I. A. Qureshi, K. Taniguchi). ADB Economics Working Paper Series, NO. 733, July 2024. Status: Under revision.
"Oil price passthrough in emerging economies" (with M. T. Punzi). Status: In progress.
"Long-term growth prospects in Asia" (with K. Otsu, A. Ramayandi, K. Shibayama). Status: In progress.
“From Growth to Decline? Structural Change, Industrial Policy, and the Challenge of Premature Deindustrialization in Asia” (with M. Battisti, A. F. Gravina). Status: In progress.
"Dissecting Premature Deindustrialization in Asian Economies" (with M. Battisti, A. F. Gravina). Status: In progress.
"Labor market institutions and automation" (with G. Ciminelli).
"The real exchange rate and growth: New empirical evidence".
“Business cycles and long-run growth”.
"The nature of regional growth in Italy".
“Labour market institutions, business cycles and endogenous growth”.
“Macroeconomic effects of central bank independence and transparency”.
“Monetary independence in emerging economies”.
“New evidence on inflation persistence”.
“The endogeneity of the balance of payments constrained growth rate”.
“The growth-population relation revisited”.
Permanent working papers
"The Real Exchange Rate and Growth in Latin America" (with F. Monteforte). Available at SSRN, December 2019.
"The Pillars of Potential Growth and the Role of Policy: A Panel Data Approach" (with J. Felipe, N. Sotocinal and C. Bayudan-Dacuycuy). ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 482, May 2016.
“The People's Republic Of China's potential growth rate: The long-run constraints” (with J. Felipe and J. Zhuang). ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 418, November 2014.
“Inflation targeting and interest rates” (with R. Nogueira Jnr). MPRA Paper No. 46153 , March 2013.
“Crime and regional growth in Italy”. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers, Paper 929, February, 2013.
“Economic Structure, Technology Diffusion and Convergence: The Case of the Italian Regions”. Department of Economics Discussion Paper 0507, University of Kent, 2005.