EDUCATION

• 1996, PhD in Economics, University of Cambridge. Thesis Title: Essays in the Theory of Market Micro Structure.

• 1993,  M.Phil in Economic Theory and Econometrics, University of Cambridge.

• 1991,  BA in Statistics and Economics, University of Rome "La Sapienza''.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• 2006-, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Chieti-Pescara "G. d'Annunzio".

• 2001-2006, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Chieti-Pescara "G. d'Annunzio".

• 1996-2001, Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Finance, Department of Accounting and Finance, London School of Economics (LSE).

• 1997, Jean Monnet Fellow, European Institute of Florence.  

• 1996, Research Economist, Bank of England.

     VISITING POSITIONS

• 2007, Visiting Professor, Tanaka Business School, Imperial College in London.

• 2005, Visiting Professor, Directorate General Research, the European Central Bank.

• 2001, Visiting Scholar, Haas Business School, University of California at Berkeley.

AFFILIATIONS AND OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• Research Affiliate, International Macroeconomics Programme,  CEPR, London, 2001-2010.

• Fellow, Ente per gli Studi Monetari, Bancari e Finanziari Luigi Einaudi, Rome, 2002-2008.

• Referee for Journal of International Economics, Review of Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Empirical Finance, International Journal of Central Banking, Journal of Financial Research, International Finance, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Journal of Multinational Financial Management, International Review of Economics and Finance, International Journal of Finance and Economics,  Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Review, Oxford Economic Papers, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics.

• Conference presentations and discussions at the European Economic Association Meeting in Berlin in 1998, the ESSIM Symposium organized by the CEPR in 2001 and 2002, the NBER Summer Institute in 2002, the Workshop on "Recent Developments in Foreign Exchange Modelling'' organized by the ESCP-EAP School of Management in Paris in 2003, the Central Bank Workshop on the "Microstructure of Foreign Exchange and Equity Markets'' in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2017 and 2018, the International Conference on Banking and Finance in 2004, 2011 and 2016, the Workshop on the "Exchange Rate Determinants and Economic Impacts'' organized by the ECB in Frankfurt in 2005, the Workshop on "Exchange Rate Intervention: Theory and Experience'' organized by the International Journal of Finance and Economics in Cambridge in 2006, the ESSFM Symposium organized by the CEPR in 2006 and 2008,  the AEA meeting in San Francisco in 2009, the Workshop on "Exchange Rates: The Global Perspectives'' organized by the Bank of Canada in Ottawa in 2009, the Workshop on "Financial Market Imperfections, Corporate Governance and Economic Outcomes'' in Alghero in 2009, the Workshop on "The Financial Determinants of Exchange Rates'' in 2011, 2012 and 2016, the BIS-CCA Conference in 2012 and 2013, the Workshop on "Institutions, Individual Behavior and Economic Outcomes'' in 2013 and 2015, the annual IAERE Conference in 2014, the Conference of the Society for Computational Economics in 2014, the Workshop "in Macro Banking and Finance'' in Pavia in 2015, the 11th Workshop on "Institutions, Individual Behavior and Economic Outcomes" in Alghero in 2022, the 3rd Workshop on "Long-term Investors' Trends: Theory and Practice" in Rome in 2022.

• Invited seminars at the University of Padua, the University of Brescia and the Federal Reserve Board in Washington in 2001, the BI Norwegian Business School in 2002, the Norge Bank, the Stockholm School of Economics, the University of Pompeu Fabra, the University of Pavia, LUISS University, the Catholic University in Milano and the London School of Economics in 2004, Bicocca University in Milano in 2005, the University of Sassari, the University of  Salerno, the University of  Bologna, the University of Rome "Roma Tre'' and the Federal Reserve in New York in 2006, the Norge Bank and Brunel University in 2007, the University of Bologna in 2008, University of  Modena ad Reggio Emilia and LUISS University in 2009,  the Warwick Business School in 2010, the University "Tor Vergata'' in Rome in 2011, the Central Bank of Turkey and  the University of Sassari in 2012, the University "Tor Vergata'' in Rome and the University of Bologna in 2013, the University of  Siena and LUISS University in 2014, Queen Mary College in London in 2016, the University "La Sapienza'' in Rome and the l'International College of Economics and Finance  in Moscow in 2017, LUISS University and University of Bologna in 2019, Luiss University, the University "Tor Vergata''  and University  "La Sapienza''  in Rome in 2023.

    SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS

• PRIN project (COFIN) 2020 - 2022:  Asymmetric Information and Limited Commitment in Financial Markets: Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Implications.

• PRIN project (COFIN) 2017 - 2020: The Architecture of Markets and Institutions after the Crisis: Theoretical Foundations and Policy Implications.

• PRIN project (COFIN), 2013 - 2016: Information Asymmetries, Adjustments Costs and Allocative Efficiency: Microeconomic Foundations and Macroeconomic Implications.

• PRIN project (COFIN), 2010 - 2012:  Portfolio Choice and the Business Cycle.

• PRIN project (COFIN), 2007 - 2009:  Financial Structure and International Monetary Policy.

• PRIN project (COFIN), 2004 - 2006: Information Asymmetries, Systemic Risk and Financial Fragility.

• PRIN project (COFIN), 2002 - 2004: Uncertainty and Information in Financial and Real Markets.

• ESRC Research Grant, 2000 - 2002: The Impact of Macro Fundamentals, Market Microstructure  and Interventions on Exchange Rates.

• EUI, Jean Monnet Fellowship, 1997.

• Fulbright Scholarship, 1993 - 1994.

• Luciano Iona Scholarship, 1993 - 1995.