I am Principal Economist with the International Financial Markets Division of the International Relations Directorate at the Bank of Italy. My research interests include International Finance, Monetary Policy and Climate Change.
“Cui prodest: The heterogeneous impact of green bonds on companies' ESG score”, with A. Moro (Bank of Italy), 2025, CFS Working Paper Series No. 733.
"It better be good, it better be green", with F. Fornari (ECB) and D. Pianeselli (Bank of Italy), 2024, CFS Working Paper Series No. 723.
"Is the Government always greener?", with C. Di Tommaso (University of Bari), S. Perdichizzi (University of Padova) and S. Vigne (LUISS), 2024, CFS Working Paper Series No. 718.
“The green sin: how exchange rate volatility and financial openness affect green premia”, 2025, REVIEW OF FINANCE (with A. Moro)
“The COVID pandemic in the market: infected, immune and cured bonds”, 2025, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH.
“Unconventional Green”, 2024, JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE.
“It’s not time to make a change: Sovereign fragility and the corporate credit risk”, 2022, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MONEY AND FINANCE (with F. Fornari).
“Unconventional Monetary Policy and Corporate Bond Supply”, 2021, EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, (with R. De Santis).
“The CSPP at work: yield heterogeneity and the portfolio rebalancing channel”, 2019, JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE.
“Fragmentation and heterogeneity in the euro-area corporate bond market: back to normal?”, 2016, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL STABILITY.
“Shoe-leather costs in the euro area and the foreign demand for euro banknotes”, 2016, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CENTRAL BANKING (with A. Calza).
“Financial shocks and the real economy in a nonlinear world: from theory to estimation”, 2015, JOURNAL OF POLICY MODELING (with A. Silvestrini).
“Sectoral Money Demand and the Great Disinflation in the US”, 2010, JOURNAL OF MONEY, CREDIT AND BANKING (with A. Calza).
"The green sin: how exchange rate volatility and financial openness affect green premia", 2025, REVIEW OF FINANCE, (with A. Moro);
"The intersection between climate transition policies and geoeconomic fragmentation", 2025, ECB OCCASIONAL PAPER No.366 (with P.F. Weber et al.);
“Unconventional Green”, 2024, JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE, Vol. 85, art. 102556;
“The role of the IMF in addressing climate change risks”, 2022, ECB OCCASIONAL PAPER No.309 (with M. Committeri et al.);
“Climate-related risk drivers and their transmission channels”, 2021, BCBS REPORT.
“The Covid pandemic in the market: infected, immune and cured bonds”, 2025, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH, Vol.67, pp.31-52;
“Unconventional Monetary Policy and Corporate Bond Supply”, (with R. De Santis), EUROPEAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 2021, Vol.135, pp.1-22;
“Non-bank financial intermediation in the euro area: implications for monetary policy transmission and key vulnerabilities”, 2021, ECB OCCASIONAL PAPER No.270 (with L. Cappiello et al.);
“How the ECB purchases of corporate bonds helped reduce firms’ borrowing cost”, 2020, ECB RESEARCH BULLETIN, Vol.66;
“The CSPP at work: yield heterogeneity and the portfolio rebalancing channel”, JOURNAL OF CORPORATE FINANCE, 2019, Vol.56, pp. 282-297;
“Shoe-leather costs in the euro area and the foreign demand for euro banknotes”, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CENTRAL BANKING, 2016, Vol.12, No.1, pp.231-246 (with A. Calza);
“Welfare costs of inflation and the circulation of US currency abroad”, BE JOURNAL OF MACROECONOMICS, 2011, Vol.11, No.1, article 12 (with A. Calza);
“Monetary Policy predictability in the euro area: an international comparison”, APPLIED ECONOMICS, Vol.43, No.20, 2011, pp.2533-2544 (with B.R. Wilhelmsen);
“Sectoral Money Demand and the Great Disinflation in the US”, JOURNAL OF MONEY, CREDIT AND BANKING, 2010, Vol.42. No.8, 1663-1678 (with A. Calza);
“Gradualism, transparency and the improved operational framework: a look at overnight volatility transmission“, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, 2009, Vol.12, No.2, pp.151-170 (with S. Colarossi);
“Non-linear dynamics in the euro-area demand for M1”, MACROECONOMIC DYNAMICS, 2009, Vol.13, No.1, pp.1-19 (with A. Calza);
“Monetary Policy Shocks in the Euro Area and Global Liquidity Spillovers”, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE & ECONOMICS, 2008, Vol.13. No.3, pp.205-218 (with J. Sousa);
“Excess money growth and inflation dynamics“, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, 2007, Vol.10, No.3, pp. 241-280 (with B. Roffia);
“Global monetary policy shocks in the G5: a SVAR approach”, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND MONEY, 2007, Vol.17, No.5, pp.403-420 (with J. Sousa)
“It’s not time to make a change: Sovereign fragility and the corporate credit risk”, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MONEY AND FINANCE, 2022, Vol.128, art. 102703 (with F. Fornari);
“Future directions in international financial integration research – A crowdsourced perspective”, INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, 2018, Vol.55, pp.35-49 (with B.M. Lucey et al.);
“A tale of fragmentation: corporate funding in the euro-area bond market”, INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS, 2017, Vol.49, pp.59-68;
“Fragmentation and heterogeneity in the euro-area corporate bond market: back to normal?”, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL STABILITY, 2016, Vol.23, pp.51-61;
“The shadow banking system in the euro area: definitions, key features and the funding of firms”, ITALIAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL, 2016, Vol.2, No.2, 217-237 (with F. Malatesta and S. Masciantonio);
“Tracking banks’ systemic importance before and after the crisis”, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, 2015, Vol.18, No.2, pp.157-186 (with P. Alessandri and S. Masciantonio);
“Financial shocks and the real economy in a nonlinear world: from theory to estimation”, JOURNAL OF POLICY MODELING, 2015, Vol.37, No.6, pp.915-926 (with A. Silvestrini);
“The cost of firms’ debt financing and the global financial crisis”, FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS, 2014, Vol.11, pp.74-83 (with D. Pianeselli);
“Bank bonds: size, systemic relevance and the sovereign”, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, 2014, Vol.17, pp.161-183;
“The pricing of Government-Guaranteed Bank Bonds”, BANKS AND BANK SYSTEMS, 2011, Vol.6, pp.35-43 (with A. Levy);
“Public Guarantees on Bank Bonds: Effectiveness and Distortions”, OECD JOURNAL: FINANCIAL MARKET TRENDS, Vol.2011, No.2 (with G. Grande, A. Levy, F. Panetta);
“The Impact of Sovereign Credit Risk on Bank Funding Conditions”, BIS-CGFS Paper No.43, 2011, (with F. Panetta et al.);
“An assessment of financial sector rescue programmes”, BIS Papers, No.48, Basel, 2009, (with F. Panetta et al.);
“The Role of the Banking System in the International Transmission of Shocks”, WORLD ECONOMY, 2003, Vol.26, No.5, pp.727-754 (with M. Sbracia).
“Financial Innovation, Macroeconomic Volatility and the Great Moderation”, MODERN ECONOMY, 2012, Vol.3, No.5 (with L. Bencivelli);
“Increasing public expenditures: Wagner’s law in OECD countries”, GERMAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, 2011, Vol.12, No.2, pp.149-164 (with S. Lamartina);
“A disaggregated analysis of the export performance of some industrial and emerging countries”, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS & ECONOMIC POLICY, 2011, Vol.8, No.1, pp.93-113 (with A. Finicelli e M. Sbracia);
“Evolution of Trade Patterns in the new EU Member States”, ECONOMICS OF TRANSITION, 2005, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 629-658;
“Fiscal Adjustments and Economic Performing: a Comparative Study”, APPLIED ECONOMICS, 2001, Vol.33, No.5, pp.613-624;
“Expectations and Information in Second Generation Currency Crises Models”, ECONOMIC MODELLING, 2001, Vol.18, No.2, pp.203-222 (with M. Sbracia).