Domenico Ferraro is from Giugliano in Campania, a city located north of Naples in southern Italy. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Naples Federico II, graduating summa cum laude under the supervision of Marco Pagano. He then obtained a Master's degree in Economics and Finance from the same university, as well as another Master's degree in Economics from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. After completing his master's education, he moved to the United States to pursue a PhD in Economics at Duke University, where he graduated in 2014 under the supervision of Nir Jaimovich and Pietro Peretto. Following this, he relocated to Arizona to accept a position at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University (ASU), where he is currently an Associate Professor in the Economics Department. He teaches macroeconomics at the undergraduate level and also in the PhD program at ASU, having previously taught master's and PhD courses at Duke University and University of Naples Federico II.