Vita

Academic Positions

• Since February 2024: Associate Professor, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Economics, Trondheim, Norway.

• January 2015-January 2024: Reader of Economics, Associate Professor, University of East Anglia, School of Economics, Norwich, United Kingdom.

• March 2012-December 2014: Research Professor, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Economics, Trondheim, Norway.

• April 2005-March 2012: Lecturer, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Center of Economic Research, D-MTEC, Zurich, Switzerland.

Research Visits

• Spring 2009: Duke University, USA, Visiting Scholar at the Department of Economics.

• Fall 2008: University College Dublin, Ireland, Visiting Research Fellow, DGEP.

• Spring 2004: Tilburg University, The Netherlands, Marie Curie Fellow at CentER.

• 2002-03: SOAS University of London, UK, Visiting PhD Researcher at the Center for Financial & Management Studies.

Education

• September 2004: PhD in Economic Theory and Institutions, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Thesis: Macrodynamics, Fiscal Policy and Intergenerational Equity

• July 2000: Master in Economics, CORIPE (Turin). Thesis: The Effects of European Integration on Trade Patterns and Industrial Organization.

• March 1999: Laurea in Economics - Summa cum Laude, University of Rome III. Thesis: The Role of Public Debt Policy in the EMU.