CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor in Economics (2005-present) Lecturer of International Money and Finance, Faculty of Economics, University of Brescia EDUCATION 1995: Degree in “Economia e Commercio”, University of Brescia 1996: Master of Science in Economics (M.Sc.), University of Glasgow 1999: Visiting Scholar, Cambridge University (UK) 2001: PhD, University of Pavia PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 1997: "Premio alla cultura economica", Comitato Economisti per Brescia 2000-2001: Research Fellow, University of Brescia, Department of Economics. 2002-2005: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Brescia, Department of Economics TEACHING 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2008-2009 International Money and Finance (5 CFU, 30 hours), Graduate Degree in Bank and Finance, University of Brescia 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, International Money and Finance (9 CFU, 60 hours), Postgraduate Degree in Money, Finance and Risk Management Scholarship by Ente Universitario della Lombardia Orientale (EULO): 1995-1996,1997-1998, 1998-1999, 2002-2003, 2003-2004 OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES 2004-2007: Researchers’ representative in the Faculty of Economics Council 2005-2008: Organizer of Brescia Seminars in Money and Finance 2009-present: Member of commission for freshmen admission test (Commissione Test Matricole) RECENT SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES "Funding Conditions, Asset prices and macroeconomic Dynamics: some U.S. evidence", University of Brescia (April 2011) and 15th Annual Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, 26-28 May 2011, Crete RESEARCH INTERESTS Constitutional Political Economics; Pressures on Central Banks; Monetary Policy Rules; Time Inconsistency in monetary policy; VAR models applied to monetary policy; Macroeconomic leading indicators of financial instability; debt consolidation, inequality and output volatility.
