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I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin, a Research Affiliate of IM-TCD (International Macro-TCD) and SUERF – The European Money and Finance Forum, a Research fellow of the BAFFI-CAREFIN Centre, Bocconi University, a Research Associate of the Centre for Economics, Policy and History and a Chercheur affilié at OFCE-SciencesPo. I am also Associate Editor of the International Journal of Finance & Economics and International Economics and Economic Policy.
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- Central Banking
- Central Bank Independence
- Monetary Economics
- International Macro-Finance
PhD in Economics, 2015
ESSEC Business School & THEMA-University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
MSc in Economic Analysis, 2011
University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
MSs in Banking and Finance, 2009
Catholic University of Milan, Italy
BSc in Financial Markets and Institutions, 2006
Catholic University of Milan, Italy
Data
Data on Central Bank Independence
The cbidata.org website provides the data on indices of Central Bank Independence for 155 countries between 1923 and 2023.
Data on Central Bank Involvement in Supervision
Data on the index of Central Bank Involvement in Supervision can be downloaded here: Central Bank Involvement in Supervision Index.
Current Work
Unravelling household financial assets and demographic characteristics: a novel data perspective
with Simone Arrigoni, Agustin Bénétrix and Tara McIndoe-Calder, Bank for International Settlements, IFC Bulletin No 62, 2024.
Trends in Central Bank Independence: A De-jure Perspective
BAFFI CAREFIN Centre Research Paper No. 217, 2024.
Fiscal Dominance, Monetary Policy and Exchange Rates: Lessons from Early-Modern Venice
with Donato Masciandaro and Stefano Ugolini
BAFFI CAREFIN Centre Research Paper No. 202, 2023.
Women and Governance: Central Bank Boards and Monetary Policy
with Donato Masciandaro and Paola Profeta, Trinity Economic Papers (TEP) Working Paper No. 1123, 2023.
Monetary policy and financial markets: evidence from Twitter traffic
with Donato Masciandaro and Gaia Rubera, Trinity Economic Papers (TEP) Working Paper No. 1023, 2023.
Central Bank Independence and Fiscal Space with Angelos Athanasopoulos, Nicolò Fraccaroli and Andreas Kern.
Does central bank independence lead to monetary discipline? with Etienne Farvaque and Alexander Jung.
Inflation: persistence and central bank independence with Angelos Athanasopoulos and Donato Masciandaro.
Mandate-related Central Bank Speeches and Forecast Dispersion with Thomas Lustenberger and Enzo Rossi.
Warning words in a warming world: Central bank communication and climate change with Emanuele Campiglio, Jérôme Deyris and Ginevra Scalisi.