EDUCATION

June 1996 PhD in Economics, University of Cambridge.
June 1993 MPhil in Economic Theory and Econometrics, University of Cambridge.
July 1991 BA in Statistics and Economics, University of Rome.

AFFILIATIONS AND OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Referee for Journal of International Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of International
Money and Finance, Journal of Financial Research, International Finance, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Canadian Journal of Economics, Review of Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, International Journal of Finance and Economics, International Journal of Central Banking, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking.

Conference presentations and discussions at the 1998 European Economic Association Meeting, the 2001 and 2002 ESSIM Symposium, the 2002 NBER Summer Institute, the 2006 and 2008 ESSFM Symposium, the 2009 AEA Meeting, the 2010 Central Bank Workshop on Microstructure.



TEACHING AND WORKING EXPERIENCE

From Fall 2006: Professor of Economics, “D’Annunzio” University.

From Fall 2001 to Summer 2006: Associate Professor of Economics, “D’Annunzio” University.

From Fall 1996 to Fall 2001: Assistant Professor in Finance, London School of Economics.

Spring 1997: Jean Monnet Fellow, European University Institute of Florence.

From Winter to Summer 1996: Research Economist, Bank of England.

SCHOLARHIPS AND RESEARCH GRANTS

PRIN project (COFIN), 2006 - 2008: Struttura finanziaria e politica monetaria nell’economia nternazionale

PRIN project (COFIN), 2004 - 2006: Asimmetrie informative, rischio sistemico e fragilit`a nei mercati e nelle reti finanziarie

PRIN project (COFIN), 2002 - 2004: Incertezza ed informazione nei mercati finanziari e nelle reali

Research Grant, November 2000-November 2002, awarded by the ESRC for the project, The impact of macro fundamentals, market microstructure and interventions on exchange rates

Jean Monnet Fellowship, April-June 1997, awarded by the European Institute of Florence.

Fulbright Scholarship, October 1993 - July 1994, awarded by the Fulbright Commission.