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Saverio Simonelli is Professor of Economics at the University of Naples Federico II and research fellow at CSEF, and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Naples Federico II. His current research focuses on fiscal policy, labor productivity, macroeconomic forecasting and instability of financial institutions. He is a co-founder of Now-Casting.com

Short Bio

Short Bio

2018-current

Professor of Economics at the University of Naples Federico II

 

2016-2017

Visiting professor at the University of Mannheim

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2014-2018

Associate professor at the University of Naples Federico II

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2005-2014

Assistant professor at the University of Naples Federico II

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2003

Ph.D. University of Naples Federico II

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2001

Visiting scholar at Boston College

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2000

M.Sc. Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Teaching

Teaching

2020

International Macroeconomics (M.Sc.), University of Naples Federico II. Course webpage

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2020

Macroeconomics (B.A.), University of Naples Federico II. Course webpage

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2021

Monetary Economics (B.A.), University of Lugano

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2021

Macroeconomics (M.Sc.), University of Naples Federico II
 

Research
Research
Publications
  • Short-Selling Bans and Bank Stability” (with Alessandro Beber, Daniela Fabbri and Marco Pagano), Review of Corporate Finance Studies, forthcoming
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  • Liquidity and Consumption. Evidence from three Post-earthquakes Reconstruction Programs in Italy” (with Antonio Acconcia and Giancarlo Corsetti), American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2019
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  • Bank Exposures and Sovereign Stress Transmission” (with Carlo Altavilla and Marco Pagano), Review of Finance, vol.21(6), October 2017, Lead Article
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  • Mafia and Public Spending: Evidence on the Fiscal Multiplier from a Quasi-experiment” (with Antonio Acconcia and Giancarlo Corsetti), American Economic Review, vol. 104(7), pages 2185-2209, July 2014
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  • Systemic Risk, Sovereign Yields and Bank Exposures in the Euro Crisis” (with Niccolò Battistini and Marco Pagano), Economic Policy, vol. 78, pages 205-241, April 2014
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  • Seismic insurance model for the Italian residential building stock”(with Domenico Asprone, Fatima Jalayer, Antonio Acconcia, Andrea Prota and Gaetano Manfredi) Structural Safety, vol. 44, pages 70-79, September 2013
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  •  “International Comovements, Business Cycle and Inflation: a Historical Perspective” (with Haroon Mumtaz and Paolo Surico), Review of Economic Dynamics, vol. 14(1), pages 176-198, January 2011
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  • Nowcasting Euro Area Economic Activity in Real Time: The Role of Confidence Indicators” (with Domenico Giannone and Lucrezia Reichlin), National Institute Economic Review, vol. 210(1), pages 90-97, October 2009
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  • Interpreting Aggregate Fluctuations Looking at Sectors” (with Antonio Acconcia), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 32(9), pages 3009-3031, September 2008
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  • Labor Market Dynamics and the Business Cycle: Structural Evidence for the United States” (with Morten Ravn), The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 109(4), pages 743-777, March 2008
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Working Papers
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