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| Personal Information
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| Citizenship: Italian (F-1 Visa)
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| Education |
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| Ph.D.
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| | University of Minnesota (expected)
| | 2013 |
| M.A.
| | Economics
| | University of Minnesota
| | 2012 |
| M.A.
| | Economics
| | Universita' di Torino
| | 2006 |
| B.A.
| | Economics
| | Universita' di Torino
| | 2004 |
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| Dissertation
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| Title: "Essays on Optimal Policy in Open Economies'' |
| Dissertation Advisors: Professors V.V. Chari and Patrick Kehoe
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| Expected Completion: Summer 2013 |
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| Honors and Awards
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| 2012-2013 | | Hutcheson Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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| 2010
| | First Prize, Hardy Third Year Paper Competition, Department of Economics, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, joint with Wyatt Brooks |
| 2007-2009
| | Marco Fanno Scholarship, Marco Fanno Association, Rome, Italy |
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| 2006
| | Gold Medal for Best Thesis in Economics, Universita' di Torino, Torino, Italy
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| 2006
| | Optime Prize for Outstanding Graduates, Universita' di Torino, Torino, Italy |
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| Teaching Experience
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| 2004-2006 | | Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Universita' di Torino, Torino, Italy.
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| Research Experience
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| 2009-2012 | | Research Assistant, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Research Assistant to Patrick J. Kehoe.
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| 2006-2007 | | Research Assistant, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy
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| 2005 | | Research Assistant, CERP, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, Italy
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| Papers
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| "Efficient Sovereign Default," (Job Market Paper)
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| "Capital Mobility and Optimal Fiscal Policy without Commitment: A Rationale for Capital Controls?"
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| "Credit Market Frictions and Trade Liberalization," with Wyatt Brooks.
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| Work in Progress
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| "Sovereign Debt and Redistributive Taxes without Commitment," with Ali Shourideh.
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| Professional Experience
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| Referee for Journal of International Economics
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| Computer Skills
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| Matlab, Fortran, STATA
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| Languages
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| English (fluent), Italian (native), Spanish (working)
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