News archive

• New Working Papers

  2020-05-29

  "Estimating the prevalence of the COVID-19 infection, with an application to Italy" by Franco Peracchi and Daniele Terlizzese, "The COVID-19 Shock and Equity Shortfall: Firm-level Evidence from Italy" by Marco Pagano (with E. Carletti, T. Oliviero, L. Pelizzon and M. Subramanyam) and "Bitter Sugar: Slavery and the Black Family" by Graziella Bertocchi (with A. Dimico). More ...

• New Working Papers

  2020-05-25

  "Are Executives in Short Supply? Evidence from Deaths' Events" by Fabiano Schivardi (with J. Sauvagnat) and "Interlocking Directorates and Competition in Banking" by Fabiano Schivardi (with G. Barone and E. Sette). More ...

• New Working Papers

  2020-05-25

  "Disaster Resilience and Asset Prices" by Marco Pagano (with C. Wagner and J. Zechner) and "The Macroeconomics of Hedging Income Shares" by Juan Passadore and Facundo Piguillem (with A. Grasso). More ...

• New Working Paper

  2020-05-06

  "Careers in Finance" by Marco Pagano (with A. Ellul and A. Scognamiglio). More ...

• Activity Update

  2020-04-20

  PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT DUE TO THE COVID-19 HEALTH CONCERNS, SEMINARS ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. EIEF will keep you updated on changes to this directive. 

• New Working Paper

  2020-04-17

  "Aggregate Risk or Aggregate Uncertainty? Evidence from UK Households" by Claudio Michelacci e Luigi Paciello. More ... 

• Webinar "Predicting and Monitoring COVID-19 contagion"

  2020-04-09

  On April 22, 2020, at 5 pm CEST, EIEF invites you to join a webinar on "Predicting and Monitoring COVID-19 contagion" presented by Paolo Giudici (University of Pavia with Centre for European Policy Studies) and Franco Peracchi (Georgetwon University, EIEF and University of Tor Vergata).  

• New Working Paper

  2020-03-30

  "A Simple Planning Problem forCOVID-19 Lockdown" by Francesco Lippi (with Fernando Alvarez and David Argente). More ...

• New Working Paper

  2020-03-27

  "The Optimal COVID-19 Quarantine and Testing Policies" by Facundo Piguillem and Liyan Shi. More ...

• New Working Paper

  2020-03-09

  "Sampling properties of the Bayesian posterior mean with an application to WALS estimation" by Franco Peracchi (with G. De Luca and Jan R. Magnus). More ...

• A warm welcome to our new Assistant Professor

  2020-03-02

  EIEF warmly welcomes Liangjie Wu, who will soon join the faculty as an Assistant Professor. Liangjie is completing his PhD at the University of Chicago and works in macroeconomics and labor economics. 

• New Working Paper

  2020-01-16

  "K-Returns to Education" by Luigi Guiso (with A. Fagereng, M. B. Holm and L. Pistaferri). More ... 

• New Working Paper

  2020-01-09

  "The Insurance Role of the Firm" by Luigi Guiso (with L. Pistaferri). More ...

• Conference on Recent Advances in Macroeconomics

  2019-12-02

  On December 13-14, 2019, EIEF will host the Conference “Recent Advances in Macroeconomics”. For further details see the Program. 

• EIEF was awarded one of the three Top-up Foscolo Europe Fellowships

  2019-11-21

  UniCredit Foundation selected EIEF as one of the three recipients of a 3-year top-up fellowship, assigned to the three best departments or research institutes in Economics or Finance, among those in the 14 countries where Unicredit operates, to help participation in the US or European PhD job markets. EIEF is thankful and honored by this award.  

• Funding for research projects

  2019-11-14

  EIEF offers funds for research projects in economics and finance to researches based in Italian institutions. Submit your application by March 13, 2020. More...

• Junior Job Market : 2 openings for Assistant Professors

  2019-09-06

  EIEF will be present at both the European Job Market in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and the ASSA Annual Meeting in San Diego (USA). Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews on either of the 2 markets. Announcement.  

• A new Assistant Professor at EIEF

  2019-08-22

  EIEF warmly welcomes Alexey Makarin (Northwestern University) who has just joined our Faculty as an Assistant Professor. He works in applied micro, political economy and development economics.  

• New Working Paper

  2019-07-18

  "Multidimensional Diffusion Processes in Dynamic Online Networks" by Eleonora Patacchini (with D. Easley and C. Rojas). More ...

• 2018 Grants

  2019-06-06

  EIEF has awarded funds for 6 one-year research projects. More...  

• New Working Paper

  2019-06-04

  “Posterior moments and quantiles for the normal location model with Laplace prior” by Franco Peracchi (with Giuseppe De Luca and Jan R. Magnus). More ... 

• New Working Paper

  2019-05-31

  "The Analytic Theory of a Monetary Shock" by Francesco Lippi (with F. Alvarez). More ...

• New Working Paper

  2019-05-14

  "(Macro) Prudential Taxation of Good News" by Facundo Piguillem (with Jean Flemming and Jean-Paul L’Huillier). More ...

• New Working Papers

  2019-05-06

  “Hurricanes, Climate Change Policies and Electoral Accountability” by Stefano Gagliarducci and Eleonora Patacchini (with M. Daniele Paserman) and “Simple fiscal arithmetic of a dual currency regime” by Francesco Lippi. More …  

• EIEF Newsletter

  2019-05-02

  EIEF took its first steps about ten years ago. In this issue Daniele Terlizzese gives a review of the results achieved so far. To learn more, please click here.  

• New Working Paper

  2019-04-19

  "The Extensive Margin of Aggregate Consumption Demand" by Claudio Michelacci, Luigi Paciello and Andrea Pozzi. More...

• New Working Paper

  2019-04-17

  "Monetary Policy in a World of Cryptocurrencies" by Pierpaolo Benigno. More ...

• A warm welcome to our new Assistant Professors

  2019-04-09

  Alexey Makarin, currently at Northwestern University, and Matteo Paradisi, currently at Harvard University (and with a post-doc position at NBER until summer 2020), were hired on the 2019 international job-market. They both work in applied microeconomics, Alexey with a focus on political economy and Matteo on labor and public economics. 

• New Working Paper

  2019-04-09

  "Tax Professionals: Tax-Evasion Facilitators or Information Hubs?" by Marco Battaglini, Luigi Guiso and Eleonora Patacchini (with Chiara Lacava). More ...

• New Working Paper

  2019-03-27

  “Weight, Reference Points, and the Onset of Eating Disorders” by Eleonora Patacchini (with T. Arduini and D. Iorio). More ...

• “Austerity: when it works and when it doesn't”

  2019-03-19

  On April 2, 2019, EIEF will host the presentation of Carlo Favero and Francesco Giavazzi’s new book, written together with Alberto Alesina. More…

• New Working Paper

  2019-03-19

  "Coalition Formation in Legislative Bargaining" by Marco Battaglini (Cornell University and EIEF). More ...

• New Working Paper

  2019-02-06

  "A nonlinear dynamic factor model of health and medical treatment" by Franco Peracchi (with Claudio Rossetti). More ...

• In the Highlights

  2019-01-22

  Every year, Clarivate Analytics compiles a list of the most influential scientists in various branches of knowledge. Luigi Guiso is the only Italian economist based in Italy included in the 2018 Highly Cited Researchers report. 

• A new Faculty Member at EIEF

  2019-01-16

  EIEF warmly welcomes Andrea Polo (LUISS Guido Carli), who has joined EIEF’s faculty as a Research Affiliate.  

• In the Highlights

  2019-01-16

  Francesco Lippi has been newly appointed Joint Managing Director of the Economic Journal. EIEF warmly congratulates him for obtaining such a prestigious position.  

• Funding for research projects

  2018-12-11

  EIEF offers funds for research projects in economics and finance to researchers based in Italian institutions. Submit your application by March 15, 2019. More ...

• “The Jobs Act: Lost Opportunity or Basis for a New Start?”

  2018-12-05

  On December 12, 2018, EIEF will host the presentation of a series of studies collected by Economia Italiana on the Italian Jobs Act. Please be informed that the conference will be in Italian. More …

• The World Bank Report “Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations around the World”

  2018-12-05

  On December 17, 2018, EIEF will host the presentation of the World Bank Report “Fair Progress? Economic Mobility across Generations around the World”. More … 

• 8th EIEF-UNIBO-IGIER Bocconi Workshop on Industrial Organization

  2018-11-28

  The 8th EIEF-UNIBO-IGIER Bocconi Workshop on Industrial Organization will be held at EIEF on 20-21 December 2018. For further details see the Program. 

• 1st EIEF and Oliver Wyman Lecture in Finance, Law and Behavioral Studies

  2018-11-15

  On the 27th November 2018, EIEF will host a lecture on “Law and order: How Law and Regulation Can Affect Our Economies”. More … 

• New Working Paper

  2018-09-28

  "Self-assessed cognitive ability and financial wealth: Are people aware of their cognitive decline?" by Franco Peracchi (with Fabrizio Mazzonna). More ...

• Call for papers: 8th EIEF-UNIBO-IGIER Bocconi Workshop on Industrial Organization

  2018-09-17

  On December 20-21, 2018, the 8th EIEF-UNIBO-IGIER Bocconi Workshop on Industrial Organization will be held at EIEF. The submission deadline is October 29, 2018. For details, please see the Call for papers.

• Junior Job Market : 1 opening for Assistant Professors

  2018-09-17

  EIEF will be present at both the 2018 first European Job Market in Naples and the ASSA meetings in Atlanta (USA). Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews on either of the 2 markets. Announcement.

• The Economic Determinants of Populism

  2018-07-10

  On July 17, 2018, EIEF will host the conference on “The Economic Determinants of Populism". For further details and Program click here. Attendance by registration only. 

• EEA European Job Market

  2018-07-10

  The EEA will organize the first edition of the European Job Market, on 6-7 December 2018, in Naples, Italy. For more information watch this video and read this page on the EEA website.  

• New Assistant Professor at EIEF

  2018-06-22

  EIEF warmly welcomes Liyan Shi (UCLA) who has just joined our Faculty as an Assistant Professor.

• New Working Paper

  2018-06-15

  "Investment in Financial Information and Portfolio Performance" by Luigi Guiso (with Tullio Jappelli). More ...

• 3rd Rome Junior Conference on Applied Microeconomics

  2018-06-01

  On June 21-22, 2018, EIEF will host the “3rd Rome Junior Conference on Applied Microeconomics”. For further details see the Program. Attendance by registration only within Monday, June 18, 2018.  

• 7th Rome Conference on Macroeconomics

  2018-06-01

  On June 11-12, 2018, EIEF will host the “7th Rome Conference on Macroeconomics” (aka Pizzanomics). For further details see the Program. Attendance by registration only within Wednesday, June 6, 2018.

• 2017 Grants

  2018-05-09

  EIEF has awarded funds for 5 one-year research projects. More... 

• New Working Paper

  2018-05-08

  "Global Crises and Populism: the Role of Eurozone Institutions" by Luigi Guiso (with H. Herrera, M. Morelli and T. Sonno). More ...

• 3rd Rome Junior Finance Conference

  2018-04-26

  On June 5-6, 2018, EIEF will host the “3rd Rome Junior Finance Conference”. For further details see the Program. Attendance by registration only at \n This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• EIEF Newsletter

  2018-04-24

  In this issue Marco Pagano argues that the creation of an internationally diversified Sovereign Bond (SBBS), whose senior tranche would have virtually no exposure to sovereign risk, would help banks to diversify their portfolios and to avoid the diabolic loop between their own solvency and that of their Government. To learn more, please click here.  

• New Working Paper

  2018-03-28

  "The IT Revolution and Southern Europe’s Two Lost Decades" by Fabiano Schivardi (with T. Schmitz). More ...

• 2018 Hicks-Tinbergen Award

  2018-03-19

  Luigi Guiso, AXA Professor of Household Finance at EIEF, Paola Sapienza (Northwestern University) and Luigi Zingales (Chicago Booth School of Business) have been awarded the 2018 Hicks-Tinbergen medal for their paper “Long-Term Persistence”, which is one of the first studies establishing a link between specific historical modes of governance and current “civic capital”, such as trust.

• Recent Developments in Macroeconomics

  2018-03-15

  On April 6-7, 2018, EIEF will host the conference on “Recent Developments in Macroeconomics”. For further details see the Program. (Registration is now closed)

• 3rd Economics of Platforms Workshop

  2018-03-15

  On April 12-13, 2018, EIEF will host the “3rd Economics of Platforms Workshop”. For further details see the Program. Attendance by registration only within Tuesday, April 10, 2018.

• A new tenured position at EIEF

  2018-03-12

  Andrea Pozzi, who joined the Institute in 2009 after completing his PhD at Stanford University, is EIEF’s third tenured Associate Professor. The EIEF faculty would like to send their warmest congratulations on this achievement and wish him all the best for his future career.

• New Working Paper

  2018-03-08

  “Fiscal Rules as Bargaining Chips” by Facundo Piguillem (with Alessandro Riboni). More ...

• Funding for research projects

  2017-12-28

  EIEF offers funds for research projects in economics and finance to researchers based in Italian institutions. Submit your application by March 15, 2018. More ...