Working Papers

In Progress

Information Cycles and Macroeconomic Fluctuations: Some Empirical Evidence

Nonlinear Local Projections with Noisy Instruments (with M. Forni and G. Ricco)

Macroeconomic Shocks and Crime (with N. Maffei-Faccioli and G. Mastrobuoni)


Recent Works

Asymmetric Transmission of Oil Supply News (with M. Forni, A. Franconi and L. Sala) [.pdf]

Generalized External Instrument SVAR Analysis (with M. Forni and G. Ricco) [.pdf]

Validating DSGE Models through Dynamic Factor Models (with M. Forni, M. Lippi and L. Sala) [.pdf]

Asymmetric Monetary Policy Tradeoffs  (with D. Debortoli, M. Forni and L. Sala)  [.pdf]

Common Components Structural VARs (CCSVAR) (with M. Forni, M. Lippi and L. Sala) [.pdf]

Is There a Negativity Bias in News Coverage? (with N. Maffei-Faccioli and S. Zoi) [.pdf]


Old Works

Shocking Policy Coefficients [.pdf]

Reduced-Rank Time-Varying Vector Autregressions (with J. de Wind) [.pdf]

Fiscal Foresight and the Effects of Government Spending (with M. Forni) [.pdf]

Technology Shocks and the Response of Hours Worked: Time-Varying Dynamics Matter [.pdf]


Publications

34) An American Macroeconomic Picture: Supply and Demand Shocks in the Frequency Domain (with M. Forni, A. Granese, L. Sala and S. Soccorsi) American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics forthcoming. [.pdf]

33) Noisy Monetary Policy Announcements (with T. Dahlhaus) Journal of Applied Econometrics forthcoming. [.pdf]

32) The Effects of Monetary Policy on Macroeconomic Risk (with M. Forni, N. Maffei-Faccioli and L. Sala), European Economic Review  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2024.104789, 2024. [.pdf]

31) Life-Cycle Inequality: the Blacks and Whites Differential (with G. De Giorgi and C. Naguib) Journal of Economic Inequality, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10888-023-09618-1, 2024.  [.pdf]

30) Downside and Upside Uncertainty Shocks (with M. Forni and L. Sala)  Journal of European Economic Association, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeea/jvae024, 2024. [.pdf]

29) Nonlinear Transmission of Financial Shocks: Some New Evidence (with M. Forni, N. Maffei-Faccioli and L. Sala) Journal of Credit Money and Banking 56(1): 5-33, February 2024. [.pdf]

28) Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Vector Autoregressions (with M. Forni and L. Sala) Econometrics and Statistics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosta.2023.07.002, 2023. [.pdf]

27) The Asymmetric Effects of News through Uncertainty (with M. Forni and L. Sala) Macroeconomic Dynamics, doi:10.1017/S1365100522000736, 2023. [.pdf]

26) The Effects of News Shocks and Monetary Policy (with C. Görtz, D. Korobilis, J. Tsoukalas and F. Zanetti) [.pdf] Advances in Econometrics, Volume 44A, 2022.

25) Policy and Business Cycle Shocks: A Structural Factor Model Representation of the US Economy  (with M. Forni) [.pdf], Journal of Risk and Finanical management, 14(8), 371, 2021.

24) Shocks, Information and Structural VARs [.pdf Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, Oxford University Press, April 2021.

23) The Effects of the ECB's Asset Purchase Programme (with A. Musso) [.pdf] [Annexes European Economic Review, 130(C), 2020.

22) Structural Vector Autoregressive Models [.pdf], Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, Oxford University Press, August 2020.

21) On the Empricial (Ir)Relevance of the Zero Lower Bound Constraint (with D. Debortoli and J. Galí) [.pdf] NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2019, 2020.

20) Has the U.S. Wage Phillips Curve Flattened? A Semi-Structural Exploration
(with J. Gali) [.pdf] in G. Castex J. Gali and D. Saravia (eds.), 2020, Changing Inflation Dynamics, Evolving Monetary Policy, Central Bank of Chile.

19) Structural VARs and Non-invertible Macroeconomic Models (with M. Forni and L. Sala), Journal of Applied Econometrics, 34(2): 221-246, 2019. [.pdf]

18) Evolving Wage Cyclicality in Latin America (with J. Messina), The World Bank Economic Review, 32(3) 709-726, 2018. [.pdf]

17) Noisy News in Business Cycle (with M. Forni, M. Lippi and L. Sala),  American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 9(4):122-52, 2017. [.pdf]

16) Loan Supply Shocks and the Business Cycle (with A. Musso), Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol. 32(4): 764-782, 2017. [.pdf]

15) Noise Bubbles (with M. Forni, M. Lippi and L. Sala),  Economic Journal, 127(604): 1940-1976, 2017. [.pdf]

14) Business Cycle Fluctuations and the Distribution of Consumption (with G. DeGiorgi),  Review of Economic Dynamics, 23:19-41, 2017. [.pdf]

13) Government Spending Shocks in Open Economy VARs (with M. Forni), Journal of International Economics, 99:68-84, 2016. [.pdf]

12) The Effects of Monetary Policy on Stock Market Bubbles: Some Evidence  (with J. Galí) American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 7(1): 233-257, 2015. [.pdf]  [replication files]

11) Sufficient Information in Structural VARs (with M. Forni)  Journal of Monetary Economics, 66(C):124-136, 2014. [.pdf]

10) No News in Business Cycles (with M. Forni and L. Sala) Economic Journal, 124(581):1168-1191, 2014. [.pdf]

9) Macroeconomic Forecasting and Structural Change (with A. D'Agostino and D. Giannone) Journal of Applied Econometrics, 28(1) 82-101, 2013 [.pdf]

8) The Dynamic Effects of Monetary Policy: A Structural Factor Model Approach (with M. Forni), Journal of Monetary Economics, 57(2):203-213, 2010. [.pdf] [replication files]

7) Do Inflation Expectations Matter? The Great Moderation Revisited (with F. Canova), American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2:183-205, 2010. [.pdf]

6) On the Sources of the Great Moderation (with J. Galí), American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 1(1):26-57, 2009. [.pdf] [replication files]

5) Structural Changes in the US Economy: Is There a Role for Monetary Policy?  (with F. Canova), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 33(2):477-490, 2009. [.pdf] [replication files]

4) The Structural Dynamics of Output and Inflation: What Explains the Changes? (with F. Canova and E. Pappa), Journal of Money Credit and Banking, 40(2-3):369-388, 2008. [.pdf]

3) The Structural Dynamics of Output Growth and Inflation: Some International Evidence (with F. Canova and E. Pappa), Economic Journal, C167-C191, 03, 2007. [.pdf]

2) Policy Matters. The Long-Run Effects of Aggregate Demand and  Mark Up Shocks on the Italian Unemployment Rate (with B. Pistoresi), Empirical Economics, 29:209-226, 2004. [.pdf]

1) The Real Effects of a Monetary Policy Shock: A New VAR Identification Procedure, Rivista di Politica Economica, XII: 149-169, 1999. [.pdf]