GIOVANNI PELLEGRINO Curriculum vitae January 2014 Born in Galatina (Lecce, Italy), May 29, 1987. Italian citizen Contact information Via G. Palma, 4 73044 Galatone (LE) – Italy mobile: (+39) 329 02 04 403 e-mail: [email protected] Current Position Third year PhD student, Graduate School of Economics and Management – economics curriculum, Universities of Padua, Ca' Foscari Venice and Verona (Italy) Supervisor: prof. Efrem Castelnuovo (University of Melbourne, University of Padova) Research interests Applied Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics. Education 2013/2014: EIEF graduate program (for details on the courses refer to my webpage1) 2012/2013: I year PhD courses (for details on the courses refer to my webpage) March 2012: MSc degree (summa cum laude) in Economics, Finance and Insurances – economics curriculum, University of Salento, (Lecce, Italy). Dissertation on (once translated in English): “Inequality and banking crises: theory and empirical evidence”). Supervisor: Alessandra Chirco. October 2009: Bachelor degree (summa cum laude) in Economics and Finance, University of Salento. Dissertation on (once translated in English): “The modern theories of the fiscal multiplier: the New Keynesian approach ”. Supervisor: Alessandra Chirco. Further education - Summer School in Applied Macroeconomics using MatLab (SEEC), July 29 - August 02, 2013 , University of Salento, (Lecturer: prof. Ulrich Woitek, University of Zurich ). Visiting positions - Visiting scholar at the EIEF (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Bank of Italy, Rome): September 2013-July 2014 1 http://dse.univr.it/phd/index.php?option=com_facileforms&Itemid=1&ff_name=GradsDisplay&ff_frame=0&ff_border=0&ff_param_id=93 - Visiting scholar at the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, London), supervisor prof. G. Kapetanios: September 2014-December 2014 Research papers - Caggiano, G, E. Castelnuovo, and G. Pellegrino, 2014, Uncertainty and Monetary Policy near the Zero Lower Bound, in progress - G. Pellegrino, 2014, Uncertainty and Monetary Policy in the US: A Journey in the Non-Linear Territory, under revision (MFWP version is available on my webpage) Conferences and Seminars - Padova Macro Talks, University of Padova, June 20, 2014 - Fifth conference on "Recent Developments in Macroeconomics", ZEW (Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim (Germany), June 23-24, 2014 - School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary University of London, December 2, 2014 - Sixth Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics (ICEEE 2015), Salerno, Italy, January 21-23, 2015 Affiliations - Member of the Italian Econometric Association (SIdE), 2015 - Teaching experiences - Tutor, Summer School in Applied Macroeconomics (SEEC), University of Salento, 2014 edition Scholarships and Honors - finalist Carlo Giannini Prize, Sixth Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics (ICEEE 2015), Committee: Giampiero Gallo (Chair), Paolo Paruolo, Giorgio Primiceri - admitted to the EIEF Graduate Program (with grant), 2013 – 2014 - PhD Scholarship by the University of Verona, 2012 – 2015 - special encouragement to continue pursuing research, MSc thesis committee (2012) Technical Skills Software: Matlab, Eviews, Gretl, R, Stata Languages Italian (native), English (good), Spanish (elementary)