PRESENT POSITION

University of Milan, Associate Professor, November 2006-
 

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano, Fellow, 2007-

FIELDS OF INTEREST

International Finance, Development Economics
 

PUBLICATIONS

“From Economic Crisis to Reform: IMF Programs in Latin America and Eastern Europe” by Grigore Pop-Eleches (Princeton University Press, 2009) Book Review for Economic Record, forthcoming

“The political economy of IMF forecasts” (with Axel Dreher and James Vreeland), Public Choice, 2008, Volume 137 (1-2), pp. 145-171  

“IMF concern for reputation and conditional lending failure: theory and empirics” (with Laura Sabani). Journal of Development Economics, 2007, Volume 84, pp 640-666

“Prolonged use and conditionality failure: investigating the IMF responsibility” (with Laura Sabani) in G. Mavrotas and A. Shorrocks (eds.), 2007, Advancing Development: Core Themes in Global Economics, Palgrave-Macmillan.

“Buybacks of domestic debt in public debt management.” European Journal of Finance, 2006, Volume 12, pp. 379-400

“Adoption of an IMF Programme and Debt Rescheduling. An empirical analysis.” Journal of Development Economics, 2003, Volume 70 (2), pp. 403-423.

“Riacquisto di debito pubblico: estero ed interno.” Rivista di Politica Economica, 2002, Volume 92 (3), pp 131-165

“IMF conditionality as a screening device” (with Jonathan P. Thomas). The Economic Journal, 1999, Volume 109, pp 111-125

WORKING PAPERS and RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

“Read my lips: the role of information transmission in multilateral reform design” (with Laura Sabani and Axel Dreher), Luca D’Agliano Working Paper 274; Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research (CEGE) Discussion Paper No. 86, 2009. Submitted.

"Agency and communication problems in IMF conditional lending" (with Laura Sabani), Università di Milano Bicocca Working Paper 139, 2008

“How defensive were lending and aid to HIPC?” (with A. Missale), 2007, University of Milan-Bicocca Working Paper 115

“What does motivate lending and aid to the HIPCs?” (with Alessandro Missale), 2004, Centro Studi d´Agliano Development Working Papers 189

“Motivations and Effects of IMF/WB interaction” (with Emanuela Sirtori), mimeo

“Can the quality of an IMF program affect compliance?” (with Axel Dreher and Hannes Oehler)

"Ownership and aid"

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Milano Bicocca, 2009-: International Finance (postgraduate); Macroeconomics (undergraduate)

University of Milan, Teaching 2007-: International Trade (undergraduate); Macroeconomics (undergraduate)

University of Siena, Teaching 2001-06: Macroeconomics (undergraduate); Advanced Macro (postgraduate); Module of Macroeconomics I (doctorate programme); Coordinator of the course in International Macroeconomics (doctorate programme)

University of Florence, Teaching contract 2000-01: Monetary Economics (undergraduate)

University of Warwick, Class Tutor in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics (undergraduate), 1997-98