MARCO CIPRIANI

 

128 Thompson Street, Apt. 5                                                               Department of Economics

New York, NY 10012                                                                         New York University

Tel: (212) 254 2107                                                                             269 Mercer Street, Room 804

Nationality: Italian                                                                                 New York, NY 10003

E-mail: mc398@nyu.edu                                                                       Tel: (212) 992 9770

Web Page: http://homepages.nyu.edu/~mc398                                      Fax: (212) 995 4186

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Economics, New York University, expected May 2002.

M.Sc. Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics, July 1996.

B.A. Economics, Bocconi University, Italy, March 1996.

 

FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

Finance, Microeconomics, International Finance, Econometrics.

 

DISSERTATION

Title: “Herd Behavior, Learning and Contagion in Financial Markets.”

Douglas Gale (Chair), Franklin Allen, Andrew Caplin.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, European I Department, Summer Intern, 2000.

Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, Research Department, Summer Intern, 1999.

J. P. Morgan, London, Currency Research Department, Econometrician (permanent position), 1996-1997.

 

RESEARCH

“Herd Behavior and Contagion in Financial Markets,” with A. Guarino, Aug. 2001, mimeo.

“The Balassa-Samuelson Effect in Transition Economies,” Sept. 2000, IMF WP (forthcoming).

“Herding and Price Convergence in a Laboratory Financial Market,” with A. Guarino, Oct. 2001, mimeo.

“Learning in a Financial Market with Changing Fundamentals,” with A. Guarino, Sept. 2001, mimeo.

“Optimal Monetary Policy in a Small Open Economy,” Aug. 1999, mimeo.

“External Shocks and the Cost of Fixed Exchange Rates: The Case of Canada,” May 1999, mimeo.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

Dean's Dissertation Fellowship, New York University, 2001.

Fellowship, Ente Luigi Einaudi, Rome, 1997.

Fellowship, Bocconi University, Milan, 1996.

Summa Cum Laude, Bocconi University, Milan, 1996.

 

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Teaching

Instructor, Principles of Economics I (Macroeconomics), New York University, 2001.

Instructor, International Finance, New York University, 1999.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Econometrics-Ph.D., New York University, 1999-2000.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Applied Statistics and Econometrics-M.A., New York University, 1998.

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Statistics, New York University, 1998-2000.

 

Research Assistant

Professor Douglas Gale, New York University, 2001.

 

Refereeing

Journal of Economic Theory.

 

Conference Presentations

IV Lacea/UTDT Workshop in International Economics, Aug. 2001, Buenos Aires.

III Joint Central Bank Research Conference on Risk Measurement, March 2002, Basel (accepted).

 

OTHER INFORMATION

Languages: Italian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), French (intermediate).

Computer skills: GAUSS, RATS, Matlab, SAS, E-Views, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

 

REFERENCES

Professor Douglas Gale                                                           Professor Franklin Allen

Department of Economics                                                       The Wharton School

New York University                                                              University of Pennsylvania

269 Mercer Street, 7^th Floor                                                   2300 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall

New York, NY 10003                                                           Philadelphia, PA 19104.6367

Tel: (212) 998 8944                                                                Tel: (215) 898 3629

Email: douglas.gale@nyu.edu                                                   Email: allenf@wharton.upenn.edu

 

Professor Alberto Bisin                                                           Professor Andrew Caplin

Department of Economics                                                       Department of Economics

New York University                                                              New York University

269 Mercer Street, 7^th Floor                                                   269 Mercer Street, 7^th Floor

New York, NY 10003                                                           New York, NY 10003

Tel: (212) 998 8916                                                                Tel: (212) 998 8950

Email: alberto.bisin@nyu.edu                                                   Email: andrew.caplin@nyu.edu

 

Professor Andrew Schotter

Department of Economics

New York University

269 Mercer Street, 7^th Floor

New York, NY 10003

Tel: (212) 998 8952

Email: andrew.schotter@nyu.edu