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Giovanni Serio

New York University

Department of Economics

giovanni.serio@nyu.edu

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~gs506

 

 

EDUCATION

New York University                                                                                                         New York, NY

Ph.D. in Economics                                                                                                                Expected in Jun 2006

Master in Economics                                                                                                               Oct 2002

                                                                                                      

University of Palermo                                                                                                         Palermo, Italy

Laurea Cum Laude in Economics                                                                                            Apr 1997

 

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Economic Development, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics

 

JOB MARKET PAPER

“Competition and Inter-Firm Credit: theory and evidence from firm-level data in Indonesia” (2005) New York University

 

RESEARCH

Publications

“The Efficiency of the Local Public Utilities” (with G. Ciaccio) 2001 in Economia Pubblica No 4 2001, Franco Angeli, Milano (in Italian).

 

“Capital and Exchange Control in the Mediterranean Countries” (with G. Iuzzolino), presented at the European University Institute, Florence on March 2001. Published in Italian in “Le Economie del Mediterraneo” ed. M. Roccas, G. Gomel, 2001 Banca d’Italia.

 

Working Papers

“Dynamics of Competition among Microcredit Institutions in Bangladesh” (joint with Sanjay Jay, G. Mansuri, T. Van Bastelaer) (2005) (in progress)

 

 “Informal Credit and Financial Crisis in Developing Countries: A Cushion or a Bed of Nails? Theory and Empirical Evidence from Trade credit and the Asian Financial Crisis on Indonesian firms” (2005) New York University  (in progress)

 

“Credit rationing and Farm productivity: evidence from rural Pakistan” (joint with H. Jacoby and G. Mansuri) (2003) World Bank

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 New York University                                                                                                                    New York, NY

Instructor, Department of Economics                                                                                                 Fall 2003

Intermediate Macro:  “Business Cycle and Stabilization Policies”

Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics                                                                                   Sept 2001 – Present

Intermediary Macroeconomics

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Banca D’Italia (Central Bank of Italy)                                                                                               Palermo, Italy

Researcher, Economic Research Unit                                                                                                  Jan 1999 – Sept 2003

Ranked 1^st in the public contest for junior economists

 World Bank                                                                                                                                       Washington, DC

Consultant, Development Economics Research Group                                                                        2003/2005         

                                                                                                                                            

Guardia di Finanza                                                                                                                           Rome, Italy

Lieutenant, Financial Crime and Money Laundering Unit                                                                  Sept 1997 – Jan 1999

 

LANGUAGES

Italian              Native speaker

English                        Fluent

Portuguese      Working knowledge

 

AWARDS & HONORS

New York University GSAS Scholarship                                                                                         2001 - Present

Ente Luigi Einaudi Scholarship                                                                                                        2000

Efisio Piana Scholarship, C.S.R. Banca d’Italia                                                                               2000

                                                                                                                                  

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