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EDUCATION

1987: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Thesis title:  "Essays on General Equilibrium Models with Imperfect Financial Markets."  
Thesis supervisor:  David Cass.

1983: M.A. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

1981: Laurea in Statistics, summa cum laude, University of Rome, Rome, Italy.

Fellowships and Prizes

Fall 07: Association of Graduate Students; Economics Department: Runner-up for Excellence in First Year Teaching

Fall 06, Fall 04 and Fall 00: Association of Graduate Students; Economics Department: Excellence in First Year Teaching

Fall 04, Association of Graduate Students; Economics Department: Best Advisor

Fall 2001:  Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence for a Core Course.

1986‑87:  Center for Analytic Research in Economics and the Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania.

1984‑85: University of Pennsylvania Teaching Fellow.

1984‑85: Fellowship,  Ente "Luigi Einaudi", Rome, Italy.

1982‑83, 1983‑84: Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, "L. Jona" Scholarship, Turin, Italy.

1982-83: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998 - present: Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.

1996 - 1998: Associate Professor with tenure, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.

2003 - Present: Affiliated faculty member, Department of Economics, Columbia University.

Fall 96-Spring 97:  Professore Straordinario, Dipartimento di Economia, Universita’ di Lecce

1992 - 96: Associate Professor (without tenure), Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.

Fall 1993: Visiting Associate Professor, Economics Department, Yale University
 
May 1990, May - July 1993 and May - June 1994: Research Fellow,  C.O.R.E., Universite Catholique de Louvain.

1989 - 1992: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.

1988 - 1989: Visiting Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University.  

1987‑88: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Rutgers University.

January‑July 1986: Research Fellow, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, Italy.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor: Decision in Economics and Finance

Associate Editor: Economic Theory.

Associate Editor: Decision in Economics and Finance

Guest Editor, Special Issue for the Festschrift in honor of D. Cass 2004; Economic Theory

Guest Editor, Special issue for the Conferences at Lawrence, Lisbon, New Haven, Rio de Janeiro and Taipei; Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2008

Organizer: General Equilibrium and Mathematical Economics, NS/NBER/CEME, 2010

Organizer: CARESS-Cowles Conference on General Equilibrium and Its Applications; 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005.

Organizer: European General Equilibrium Conference; 2008.

PUBLISHED REFEREED PAPERS

“Economies with Observable Types,” with A. Rustichini, forthcoming, Review of Economic Dynamics.

“Mixed Strategy Equilibria in Repeated Games with One-Period Memory,” with P. Dutta, International Journal of Economic Theor, 6, 1, 2010, 167-187.

“Recursive equilibrium in stochastic OLG economies,” with A. Citanna, Econometrica. 78, 1, 2010, 309–347.

“On the nonexistence of recursive equilibrium in stochastic OLG economies,” with A. Citanna, Economic Theory, 37, 2008, 417- 437.

“General equilibrium in economies with adverse selection,” with A. Rustichini, Economic Theory, 37, 2008, 417-437

"Preferences over Characteristics and Utility Functions over Commodities," with A. Rustichini, Economic Theory: Exposita Notes, 36, 2008, 159-164

"Trade and revelation of information," with T.Pietra, forthcoming Journal of Economic Theory. 138, 2008, 132-164.

“Short-memory equilibrium in stochastic OLG economies,” with  A. Citanna, Journal of Economic Theory, 134, 2007, 448-469.

 “Introduction to the Symposium: General Equilibrium, Incomplete Markets and Sunspots,” with S. Spear, J. Donaldson, H. Polemarchakis and A. Citanna, Economic Theory, 24, 2004, 465-468.

“Lottery and Sunspot Equilibria in Growth Economies,” with A. Rustichini, Economic Theory, 24, 2004,  701-726.

“Efficient Provision of Public Goods with Endogenous Redistribution,” with L. Anderlini, Review of  Economic Design, 8, 2004, 413-447

“Optimal debt contracts and moral hazard along the business cycle,” with P. Reichlin, Economic Theory, 24, 2004, 79-114,.

“Generic Regularity of Competitive Equilibria with Restricted Participation,” with D. Cass and A. Villanacci,  Journal of Mathematical Economics, 36, 1, 2001, pp.
61-76.   

“Prices, Asset Markets and Indeterminacy,” with H.M. Polemarchakis, Journal of Economic Theory, 82, 1998, 46 - 63.

“Fully Revealing Equilibria in Sequential Economies with Asset Markets,” with T. Pietra, Journal  of Mathematical Economics, 29, 1998, 211 - 223.

“Extrinsic Uncertainty and the Informational Role of Prices,” with T. Pietra, Journal of Economic Theory, 77(1), 1997, 154 - 180.

"Generic Existence of Competitive Equilibria with Restricted Participation," with H.M. Polemarchakis, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 28, 1997, 289 - 311.

“Equilibrium in Economies with Financial Markets: Uniqueness of Expectations and Indeterminacy,” with T. Pietra, Journal of Economic Theory, 71, 1996, 183 -208.

“The Role of Social Security in an Economy with Asymmetric Information and Financial Intermediation,” with P. Reichlin, Journal of Public Economics, 60, 1996, 153 -175.

“Generic Existence of Competitive Equilibria when the Asset Market is Incomplete: A Symmetric Argument,” with H.M. Polemarchakis, Economic Theory, 6, 1995, 495-510.

“Asset Markets and the Information Revealed by Prices,” with H.M. Polemarchakis, Economic Theory, 3, 1993, 645 - 661.

“Competitive Equilibria without Free Disposal or Nonsatiation,”  with H.M. Polemarchakis,  Journal of Mathematical Economics, 22, 1993,  85 -99.

“Real Indeterminacy in Incomplete Financial Market Economies without Aggregate Risk,” with A. Villanacci, Economic Theory, 1, 1991,  265 - 276.

“Sunspot Equilibria and Incomplete Financial Markets,”  Journal of Mathematical Economics, 20, 1991, .327 - 339.

“The Structure of Financial Equilibrium with Exogenous Yields: The Case of Restricted Participation,” with Y. Balasko, and  D. Cass,  Journal of Mathematical Economics, 19, 1990, 195-216.

“Non - Informative Rational Expectations Equilibria when Assets are Nominal: An Example,” with K. Mischel,. and H.M. Polemarchakis, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory,  15, 1, 1990, pp.52-58.

“Sul Ruolo della Moneta Interna e Moneta Esterna”, with  T. Pietra, Economia Politica, n.1, April 1987, pp.49‑88.

“Equilibrio Economico Generale e Macroeconomia:  Una Critica della <<Nuova Macroeconomia Neoclassica>>”, with F. Coricelli, Politica Economica, n.1, April 1986, pp.45‑80.

“Aspettative Razionali, Mercato Atomistico e Principio del Costo Marginale”, with P. Reichlin, Giornale degli Economisti, November/December 1983, pp.769‑779.

OTHER PUBLISHED PAPERS

“Guest Editors’ Introduction”. In: “Essays in Dynamic General Equilibrium Theory. A Festschrift in Honor of D. Cass”, A. Citanna, J. Donaldson, H. Polemarchakis, P. Siconolfi, S. Spear (Eds), Springer, New York, 2005

“Lottery and Sunspot Equilibria in Growth Economies: Theory and Examples,” with A. Rustichini, forthcoming in A. Citanna , J. Donaldson, H. Polemarchakis,  P. Siconolfi and  S. Spear, A. eds.,  “Essays in Dynamic General Equilibrium Theory. Festschrift for David Cass,” Springer, Berlin. 2005, 203-242.

“Distribution Risk and Equity Returns,” with J. Dantine and J. Donaldson, forthcoming,  The Equity Risk Premium, R. Mehra, ed., North Holland Handbook of Finance Series, North Holland, Amsterdam.

“Equilibrium with Asymmetric Constraints on Portfolio Holdings and Incomplete Financial Markets,” in M. Galeotti, L. Geronazzo, F. Gori, eds, Non-Linear Dynamics in Economics and Social Sciences,  Societa' Pitagora, December 1989, pp.271-292.

WORKING PAPER

“Large Economies with non-concave preferences,” with A. Rustichini, June 2002.

“Recursive equilibrium in stochastic OLG economies: Incomplete markets,” with A. Citanna, April 2007.

“Incentive Efficient Price Systems in Insurance Economies with Adverse Selection,” with A. Citanna, February 2011.