Saverio Simonelli

Professor of Economics, University of Naples Federico II
Email: saverio.simonelli@unina.it
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Bio

Saverio Simonelli is Professor of Economics at the University of Naples Federico II and research fellow at CSEF. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Naples Federico II. His research focuses on fiscal policy, labor productivity, macroeconomic forecasting, and financial instability. He is a co-founder of Now-Casting.com.

• 2018–current: Professor, Univ. of Naples Federico II
• 2016–2017: Visiting Professor, Univ. of Mannheim
• 2014–2018: Associate Professor, Univ. of Naples Federico II
• 2005–2014: Assistant Professor, Univ. of Naples Federico II
• 2003: PhD, Univ. of Naples Federico II
• 2001: Visiting Scholar, Boston College
• 2000: MSc, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Research

• Short-Selling Bans and Bank Stability (with Beber, Fabbri, Pagano), Review of Corporate Finance Studies, [pdf]
• Liquidity and Consumption (with Acconcia, Corsetti), AEJ: Macro, 2019 [pdf]
• Bank Exposures and Sovereign Stress Transmission (with Altavilla, Pagano), Review of Finance, 2017 [pdf]
• Mafia and Public Spending (with Acconcia, Corsetti), AER, 2014 [pdf]
• Systemic Risk and Bank Exposures (with Battistini, Pagano), Economic Policy, 2014 [pdf]
• Seismic Insurance in Italy (with Asprone et al.), Structural Safety, 2013 [pdf]
• International Comovements (with Mumtaz, Surico), Review of Economic Dynamics, 2011 [pdf]
• Nowcasting EA Activity (with Giannone, Reichlin), NIE Review, 2009 [pdf]
• Aggregate Fluctuations by Sector (with Acconcia), JEDC, 2008 [pdf]
• Labor Market Dynamics (with Ravn), Scand. J. Econ., 2008 [pdf]

Working Papers

• Measuring Productivity Dispersion (with Ilzetzki), CEPR DP 12273, 2017 [R&R]

Teaching

• 2025 – Macroeconomics (M.Sc.), Univ. of Naples Federico II
• 2025 – Monetary Economics (B.A.), Univ. of Lugano
• 2024 – International Macroeconomics (M.Sc.), Univ. of Naples Federico II
• 2024 – Macroeconomics (B.A.), Univ. of Naples Federico II