Leo Ferraris

LEO FERRARIS

CURRICULUM VITAE

September, 2015

ADDRESS

Università di Roma, Tor Vergata

Economics and Finance Department

via Columbia 2

00133, Rome, Italy

E-mail:leo.ferraris@uniroma2.it

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

·      Professor, Economics and Finance Department, Università Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy, September 2015 –present

·      “Montalcini” Fellow, Economics Department, Università Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy, July 2011-August 2015

·      Associate Professor, Economics Department, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, June 2011

·      Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, September 2005- May 2011

EDUCATION

·      PhD Economics, London School of Economics, London, UK, 2005

·      MSc Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 1998

·      BA Economics, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, 1997

RESEARCH INTERESTS

·      Monetary Theory

·      Voting

PUBLISHED PAPERS

·      “Foreign Lenders and the Real Sector”,with R. Minetti, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, 39, 2007, 945-964

·      “Collateral Secured Loans in a Monetary Economy”, with M. Watanabe, Journal of Economic Theory, 143, 2008, 405-424

·      “On the Complementarity of Money and Credit”, European Economic Review, 54, 2010, 733-741

·      “Collateral Fluctuations in a Monetary Economy”, with M. Watanabe, Journal of Economic Theory, 146, 2011, 1915-1940

·      “On the Effect of Ideology in Proportional Representation Systems”, with F. De Sinopoli and G. Iannantuoni, Mathematical Social Sciences, 62, 2011, 87-90

·      “Liquidity Constraints in a Monetary Economy”, with M. Watanabe, International Economic Review, 53, 2012, 255-277

·      “Electing a Parliament”, with F. De Sinopoli and G. Iannantuoni, Social Choice and Welfare, 40, 2013, 715-727

·      “Foreign Banks and the Dual Effect of Financial Liberalization”, with R. Minetti, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, 45, 2013, 1301-1333

·      “Limited Committment and the Legal Restrictions Theory of the Demand for Money”, with F. Mattesini, Journal of Economic Theory, 151, 2014, 196-215

·      “Moderating Government”, with F. De Sinopoli and G. Iannantuoni, Social Choice and Welfare, 45, 2015, 415-440

COMPLETED/SUBMITTED PAPERS

·      “Elementary Forms of Economic Organization”

·      “Money and Limited Enforcement in Multilateral Exchange”, with N. Amendola

·      “Money and Collateral”, with F. Mattesini

·      “On a Conjecture by Neil Wallace”, with N. Amendola and F. Mattesini

TEACHING

·      Graduate: Macroeconomics, Advanced Macroeconomics, Monetary Theory

·      Undergraduate: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics

REFEREE

Annals of Finance, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Money Credit and Banking,Journal of Public Economic Theory, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics

GRANTS

·      Ministry of Science & Technology, Spain, Grant SEJ2006-11665-C02-0 (2006-2009)

·      Juan de la Cierva Fellowship, Ministry of Science & Technology, Spain (2006-2009)

·      Ministry of Science & Technology, Spain, Grant ECO2009-10531 (2009-2011)

·      “Rita Levi Montalcini” Program, Ministry of University & Scientific Research, Italy (2011-2015)