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Publications in refereed journals

1. A Direct Test of the Buffer Stock Model of Saving, joint with Tullio Jappelli and Luigi Pistaferri, Journal of European Economic Association, 2008, 6(6), pp. 1-25.

2. Retirement expectations, pension reforms, and their impact on private wealth accumulation, joint with Renata Bottazzi and Tullio Jappelli, Journal of Public Economics, 2006, 90(12),pp. 2187-2212.

3. Financial Market Integration and Economic Growth in the EU, joint with Luigi Guiso, Tullio Jappelli and Marco Pagano, Economic Policy, 2004, 40, pp. 523-577.

4. Consumer durables and the marginal propensity to consume out of permanent income shocks, Reserach in Economics, 2004, 58(4), pp. 310-341.

5. Does Poor Legal Enforcement Make Households Credit-Constrained?, joint with Daniela Fabbri, Journal of Banking and Finance, 2004, 28(10), pp. 2369-2397.

6. The Quality of Health Care: Evidence form Italy, joint with Tullio Jappelli, Giornale degli Economisti ed Annali di Economia 2003, 62, pp. 7-34.

7. Too much for retirement? Saving in Italy, joint with Agar Brugiavini, Research in Economics, 2001, 55, pp. 39-60.

8. Durable Goods and Intertemporal Choices: A Survey, Giornale degli Economisti ed Annali di Economia, 2000, 60, pp. 245-269.

Contributions to volumes

1. Wealth and Portfolio Composition, joint with Dimitris Christelis and Tullio Jappelli in Börsch-Supan, Axel, Agar Brugiavini, Hendrik Jürges,
   Johan Mackenbach, Johannes Siegriest and Guglielmo Weber, Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe: first results from the Survey of Health,
   Aging and Retirement in Europe. Mannheim: Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging, 2005.

2. Legal institutions, credit market and poverty in Italy (joint with Daniela Fabbri) in CreditMarket for the Poor, edited by Patrick Bolton and
   Howard Rosenthal. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2005.

3. Household Saving Behaviour and Pension Policies in Italy, joint with Agar Brugiavini, Life-Cycle Savings and Public Policy, edited by Axel Börsch Supan, New York: Academic Press, 2003.

Working Papers

1. An Approximate Consumption Function, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 24/08.

2. Screening Tests, Information, and the Health-Education Gradient, joint with Ciro Avitabile and Tullio Jappelli, CSEF Working Paper No. 187, January 2008.

3. Evidence on the Insurance Effect of Marginal Income Taxes,  joint with Charles Grant, Christos Koulovatianos and Alex Michaelides, CEPR Discussion Papers No. 6710, February 2008.

4. Bounds on Repayment Behavior: Evidence for the Consumer Credit Market, joint with Charles Grant, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 26/07.

5. Households' saving and Debt in Italy, joint with Tullio Jappelli, CSEF Working Paper No. 183, September 2007.

6. Discounting and Expropriation Risk, joint with Giovanni Immordino, CSEF Working Paper No. 179, May 2007.

7. Cognitive Ability and Portfolio Choice, joint with Dimitris Christelis and Tullio Jappelli, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5735, July 2006.

8. Informal Credit Markets, Judicial Costs and Consumer Credit: Evidence from Firm Level Data, joint with Charles Grant, CSEF Working Paper No. 155, February 2006.

9. A Direct Test of the Buffer Stock Model of Saving, joint with Tullio Jappelli and Luigi Pistaferri, CSEF Working Paper No. 150, November 2005.

10. Wealth and portfolio composition in SHARE, joint with Dimitris Christelis and Tullio Jappelli, CSEF Working Paper No. 132, March 2005.

11. Retirement Expectations, Pension Reforms and Their Effect on Private Wealth Accumulation, joint with Renata Bottazzi e Tullio Jappelli,
    CEPR Discussion Papers No. 4882, January 2005.

12. Financial Market Integration and Economic Growth in the EU, joint with Luigi Guiso, Tullio Jappelli and Marco Pagano, CEPR Discussion Papers
    No. 4395, June 2004.

13. Financial Market Integration and Economic Growth in the EU, joint with Luigi Guiso, Tullio Jappelli and Marco Pagano, CSEF Working Papers
    No. 118, April 2004.

14. Redistributive policies through taxation: theory and evidence, joint with Charles Grant, Christos Koulovatianos e Alexander Michaelides,
    CSEF Working Paper No. 100, June 2003.

15. Retirement expectations and pension reforms, joint with Tullio Jappelli and Renata Bottazzi, CSEF Working Paper No. 92, June 2003.

16. Inflation Dynamics and Subjective Expectations in the United States, joint with Klaus Adam, CSEF Working Paper No. 78, March 2002.

17. Education, Employment and Wage Risk, joint with Luigi Pistaferri, CSEF Working Paper No. 67, August 2001.

18. Risk Sharing and Tax System, joint with Charles Grant, CSEF Working Paper No. 66, August 2001.

19. Excess Smoothness and Durable Goods, CSEF Working Paper No. 38, April 2000.

20. Euler Equations and Durable Goods, CSEF Working Paper No. 30, December 1999.