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Alessandro Barbarino

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago, 2006
  • M.A., Economics, Bocconi University, 1998
  • B.A., Economics, Bocconi University, 1997
Current Research Topics
  • Forecasting
  • Factor Models
  • Principal Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Research and Statistics

    2015 - present
  • Visiting Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Monetary Affairs

    2011
  • Senior Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Research and Statistics

    2009 - 2015
  • Economist

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2006 - 2009
  • Visiting Faculty

    Duke University

    2005 - 2006
  • Forecasting Near-equivalence of Linear Dimension Reduction Methods in Large Panels of Macro-variables
    Alessandro Barbarino and Efstathia Bura
    Econometrics and Statistics (Forthcoming)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosta.2021.10.007
  • Which Output Gap Estimates Are Stable in Real Time and Why?
    Alessandro Barbarino, Travis J. Berge, Han Chen, and Andrea Stella
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2020.102
  • Real-Time Measurement of Business Conditions, Macroeconomic Surprises, and Uncertainty: Is a Recession Looming?
    Alessandro Barbarino and Chiara Scotti
    Alternative Economic Indicators (2020)
    https://doi.org/10.17848/9780880996778
  • A Unified Framework for Dimension Reduction in Forecasting
    Alessandro Barbarino and Efstathia Bura
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2017.004
  • Forecasting with Sufficient Dimension Reductions
    Alessandro Barbarino and Efstathia Bura
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2015)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2015.074
  • The Incapacitation Effect of Incarceration: Evidence from Several Italian Collective Pardons
    Alessandro Barbarino and Giovanni Mastrobuoni
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2014)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.6.1.1
  • Shakeouts and Market Crashes
    Alessandro Barbarino and Boyan Jovanovic
    International Economic Review (2007)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2007.00432.x
  • Shakeouts and Market Crashes
    Alessandro Barbarino and Boyan Jovanovic
    NBER Working Paper Series (2004)
    https://doi.org/10.3386/w10556
  • discussion

    November, 2011

    Federal Reserve System Committee on Business and Financial Analysis (Cleveland)

    "Are People Aware of the Taylor Rule?" by Carvalho and Nechio

  • discussion

    October, 2011

    FMA meetings (Denver)

    "Does Fiscal Policy Matter for Bond Risk Premia?" by Alex Hsu

  • discussion

    May, 2011

    Federal Reserve System Committee on Applied Microeconomics (St. Louis)

    Discussion of "Aggregate Real-Wage Fluctuations: Composition Effect and Individual Wage Growth", by Daly, Hobijn and Wiles

  • discussion

    November, 2010

    Federal Reserve System Committee on Regional Economics (New Orleans)

    Discussion of "Product Life-Cycles and the Geographic Diffusion of Industries", by Elvery and Lin

  • discussion

    May, 2010

    Federal Reserve System Committee on Applied Microeconomics (Boston)

    "Biofuel Subsidies: An Open-Economy Analysis" by Bandyopadhyay, Bhaumik and Wall"

  • conference

    January, 2010

    American Economic Association Meetings (Atlanta)

    Estimating Incapacitation Using Collective Pardons

  • conference

    May, 2009

    Federal Reserve System Committee on Macroeconomics (San Francisco)

    The Information Gap

  • discussion

    May, 2009

    Federal Reserve System Committee on Applied Microeconomics (Kansas City)

    "No Ifs, Ands, or Butts: Casino Gaming Revenues and the Illinois Smoking Ban" by Garrett and Pakko

  • conference

    October, 2008

    2nd Conference of the Research Network on Innovation and Competition Policy (Berlin)

    The Incapacitation Effect of Incarceration: Evidence from Several Italian Collective Pardons

  • discussion

    November, 2008

    Federal Reserve System Committee on Regional Economics (Denver)

    Discussed the paper "Forecasting House Prices for States and the Nation" by Kodrzycki and Triest

  • conference

    September, 2008

    EALE conference (Amsterdam)

    The Incapacitation Effect of Incarceration: Evidence from Several Italian Collective Pardons

  • conference

    September, 2008

    University of Alicante

    The Incapacitation Effect of Incarceration: Evidence from Several Italian Collective Pardons

  • conference

    January, 2007

    American Economic Association Meetings (Chicago)

    Measuring Unemployment Composition over the Business Cycle

Awards
  • 2009

    Giornale degli Economisti

    Carlo Giannini Prize

Referee
  • Review of Economics and Statistics
  • Journal of Political Economy
  • Journal of Economic Dynamics
  • International Economic Review
  • Manchester Journal
  • Economic Journal
  • Journal of the European Economic Association
  • American Statistician
Professional Affiliation
  • Instructor in "Statistics" at the John Hopkins University (2010)
  • Instructor in "Statistics" at Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin, 2009, 2010)
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Last Update: December 1, 2023