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Gianni G. Amisano

Assistant Director Program Direction Section Research and Statistics
[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, University of Warwick, UK, 1995
  • B.A., Economics, University of Pavia, Italy, 1988
  • Assistant Director

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2021 - present
  • Section Chief and Assistant Director

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2019 - 2020
  • Section Chief

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

    2015 - 2018
  • Senior Economist and Principal Economist

    European Central Bank, DG-Research

    2007 - 2015
  • Professor of Econometrics

    University of Brescia, Italy

    2005 - 2006
  • Associate Professor of Econometrics

    University of Brescia, Italy

    2000 - 2004
  • Assistant Professor of Econometrics

    University of Brescia, Italy

    1993 - 1999
  • Monetary aggregates and inflation: a new view on an old relationship
    Gianni Amisano and Roberta Colavecchio
    Research Handbook on Inflation (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035327768.00019
  • Underlying Inflation: An Ensemble Averaging Approach
    Gianni Amisano, Travis Berge, and Simon C. Smith
    FEDS Notes (2025)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/2380-7172.3756
  • Monetary policy and long-term interest rates
    Gianni Amisano and Oreste Tristani
    Quantitative Economics (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.3982/QE1287
    See also » FRB Working Paper (2019)
  • Uncertainty Shocks, Monetary Policy and Long-Term Interest Rates
    Gianni Amisano and Oreste Tristani
    Finance and Economics Discussion Series (2019)
    https://doi.org/10.17016/FEDS.2019.024
  • Prediction Using Several Macroeconomic Models
    Gianni Amisano and John Geweke
    Review of Economics and Statistics (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.1162/REST_a_00655
  • Mutual Funds Dynamics and Economic Predictors
    Gianni Amisano and Roberto Savona
    Journal of Financial Econometrics (2017)
    https://doi.org/10.1093/jjfinec/nbx001
  • Analysis of Variance for Bayesian Inference
    John Geweke and Gianni Amisano
    Econometric Reviews (2014)
    https://doi.org/10.1080/07474938.2013.807182
  • The Way Out of Recessions: A Forecasting Analysis for Some Euro Area Countries: Discussion
    Gianni Amisano
    International Journal of Forecasting (2014)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2013.01.004
  • Prediction Using Several Macroeconomic Models
    Gianni Amisano and John Geweke
    Working paper series (European Central Bank) (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2252579
  • Diversification by Entry into a New Submarket?
    Gianni Amisano and Maria Letizia Giorgetti
    Applied Economics (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2011.628297
  • Money Growth and Inflation: A Regime Switching Approach
    Gianni Amisano and Gabriel Fagan
    Journal of International Money and Finance (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2012.09.006
  • Entry into Pharmaceutical Submarkets: A Bayesian Panel Probit Analysis
    Gianni Amisano and Maria Letizia Giorgetti
    Journal of Applied Econometrics (2013)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.2267
  • Prediction with Misspecified Models
    John Geweke and Gianni Amisano
    American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings (2012)
    https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.102.3.482
  • Exact Likelihood Computation for Nonlinear DSGE Models with Heteroskedastic Innovations
    Gianni Amisano and Oreste Tristani
    Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control (2011)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2011.08.003
  • Optimal Prediction Pools
    John Geweke and Gianni Amisano
    Journal of Econometrics (2011)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2011.02.017
  • Hierarchical Markov Normal Mixture Models with Applications to Financial Asset Returns
    John Geweke and Gianni Amisano
    Journal of Applied Econometrics (2011)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/jae.1119
  • Assessing European Central Bank's Credibility during the First Years of the Eurosystem: A Bayesian Empirical Investigation
    Gianni Amisano and Marco Tronzano
    Manchester School (2010)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9957.2010.02203.x
  • Comparing and Evaluating Bayesian Predictive Distributions of Asset Returns
    John Geweke and Gianni Amisano
    International Journal of Forecasting (2010)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2009.10.007
  • Euro Area Inflation Persistence in an Estimated Nonlinear DSGE Model
    Gianni Amisano and Oreste Tristani
    Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control (2010)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2010.05.001
  • EMU and the Adjustment to Asymmetric Shocks: The Case of Italy
    Gianni Amisano, Nicola Giammarioli, and Livio Stracca
    Working paper series (European Central Bank) (2009)
    https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1517107
  • Comparing Density Forecasts via Weighted Likelihood Ratio Tests
    Gianni Amisano and Raffaella Giacomini
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics (2007)
    https://doi.org/10.1198/073500106000000332
  • Profit Related Pay in Italy: A Microeconometric Analysis
    Gianni Amisano and Alessandra Del Boca
    International Journal of Manpower (2004)
    https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720410554160
  • Bayesian Inference in Cointegrated Systems
    Gianni Amisano
    Research in Economics (2003)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rie.2003.08.002
  • What Goes Up Sometimes Stays Up: Shocks and Institutions As Determinants of Unemployment Persistence
    Gianni Amisano and Massimiliano Serati
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy (2003)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9485.5004005
  • Forecasting cointegrated series with BVAR models
    Gianni Amisano and Massimiliano Serati
    Journal of Forecasting (1999)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-131X(199912)18:7<463::AID-FOR732>3.0.CO;2-D
  • Topics in Structural VAR Econometrics
    Gianni Amisano and Carlo Giannini
    Springer (1997)
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60623-6
  • Bayesian Analysis of Integration at Different Frequencies in Quarterly Data
    Gianni Amisano
    Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia (1995)
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