We are proud of Aldo Paolillo, former PhD student at DEF, shortlisted for the SIE Prize 2024 with the thesis “Three Essays in Theoretical and Applied Macroeconomics” (supervisors Prof. Luisa Corrado, Prof. Stefano Grassi) .

His thesis presentation for the SIE prize competition is scheduled on September 11, at 4 pm, on Zoom.

PhD students are invited to attend the SIE Prize 2024 webinar, scheduled on September 11 and 12 from 4 pm to 6 pm:

- September 11 program, link for attendance: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83361387494?pwd=0U04v6a3vYe7WV0n3jRsKcCGOtp6g9.1

- September 12 program, link for attendance: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81788591437?pwd=eAmqEkDIahVvZqZ6HQtqw9aBxjNsDj.1

A version of the second chapter of the thesis written by Aldo Paolillo has been published as:

“The Macroeconomic Spillovers from Space Activity” (with Luisa Corrado, Stefano Grassi, and Edgar Silgado-Gómez), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 120(43), (2023). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2221342120

Our best congratulations and support for the final presentation!

In the past editions the following former PhD students at Department in Economics and Finance won this prize:

- Luca Brugnolini, SIE Prize 2019, thesis "Advances in Modern Macroeconomics" supervised by Professors Luisa Corrado and Giuseppe Ragusa.

- Walter Ferrarese, SIE Prize 2018, thesis "Essays in Industrial Organization and Microeconomics" supervised by Professor Alberto Iozzi;

- Silvia Sopranzetti, SIE Prize 2017, thesis "Essays on Networks in International Trade” supervised by Professor Beniamino Quintieri;

- Alessandro Giovannelli, SIE Prize 2011, thesis "Nonlinear Forecasting Using a Large Number of Predictors” supervised by Professor Tommaso Proietti and Marco Lippi.