We are proud that Elena dal Torrione, former PhD student in Economics and Finance at DEF, has been awarded the SIE Prize 2025 for her PhD thesis  "Essay on Regression Discontinuity Designs" supervised by Professor Tiziano Arduini.

The prize will be conferred on October 24, 2025, at 11.30 am at the Meeting of the SIE Associates at the University of Naples "Parthenope".

In the past editions, the following former PhD students at the Department of 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.

In the past editions, the following former PhD students at the Department of Economics and Finance were shortlisted for this prize:

- Aldo Paolillo, SIE Prize 2024, thesis "Three Essays in Theoretical and Applied Macroeconomics" supervised by Professors Luisa Corrado and Stefano Grassi;

- Beniamino Pisicoli, SIE Prize 2023, thesis "Alternative financing and investment in intangibles: evidence from Italian firms" supervised by Professor Pasquale Scaramozzino;

- Daniela Fantozzi, SIE Prize 2022, thesis "Essays on Applied Macroeconomics" supervised by Professor Luisa Corrado.