NICOLA AMENDOLA CURRICULUM VITAE CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata EDUCATION June 2001: July 1995: Ph.D. in Economics University of Rome La Sapienza Dissertation: Money in Equilibrium: A Search Theoretic Approach Supervisor: Marcello Messori Laurea Degree in Statistics and Economics University of Rome La Sapienza Thesis: Money in General Equilibrium and in Sequential Analysis Supervisors: Marco Lippi and Marcello Messori RESEARCH INTEREST Monetary Theory, Inequality, Poverty PUBLISHED RESEARCH Human Development Ch. 12 in A History of Living Standards in Italy, 1861-2011, G. Vecchi, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017). With G. Gabbuti and G. Vecchi. Poverty Ch. 9; Inequality Ch. 8, Cost of living Ch 14 in A History of Living Standards in Italy, 1861-2011, G. Vecchi, ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017). With G. Vecchi. These are expanded and revised versions of the Italian language chapters cited below. Amendola, N, Ferraris L. and F. Mattesini (2016) Optimal Monetary Policy in a Pure Currency Economy with Heterogenous Agents, CEIS Research paper n.394 A Hearn, B, Amendola N. and G. Vecchi (2016) On historical household budgets, Rivista di Storia Economica, 2 1
Amendola, N., Vecchi G., (2014), "Durable Goods and Poverty Measurement", Policy Research Working Paper Series, WP n. 7105, The World Bank Amendola N., Ferraris L. (2013) Money and Limited Enforcement in Multilateral Exchange, CEIS Research paper n.298, (2013) With L. Ferraris Amendola N., Rossi, M. and G. Vecchi (2012) "Vulnerability to Poverty in Italy", Department of Economics and Statistics working papers series, Università di Torino, WP n. 7 Povertà, in In ricchezza e in povertà. Il benessere degli italiani dall Unità a oggi, Giovanni Vecchi, Il Mulino, Bologna (2011) with Salsano, F. e G. Vecchi Disuguaglianza, in In ricchezza e in povertà. Il benessere degli italiani dall Unità a oggi, Giovanni Vecchi, Il Mulino, Bologna (2011), with Brandolini A. e G. Vecchi Costo della vita, in In ricchezza e in povertà. Il benessere degli italiani dall Unità a oggi, Giovanni Vecchi, Il Mulino, Bologna (2011), with G. Vecchi "Constructing a Welfare Indicator for the Analysis of Poverty in Iraq", in Confronting Poverty in Iraq, The World Bank (2010), with G. Vecchi "Setting a Poverty Line for Iraq", in Confronting Poverty in Iraq, The World Bank (2010), with G. Vecchi "Consumer Price Indices and Poverty in Iraq 2007," in Confronting Poverty in Iraq, The World Bank, (2010), with G. Vecchi "The impact of the Public Distribution System on Living Standards - Some Microsimulations", in Confronting Poverty in Iraq, The World Bank, (2010), with Razzaz, S. Sorrentino, M. and G. Vecchi Il costo della vita al Nord e al Sud d Italia, dal dopoguerra a oggi. Stime di prima generazione. Rivista di Politica Economica, (2009) with Kiswani, B. and G. Vecchi Amendola N. (2008) Un modello monetario di search con doppia coincidenza dei bisogni, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, vol1 Amendola N., G. Vecchi (2008) Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Madagascar, 2001-2005, Africa Regions Working Paper Series, No 111, Amendola N. (2008) A double coincidence search model of money, CEIS research paper n.126, Amendola N. (2008) A selection mechanism for the barter equilibrium in the search theoretic monetary model, Economics Bulletin, Vol 5, n.2, pp 1-10 2
Amendola N. (2008) (2002) Search, moneta e autarchia, Quaderni CEIS, n.162, Introduzione in Le ragioni della disoccupazione Saggi di Nuova Economia Keynesiana, edited by Amendola N. e Messori M., Torino, UTET (2000) with M. Messori OTHER WRITINGS La linea (di povertà) è mobile. http://www.lavoce.info/articoli/pagina1003316-351.html. With N. Amendola. Chi invita i poveri al ristorante? http://www.lavoce.info/articoli/pagina1002642-351.html. With N. Amendola. Le tre povertà degli italiani. http://www.lavoce.info/articoli/pagina1002602-351.html. With N. Amendola and M. C. Rossi. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS The Historical Household Budgets (HHB) Project. Co-investigator. Details are available here: http://hhbproject.com. Vulnerability to Poverty in Italy, 1980-2012. With G. Vecchi (Università di Roma Tor Vergata ) and M. Rossi (Università di Torino). Research project joint with the National Statistical Institute (Istat). A Hundred and Fifty Years of Differences in the Cost-of-Living. Italy, 1861-2011. With G. Vecchi (Università di Roma Tor Vergata ), A. Brunetti (Istat) and G. Federico (European University Institute). Research Grants and Awards 2015, The Institute of New Economic Thinking http://ineteconomics.org/grants-research-programs/grants/living-standards-inequalityand-poverty-around-the-world-1815-2015-a-new-household-budget-approach Co-investigator 2000-2002, Research grant from the University of Rome Tor Vergata 3
2003-2004, Research grant from the University of Rome Tor Vergata 1996 Fausto Vicarelli dissertation award, University of Rome La sapienza TEACHING Advanced microeconomics Laurea specialistica Università di Roma Tor Vergata Microeconomics Laurea triennale Università di Roma Luiss, Guido Carli Money in General equilibrium- Topics Ph.D in Economics, Università di Roma Tor Vergata OTHER EXPERIENCE 2009-2010, Visiting scholar, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 2008-2016, Consultant for The World Bank Institute. SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES Summer Workshop on Money, Banking, Payments and Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, August 8-12, 2016 Summer Workshop on Money, Banking, Payments and Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, August 7-14, 2013 IV Workshop on Institution, Individual Behaviour and Economic Outcomes, Alghero, June 23 - July 1 2013 53 riunione della Società Italiana degli Economisti, (accepted presentation) Matera, 18-20 October 2012 Philadelphia Workshop on Monetary and Macroeconomics, March 2010, Federal reserve Bank of Philadelphia 4
Workshop On either side of money economy theory. Université de Paris-Ouest, Nanterre, (invited presentation), September 2009 Secondo workshop sulla dinamica distributiva in Italia 1861-2011, University of Rome Tor Vergata, (invited presentation) February 2009 Exchange Seminars, EconomiX, Université Paris X, Nanterre, (invited seminar), December 2007 48 riunione della Società Italiana degli Economisti, Sessioni libere, (accepted presentation) Torino, 26-27 October 2007 International Symposium on Money, Banking and Finance, (accepted presentation) Rennes, 14-15 June 2007. Second European Workshop in Monetary Theory. Facoltà di Economia dell Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, (invited presentation), October 2006 Workshop on Teoria e politica monetaria, Università Cattolica di Milano, invited presentation, (invited presentation) January 2002 Workshop on "Recenti sviluppi di teoria e politica monetaria" (invited presentation), Villalago, Piediluco November 2001 Workshop on "General Equilibrium: Problems, Prospects and Alternatives" Università di Siena. July 1999 Workshop on Computational and Adaptive Economics, Università di Trento, June 1999 REFEREE ACTIVITY Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, Review of Income and Wealth 5