PhD in Economics and Statistics

Alumni - Cycle XXXVI

Curriculum ECONOMICS

Dr. Francesco ABATE

PhD thesis: Essays in Empirical Banking

Tutor: Prof. Enzo Dia, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor: Prof. Mario Anolli, Catholic University of Milano

Dr. Angelica BERTUCCI

PhD thesis: Essays in Macroeconomics

Supervisor: Prof. Patrizio Tirelli, University of Pavia

Dr. Anastasia BRUNI

PhD thesis: Essays on Energy Economics: Energy Efficiency and Productivity

Tutor: Prof. Matteo Manera, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisors: Prof. Matteo Manera, University of Milano-Bicocca; Dr. Fotios Kalantzis, European Investment Bank

Dr. Gregorio GHETTI

PhD thesis: Essays in Macroeconomics

Tutor: Prof. Valeria Gattai, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor: Prof. Andrea Colciago, University of Milano-Bicocca and De Nederlandsche Bank

Dr. Lorena POPESCU

PhD thesis: Silent Killers: Delving into the Health Effects of Short-term PM2.5 Exposure – Essay on Air Pollution and Public Health: Evidence from Italy and Europe

Supervisors: Proff. Elena Cottini, Luca Salmasi, and Gilberto Turati, Catholic University of Milano

Dr. Francesco RICCIUTELLI

PhD thesis:  Essays on Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Tutor: Prof. Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor: Prof. Alice Albonico, University of Milano-Bicocca

Dr. Meneyahel TESFAYE (Cycle XXXV)

PhD thesis:  Essays on Alternative Credit: Its Evolution and Impact on Lending Market and Financial Stability

Supervisor: Dr. Vittoria Cerasi, Italian Court of Auditors

Curriculum STATISTICS

Dr. Luca AIELLO

PhD thesis:  Advanced Bayesian Modeling in Public Health and Environmental Risk Assessment

Supervisors: Prof. Lucia Paci, Catholic University of Milano; Prof. Raffaele Argiento, University of Bergamo

Dr. Francesco BARILE

PhD thesis:  Advances in Bayesian Methods: Nonparametric Network Modeling and Scalable Computations

Tutor: Prof. Fulvia Pennoni, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor: Prof. Bernardo Nipoti, University of Milano-Bicocca

Dr. Jiefeng BI

PhD thesis:  Advancements in Bayesian Methods for Personalized Medicine

Supervisor: Prof. Bernardo Nipoti, University of Milano-Bicocca 

Dr. Riccardo COGO

PhD thesis:  Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Survival Analysis

Tutor: Prof. Matteo Pelagatti, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisors: Proff. Federico Camerlenghi and Tommaso Rigon, University of Milano-Bicocca 

Dr. Ludovica DE CAROLIS

PhD thesis:  A New Network Approach to Psychological Assessments within a Latent Space Item Response Modeling Framework

Tutor: Prof. Sonia Migliorati, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor: Prof. Minjeong Jeon, University of California at Los Angeles

Dr. Claudia SARTIRANA

PhD thesis:  Network Effects on Green Propensity and Determinants of Persistence in Green Innovation: Two Empirical Studies on US Firms Using Patent Data

Tutor: Prof. Aldo Solari, University of Venezia - Ca’ Foscari

Supervisor: Prof. Maria Luisa Mancusi, Catholic University of Milano

PhD in Economics and Statistics

Alumni - Cycle XXXV

Curriculum ECONOMICS

Dr. Pietro BOMPREZZI

PhD thesis: Flowing under the Radar: Micro Evidence of Official Lending

Tutor:  Prof. Silvia Marchesi, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Silvia Marchesi, University of Milano-Bicocca

Dr.  Pietro DE PONTI

PhD thesis: Essays in Applied Economics

Tutor: Prof. Laura Pagani, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Maria Luisa Mancusi, Catholic University of Milano; Prof. Valeria Gattai, University of Milano-Bicocca

Dr. Francesco FERLAINO

PhD thesis: Essays on Household Heterogeneity and Financial Frictions

Tutor: Prof. Stergios Athanasoglou, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Domenico Delli Gatti, Catholic University of Milano

Dr. Matteo ROMAGNOLI

PhD thesis: Essays on Energy Economics and Econometrics

Tutor: Prof. Matteo Manera, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Matteo Manera, University of Milano-Bicocca; Prof. Anna Cretì, Dauphine University, FR

Dr. Federico CORTESE

PhD thesis: Statistical Modeling and Temporal Clustering of Multivariate Time-series with Applications to Financial Data

Tutor: Prof. Matteo Pelagatti, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Fulvia Pennoni, University of Milano-Bicocca; Prof. Francesco Bartolucci, University of Perugia; Prof. Petter Kolm, New York University, US; Prof. Erik Lindstrom, Lund University, SE

Dr. Alice GIAMPINO

PhD thesis: Innovative Approaches to Bayesian Clustering Methods: Parametric and Nonparametric Perspectives

Tutor: Prof. Sonia Migliorati, University of Milano-.Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Bernardo Nipoti, University of Milano-Bicocca; Prof. Michele Guindani, University of California at Los Angeles, US

Dr. Silvio GERLI

PhD thesis: A Novel Methodology to Make Topic Models Predict Real Topics and to Compare them in Big Data Corpus

Tutor: Prof. Fulvia Pennoni, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Matteo Borrotti, University of Milano-Bicocca

Dr. Alessandro MASCARO

PhD thesis: Bayesian Approaches to Causal Inference and Discovery from Observational and Interventional Data

Tutor: Prof. Lucia Paci, Catholic University of Milano

Supervisor(s): Prof. Federico Castelletti, Catholic University of Milano

Dr. Vincenzo NARDELLI

PhD thesis: Methods for Extracting Valuable Information from Spatial Web and Open Reliable Data

Tutor: Prof. Stefano Peluso, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Giuseppe Arbia, Catholic University of Milano

Dr. Fabio PIACENZA

PhD thesis: Holistic Approach to Operational Risk: Issues, Solutions, and Decision Making

Tutor: Prof. Francesca Greselin, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Francesca Greselin, University of Milano-Bicocca; Prof. Ricardas Zitikis, University of Western Ontario, CA

PhD in Economics and Statistics

Alumni - Cycle XXXIV

Curriculum ECONOMICS

Dr. Alessio LOVARELLI

Tutor:  Prof. Michela Cella, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Carlo Andrea Bollino, University of Perugia and Luiss Business School

• Dr.  Giorgio MASSARI

PhD thesis: Essays on Empirical DSGE Models

Tutor: Prof. Patrizio Tirelli, University of Pavia

Supervisor(s): Prof. Patrizio Tirelli, University of Pavia

Dr. Marco MEMBRETTI

PhD thesis: Firm Size and the Macroeconomy

Tutor: Prof. Silvia Marchesi, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Andrea Colciago, University of Milano-Bicocca

Dr. Mohammad NOORI

PhD thesis: Essays in Empirical Finance

Tutor: Prof. Claudio Morana, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Asmerilda Hitaj, University of Insubria

Dr. Marco REPETTO

PhD thesis: Black-box Supervised Learning and Empirical Assessment: New Perspectives in Credit Risk Modeling

Tutor: Prof. Matteo Manera, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Caterina Liberati, University of Milano-Bicocca; Prof. Lisa Crosato, University of Venezia

Dr. Marco RISPOLI

PhD thesis: Essays on Debt Maturity Structure, Investment and Complementarities in Financial Decisions

Tutor: Prof. Luca Stanca, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Enzo Dia, University of Milano-Bicocca

Curriculum STATISTICS

Dr. Luca BRUSA

PhD thesis: Developments in Discrete Latent Variable Models: Dealing with Likelihood Multimodality and Clustering of Simple Hypergraphs

Tutor: Prof. Giorgio Vittadini, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Fulvia Pennoni, University of Milano-Bicocca; Prof. Francesco Bartolucci, University of Perugia

Dr. Chiara GALIMBERTI

PhD thesis: Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning for Industrial Manufacturing Applications

Tutor: Prof. Aldo Solari, University of Venezia

Supervisor(s): Prof. Stefano Peluso, University of Milano-Bicocca

Dr. Filippo GIORGINI

PhD thesis: Global Games of Policy Change: the Role of Sociopolitical Variables in Affecting the Equilibrium and its Uniqueness

Tutor: Prof. Francesca Greselin, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Mario Gilli, University of Milano-Bicocca

Dr. Camilla SALVATORE

PhD thesis: Essays on Inference for Non-probability Samples and Survey Data Integration

Tutor: Prof. Piergiorgio Lovaglio, University of Milano-Bicocca

Supervisor(s): Prof. Silvia Biffignandi, University of Bergamo