Marco Marini
Last Updated: January 16, 2013
Marco Marini is an Economist of the Real Sector Division of the IMF Statistics Department (STA). His current activities are providing technical assistance and delivering training courses on quarterly national accounts (QNA). In the last ten years he has acted as a national accounts consultant for various national and international agencies. Research interests are mainly on statistical techniques for the compilation and analysis of official statistics such as benchmarking, reconciliation, balancing, seasonal adjustment, forecasting, and revisions.
Email: mmarini@imf.org
Education:
2001-2004 Doctorate (PhD) Statistical Methods for Businesses and Economics, University of Rome "RomaTre". 1994-1999 Laurea Economics, Univerisity of Rome "La Sapienza"
Previous Experience:
October 2010 to present: Economist, International Monetary Fund. July 2001 to present: Senior Researcher, ISTAT, National Statistical Institute of Italy (on temporary leave). October 2005 to September 2007: Lecturer in Time Series Analysis, University of Naples "Federico II"
Current Position:
Economist, Statistics Department
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Quarterly GDP Revisions in G-20 Countries: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis, Working Paper No. 13/60, March 07, 2013
On the Extrapolation with the Denton Proportional Benchmarking Method, Working Paper No. 12/169, June 01, 2012
A Newton’s Method for Benchmarking Time Series according to a Growth Rates Preservation Principle, Working Paper No. 11/179, July 01, 2011
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Marco Marini is an Economist of the Real Sector Division of the IMF Statistics Department (STA). His current activities are providing technical assistance and delivering training courses on quarterly national accounts (QNA). In the last ten years he has acted as a national accounts consultant for various national and international agencies. Research interests are mainly on statistical techniques for the compilation and analysis of official statistics such as benchmarking, reconciliation, balancing, seasonal adjustment, forecasting, and revisions.
Email: mmarini@imf.org
Education:
2001-2004 Doctorate (PhD) Statistical Methods for Businesses and Economics, University of Rome "RomaTre". 1994-1999 Laurea Economics, Univerisity of Rome "La Sapienza"
Previous Experience:
October 2010 to present: Economist, International Monetary Fund. July 2001 to present: Senior Researcher, ISTAT, National Statistical Institute of Italy (on temporary leave). October 2005 to September 2007: Lecturer in Time Series Analysis, University of Naples "Federico II"
Current Position:
Economist, Statistics Department
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Quarterly GDP Revisions in G-20 Countries: Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis, Working Paper No. 13/60, March 07, 2013
On the Extrapolation with the Denton Proportional Benchmarking Method, Working Paper No. 12/169, June 01, 2012
A Newton’s Method for Benchmarking Time Series according to a Growth Rates Preservation Principle, Working Paper No. 11/179, July 01, 2011