## NICOLA PIERRI

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### Contact
- npierri@imf.org

### Professional experience
- 2018 – to date Economist - International Monetary Fund, Research Department, Macro-Financial Division

### Other IMF assignment
- 2019 – 2020 EUR Department – Slovenia Desk

### Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, Stanford University (Stanford, CA), 2013-2018
  - Advisers: Nick Bloom (primary), Tim Bresnahan, Liran Einav, and Matt Gentzkow
- M.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences, Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), 2010-2013
- B.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences, Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), 2007-2010

### Relevant positions
- 2017 – to date Special Sworn Status researcher with US Census Bureau
- 2015 & 2017 Research Intern, Bank of Italy (Rome, Italy)
- 2014-2015 Research Assistant to Prof. Dave Donaldson, Stanford University
- 2012-2013 Research Assistant to Prof. Tommaso Nannicini, Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (Milan, Italy)

### Research interests
- Firm and hospital productivity
- Real effects of financial frictions
- IT adoption
- Economic consequences of health shocks
- Domestic production networks

### Teaching experience
- 2014-2017 Teaching Assistant (part-time), Stanford University, graduate Industrial Organization (year-long) sequence. Professors: Jon Levin, Brad Larsen, Matthew Gentzkow, Liran Einav

### Scholarships, honors and awards
- 2017-2018 Gale and Steve Kohlhagen Fellowship in Economics, through a grant to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
- 2015, 2017 Winner (twice) of Graduate Student Grant Competition of the Europe Center at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
- 2014 Scholarship “Bonaldo Stringher” from Bank of Italy. The Scholarship awarded the excellence of MSc thesis. Bank of Italy supports the doctoral studies for 2 years
- 2013-2014 Stanford Graduate Fellowship
- 2010-2012 Merit Award Scholarship for Best Master Students, Bocconi University

### Peer-reviewed publications
- Government Intervention and Bank Market Power: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis for the COVID-19 Crisis (IMF WP No. 2020/275)
  - Journal of Banking and Finance (forthcoming)

### Working papers
- Tech in Fin before FinTech: Blessing or Curse for Financial Stability? IMF WP No. 20/14
  - R&R at Journal of Monetary Economics
- The Economic Impact of Healthcare Quality, IMF WP No. 19/173
  - R&R at American Journal of Health Economics
- Credit Supply and Productivity Growth, IMF WP No. 19/107
  - R&R at Journal of Money Credit and Banking
- Insolvency Prospects Among Small-and-Medium-Sized Enterprises in Advanced Economies: Assessment and Policy Options, Staff Discussion Notes No. 2021/002
- IT Shields: Technology Adoption and Economic Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic, IMF WP No. 20/208
- Worker Mobility and Domestic Production Networks, IMF WP No. 20/205
- Tracking the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Mitigation Policies in Europe and the United States, IMF WP No. 20/125

### Other IMF contributions
- GFSR Chapter 4, October 2020
- WEO Chapter 2 (Box 1 and 2), October 2020
- Bank Contagion Module, August 2020-to date
- IMF Special Series on COVID-19: Tracking the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Mitigation Policies in Europe and the United States, May 7, 2020
- Rising Corporate Market Power: Emerging Policy Issues (Section D on market power in banking), Staff Discussion Notes No. 2021/001

### Blogs and podcasts
- Taming the Wave of Small and Medium Enterprise Insolvencies, IMF Blog (April 2, 2021)
- The economic impact of Covid-19 in Europe and the US, VoxEu.org (May 11, 2020)
- The importance of technology in banking during a crisis, VoxEu.org (April 18, 2020)
- Cloud Computing Is Helping Smaller, Newer Firms Compete, Harvard Business Review (August 31, 2018)
- Good Hospitals Healthy Economy, IMF Podcast (August 30, 2019)

### Referee service
- American Economic Review
- Econometrica
- Review of Economics and Statistics
- Health Affairs
- European Economic Review
- Economic Letters

### Conference organization
- IMF RESMF 2nd Annual Conference, (co-organizer) April 2019

### Selected conferences and seminars (pre and post PhD graduation)
- Stanford University
- Bank of Italy
- University of Bologna
- IMF
- EIEF
- Kellogg School of Management
- University of Cambridge
- New Economic School
- Swedish House of Finance
- Atlanta FRB
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- NERA Consulting NYC
- Compass Lexicon Chicago
- University of Calgary
- NBER Summer Institute 2018 - Macroeconomics and Productivity
- European Finance Association Annual Meetings
- IMF Annual Meeting Analytical Corner
- RESMF annual conference
- Bergen FinTech conference
- The Private Sector Development Research Network (PSDRN) conference

### Languages
- Italian: native
- English: fluent

### Other information
- 2013 Member of Checkmate, a group of fact-checkers for Italian Parliamentary Election (Feb 2013).
- Several articles published in on-line newspapers, such as lavoce.info and linkiesta.it

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