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  "title": "Nicola Pierri",
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  "summary": "Nicola Pierri is an Economist at the Macro-Financial Division of the IMF Research Department. His research investigates causes and consequences of productivity, technology adoption, and quality heterogeneity across firms, banks, and hospitals. He holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University.",
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      "heading": "Biography",
      "content": "Nicola Pierri is an Economist at the Macro-Financial Division of the IMF Research Department. His research investigates causes and consequences of productivity, technology adoption, and quality heterogeneity across firms, banks, and hospitals. He holds a PhD in Economics from Stanford University."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Education",
      "content": "- PhD. in Economics, Stanford University, 2013-2018\n\n- M.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences, Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), 2010-2013\n\n- B.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences, Bocconi University (Milan, Italy), 2007-2010"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Previous Experience",
      "content": "- 2015, 2017 Research Intern, Bank of Italy (Rome, Italy)\n\n- 2014-2015 Research Assistant, Stanford University\n\n- 2012-2013 Research Assistant, Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (Milan, Italy)"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Referee Activities",
      "content": "- American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economics and Statistics, European Economic Review, Economic Letters, Health Affairs"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Professional Activities",
      "content": "- 2017 – to date - Special Sworn Status researcher with US Census Bureau"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Awards and Honors",
      "content": "- 2017-2018 Gale and Steve Kohlhagen Fellowship in Economics, through a grant to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research\n\n- 2015, 2017 Winner (twice) of Graduate Student Grant Competition of the Europe Center at Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies\n\n- 2014 Scholarship “Bonaldo Stringher” from Bank of Italy\n\n- 2010-2012 Merit Award Scholarship for Best Master Students, Bocconi University"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Current Position",
      "content": "- 2018 - to date, Economist - RESMF"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Teaching",
      "content": "- 2014-2017 Teaching Assistant (part-time), Stanford University, graduate Industrial Organization (year-long) sequence"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Work in progress",
      "content": "- Credit Supply and Productivity Growth with Francesco Manaresi\n\n- The Economic Impact of Healthcare Quality with A. Helsø and A. Wang\n\n- Management Practices and Stock Market Returns with N. Bloom, B. Lucking, S. Ohlmacher, and S. Otero\n\n- A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats? IT growth in the US over the last 30 years with Nick Bloom\n\n- Cloud Computing Is Helping Smaller, Newer Firms Compete with Nick Bloom (in Harvard Business Review - August 2018)\n\n- Strategic Default, Loan Modification, and Foreclosure with Ben Klopack\n\n- Vertical Contracting and Price Parity Agreements: Evidence from Hotels in Europe with Ben Klopack"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Field of Expertise",
      "content": "- Macro-Financial Issues\n\n- Banking\n\n- Labor Economics"
    },
    {
      "heading": "IMF Books and Working Papers",
      "content": "- Leveraging Digital Technologies in Boosting Tax Collection, Working Paper No. 2025/089 , May 9, 2025\n\n- Mitigating Climate Change at the Firm Level: Mind the Laggards, Working Paper No. 2023/242 , November 24, 2023\n\n- The Anatomy of Banks’ IT Investments: Drivers and Implications, Working Paper No. 2022/244 , December 9, 2022\n\n- Does IT Help? Information Technology in Banking and Entrepreneurship, Working Paper No. 2021/214 , August 6, 2021\n\n- When They Go Low, We Go High? Measuring Bank Market Power in a Low-for-Long Environment, Working Paper No. 2021/149 , May 27, 2021\n\n- Insolvency Prospects Among Small-and-Medium-Sized Enterprises in Advanced Economies: Assessment and Policy Options, Staff Discussion Notes No. 2021/002 , April 2, 2021\n\n- Government Intervention and Bank Market Power: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis for the COVID-19 Crisis, Working Paper No. 2020/275 , December 11, 2020\n\n- IT Shields: Technology Adoption and Economic Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Working Paper No. 2020/208 , September 25, 2020\n\n- Worker Mobility and Domestic Production Networks, Working Paper No. 2020/205 , September 25, 2020\n\n- Tracking the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Mitigation Policies in Europe and the United States, Working Paper No. 2020/125 , July 10, 2020\n\n- Tech in Fin before FinTech: Blessing or Curse for Financial Stability?, Working Paper No. 2020/014 , January 17, 2020\n\n- The Economic Impact of Healthcare Quality, Working Paper No. 2019/173 , August 16, 2019\n\n- Credit Supply and Productivity Growth, Working Paper No. 2019/107 , May 17, 2019"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Publications in Journals (Referred)",
      "content": "- Government intervention and bank markups: Lessons from the global financial crisis for the COVID-19 crisis, Journal of Banking & Finance"
    }
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    "PhD. in Economics, Stanford University, 2013-2018",
    "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",
    "2015, 2017 Research Intern, Bank of Italy (Rome, Italy)",
    "2014-2015 Research Assistant, Stanford University",
    "2012-2013 Research Assistant, Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (Milan, Italy)",
    "American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economics and Statistics, European Economic Review, Economic Letters, Health Affairs",
    "2017 – to date - Special Sworn Status researcher with US Census Bureau",
    "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",
    "2010-2012 Merit Award Scholarship for Best Master Students, Bocconi University",
    "2018 - to date, Economist - RESMF",
    "2014-2017 Teaching Assistant (part-time), Stanford University, graduate Industrial Organization (year-long) sequence",
    "Credit Supply and Productivity Growth with Francesco Manaresi",
    "The Economic Impact of Healthcare Quality with A. Helsø and A. Wang",
    "Management Practices and Stock Market Returns with N. Bloom, B. Lucking, S. Ohlmacher, and S. Otero",
    "A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats? IT growth in the US over the last 30 years with Nick Bloom",
    "Cloud Computing Is Helping Smaller, Newer Firms Compete with Nick Bloom (in Harvard Business Review - August 2018)",
    "Strategic Default, Loan Modification, and Foreclosure with Ben Klopack",
    "Vertical Contracting and Price Parity Agreements: Evidence from Hotels in Europe with Ben Klopack",
    "Macro-Financial Issues",
    "Banking",
    "Labor Economics",
    "[Leveraging Digital Technologies in Boosting Tax Collection](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2025/05/09/leveraging-digital-technologies-in-boosting-tax-collection-566807), Working Paper No. 2025/089 , May 9, 2025",
    "[Mitigating Climate Change at the Firm Level: Mind the Laggards](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2023/11/22/mitigating-climate-change-at-the-firm-level-mind-the-laggards-541713), Working Paper No. 2023/242 , November 24, 2023",
    "[The Anatomy of Banks’ IT Investments: Drivers and Implications](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2022/12/09/the-anatomy-of-banks-it-investments-drivers-and-implications-526821), Working Paper No. 2022/244 , December 9, 2022",
    "[Does IT Help? Information Technology in Banking and Entrepreneurship](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2021/08/06/does-it-help-information-technology-in-banking-and-entrepreneurship-462911), Working Paper No. 2021/214 , August 6, 2021",
    "[When They Go Low, We Go High? Measuring Bank Market Power in a Low-for-Long Environment](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2021/05/27/when-they-go-low-we-go-high-measuring-bank-market-power-in-a-low-for-long-environment-50231), Working Paper No. 2021/149 , May 27, 2021",
    "[Insolvency Prospects Among Small-and-Medium-Sized Enterprises in Advanced Economies: Assessment and Policy Options](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/staff-discussion-notes/issues/2021/03/25/insolvency-prospects-among-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-in-advanced-economies-50138), Staff Discussion Notes No. 2021/002 , April 2, 2021",
    "[Government Intervention and Bank Market Power: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis for the COVID-19 Crisis](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/12/11/government-intervention-and-bank-market-power-lessons-from-the-global-financial-crisis-for-49934), Working Paper No. 2020/275 , December 11, 2020",
    "[IT Shields: Technology Adoption and Economic Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/09/25/it-shields-technology-adoption-and-economic-resilience-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-49754), Working Paper No. 2020/208 , September 25, 2020",
    "[Worker Mobility and Domestic Production Networks](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/09/25/worker-mobility-and-domestic-production-networks-49769), Working Paper No. 2020/205 , September 25, 2020",
    "[Tracking the Economic Impact of COVID-19 and Mitigation Policies in Europe and the United States](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/07/10/tracking-the-economic-impact-of-covid-19-and-mitigation-policies-in-europe-and-the-united-49553), Working Paper No. 2020/125 , July 10, 2020",
    "[Tech in Fin before FinTech: Blessing or Curse for Financial Stability?](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2020/01/17/tech-in-fin-before-fintech-blessing-or-curse-for-financial-stability-48797), Working Paper No. 2020/014 , January 17, 2020",
    "[The Economic Impact of Healthcare Quality](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2019/08/16/the-economic-impact-of-healthcare-quality-47049), Working Paper No. 2019/173 , August 16, 2019",
    "[Credit Supply and Productivity Growth](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2019/05/17/credit-supply-and-productivity-growth-46894), Working Paper No. 2019/107 , May 17, 2019",
    "[Government intervention and bank markups: Lessons from the global financial crisis for the COVID-19 crisis, Journal of Banking & Finance](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378426621002715)",
    "**Nicola Pierri**"
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