FORNI Mario

Contacts

Indirizzo di casa:
via Lodi 11/A, Pieve di Cento (BO) 40066
Offi ce Address: Dipartimento di Economia Marco Biagi", via Berengario 51, 41100, Modena Tel. +39 059 2056851 Fax +39 059 2056947
E-mail: mario.forni@unimore.it

Current position and Appointments

Professor of Econometrics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
Research Fellow, Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London.
Board of Directors, Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria (CIDE).
President, Center for Economic Research (RECent).

Education

1974 - 1980 Laurea (with honours) in Economics, University of Modena.
1983 - 1987 Ph.D.in Economics, University of Bologna.

Teaching

1994 - 2018 Modena, Department of Economics "Marco Biagi": Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Macroeconometrics.
1987 - 1993 Modena, Faculty of Economics: Econometrics, Macroeconomics.
1992 - 1994 Turin, Faculty of Political Science: Mathematical Economics.
1991 - 1994 Bologna, Doctorate of Economic Policy: Microeconomics.
1995 - 1996 Milan, Bocconi University, Master in Economics: Microeconomics.
1996 - 2001 Milan, Bocconi University, Master in Economics: Macroeconometrics (Time Series).
2002 - 2006 Bologna, Doctorate of Economic Policy: Macroeconometrics (Time Series).

Grants

FAR 2014 "VAR strutturali e modelli a fattori per l'analisi e la previsione del ciclo economico: teoria e applicazioni." PI: Mario Forni.
PRIN 2013-2016,"La previsione in economia e finanza: il ruolo dell' informazione e
la capacita' di modellare il cambiamento". PI: Tommaso Proietti. Local coordinator: Mario Forni.
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena International Research Grant 2010-2012, "Real and nancial economic dynamics in a globalized world: Theory, Modelling, and Policy Implication". PI: Andrea Cipollini.
Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena International Research Grant 2009-2011, "Advances in the study of business cycle and economic growth". PI: Mario Forni and Graziella Bertocchi.
PRIN 2004-2006, "Dynamic factor models in structural economic analysis and in constructing cyclical indicator". PI: Mario Forni.
PRIN 2002-2004, "The European economic cycle: measurement and econometric methods, empirical analysis, theoretical aspects, policies". PI: Mario Forni.
CEPR-RTN 2000-2004, EC Program "Specialization versus diversification: the microeconomics of regional development and the spatial propagation of macroeconomic shocks in Europe" PI: Lucrezia Reichlin.
PRIN (COFIN) 2000-2002, "Information and contractual relations: nancial intermediaries, firms and macroeconomic equilibrium". PI: Pietro Reichlin.
CEPR-RTN 1998-2003, EC Program "New approaches to the study of economic fluctuations". PI: Juan Jos Dolado.

Consultant activity

European Commission, 1997, 1998, 2010; Banca d'Italia, 2001, 2006, 2007; Banque de France, 2001, 2010; Autorita` Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.

Refereeing

Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Econometrics, Econometric Theory, Journal of Business Economics and Statistics, The Review of Economics and Statistics, International Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, The Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Applied Econometrics, etc.

Current Research Interests
Theory. General field: time Series analysis for macroeconomic applications. Specific interests: Fundamentalness and structural VARs, Large Dynamic Factor Models.
Macroeconomic applications. General field: Business cycles, Monetary Policy, Fiscal Policy. Specific Interests: News shocks, Fiscal foresight, Uncertainty, Financial shocks.