Education:
Degree (Economic Statistics) 1990, University of Bologna.
Ph.D. 1995, University of Bologna.
Research Interests:
Measurement errors in surveys and data quality, Statistical
Utilization of administrative registers, Data Disaggregation
procedures, Linear and Nonlinear Dynamics of Economic Systems,
Information and Entropy Econometrics, Spatial Econometrics (Theory
and Applied), Statistics and Information Systems, Policy and
Applied Micro/Macro Economics (Internationalization and
fragmentation of firms; growth models):
Faculty position:
- Full Professor of Economic Statistics, Department of
Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna.
- Member of Research Associates of the Info-Metrics
Institute, American University, Washington DC, USA.
- Member of the Teaching Board of the PhD in
Statistics.
Current Teaching:
Economic Statistics, Measurement of Economic
Phenomena, Short course -PhD in Statistics-entitled:
Information theoretic and entropy estimation methods, University of
Bologna.
Additional Teaching Experience
Econometrics, Statistics, Economic Time series, National
Accounts: methods and models, Marketing Research. She is also
teaching Economic National Accounts for the Environment (for Master
degree, Social European Found/Umbria Region), University of
Perugia; Quantitative methods in analysing development Economic
Statistics, Productivity analysis, Econometric models,
University of Bologna.
Other Positions:
University of Perugia – Faculty of Economics, Research
Professor, 1999-2004
Researcher for the Italian National Institute of Statistics
(dal1/07/1996 al 12/1998) ISTAT – DCII/PRE- Roma.
International Experiences:
September 2009. Visiting Professor:
Department of Economics, American University, Washington DC USA
(2009 July), invited by: Prof. Amos Golan.
Spring 2005. Visiting Professor: Department of Economics,
London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE. invited by:
Prof. Oliver Linton. LSE, London.
January-July 1995. Research Fellow: Brown University,
Providence, RI– USA, Faculty Supervisors Prof. Tony Lancaster,
Prof. Pedro L. Gozalo.
Research activities:
- Scientific coordinator for UNIBO University of Bologna of European Research Project,: “Blue-Enterprise and Trade Statistics- (BLUE-ETS)”. Seventh Framework programme-Theme 8, Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH), 2010/2013.
Member of research projects (a selection)
Member of many national and local research project appointed by
the Italian Guaranty Commission for Statistical Information -
Cabinet of the Prime Minister of the Italian Government.
In particular, in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005, member of the
research project of national relevance supported by the MURST
on:
- Strategies and techniques for producing micro-economic data to
analyse households and business behaviour (1997);
- Quality of economic statistics and new strategies for data
production; (1999);
- The use of the new strategies of formation of the data and the
statistic information for the study and the government of the
economic systems (2001);
- Statistical measure and analysis of the specialisation of the
Italian economic system in the frame of the knowledge economy
(2003);
- Measure and analysis of the effects of fragmentation on
production process of Italian district businesses (2005).
Participation in National and International research
and cooperation projects (a selection):
- European Research Project: “Blue-Enterprise and Trade
Statistics- (BLUE-ETS)”. Seventh Framework programme-Theme 8,
Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH), 2010/2013, Scientific
Coordinator for UNIBO, University of Bologna.
- Italian Guaranty Commission for Statistical Information
(2011), Area di ricerca: Measurement of Intangible Assets
in National Accounts.
- Department of Economics, Brown University, Providence,
RI, USA (January/July 2005).Research Field: Estimation Problems in
Non-Linear Models with Partially Missing Observations. Faculty
Supervisors: Prof. P. Tony Lancaster, Pedro L. Gozalo.
- EUROSTAT (1996/98) Research Field: revision of consumer price
indices for an Harmonization at European level.
- EUROSTAT Study Group on quality change for vehicles
(1996/98)
- Italian Guaranty Commission for Statistical Information
(1999), Research Field: Measurement errors in economic survey and
data quality.
- Ministry of productive activities, Italian National
Statistical Institute, Region of Umbria, (2000/2005),
Research Field: Regional Consumer price indices.
Editorial Activities:
Referee for:
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Official
Statistics, Journal of Applied Statistics, Entropy, Statistical
Methods & Applications, Journal of Productivity Analysis, The
Annals of Regional Science, Asian Journal of Mathematics and
Statistics, statistics in transitions, International Journal of the
Economics of Business, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics &
Econometrics, International Regional Science Review,
Statistica.
Member of the Editorial team of the Electronic Journal
of Applied Statistical Analysis. (EJASA)
Member of professional
Associations:
Italian Statistical Society (SIS), American Statistical
Association, System Dynamics Society, International Statistical
Institute /IASC - International Association for
Statistical Computing.
National and International
Conferences:
She has organized and participated, presenting papers, to
several national and international statistical conferences and has
been invited speaker, (Method models and Information technologies
for decisions making; Mathematics & Computers in Business &
Economics; Management, Marketing and Finances), Ersa Congress.
