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CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM
CECILIA JONA-LASINIO
Permanent address:
Work address:
Via Capo d’Africa, 7 - 00184 Rome, Italy, Tel. (+39) 06 70494961 Mobile: (+39)
349 2339963
Italian Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), Department of National Accounts and
Economic Analysis, Via Agostino Depretis, 74b, 00184 Rome, Italy, Tel. (+39) 06
46733161, Fax (+39) 06 46733157 E-mail: [email protected] and
[email protected]
Born in Boston (USA), March 24, 1966
Nationality: Italian and American
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Current Position
From May 1998 to present: Permanent Researcher at the Italian Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), Rome,
(Italy), Department of National Accounts and Economic Analysis, and since 2003 she is the Head of the
Research Office responsible for the estimates of Gross Fixed Capital Formation, Capital Stock and Total
Factor Productivity.
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Academic Qualifications
November 15, 1995: Master degree in International Economics, DES (Diplome d’Etudes Superieures en
Relationes Internationales), at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, (Switzerland).
DES thesis titled “The 1992 Currency Crisis: an Italian Perspective”. Supervisor Professor H.Genberg.
From October 1993 to November 1995: Graduate Student at the Graduate Institute of International Studies,
Geneva, (Switzerland).
Courses attended and examinations sustained: Microeconomics and Trade Theory (Prof. R.Baldwin);
Macroeconomics and Balance of Payments Theory (Prof. H.Genberg); Advanced Topics in the Theory,
Mathematics and Econometrics of International Finance (Prof. S.Neftci); Monetary Economics and Politics
in Europe (Prof. Ph.Martin); Conference de Droit International Publique (Prof. P.Haggenmacher);
Conference d'Histoire et de la Politique Internationales (Prof. M.Leitner)
August 1995: Postgraduate course in “International Financial Markets”, given by Professor M.Obstfeld,
Studienzentrum of Gerzensee, (Switzerland).
March 15, 1993: Degree (Laurea) in Economics (110/110 cum laude), University of Rome “La Sapienza”,
Rome, Italy. Thesis in International Economics titled:“Theoretical and empirical analysis of exchange rate
target zone models”, supervisor Professor G. Gandolfo.
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Research fields
- Productivity analysis and related measurement issues, (correctness test of productivity measures, analysis
of their economic foundations and their empirical implementation); growth differentials and economic
convergence at the regional and international level.
- New economy and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), which entails the analysis of the
role played by ICT in stimulating productivity gains, unemployment declines and inflation moderation in
Europe.
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- Analysis of firms investment behaviour and estimation of gross fixed capital formation both at the national
and at the regional level (NUTS2 level) on the basis of ESA95; set-up of a new system of evaluation of
investments both at the national and at the regional level; comparative analysis of national and regional
economic accounts.
- Estimation of capital stock and measurement of depreciation of fixed capital, comparative analysis of
computational algorithm of capital stock.
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Published Papers
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Daveri F., C.Jona-Lasinio, (2005), “Italy’s decline: getting the facts right”, in Giornale degli economisti
e annali di economia, Vol.64, n.4.
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Iammarino, S., C.Jona-Lasinio, S.Mantegazza, (2005), “Produttività, nuove tecnologie e regioni:
Prospettive per il dualismo italiano”,in La Questione Agraria, n.3 2005, Franco Angeli
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Guerrieri P., C. Jona-Lasinio, S. Manzocchi, (2005), “Which factors affect IT investment in European
countries? A panel data analysis”, in Rivista di Politica Economica, January-February 2005, 3rd series.
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Bassanetti A., M. Iommi, C. Jona-Lasinio, F. Zollino, (2004), “The Slow Italian Growth During the 90s:
is the gap in Information Technology the Story?” in “Temi di dicussione”, Banca d’Italia, n539.
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De Arcangelis G., Jona Lasinio C., Manzocchi S. (2002), “Sectoral determinants and dynamics of ICT
investment in Italy”, in Rivista di Politica Economica, mag-giu 2004, serie III fascicoli V-VI.
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Iammarino, S., C.Jona-Lasinio, S.Mantegazza, (2001), “The regional dimension of the ICT industry in
Italy. A preliminary description”, in Economia e Politica Industriale, n.110, October 2001.
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Iammarino S., Jona Lasinio C., Mantegazza S. (2001), “Sviluppo e diffusione dell’ICT: l’Italia negli
anni ‘90”, Studi e Note di Economia, n.2/2001.
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Jona-Lasinio C., “Il calcolo del fatturato”, in:, Le nuove stime dei consumi finali delle famiglie secondo
il Sistema Europeo dei Conti SEC95: nota metodologica, Istat, Metodi e Norme, n. 2 (2000).
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Costanzo M., C. Jona-Lasinio, (2000), “Gli investimenti per branca proprietaria”,in: Gli investimenti
fissi di Contabilità Nazionale dopo la revisione: nota metodologica”, Istat, Metodi e Norme, n.14
(2002).
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Jona-Lasinio C., (2000), “Il confronto tra la nuova e la vecchia serie trimestrale: il conto risorse ed
impieghi”, in: Fonti e Metodi di Calcolo dei Conti Economici Trimestrali, Istat, Metodi e Norme.
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Jona-Lasinio C.,”The French franc and the recent european currency crisis”, Economie et prevision n.1
(1999/4-5) pp 147-159.
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Chapters in Books/Edited Books
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Guerrieri P., C. Jona-Lasinio, S. Manzocchi, (2005), “Which factors affect IT investment in European
countries? A panel data analysis”, in Capital Accumulation, Productivity and Growth Monitoring Italy
2005, Palgrave Macmillan.
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Jona-Lasinio C., S. Manzocchi (2004), “Le nuove TIC: Italia e Stati Uniti a confronto”, in La Nuova
Economia. Tecnologia e fattori complementari. chapter 6, Carocci editore
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Iommi M., C. Jona-Lasinio , (2004), “Eterogeneità del capitale e beni ad alto contenuto tecnologico:
Italia 1980-2002”, in in La Nuova Economia. Tecnologia e fattori complementari. capitolo 5, Carocci
editore
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Jona-Lasinio C., (2001), “Gli input produttivi”, in: I conti degli italiani. Edizione 2001, chapter 2, par.
2 and 3, ed. Il Mulino.
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Jona-Lasinio C.,(2001), “La domanda finale interna”, in: I conti degli italiani.Edizione 2001, chapter 5,
par. 3 and 4, ed. Il Mulino.
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Jona-Lasinio C., (2000), “La matrice di distribuzione degli investimenti: nuovi metodi di stima degli
investimenti dal lato della domanda”, in: Istat, Atti del Seminario “La Nuova Contabilità Nazionale”,
Roma 12-13 gennaio, 2000.
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De Arcangelis G., C. Jona-Lasinio (1994) “Stabilità e instabilità delle aspettative di svalutazione sul
tasso di cambio lira-marco”, in L’economia Italiana dagli anni ’70 agli anni ‘90, a cura di F.R. Pizzuti,
McGraw-Hill;
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Papers in progress/submitted, official reports and other writings
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Daveri F., C.Jona-Lasinio, (2007), “Off-shoring and Productivity Growth in the Italian Manufacturing
Industries”, paper prepared for the CESifo Economic Studies Conference on Productivity and Growth,
22-23 June, 2007, Munich;
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Iommi M., C. Jona-Lasinio (2007), “New Technologies and the Growth of Capital Services: A
Sensitivity Analysis for the Italian Economy over 1980-2003”, in LLEE Working Document Series
n.44;
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Daveri F., C.Jona-Lasinio and M.Iommi, (2006), “Quantifying the productivity counterpart of
outsourcing in the Italian manufacturing industries”, paper prepared for the OECD Productivity
Workshop, Bern (16-18 Ottobre, 2006)
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Jona-Lasinio C., S.Mantegazza and M.Iommi, (2006), “Measuring the Italian Total Factor
Productivity”, CEIES Workshop, Rome, 12 October 2006.
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Iommi M., C.Jona-Lasinio, (2005), “Alternative estimates of capital input in productivity measures. A
sensitivity analysis for the Italian economy over 1980-2003”, paper presented at the OECD Meeting on
Productivity Measures – Madrid October 2005, and submitted to the Review of Income and Wealth.
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Iammarino, S., C.Jona-Lasinio, S.Mantegazza, (2004), “Labour productivity, ICT and regions. The
resurgence of the Italian dualism?” in SPRU Working Papers.
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Guerrieri P., C.Jona-Lasinio (2004), “Dalla dimensione commerciale all’internazionalizzazione:sfide e
opportunità per le imprese italiane”, mimeo.
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Jona-Lasinio C, S.Mantegazza, (2002), “The Italian Economic Growth and the ICT revolution”, in
Proceedings of the Conference on "Statistical Information Systems for Good Governance within the
New Economy" Olympia, Greece, 9-14 June 2002.
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Iommi M., Jona Lasinio C., Mastrantonio L., (2002), “ICT and non-ICT Capital Services in Italy”, in
Proceedings of the Conference on "Statistical Information Systems for Good Governance within the
New Economy" Olympia, Greece, 9-14 June 2002.
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Iommi M., Jona Lasinio C. (2002), “Productive Capital Stock: methodological issues and some
empirical results”, in Atti della XLI Riunione Scientifica S.I.S.
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Iammarino, S., C.Jona-Lasinio, S.Mantegazza, (2002), “Il mercato Italiano dell’ICT negli anni
novanta”, in Competitività e sostenibilità dei modelli di innovazione del sistema produttivo italiano,
CNEL, 2002.
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Iammarino, S., C.Jona-Lasinio, S.Mantegazza, (2002), “Il Sistema Produttivo Italiano negli Anni della
New Economy”, invited paper at the “Sixth International Meeting for Quantitative Methods in Applied
Sciences”, Siena, 19-20 September, 2002.
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Iammarino S., Jona Lasinio C., Mantegazza S., Picozzi L. (2000), “Il contributo alla crescita da parte
dei settori legati all’innovazione tecnologica: confronti internazionali, analisi settoriali e problemi di
misurazione”,in: Atti della V Conferenza di Statistica "Innovazione tecnologica e informazione
statistica" , Novembre 2000.
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Jona-Lasinio C., “L’Italia nella transizione dalla old alla new economy”, in: Rapporto Annuale ISTAT,
La situazione del paese nel 2000.
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Bracci L., M.Costanzo, C.Jona-Lasinio, “A disaggregated estimate of gross fixed capital formation by
sector of origin and destination”, paper presented at the OECD Meeting of National Accounts Experts,
Paris 21-24 September 1999.
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Bracci L., C. Jona-Lasinio, A.Puggioni, (1998), “The problem of the quality of the data in the estimates
of capital formation in national accounts: a proposal for a new method of analysis”, Atti della XXXIX
Riunione Scientifica S.I.S.
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Jona-Lasinio C., “Il quadro macroeconomico internazionale”, in: Rapporto Annuale ISTAT, La
situazione del paese nel 1998; pp12-18
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Costanzo M., C. Jona-Lasinio, “Acquisti di beni durevoli di poco valore”, in: La revisione dei Conti
Nazionali, questionario PNL, allegato n.4, September 1998.
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Teaching Activity
From 1996 to 1998: Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Economics, University of Rome “La Sapienza”,
Latina. Collaboration with Professor G.De Arcangelis - Chair of International Economics and Econometrics.
Main fields of teaching:
• International Trade Theory
• Exchange Rates and Open-Economy Macroeconomics
• International Macroeconomic Policy
• Econometrics
November, 2002 to present: Lecturer at the COR.CE Master organized by the Italian Institute for Foreign
Trade. Lectures and tutorial classes on:
• International Trade Theory
• Internationalization Strategies of Firms
Spring semester, 2004: Lecturer at LUISS, Faculty of Economics
Lectures and tutorial classes on:
• International Trade Theory
Spring semester, 2005: Lecturer at LUISS, Faculty of Economics
Lectures and tutorial classes on:
• International Trade Theory
Autumn semester, 2005: Lecturer at LUISS, Faculty of Economics
Lectures and tutorial classes on:
• International Trade Theory
Spring semester, 2006: Lecturer at LUISS, Faculty of Economics
Lectures and tutorial classes on:
• International Trade Theory
Autumn semester, 2006: Lecturer at LUISS, Faculty of Economics
Lectures and tutorial classes on:
• International Trade Theory
• Multinational firms
Spring semester, 2007: Lecturer at LUISS, Faculty of Economics
Lectures and tutorial classes on:
• International Trade Theory
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Current Research Projects
From January 2006 to January 2007: Expert economist in the context of the project “Evaluation Models
and Tools for Assessment of Innovation and Sustainable Development at the EU level”, financed by the
European Commission – DG Information Society. The project aims at:
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identifying models and tools that could satisfy the increasing requirements for evidence based
impact assessment and evaluation of policies and programmes;
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assessing their availability and capabilities for quantitative evaluation of the impact of IST research
and investment in terms of growth, competitiveness, jobs and social inclusion;
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identifying the needs for data and for appropriate systems of indicators and suggest necessary
improvements.
College of Europe Research Team co-ordinated by Prof. P.Guerrieri.
From September 2004 to present: Senior economist in the context of the EU KLEMS research project
financed by the Sixth Framework Programme that aims to create a productivity database broken down by
industry for the EU Member States for 1970 onwards, and to conduct a number of Policy Relevant Research
projects using the database produced. The EU KLEMS Productivity Database will include quantities and
prices of output, capital (K), labour (L), energy (E), material (M) and services (S) inputs. It will provide
measures on economic growth, productivity, employment creation, capital formation and technological
change
From July 2004 to present: ICT diffusion across Italian SMEs. Luiss Lab on European Economics Research
project coordinated by Prof. S.Manzocchi.
From September 2003 to September 2005: Internationalisation strategies of the Italian firms during the
‘90s. CESPI Project coordinated by Prof. P.Guerrieri.
From September 2002 to September 2004: Comparative analysis of ICT diffusion in Europe in the context
of SETI project (sustainable growth, employment creation and technological integration in the European
knowledge-based economy) on the impact of technological globalisation, the development and the diffusion
of ICT and the rise of business services on national patterns of specialisation. Italian Research Team coordinated by Prof. P.Guerrieri.
From September 2001 to December 2003: Productivity analysis and related measurement issues in the
context of the ISTAT-Banca d’Italia Research Group on the Analysis and the Estimate of Total Factor
Productivity.
Previous Positions and Research Activity
From September 2000 to September 2001: Analysis and implementation of a computational algorithm for
capital stock estimation in the context of the ISTAT Research Group on Capital Stock measurement.
From September 1999 to September 2000: Set up of a new method of estimation of regional gross fixed
capital formation in the context of the ISTAT Research Group for the Development of Territorial Analysis in
National Accounting.
From June 1999 to June 2000: Econometric analysis of the effects of the implementation of ESA95 on
Italian quarterly economic accounts in the context of the ISTAT Research Group for the Revision of
Quarterly Economic Accounts on the basis of ESA95.
From June 1998 to June 2000: Member of the Canberra Group on Capital Stock Statistics, supervised by
UN and OECD. Main tasks: provide an accessible guide (handbook) to capital stock and depreciation
measurement for statistical offices or other relevant government agencies and ministries and improve
international harmonization of capital stock statistics.
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From September 1997 to April 1998: Researcher at the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT),
Rome, Department of National Accounts and Economic Analysis. Main tasks and research fields: ISTAT
Project “Implementation of the 1995 European System of National Accounts”. Project entails: adoption of
ESA95 guidelines for the estimation of gross fixed capital formation and comparative analysis of ESA79 and
ESA95 estimates.
From October 1995 to June 1996: PhD student at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva.
Research fields: Currency Crisis and Speculative Attack Dynamics. Supervisor Professor H.Genberg.
From April to June 1993: participation at the revision of the second edition of the Book “International
Economics” by G. Gandolfo, ed. UTET Libreria, 1994.
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Scholarships
October 1994, scholarship of the University of Rome “La Spienza” to attend the courses at the Graduate
Institute of International Studies.
June 1995, scholarship of the Institute for Economic Programming Studies (ISPE).
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Language Skills
Italian: mother tongue.
English: excellent, both spoken and written.
French: good both spoken and written.
Russian: elementary
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Participation in Conferences
22-23 June 2007, Munich (DE) CESifo Economic Studies Conference on Productivity and Growth,
Daveri F., C.Jona-Lasinio, (2007), “Off-shoring and Productivity Growth in the Italian Manufacturing
Industries”;
16-17 October 2006, Bern (CH) OECD Productivity Workshop, Daveri F., C.Jona-Lasinio and M.Iommi,
(2006), “Quantifying the productivity counterpart of outsourcing in the Italian manufacturing industries”.
14 November 2005, Rome, Ente Einaudi, Nuovi Temi per la Politica Economica, Daveri F., C.JonaLasinio, (2005), “Italy’s decline: getting the facts right”.
June 2005, Rome, ISAE, Monitoring Italy 2005, Guerrieri P., C. Jona-Lasinio, S. Manzocchi, (2005),
“Which factors affect IT investment in European countries? A panel data analysis”.
August 25-29 2004, Porto (Portugal), University of Porto, Faculty of Economics, ERSA Congress
2004, Iammarino, S., C.Jona-Lasinio, S.Mantegazza, (2004), “Labour productivity, ICT and Regions. The
Revival of the Italian Dualism?”.
June 26-27, 2003, Roma, ISTAT, “Productivity, Competitiveness and the New Information Economy”;
Bassanetti A., M. Iommi, C. Jona-Lasinio, F. Zollino, (2003), “The Slow Italian During the 90s: is the gap in
Information Technology the Story?”.
May 27, 2003, Perugia, Università degli Studi di Perugia, ” Jona-Lasinio C., S. Manzocchi, (2003), “ICT
Diffusion and its Impact on the Financial Sector: Italy vs US”.
January 24, 2003, Rome, Bank of Italy, “La Stima della Produttività Totale dei Fattori in Italia”;
Bassanetti A., M. Iommi, C. Jona-Lasinio, F. Zollino, (2003), “The Slow Italian During the 90s: is the gap in
Information Technology the Story?”.
September 19-20, 2002, Siena (Italy), Università degli Studi di Siena. Sixth International Meeting for
Quantitative Methods in Applied Sciences; Iammarino, S., C.Jona-Lasinio, S.Mantegazza, (2002), “Il
Sistema Produttivo Italiano negli Anni della New Economy”.
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June 5-7, 2002, Milan (Italy), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca. XLI° Conference of the Italian
Statistical Society; M.Iommi., C. Jona-Lasinio, (2002), “Productive capital stock: methodological issues and
some empirical results”.
May 26, 2000, Milan (Italy). Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Conference on “National Accounts
and the application of ESA95”; Jona-Lasinio C., “Gross Capital Formation and ESA95”.
January 12-13, 2000, Rome, (Italy). Italian Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) – Conference on: “New
National Accounts”, Jona-Lasinio C.,“La matrice di distribuzione degli investimenti: nuovi metodi di stima
degli investimenti dal lato della domanda”, in: Istat, Atti del Seminario “La Nuova Contabilità Nazionale”,
Roma 12-13 gennaio, 2000.
November 8-11, 1999, Washington, (USA) Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Final workshop of the
Canberra Group on Capital Stock.
June 22, 1999, Rome, (Italy). Italian Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) Conference on: “The 1992 Input
Output Table and the Revision of National Accounts”; Jona-Lasinio C., “La matrice di distribuzione degli
investimenti: stime per il 1992”.
September 28 – October 1, 1998, Paris (France). OECD: II workshop of the Canberra Group on Capital
Stock.
April 1998, Sorrento (Italy), XXXIX° Conference of the Italian Statistical Society; Bracci L., C. JonaLasinio, A.Puggioni, (1998), “The problem of the quality of the data in the estimates of capital formation in
national accounts: a proposal for a new method of analysis”.
October 17-18, 1996, Paris (France), Universitè d’Evry – Val d’Essonne, “Financial-Market Dynamics:
Exchange rates – Interest rates – Security Markets”; Jona-Lasinio C., ”The French franc and the recent
European currency crisis”.
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Additional information
Member of the European Economic Association (EEA)
Member of the Italian Statistical Society (ISS)
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