Conferences & workshop

Conference in Honor of Professor Tullio Jappelli, 30-31 October 2026

 

 

Program

Day 1: Friday 30 October
Aula Azzurra, Complesso Universitario Monte Sant’Angelo

 

9:00 – 9:15 Registration

9:15 – 10:00 Welcome

Antonio Acconcia (Director of DISES, University of Naples Federico II)

Marco Pagano (Director of CSEF, University of Naples Federico II)

10:00 – 11:30 Session I: Consumption and Pensions

Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University)
Observability and Social Interactions in Consumption (with T. Jappelli)

Renata Bottazzi (University of Bologna)
Work after Retirement in Italy: Evidence from Merged Survey Data and Administrative Records (with S. Boscolo, R. Conti, and C. Mazzaferro)

Mario Padula (Università della Svizzera Italiana and CSEF)
Anatomy of the Child Penalty: Preferences, Constraints, and Discrimination

Chair: Andrew Ellul (Indiana University and CSEF)

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:00 Keynote Lecture: Richard Blundell (University College London)
Partial Insurance, Consumption Growth, and Liquidity (with M. Graber, M. Kellogg, and M. Mogstad)

Chair: Franco Peracchi (Tor Vergata University and EIEF)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Session II: Tullio’s Students

Veronica De Falco (Imperial Business School)
Investing in Safety

Alessandro Sciacchetano (London School of Economics)
The Intertemporal Marginal Propensity to Lend: Bank Size, Leverage, and Credit Supply

Christian Julliard (London School of Economics)
Macro Strikes Back: Term Structure of Risk Premia (with S. Bryzgalova and J. Huang)

Nello Esposito (University of Naples Federico II)
Employment Protection and Consumption: Evidence from Italy

Chair: Giovanni Pica (Università della Svizzera Italiana and CSEF)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30 Panel Discussion: Promoting Economic Research in Italy

Daniele Checchi (University of Milan Statale)
Maria De Paola (University of Calabria and INPS)
Francesco Giavazzi (Bocconi University and IGIER)
Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)

Moderator: Fabiano Schivardi (LUISS University and EIEF)

 

Day 2: Saturday 31 October
Aula Magna, Centro Congressi via Partenope

 

9:15 – 11:15 Session III: Household Finance

Dimitris Georgarakos (European Central Bank)
Transfer Uncertainty and the Marginal Propensity to Consume: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment (with T. Jappelli, G. Kenny, L. Pistaferri, E. Savoia)

Michalis Haliassos (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Rethinking Stock Market Participation: A Qualitative Approach (with K. Duraj, D. Grunow, C. Laudenbach, and S. Siegel)

Luigi Guiso (EIEF)
Baby Equity Funds. Taking People to the Stock Market (with T. Jappelli and C. Michelacci)

Dimitris Christelis (University of Glasgow and CSEF)
The Effects of Distortionary Property Taxation on Household Housing Investment (with J. Tsoukalas)

Chair: Annamaria Menichini (University of Salerno and CSEF)

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 – 13:15 Session IV: Surveys, Beliefs, and Preferences

Orazio Attanasio (Yale University and University of Calabria)
Parental Beliefs and Learning: How Perceptions of the Process of Child Development Change (with F. Cunha, D. Perez-Lopez, and A. Toppeta)

Graziella Bertocchi (University of Modena and EIEF)
Ancestral Inequality and Preferences for Redistribution (with A. Dimico and G. L. Tedeschi)

Guglielmo Weber (University of Padua)
Retirement and Savings Regrets (with S. Castaldo, M. Celidoni, F. Maura, and N. Zambon)

Chair: Daniele Terlizzese (EIEF)

13:15 – 14:15 Lunch

 

Organizing Committee
Antonio Acconcia (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
Armando Miano (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
Roberto Nisticò (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
Tommaso Oliviero (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
Saverio Simonelli (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)

Scientific Committee
Maria Gabriella Gaziano (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
Giovanni Immordino (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
Massimo Marrelli (University of Naples Federico II)
Riccardo Martina (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
Giovanni Walter Puopolo (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)
Alberto Zazzaro (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)

Staff
Stefania Maddaluno (University of Naples Federico II and CSEF)