Biography

Matteo Pignatti is a PhD candidate at the New York University and a research fellow at Luiss Guido Carli and CeLEG. His main areas of interest are macroeconomics, consumption and saving, applied econometrics.

Education

• PhD in Economics, New York University, 2010 (expected).
• BSc in Statistics and Economics, University of Rome La Sapienza, 2002.

Publications

• (with F. Lambert) Saving behavior over the life-cycle does not differ across countries. Portfolio choices do. Unpublished manuscript, 2009.
• (with F. Lambert) What explains cross-country differences in life-cycle consumption? A comparison between Italy and the United States. Unpublished manuscript, 2008.