Research
Biagio specialises in macroeconomics and development economics, with a particular interest in the study of macroeconomic dynamics. Biagio is also interested in the transmission and design of monetary and fiscal policy in relation to the features of the institutional environment of developing economies. His work on such topics aims towards quantitative theory building through DSGE modelling, including Heterogenous Agents Models, and associated numerical-computational techniques. His doctoral research, supervised by Professor Shailaja Fennell, consists of a series of applied and methodological essays sharing a common focus on the key aspects of the institutional organisation of developing economies, marking a departure from the institutional environment characterising advanced economies and their modelling. Biagio focuses on (a) macroeconomic dynamics, in particular transitional dynamics in response to shocks, (b) the transmission and optimal design of monetary and fiscal policy, and (c) their interplay and relationship to institutional reform.
Prior to starting his doctoral studies, Biagio completed an MPhil with Distinction at the Centre of Development Studies, focusing his paper choices on developing economics and econometrics, and a BA (Hons.) at King’s College London. He is also a member of the UK Society of Professional Economists (SPE) and the Post-Keynesian Economics Society (PKES), and was appointed a visiting researcher at the department of economics at IIT Bombay for Summer 2024. Beyond his main research, Biagio has been involved in teaching and supervisions on microeconomics, macroeconomics, and the econometrics workshop series at CDS.
His research is fully funded by the Cambridge Trust in partnership with Corpus Christi College, through the award of a Cambridge International Scholarship and Corpus’ Christopher Colclough Studentship for graduate studies in Development Economics. Biagio is actively looking for opportunities for post-doctoral work in macroeconomics, monetary-fiscal theory, and economic development research.
