Prestigious committee role for Professor Giovanni Ricco

Prestigious committee role for Professor Giovanni Ricco

Professor Giovanni Ricco has been nominated to the Euro Area Business Cycle Dating Committee (EABCD). Founded in 2003, the committee works to map and date recessions in the euro area, providing important insights into the euro area business cycle.

The committee also provides authoritative comment in spring and autumn on the current state of economic activity in the euro area, and carries out research projects to better understand these issues.

Professor Ricco explains: “The committee is tasked with establishing the chronology of recessions and expansions in the euro area. We meet and look at data to understand what is happening to the economy.

“The equivalent for the US would be the NBER business cycle committee, while in the UK this work is done by NIESR.

“Our work is of interest both for policy-making and academic studies.”

Professor Ben Lockwood, Head of Department, said: “This is a great honour and a very exciting appointment for Giovanni. Warmest congratulations from us all in the Department.”

The Committee’s five members are chosen by the President of CEPR, the EADBC chair, and the chair and vice-chair of the Euro Area Business Cycle Network (EABCN) Scientific Committee.

• About Professor Ricco: Giovani Ricco is Professor of Economics at the Ecole Polytechnique and at the University of Warwick, a Chercheur Associa at OFCE-SciencesPo, and a CEPR Research Fellow. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the London Business School and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Pisa. His main research interests lie in the fields of empirical macroeconomics and time-series econometrics.