Caterina Mendicino
Banco de Portugal
Economic Research Department
Av. Almirante Reis, 71-6th floor
1150-012 Lisbon, Portugal
+351 21 3130063
caterina.mendicino@bportugal.pt
http://sites.google.com/site/caterinamendicino/
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, 2000-2006, Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden).
M.A. in Economics, 1999-2000, University of Turin - Coripe (Italy).
Licenciatura in Economics (Summa cum Laude), 1994-1999
Employment
Banco de Portugal, Since 2008
Economist, Economic Research Department.
Bank of Canada, 2006-2008
Senior Analyst, Department of Monetary and Financial Analysis.
University of Rome III, 2003-2006
Research Fellow, Economic Policy Research Group.
Research Interests
Credit Markets, Business Cycle Fluctuations and Optimal Monetary Policy.
Awards and Honors
Bankforskningstitutet, Research Grant, 2004-2006.
Louis Fraenckels stipendiefond, Grant for Traveling, 2006.
J. Wallander’s Foundation, (J01/18) Handelsbanken, Research Grant, 2003-2004.
J. Wallander’s Foundation, (J02/37) Handelsbanken, Research Grant, 2002-2003.
Kocks Linberg Foundation, Grant for Traveling,2002, 2003.
Liungbergs Foundation, Stockholm University, Graduate Scholarship 2001-2002.
Widar Bagges Foundation, Stockholm University, Graduate Scholarship 2000-2001.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Grant, Stiftelsen Söderströms CC Foundation, 2001
"Fausto Vicarelli" Undergraduate Thesis Award, Ente Luigi Einaudi for monetary, banking
and financial studies, 2000.
Working papers and Work in Progress
Price Level Targeting and the Financial Accelerator: Welfare Analysis in an Open Economy
DSGE Model (with Ali Dib and Yahong Zhang). Bank of Canada wp 08-40.
On the Amplification Role of Collateral Constraints. Bank of Canada, wp 08-23.
Credit Market and Macroeconomic Volatility. European Central Bank, wp 743.
Financial Liberalization, Bank Crises and Growth: Assessing the Links (with Alessandra
Bonfiglioli). Stockholm School of Economics, wp 567.
Membership
EABCN (Euro Area Business Cycle Network) fellow since fall 2005.
American Economic Association - Econometric Society - Society of Economic Dynamics.