Luigi Iovino
Assistant Professor

Biography
Luigi Iovino is Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at Università Bocconi and Research Affiliate at CEPR.
He is a Macroeconomist interested in understanding the economy-wide implications of informational frictions and bounded rationality. His work also investigates the impact of fiscal and monetary policy for carbon emissions and the green transition. Since 2023, he is the coordinator of the ERC Consolidator Grant “Great Expectations: Macroeconomic Implications of Forecasting Behavior (GEM)”.
His research focuses on understanding the economy-wide implications of informational frictions and bounded rationality, and how these frictions shape the design of optimal policy. His work also investigates the impact of fiscal and monetary policy for carbon emissions and the green transition. He is the author of numerous articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in the Journal of Political Economy, Journal of the European Economic Association, and Journal of Monetary Economics, among others.
Luigi got a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012, a M.Res. in Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science – LSE in Great Britain and a MSc. in Economics, Statistics, and Social Sciences from Università Bocconi.
Recent Publications
- 2023
Central Bank Balance Sheet Policies Without Rational Expectations
IOVINO, L., D. SERGEYEV, "Central Bank Balance Sheet Policies Without Rational Expectations", Review of Economic Studies, 2023, vol. 90, no. 6, pp. 3119-3152 - 2023
Comment on “Rigid production networks” by Pellet and Tahbaz-Salehi
IOVINO, L., "Comment on “Rigid production networks” by Pellet and Tahbaz-Salehi", Journal of Monetary Economics, 2023, vol. 137, pp. 103-106 - 2022
Optimal monetary policy and disclosure with an informationally-constrained central banker
IOVINO, L., J. LA’O, R. MASCARENHAS, "Optimal monetary policy and disclosure with an informationally-constrained central banker", Journal of Monetary Economics, 2022, vol. 125, pp. 151-172 - 2021
Social Insurance, Information Revelation, and Lack of Commitment
GOLOSOV, M., L. IOVINO, "Social Insurance, Information Revelation, and Lack of Commitment", Journal of Political Economy, 2021, vol. 129, no. 9, pp. 2629-2665 - 2021
Liquidity Insurance with Market Information
IOVINO, L., "Liquidity Insurance with Market Information", Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 275-304 - 2020
Learning over the business cycle: Policy implications
ANGELETOS, G.-M., L. IOVINO, J. LA'O, "Learning over the business cycle: Policy implications", Journal of Economic Theory, 2020, vol. 190, pp. 105-115 - 2016
Real Rigidity, Nominal Rigidity, and the Social Value of Information
ANGELETOS, G.-M., L. IOVINO, J. LA'O, "Real Rigidity, Nominal Rigidity, and the Social Value of Information", American Economic Review, 2016, vol. 106, no. 1, pp. 200-227
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Grants & Honors
Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2023
Excellence in Research Award, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, 2022

