Thesis supervision

I am available to supervise undergraduate, graduate and PhD theses from the University of Verona. I am also happy to write reference letters. However, consider that I will not submit reference letters on a serial basis and especially after a long time.

Please do not approach me saying "I enjoyed your course and I want to do my thesis in Econometrics". You should come to me with some broad ideas about the topic. We can then discuss and refine them. In general, I believe it is mutually useful if the topic of the thesis fits my research interests, which are on applied micro-econometrics, and specifically in these fields: Households' saving and portfolio decisions; Economics of risk and uncertainty; Policy impact evaluation; Behavioral economics. I also recommend to have a look at my "research" pages.

A non-exclusive list of possible topics for a thesis is available HERE.

Some general tips for the development of a thesis are available HERE.

Before approaching me for supervision, please consider that:

• Familiarity with a statistical package (preferably R or Stata) is necessary.

• I urge to contact me provided that you have passed an Econometrics exam with a reasonably high mark (26/30 or higher).

• For some reason, I attract students interested in my supervision of their theses. However, supervising many students at the same time is burdensome for me and ineffective for the students, as I will not have enough time for each. Please contact me well in advance, and beware that I may be unable to supervise you.

• Please do not abuse of my time, as my work is not just supervising students and it is highly likely I will have further students in the same session.

• It may happen that you plan to graduate in one session, but eventually you are unable to make it. This is not an ideal situation, but we will work together to meet the subsequent session. However, if you are also unable to graduate in the subsequent session, consider that I may no longer supervise your work.