Dr Ianulardo joined the Economics Department of the University of Exeter Business School in September 2010. Previously, he was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Bath, from 2007 to 2010, where he taught Microeconomics to 1st, 2nd and 3rd year students, and Mathematical Economics. He has also been a member of the Teaching Committee, and in 2010 was awarded the core module of the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic and Professional Practice (PGCAPP).
Nationality: Italian
Languages studied
- English: three-year course at university, ‘Preliminary English Test’ at the University of Cambridge local examination centre, fluently spoken and written
- French: three-year course at university, ‘Brevet de Etudes Françaises’ at the University of Tours, fluently spoken and written
- Spanish: three-year course at university, fluently spoken and written
- German: three-year course at university, only written
- Portuguese, ‘Diploma de Estudos Portugueses’ at the University of Lisbon, fluently spoken and written
- Ancient Greek and Latin: only reading
Administrative responsibilities
- Member of the Teaching Committee at the Economics Department of the University of Bath
Qualifications
BSc (Salerno, Italy), MSc Econ & Fin (Warwick Business School, UK), PhD Economics (Warwick, UK)
Research clusters
Research interests
- Sovereign debt
- Political economy
- Game theoretical analysis of Law
Dr Ianulardo’s research is in the area of game theory applied to international political economy, focusing especially on external and domestic sovereign debt, and legal and political institutions. Specifically, he has applied his research to recent default episodes, such as the Argentinean case. Recently, he has been analysing the domestic incentives for debt repayment (political economy).
Another topic he has analysed is a game theoretical interpretation of the law. His paper on Leoni intended to contribute to the innovative interpretations of the law as a claim of the individual made by Bruno Leoni, and in particular refining his notion of the legal system using the tool offered by sequential and Bayesian equilibria not available at the time of Leoni’s writings.
His investigation in this field will be focused on the contractarian approach to the emergence of law and political institutions trying to integrate the insights drawn by authors such De Jasay and Buchanan, Simmons, Narveson, Norman Barry and Michael Taylor. Central to his investigation is the emergence of law and institutions by consent, using the methodological perspective of the rational actor as formalised by game theoretical equilibrium notions such as correlated or evolutionary equilibria.
Research projects
Dr Ianulardo is currently analysing the political determinants of sovereign debt repayment. His research includes the use of game theoretical tools to formalise the long run relationship between different classes of creditors and the sovereign debtor.
Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year
Publications by category
Journal articles
Ganugi P, Grossi L, Ianulardo G (2015). Scale economies and heterogeneity in business money demand: the Italian experience.
Bulletin of Economic Research,
67(2), 146-165.
Abstract:
Scale economies and heterogeneity in business money demand: the Italian experience
© 2012 Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research and John Wiley. &. Sons Ltd. This paper investigates the demand for money by firms and the existence of economies of scale in the Italian manufacturing industry. We estimate a model for cash elaborated by Fujiki and Mulligan using a different estimation procedure from the previous literature. We then introduce an iterative procedure based on backward exclusion of firms from model estimation which points out the high heterogeneity of Italian companies in money demand. Our estimates show that the Italian manufacturing industry, considered as a whole, does not enjoy scale economies in money demand. However, our iterative procedure points out that the cause of this result has to be ascribed to small firms which are characterized by thin cash money holdings and a consequent very modest opportunity cost.
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Bragoli D, Ganugi P, Ianulardo G (2013). Gini's transvariation analysis: an application on financial crises in developing countries.
Empirica,
40(1), 153-174.
Abstract:
Gini's transvariation analysis: an application on financial crises in developing countries
The damage and the recurrence of financial crises have increased the concern of investors and policymakers on one hand and the interest of macroeconomists on the other. This paper presents an original non parametric methodology, whose aim is to give a very intuitive and rigorous method for variable selection in order to analyse financial crises. Transvariation analysis compares the distributions of two different groups of countries (sound and distressed) with respect to a single macroeconomic variable and selects the indicators on the basis of a low transvariation probability index. The current account deficit to GDP ratio, differently from other studies on financial crises, seems to be a suitable variable in discriminating distressed countries from sound ones, and the case of Argentina and Turkey confirms this finding. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Ianulardo G (2009). Law as a claim of the individual in B. Leoni: a game theoretical analysis. Procesos de Mercado/Market Processes, 1(6), 73-116.
Ianulardo G (2007). Transvariation Analysis and Balance of Payment Crises. Atti della Terza Lazione Arcelli
Publications by year
2015
Ganugi P, Grossi L, Ianulardo G (2015). Scale economies and heterogeneity in business money demand: the Italian experience.
Bulletin of Economic Research,
67(2), 146-165.
Abstract:
Scale economies and heterogeneity in business money demand: the Italian experience
© 2012 Board of Trustees of the Bulletin of Economic Research and John Wiley. &. Sons Ltd. This paper investigates the demand for money by firms and the existence of economies of scale in the Italian manufacturing industry. We estimate a model for cash elaborated by Fujiki and Mulligan using a different estimation procedure from the previous literature. We then introduce an iterative procedure based on backward exclusion of firms from model estimation which points out the high heterogeneity of Italian companies in money demand. Our estimates show that the Italian manufacturing industry, considered as a whole, does not enjoy scale economies in money demand. However, our iterative procedure points out that the cause of this result has to be ascribed to small firms which are characterized by thin cash money holdings and a consequent very modest opportunity cost.
Abstract.
DOI.
2013
Bragoli D, Ganugi P, Ianulardo G (2013). Gini's transvariation analysis: an application on financial crises in developing countries.
Empirica,
40(1), 153-174.
Abstract:
Gini's transvariation analysis: an application on financial crises in developing countries
The damage and the recurrence of financial crises have increased the concern of investors and policymakers on one hand and the interest of macroeconomists on the other. This paper presents an original non parametric methodology, whose aim is to give a very intuitive and rigorous method for variable selection in order to analyse financial crises. Transvariation analysis compares the distributions of two different groups of countries (sound and distressed) with respect to a single macroeconomic variable and selects the indicators on the basis of a low transvariation probability index. The current account deficit to GDP ratio, differently from other studies on financial crises, seems to be a suitable variable in discriminating distressed countries from sound ones, and the case of Argentina and Turkey confirms this finding. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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DOI.
2009
Ianulardo G (2009). Law as a claim of the individual in B. Leoni: a game theoretical analysis. Procesos de Mercado/Market Processes, 1(6), 73-116.
2007
Ianulardo G (2007). Transvariation Analysis and Balance of Payment Crises. Atti della Terza Lazione Arcelli
Conferences and invited presentations
- Invited presentation at the University Cattolica, Italy, paper presented: ‘The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt with an Application to the Argentinean Default Episode’, April 2010.
- Invited presentation, Royal Economic Society, ‘Creditor Reputation as a Deterrent against Debtor Moral Hazard’, 2009.
- Workshop on Sovereign and Public Debt and Default, University of Warwick, paper presented: ‘The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt with an Application to the Argentinean Default Episode’, December 2008.
- Invited presentation at CeFiMs University of London: ‘Creditor Free Riding in a Reputational Model of Debtor Moral Hazard’, February 2008.
- XXXII Simposio de Análisis Económico, Granada, Spain: ‘Creditor Free Riding in a Reputational Model of Debtor Moral Hazard’, December 2007.
- Economic Theory Seminar, University of Bath: ‘Creditor Free Riding in a Reputational Model of Debtor Moral Hazard’, October 2007.
- Economic Theory Workshop, University of Warwick: ‘Creditor Free Riding in a Reputational Model of Debtor Moral Hazard’, June 2007.
- University Cattolica, Piacenza, Mario Arcelli Seminar, paper presented: ‘Creditor Reputation as a Deterrent against Debtor Moral Hazard’, March 2005.
Dr Ianulardo’s teaching experience has been in Microeconomics and Mathematical Economics at all levels, including courses of game theory and contract theory for postgraduate students. He has successfully completed the core module of the PGCAPP.
Modules
2017/18
