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Elena Pesavento is a Full Professor in the Department of Economics at Emory University, where she has held leadership roles including Department Chair (2010–2013) and President of the Emory College Senate (2019–2020). She specializes in Time Series Analysis, Econometrics, and Applied Macroeconomics, with a focus on structural breaks, cointegration, and impulse response functions in VAR models.
Education:
- PhD in Economics, University of California, San Diego (2000)
- BA in Statistics and Economics, Università di Padova, Italy (1993)
- Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley (1994)
Research Interests: Her work addresses challenges in econometric inference under non-stationarity and high persistence. Recent projects include nonlinear VAR models, oil price volatility, and demographic-driven forecasts. She collaborates extensively on topics like inflation anchoring and monetary policy effects.
Awards & Grants:
- NSF Grant: $188,548 for impulse response analysis in nonlinear VARs (2023)
- Marco Fanno Fellowship (2008), Jean Monnet Fellowship (2006)
- Emory Women of Impact Circle Grant ($23,000 for leadership programs)
Service & Leadership: Director of Emory's Women in Leadership Program, mentor for junior economists, and contributor to academic governance. She has organized conferences, served on editorial boards (Empirical Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics), and reviewed NSF grants.
Labs/Teams: Leads research groups on econometric methods and macroeconomic policy analysis. Collaborations include projects on connectedness of credit risk and state-dependent local projections.
