Contact Information
202-452-2685
marco.cagetti@frb.gov

Fields of Interest
Macroeconomics
Financial Markets

Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Chicago, 2000
B.A., Economics and Social Sciences, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, 1993

Professional Experience
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 2006-present
Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, 2000-2006

Selected Publications

• ''Estate Taxation, Entrepreneurship, and Wealth'' (with Mariacristina De Nardi), American Economic Review (forthcoming).
• ''Wealth Inequality: Data and Models'' (with Mariacristina De Nardi), Macroeconomic Dynamics, vol. 12 (September 2008), pp. 285-313.
• ''Wealth accumulation over the life cycle and precautionary savings,'' Journal of Business and Economic Statistics , vol. 21 (July 2003), pp. 339-53.
• ''Robustness and Pricing with Uncertain Growth '' (with Lars P. Hansen, Thomas Sargent, and Noah Williams), Review of Financial Studies , vol. 15 (2002), pp. 363-404.
• ''Interest Elasticity in a Life Cycle Model with Precautionary Savings ,'' American Economic Review, vol. 91 (May 2001), pp. 418-21.
• ''Entrepreneurship, Frictions, and Wealth'' (with Mariacristina De Nardi), Journal of Political Economy, vol. 106 (October 2006), pp. 835-870.