Giacomo Rella

I am a post-doctoral researcher at ESG-UQAM and CREEi. I am also asociated with the The GC Wealth Project at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality (CUNY).

My academic work examines the distributional implications of macroeconomic policy, with particular reference to monetary policy and household wealth.

I received a PhD in Economics (summa cum laude) from the Universities of Siena, Pisa and Florence.

For more details, check my CV or contact me at rella.gia(at)gmail.com.

Jan-Feb 2024: Visiting the London School of Economics and Political Science
LSE-Miguel Dols Fellow at Canada Blanch Centre

From March 2024: Joining the Department of Economics at UQAM, Montréal
Post-doctoral researcher

What are firms borrowing for?
Leila Davis, Joao de Souza, YK Kim, Giacomo Rella
Economic Modelling, 2023
pdf

Monetary policy and the wealth distribution
Alessandro Franconi, Giacomo Rella
Currently under review
pdf| Stone Center Working Paper (older version)

The GC Wealth Project Data Warehouse v.1 – Documentation
Salvatore Morelli, Twisha Asher, Frincasco Di Biase, Franziska Disslbacher, Ignacio Flores, Adam Rego Johnson, Giacomo Rella, Manuel Schechtl, Francesca Subioli, Matteo Targa
Methodological documentation of The GC Wealth Project, a data repository on wealh, wealth inequality, taxation, and related literature.
Stone Center Working Paper

A Balancing Act? Local Fiscal Resilience After Mine Closures
Clara Dallaire-Fortier, Giacomo Rella

The Fed, housing, and household debt over time
Giacomo Rella
Currently under major revision
pdf (older version)

Macroeconomic effects of household debt: a survey of the empirical literature
Giacomo Rella
pdf

The GC Wealth Project
The GC Wealth Project (Director: Salvatore Morelli) aimed at expanding and consolidating access to the most up-to-date research and information on wealth, wealth inequalities, and wealth transfers and related tax policies, across countries and over time.
I oversaw the development of the Wealth Topography database which included the conceptualization, designing the current data architecture, the national accounting mapping, and the automation of data gathering.

Est-ce que le Québec est plus inégalitaire que le Canada?
Clara Dallaire-Fortier, Giacomo Rella
Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques, February 2024, link

L'evasione fiscale globale
Giacomo Gabbuti, Giacomo Rella
Jacobin Italia, 2023, link

Les inégalités entre locataires et propriétaires vont-elles se creuser au Canada?
Clara Dallaire-Fortier, Giacomo Rella
Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques, November 2023, link