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Luigi Ventura

Sapienza, University of Rome

Piazzale Aldo Moro 5

Roma, Rome 00185

Italy

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

13

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958

TOTAL CITATIONS

15

Scholarly Papers (13)

1.

Growth and Volatility Reconsidered: Reconciling Opposite Views

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Jan 2012
Laura Bisio and Luigi Ventura
National Institute of Statistics (Istat) and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 128 (565,439)

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Growth and volatility, Panel data estimation, GMM

2.

International Risk Sharing and Globalization

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Jan 2012
Eleonora Pierucci and Luigi Ventura
University of Rome III and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 113 (626,371)
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International risk sharing, globalization, social and political integration

3.

International Investment Positions and Risk Sharing: An Empirical Analysis on the Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2012
Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, University of Rome III and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 108 (649,907)

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Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey, risk sharing, gravity models

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A Note on Gravity Models and International Investment Patterns

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 27 Feb 2014
Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, University of Rome III and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 102 (679,608)

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International investment patterns, Portfolio choices, Gravity models

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Risk Sharing Opportunities and Macroeconomic Factors in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: A Consumption Insurance Assessment

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4490
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Luigi Ventura
Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 99 (699,467)

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Currencies and Exchange Rates, Financial Intermediation, Consumption, Economic Theory & Research, Inequality

The Wealth Decumulation Behavior of the Retired Elderly in Italy: The Importance of Bequest Motives and Precautionary Saving

ISER DP No. 1087
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 May 2020
Luigi Ventura and Charles Yuji Horioka
Sapienza, University of Rome and Kobe University
Downloads 51 (1,072,374)

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Aged, bequest intentions, bequest motive, dissaving, elderly, households, Italy, inheritances, intergenerational transfers, inter vivos transfers, life-cycle hypothesis or model, precautionary saving, retired elderly, saving, wealth accumulation and decumulation

The Wealth Decumulation Behavior of the Retired Elderly in Italy: The Importance of Bequest Motives and Precautionary Saving

NBER Working Paper No. w26986
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2023
Luigi Ventura and Charles Yuji Horioka
Sapienza, University of Rome and Kobe University
Downloads 28 (1,385,838)
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Italian Export Product Quality and the Entrenched Margin of Trade

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Oct 2025
Mark David Witte and Luigi Ventura
College of Charleston and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 33 (1,311,254)

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quality adjustment, entrenched margin, export quality, global financial crisis, currency appreciation

Italian Export Product Quality and the Entrenched Margin of Trade

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Oct 2025
Mark David Witte and Luigi Ventura
College of Charleston and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 32 (1,326,242)

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quality adjustment, entrenched margin, export quality, global financial crisis, currency appreciation

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The Impact of Social Capital on Consumption Insurance and Income Volatility in U.K.: Evidence from British Household Panel Survey

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 07 Feb 2013
Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance, University of Rome III and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 62 (942,565)
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consumption insurance, social capital, income volatility, item response theory

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A Note on Migration, Diversity and Economic Growth: a Replication Study of Bove and Elia (World Development, 2017)

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2021
Luigi Ventura
Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 57 (989,921)

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Diversity, economic growth, migration.

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Migration, Diversity and Regional Risk Sharing

Applied Economics
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 May 2021
Maria Ventura and Luigi Ventura
School of Economics, University of Edinburgh and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 43 (1,145,425)

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Regional risk sharing, Consumption insurance, Migration, Diversity

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Do Non-Prudent Consumers Ever Engage in Precautionary Saving? Two Observations on Risk and Precautionary Saving

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 13 Aug 2025 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2025
Charles Yuji Horioka and Luigi Ventura
Kobe University and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 42 (1,157,785)

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household saving, precautionary saving, prudence, pure risk, risk aversion, speculative risk, saving, downside risk

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Do the Retired Elderly in Europe Decumulate Their Wealth? The Importance of Bequest Motives, Precautionary Saving, Public Pensions, and Homeownership

NBER Working Paper No. w30470
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Charles Yuji Horioka and Luigi Ventura
Kobe University and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 32 (1,290,922)
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Why Do Europeans Save? Micro-Evidence from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey

NBER Working Paper No. w32838
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Aug 2024
Charles Yuji Horioka and Luigi Ventura
Kobe University and Sapienza, University of Rome
Downloads 28 (1,359,097)
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