{"id":2,"date":"2019-10-31T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/raponi\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:49:58","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/raponi\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Estimating the Number of Latent Factors: A Comparative Analysis<\/strong>, 2026, (with Marco Avarucci and Paolo Zaffaroni) &#8211; <em><strong>Econometric Reviews<\/strong>, forthcoming<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0378426621002077?via%3Dihub\">Forecasting VaR and ES using a joint quantile regression and its implications in portfolio allocation<\/a> (with Luca Merlo and Lea Petrella), 2021, <em><strong>Journal of Banking and Finance<\/strong><\/em>, Vol. 133, Article 106248, doi:10.1016\/j.jbankfin.2021.106248<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/rfs\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/rfs\/hhz064\/5525401\">Testing Beta-Pricing Models Using Large Cross-Sections<\/a> (with Cesare Robotti and Paolo Zaffaroni), 2020, <em><strong>The Review of Financial Studies<\/strong><\/em>, Vol. 33, pp. 2796&#8211;2842.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nowpublishers.com\/article\/Details\/IRERE-0116\">Sectoral Decomposition of CO2 World Emissions: A Joint Quantile Regression Approach<\/a> (with Luca Merlo and Lea Petrella), 2020, <em><strong>International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0047259X18302574\">Joint estimation of conditional quantiles in multivariate linear regression models with an application to financial distress<\/a> (with Lea Petrella), 2019,<strong><em> Journal of Multivariate Analysis<\/em><\/strong>, Vol. 173, pp. 70&#8211;84.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/for.2565\">Short\u2010term forecasts of economic activity: Are fortnightly factors useful?<\/a> (with Libero Monteforte), 2019, <em><strong>Journal of Forecasting<\/strong><\/em>, Vol. 38., pp. 207&#8211;221.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10260-014-0262-y\">Revisions in official data and forecasting<\/a> (with Cecilia Frale), 2014, <em><strong>Statistical Methods &amp; Applications<\/strong><\/em>, Vol. 23, pp. 451&#8211;472<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Working Papers<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3933063\">Robust Portfolio Choice<\/a> (with Raman Uppal and Paolo Zaffaroni)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4485448\">Dissecting Anomalies in Conditional Asset Pricing<\/a> (with Paolo Zaffaroni) &#8211; R&amp;R (fourth round) <strong><em>Management Science<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4819759\">Testing for Weak Factors in Conditional Asset Pricing<\/a> (with Soohun Kim and Paolo Zaffaroni)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6239718\">Common Lenders and Borrower Return Comovement <\/a>(with Christian Eufinger, Luca X. Lin and Haorui Wang)<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Other Publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11205-018-1882-7\">Concomitant-Variable Latent-Class Beta Inflated Models to Assess Students\u2019 Performance: An Italian Case Study<\/a> (with Marco Centoni, Vieri Del Panta and Antonello Maruotti), 2018, <b><i>Social Indicators Research<\/i><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1002\/bimj.201400121\">Handling endogeneity and nonnegativity in correlated random effects models: Evidence from ambulatory expenditure<\/a> (with Francesco Lagona and Antonello Maruotti), 2016, <em><strong>Biometrical Journal<\/strong><\/em>, Vol. 50, pp. 280&#8211;302.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/02664763.2015.1009005\">A biclustering approach to university performances: an Italian case study<\/a> (with francesca Martella and Antonello Maruotti), 2016, <em><strong>Journal of Applied Statistics<\/strong><\/em>, Vol. 43, pp. 31&#8211;45.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/03610918.2012.714032#.VNHheVV2kcM\">On Baseline Conditions for Zero-Inflated Longitudinal Count Data<\/a> (with Antonello Maruotti), 2014, <em><strong>Communications in Statistics &#8211; Simulation and Computation<\/strong><\/em>, Vol. 43, pp. 743&#8211;760.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publications Estimating the Number of Latent Factors: A Comparative Analysis, 2026, (with Marco Avarucci and Paolo Zaffaroni) &#8211; Econometric Reviews, forthcoming. 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