Rate My Professor Filippo Occhino

Filippo Occhino is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Analysis at the Coles College of Business, Kennesaw State University. He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago, a Master in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, and a B.A. in Economic and Social Sciences from Bocconi University. Occhino's research interests center on macroeconomics and financial stability, with recent studies examining monetary policy, fiscal policy, and the macroeconomic effects of financial distortions. He is actively involved with the Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity, where he contributes commentaries on economic topics.

Occhino has an extensive publication record in prominent economics journals. Notable works include "Quantitative Easing and Direct Lending in Response to the COVID-19 Crisis" in the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (October 2025, vol. 57, no. 7); "The Macroeconomic Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" in Macroeconomic Dynamics (September 2023, vol. 27, no. 6); "The Macroeconomic Effects of Business Tax Cuts with Debt Financing and Accelerated Depreciation" in Economic Modelling (August 2023, vol. 125); "The 2012 Eurozone Crisis and the ECB's OMT Program: A Debt-Overhang Banking and Sovereign Crisis Interpretation" in the European Economic Review (November 2017, vol. 100); "Debt-Overhang Banking Crises: Detecting and Preventing Systemic Risk" in the Journal of Financial Stability (June 2017, vol. 30); and "Debt Overhang in a Business Cycle Model," co-authored with Andrea Pescatori, in the European Economic Review (January 2015, vol. 73). Additional publications appear in The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Economics and Business, Journal of Macroeconomics, and the Journal of Economic History. He has authored Bagwell Center commentaries such as "Are We in a Recession? Are We Heading to One?" (May 2025) and "What Would Be the Macroeconomic Effects of a Corporate Tax Hike?" (January 2023). Previously, he wrote economic commentaries for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, including "The Effect of the 2017 Tax Reform on Investment" (2020). Occhino teaches Principles of Macroeconomics and Macroeconomics courses.