Luca Merlo

Researcher (RTDA) in Statistics at the European University of Rome

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Department of Human Sciences

European University of Rome

Rome (RM), Italy

I obtained my PhD in Methodological Statistics at the Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) with a thesis on quantile regression models for the analysis of multivariate data. I actively collaborate with national and international institutions, including the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (US), the University of Southampton (United Kingdom) and the University of Pisa (Italy). As of September 2022, I am a researcher in statistics at the European University of Rome (Italy). My research interests lie in quantile regression, latent variable models, finite mixture models with applications to longitudinal, time series and correlated data.

News

Sep 18, 2024 Our paper with Sophie-An Kingsbury Lee and Francesca Dominici, “Childhood PM2.5 exposure and upward mobility in the United States” has been published on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Check it out here.
Feb 7, 2024 Our paper with Valeria Bignozzi and Lea Petrella, “Inter-order relations between equivalence for 𝐿𝑝-quantiles of the Student’s 𝑡 distribution” has been published on Insurance: Mathematics and Economics. Check it out here.
Jan 13, 2024 Our paper with Beatrice Foroni and Lea Petrella, “Expectile hidden Markov regression models for analyzing cryptocurrency returns” has been published on Statistics and Computing. Check it out here.

Selected Publications

2024

  1. Expectile hidden Markov regression models for analyzing cryptocurrency returns
    Beatrice Foroni, Luca Merlo, and Lea Petrella
    Statistics and Computing, 2024
  2. Inter-order relations between equivalence for Lp-quantiles of the Student’s t distribution
    Valeria Bignozzi, Luca Merlo, and Lea Petrella
    Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, 2024
  3. Childhood PM2.5 exposure and upward mobility in the United States
    Sophie-An Kingsbury Lee, Luca Merlo, and Francesca Dominici
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024

2023

  1. Unified unconditional regression for multivariate quantiles, M-quantiles and expectiles
    Luca Merlo, Lea Petrella, Nicola Salvati, and 1 more author
    Journal of the American Statistical Association, 2023

2022

  1. Quantile mixed hidden Markov models for multivariate longitudinal data: An application to children’s Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire scores
    Luca Merlo, Lea Petrella, and Nikos Tzavidis
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C: Applied Statistics, 2022
  2. Marginal M-quantile regression for multivariate dependent data
    Luca Merlo, Lea Petrella, Nicola Salvati, and 1 more author
    Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 2022
  3. Quantile hidden semi-Markov models for multivariate time series
    Luca Merlo, Antonello Maruotti, Lea Petrella, and 1 more author
    Statistics and Computing, 2022

2021

  1. Forecasting VaR and ES using a joint quantile regression and its implications in portfolio allocation
    Luca Merlo, Lea Petrella, and Valentina Raponi
    Journal of Banking & Finance, 2021