With this publication, the Bank of Italy honours the memory of Professor Albert Ando on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of his death, on 19 September 2002.
Albert Ando, besides being an outstanding and authoritative economist, a multi-disciplinary scholar and an advisor to a number of institutions across the globe, was for many years a consultant to the Bank of Italy on a number of issues, primarily (but not exclusively) relating to modelling. Publishing a revised and enriched version of his bibliography (which enlarges upon the one that was published by the Bank of Italy in 2012, on the tenth anniversary of his death) seems an apt way to celebrate his remarkable contribution to the advancement of economic knowledge; despite the decades that have passed, many of his teachings and insights are still relevant, as the items included in this bibliography show.
The bibliography only includes published material, with two exceptions: Professor Ando's PhD dissertation, dated 1959 (you can download a pdf version of his dissertation here, without the Appendix, which is found in item no. 4 of the bibliography), and his influential 1985 work on the determinants of Japanese households' saving behavior. Besides the works listed in the bibliography, Albert Ando left behind a wealth of unpublished manuscripts, including among other things, the first draft of several chapters of a magnum opus on the structure of econometric models as he saw it.
The bibliography is accompanied by two essays, the first of which, by the Governor of the Bank of Italy, briefly outlines Albert Ando's contribution on several fronts of economic research; the second essay, written by three Bank of Italy economists - Sergio Nicoletti Altimari, Stefano Siviero and Daniele Terlizzese - who closely interacted with professor Ando, recalls his contribution to economic analysis and modelling activities at the Bank of Italy.
Although twenty years have gone by, his acumen, energy and creativity, and, on a more personal basis for those who interacted more closely with him, his friendship and advice, are still very much missed.
