Giovanni Cerulli
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Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
/ Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica Sostenibile (IRCrES)
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- Towards Data-driven Project design: Providing Optimal Treatment Rules for Development Projects (RePEc:ags:aaea21:314016)
by Garbero, Alessandra & Sakos, Grayson & Cerulli, Giovanni - Beyond the ATE: Idiosyncratic Effect Estimation to Uncover Distributional Impacts Results from 17 Impact Evaluations (RePEc:ags:aaea21:314017)
by Sakos, Grayson & Cerulli, Giovanni & Garbero, Alessandra - R&D And Technological Internationalisation: Evidence From A Random Coefficient Treatment Model (RePEc:ags:reapec:264580)
by Cerulli, Giovanni & De Marchi, Mario - Optimal Policy Learning: From Theory to Practice (RePEc:arx:papers:2011.04993)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Modelling and Measuring the Effect of Public Subsidies on Business R&D: A Critical Review of the Econometric Literature (RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:86:y:2010:i:274:p:421-449)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Are local public services better delivered in more autonomous regions? Evidence from European regions using a dose‐response approach (RePEc:bla:presci:v:97:y:2018:i:3:p:801-826)
by Andrea Filippetti & Giovanni Cerulli - IVTREATREG: Stata module to estimate binary treatment models with idiosyncratic average effect (RePEc:boc:bocode:s457405)
by Giovanni Cerulli - TREATREW: Stata module to estimate Average Treatment Effects by reweighting on propensity score (RePEc:boc:bocode:s457559)
by Giovanni Cerulli - CTREATREG: Stata module for estimating dose-response models under exogenous and endogenous treatment (RePEc:boc:bocode:s457820)
by Giovanni Cerulli - NTREATREG: Stata module for estimation of treatment effects in the presence of neighbourhood interactions (RePEc:boc:bocode:s457961)
by Giovanni Cerulli - DATANET: Stata module to facilitate dataset organization for network analysis purposes (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458033)
by Antonio Zinilli & Giovanni Cerulli - RSCORE: Stata module for estimation of responsiveness scores (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458078)
by Giovanni Cerulli - TED: Stata module to test Stability of Regression Discontinuity Models (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458199)
by Giovanni Cerulli - TVDIFF: Stata module to compute pre- and post-treatment estimation of the Average Treatment Effect (ATE) with binary time-varying treatment (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458384)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Marco Ventura - NPSYNTH: Stata module to implement Nonparametric Synthetic Control Method (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458398)
by Giovanni Cerulli - MKERN: Stata module to perform multivariate nonparametric kernel regression (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458410)
by Giovanni Cerulli - SENSIMATCH: Stata module to provide data-driven sensitivity analysis for Matching estimator (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458539)
by Giovanni Cerulli - SCTREE: Stata module to implement classification trees via optimal pruning, bagging, random forests, and boosting methods (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458645)
by Giovanni Cerulli - SRTREE: Stata module to implement regression trees via optimal pruning, bagging, random forests, and boosting methods (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458646)
by Giovanni Cerulli - SUBSET: Stata module to implement best covariates and stepwise subset selection (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458647)
by Giovanni Cerulli - TFDIFF: Stata module to compute pre- and post-treatment estimation of the Average Treatment Effect (ATE) with fixed binary treatment (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458696)
by Giovanni Cerulli - CUB: Stata module to estimate ordinal outcome model estimated by a mixture of a uniform and a shifted binomial (RePEc:boc:bocode:s458727)
by Giovanni Cerulli - R_ML_STATA_CV: Stata module to implement machine learning regression in Stata (RePEc:boc:bocode:s459054)
by Giovanni Cerulli - C_ML_STATA_CV: Stata module to implement machine learning classification in Stata (RePEc:boc:bocode:s459055)
by Giovanni Cerulli - TREEPLOT: Stata module to graph a tree in Stata (RePEc:boc:bocode:s459098)
by Giovanni Cerulli - OPL: Stata module for optimal policy learning (RePEc:boc:bocode:s459318)
by Giovanni Cerulli - NNLS: Stata module to compute non-negative least squares (RePEc:boc:bocode:s459325)
by Giovanni Cerulli - The Economic Determinants of Crime: an Approach through Responsiveness Scores (RePEc:boc:bocoec:948)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Maria Ventura & Christopher F Baum - ivtreatreg: A new Stata command for estimating binary treatment models with heterogeneous response to treatment under observable and unobservable selection (RePEc:boc:isug11:04)
by Giovanni Cerulli - contreatreg: A Stata module for estimating dose response treatment models under (continuous) treatment endogeneity and heterogeneous response to observable confounders (RePEc:boc:isug12:03)
by Giovanni Cerulli - datanet: A Stata procedure to facilitate dataset organization for network analysis (RePEc:boc:isug14:02)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Antonio Zinilli - ntreatreg: A Stata module for estimation of treatment effects in the presence of neighborhood interactions (RePEc:boc:isug14:06)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Machine learning using Stata/Python (RePEc:boc:isug22:02)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Optimal policy learning using Stata (RePEc:boc:isug24:02)
by Giovanni Cerulli - nnls: Nonnegative least squares using Stata (RePEc:boc:isug24:06)
by Giovanni Cerulli - A Review of Machine Learning Commands in Stata: Performance and Usability Evaluation (RePEc:boc:lsug23:08)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Data-driven decision making using Stata (RePEc:boc:lsug24:22)
by Giovanni Cerulli - TED: Stata Module for Testing Stability of Regression Discontinuity Models (RePEc:boc:scon16:12)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Extending the difference-in-differences (DID) to settings with many treated units and same intervention time: Model and Stata implementation (RePEc:boc:scon19:26)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Machine learning using Stata/Python (RePEc:boc:scon21:25)
by Giovanni Cerulli - A Stata module for estimating dose response treatment models under (continuous) treatment endogeneity and heterogeneous response to observable confounders (RePEc:boc:usug12:10)
by Giovanni Cerulli - treatrew: A user-written Stata routine for estimating average treatment effects by reweighting on propensity score (RePEc:boc:usug13:02)
by Giovanni Cerulli - ntreatreg: a Stata module for estimation of treatment effects in the presence of neighborhood interactions (RePEc:boc:usug14:15)
by Giovanni Cerulli - rscore: a Stata module to compute responsiveness scores (RePEc:boc:usug15:02)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Nonparametric synthetic control method for program evaluation: model and Stata implementation (RePEc:boc:usug17:02)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Data-driven sensitivity analysis for matching estimators (RePEc:boc:usug18:02)
by Giovanni Cerulli - The Stata module for CUB models for rating data analysis (RePEc:boc:usug21:16)
by G. Cerulli & R. Simone & F. Di Iorio & D. Piccolo & C.F. Baum - Optimal policy learning using Stata (RePEc:boc:usug23:12)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Optimal policy learning with observational data in multiaction scenarios: Stata implementation (RePEc:boc:usug24:11)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Antonio Zinilli - Evaluating the robustness of the effect of public subsidies on firms’ R&D: an application to Italy (RePEc:cem:jaecon:v:15:y:2012:n:2:p:287-320)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Potì - Heterogeneity of innovation strategies and firms’ performance (RePEc:csc:cerisp:200706)
by Bianca Potì & Giovanni Cerulli - Measuring Intersectoral Knowledge Spillovers: an Application of Sensitivity Analysis to Italy (RePEc:csc:cerisp:200711)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Potì - Modelling and measuring the effects of public subsidies on business R&D: theoretical and econometric issues (RePEc:csc:cerisp:200803)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Evaluating the Effect of Public Subsidies on firm R&D activity: an Application to Italy Using the Community Innovation Survey (RePEc:csc:cerisp:200809)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Poti' - A responsiveness-based (composite) indicator with an application to countries’ innovative performance (RePEc:csc:cerisp:201010)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Are R&D subsidies provided optimally? Evidence from a simulated agency-firm stochastic dynamic game (RePEc:csc:cerisp:201011)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Ivtreatreg: a new STATA routine for estimating binary treatment models with heterogeneous response to treatment under observable and unobservable selection (RePEc:csc:cerisp:201203)
by Giovanni Cerulli - A continuous treatment model for estimating a Dose Response Function under endogeneity and heterogeneous response to observable confounders: Description and implementation via the Stata module “ctreat (RePEc:csc:cerisp:201218)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Managerial capacity in the innovation process and firm profitability (RePEc:csc:cerisp:201301)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Potì - Identification and Estimation of Treatment Effects in the Presence of Neighbourhood Interactions (RePEc:csc:cerisp:201404)
by Giovanni Cerulli - CTREATREG: Stata module for estimating dose-response models under exogenous and endogenous treatment (RePEc:csc:cerisp:201405)
by Giovanni Cerulli - The differential impact of privately and publicly funded R&D on R&D investment and innovation: The Italian case (RePEc:dsc:wpaper:10)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Potì - The Redistributive Role of Non-profit Organizations (RePEc:edg:anecon:0036)
by Giovanni Cerulli - A flexible Synthetic Control Method for modeling policy evaluation (RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:182:y:2019:i:c:p:40-44)
by Cerulli, Giovanni - Data-driven sensitivity analysis for matching estimators (RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:185:y:2019:i:c:s0165176519303763)
by Cerulli, Giovanni - Optimal initial donor selection for the synthetic control method (RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:244:y:2024:i:c:s0165176524004609)
by Cerulli, Giovanni - Sources of financing: Which ones are more effective in innovation–growth linkage? (RePEc:eee:ecosys:v:48:y:2024:i:2:s0939362523001164)
by Santos, Anabela M. & Cincera, Michele & Cerulli, Giovanni - Towards data-driven project design: Providing optimal treatment rules for development projects (RePEc:eee:soceps:v:89:y:2023:i:c:s0038012123001180)
by Garbero, Alessandra & Sakos, Grayson & Cerulli, Giovanni - The complementary nature of technological capabilities: Measurement and robustness issues (RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:79:y:2012:i:5:p:875-887)
by Cerulli, Giovanni & Filippetti, Andrea - The Impact of Technological Capabilities on Invention: An Investigation Based on Country Responsiveness Scores (RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:59:y:2014:i:c:p:147-165)
by Cerulli, Giovanni - Are local public services better delivered in more autonomous regions? Evidence from European regions using a dose-response approach (RePEc:ehl:lserod:100770)
by Filippetti, Andrea & Cerulli, Giovanni - R&Dsimulab: a micro-policy simulator for an ex-ante assessment of the effect of public R&D policies (RePEc:ekd:008007:8631)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Federico Cecconi & Maria Augusta Miceli & Pierpaolo Angelini & Bianca Potì - Testing Stability of Regression Discontinuity Models (RePEc:eme:aecozz:s0731-905320170000038013)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Yingying Dong & Arthur Lewbel & Alexander Poulsen - The different impact on scientific output of academic-owned vs. academic-invented patents: evidence from a panel of Italian academic inventors (RePEc:ids:ijbire:v:6:y:2012:i:4:p:433-457)
by Bianca Potì & Giovanni Cerulli & Sandra Romagnosi - An analysis of long-run relationship between ICT sectors and economic growth: evidence from ASEAN countries (RePEc:ids:ijcome:v:10:y:2020:i:1:p:48-69)
by Chukiat Chaiboonsri & Satawat Wannapan & Giovanni Cerulli - Economic and business cycles with time varying in India: evidence from ICT sectors (RePEc:ids:ijcome:v:10:y:2020:i:4:p:366-379)
by Chukiat Chaiboonsri & Satawat Wannapan & Giovanni Cerulli - A dose response evaluation of regional incentives to R%D (RePEc:ids:ijcome:v:12:y:2022:i:1/2:p:74-104)
by Raffaele Spallone & Giovanni Cerulli - Sequential pairwise trading: convergence and welfare implications (RePEc:ids:ijcome:v:6:y:2016:i:1:p:13-43)
by Maria-Augusta Miceli & Federico Cecconi & Giovanni Cerulli - datanet: a Stata routine for organising a dataset for network analysis purposes (RePEc:ids:ijcome:v:7:y:2017:i:4:p:454-462)
by Antonio Zinilli & Giovanni Cerulli - The integration of the non-profit sector in a Social Accounting Matrix: methodological issues, empirical evidences and employment effects for Italy (RePEc:isa:journl:v:10:y:2008:i:2:p:33-63)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Are R&D Subsidies Provided Optimally? Evidence from a Simulated Agency-Firm Stochastic Dynamic Game (RePEc:jas:jasssj:2011-1-3)
by Giovanni Cerulli - R&D Subsidization Effect and Network Centralization: Evidence from an Agent-Based Micro-Policy Simulation (RePEc:jas:jasssj:2015-131-3)
by Pierpaolo Angelini & Giovanni Cerulli & Federico Cecconi & Maria-Augusta Miceli & Bianca Potì - Do company-owned academic patents influence firm performance? Evidence from the Italian industry (RePEc:kap:jtecht:v:47:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1007_s10961-020-09840-3)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Giovanni Marin & Eleonora Pierucci & Bianca Potì - Impact Evaluation of a Research Policy Instrument: Analytical Model, Carrying out Process, Heterogeneity of the Effects (RePEc:mul:j0hje1:doi:10.1430/32496:y:2010:i:2:p:307-334)
by Bianca Potì & Giovanni Cerulli - Evaluation of firm R&D and innovation support: new indicators and the ex-ante prediction of ex-post additionality (RePEc:oup:rseval:v:20:y:2011:i:1:p:19-29)
by Bianca Potì & Giovanni Cerulli - The redistributive role of non-profit organizations (RePEc:pra:mprapa:28)
by Cerulli, Giovanni - A Super-Learning Machine for Predicting Economic Outcomes (RePEc:pra:mprapa:99111)
by Cerulli, Giovanni - Assessing Financing, Innovation and Growth Linkage: New Evidence for Policy (RePEc:rem:wpaper:1349)
by Anabela Santos & Michele Cincera & Giovanni Cerulli - Una Matrice di Contabilità Sociale per il welfare mix: l'integrazione del settore non-profit. Prime verifiche empiriche ed effetti occupazionali per l'Italia (RePEc:rpo:ripoec:v:96:y:2006:i:2:p:79-128)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Eco-innovation, firms’ growth, and the mediating role of export activities (RePEc:rtr:wpaper:0282)
by Serenella Caravella & Giovanni Cerulli & Francesco Crespi & Eleonora Pierucci - Walrasian Tatonnement by Sequential Pairwise Trading: Convergence and Welfare Implications (RePEc:sap:wpaper:wp161)
by Maria-Augusta Miceli & Federico Cecconi & Giovanni Cerulli - An Introduction to the Econometrics of Program Evaluation (RePEc:spr:adschp:978-3-662-65945-8_1)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Methods Based on Selection on Observables (RePEc:spr:adschp:978-3-662-65945-8_2)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Methods Based on Selection on Unobservables (RePEc:spr:adschp:978-3-662-65945-8_3)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Local Average Treatment Effect and Regression-Discontinuity-Design (RePEc:spr:adschp:978-3-662-65945-8_4)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Difference-in-Differences with Many Pre- and Post-Treatment Times (RePEc:spr:adschp:978-3-662-65945-8_5)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Synthetic Control Method (RePEc:spr:adschp:978-3-662-65945-8_6)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Econometric Evaluation of Socio-Economic Programs (RePEc:spr:adstae:978-3-662-46405-2)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Econometric Evaluation of Socio-Economic Programs (RePEc:spr:adstae:978-3-662-65945-8)
by Giovanni Cerulli - The Role of Management Capacity in the Innovation Process for Firm Profitability (RePEc:spr:eccchp:978-3-319-13299-0_19)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Potì - On Profit Differentials Between Persistent and Occasional Innovators: New Evidences from a Random-Coefficient Treatment Model (RePEc:spr:eccchp:978-3-642-35125-9_16)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Potì - The impact of fiscal relief on multinationals business R&D investments: a cross-country analysis (RePEc:spr:epolit:v:35:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s40888-018-0123-5)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Potì & Raffaele Spallone - The Heterogeneous Impact of Academic Patent Characteristics on Firms’ Economic Performance (RePEc:spr:inschp:978-3-030-84669-5_3)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Giovanni Marin & Eleonora Pierucci & Bianca Potì - Currency Unions and Global Value Chains: The Impact of the Euro on the Italian Value Added Exports (RePEc:spr:italej:v:8:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1007_s40797-021-00160-5)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Silvia Nenci & Luca Salvatici & Antonio Zinilli - Heterogeneity of innovation strategies and firm performance (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-93777-7_16)
by Bianca Potì & Giovanni Cerulli - Improving econometric prediction by machine learning (RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:28:y:2021:i:16:p:1419-1425)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Optimal treatment assignment of a threshold-based policy: empirical protocol and related issues (RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:30:y:2023:i:8:p:1010-1017)
by Giovanni Cerulli - A dose–response approach to evaluate the effects of different levels of partial credit guarantees (RePEc:taf:applec:v:53:y:2021:i:12:p:1418-1434)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Marco Ventura - A dose–response evaluation of a regional R&D subsidies policy (RePEc:taf:ecinnt:v:31:y:2022:i:3:p:173-190)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Marco Corsino & Roberto Gabriele & Anna Giunta - Measuring Intersectoral Knowledge Spillovers: An Application Of Sensitivity Analysis To Italy (RePEc:taf:ecsysr:v:21:y:2009:i:4:p:409-436)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Poti` - Benchmarking non-performing loans (RePEc:taf:eurjfi:v:26:y:2020:i:16:p:1591-1605)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Vincenzo D’Apice & Franco Fiordelisi & Francesco Masala - The role of firm R&D effort and collaboration as mediating drivers of innovation policy effectiveness (RePEc:taf:indinn:v:23:y:2016:i:5:p:426-447)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Roberto Gabriele & Bianca Potì - Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning analytics for development effectiveness: a comprehensive approach to extract insights from project data (RePEc:taf:jdevef:v:17:y:2025:i:1:p:71-100)
by Alessandra Garbero & Bia Carneiro & Giovanni Cerulli & Giuliano Resce - Unknown item RePEc:taf:promet:v:30:y:2012:i:1:p:113-149 (article)
- Evaluating the Robustness of the Effect of Public Subsidies on Firms' R&D: An Application to Italy (RePEc:taf:recsxx:v:15:y:2012:i:2:p:287-320)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Potì - The Role of Firm RD Effort and Collaboration as Mediating Drivers of Innovation Policy Effectiveness (RePEc:trn:utwpem:2015/01)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Roberto Gabriele & Bianca Poti' - Explaining firm sensitivity to R&D subsidies within a dose-response model: The role of financial constraints, real cost of investment, and strategic value of R&D (RePEc:trn:utwprg:2016/09)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Poti' - ivtreatreg: A command for fitting binary treatment models with heterogeneous response to treatment and unobservable selection (RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:14:y:2014:i:3:p:453-480)
by Giovanni Cerulli - treatrew: A user-written command for estimating average treatment effects by reweighting on the propensity score (RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:14:y:2014:i:3:p:541-561)
by Giovanni Cerulli - ctreatreg: Command for fitting dose–response models under exogenous and endogenous treatment (RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:15:y:2015:i:4:p:1019-1045)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Estimating responsiveness scores using rscore (RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:17:y:2017:i:2:p:422-441)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Identification and estimation of treatment effects in the presence of (correlated) neighborhood interactions: Model and Stata implementation via ntreatreg (RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:17:y:2017:i:4:p:803-833)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Estimation of pre- and posttreatment average treatment effects with binary time-varying treatment using Stata (RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:19:y:2019:i:3:p:551-565)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Marco Ventura - Nonparametric synthetic control using the npsynth command (RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:20:y:2020:i:4:p:844-865)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Machine learning using Stata/Python (RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:22:y:2022:i:4:p:772-810)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Optimal policy learning using Stata (RePEc:tsj:stataj:v:25:y:2025:i:2:p:309-343)
by Giovanni Cerulli - Fitting mixture models for feeling and uncertainty for rating data analysis (RePEc:tsj:stataj:y:19:y:2019:i:1:p:195-223)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Rosaria Simone & Francesca Di Iorio & Domenico Piccolo & Christopher F Baum - Sources of financing: Which ones are more effective in innovation–growth linkage? (RePEc:ulb:ulbeco:2013/372408)
by Anabela Marques Santos & Michele Cincera & Giovanni Cerulli - Ottimizzazione versus Razionalità Procedurale: un'analisi del dibattito sulla natura della scelta razionale in economia (RePEc:uto:cesmep:200501)
by Cerulli Giovanni - Financial Performance Among Top10 Automotive Leaders in the EU: Essential Techniques to Investigate the Structure of Moments While Using the GMM with Dynamic Panel Data (RePEc:vrs:suvges:v:34:y:2024:i:3:p:26-59:n:1002)
by Heryán Tomáš & Růčková Petra & Cerulli Giovanni - Decentralization and the quality of local governments: Evidence in European regions with a dose-response approach (RePEc:wiw:wiwrsa:ersa14p367)
by Andrea Filippetti & Giovanni Cerulli - The Impact of Public Support Intensity on Business R&D: Evidence from a Dose-Response Approach (RePEc:wiw:wiwrsa:ersa14p625)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Bianca Potì - Evaluating locally-based policies in the presence of neighbourhood effects: The case of touristic accommodation in the Garda district of Trentino (RePEc:wiw:wiwrsa:ersa14p715)
by Giovanni Cerulli & Roberto Gabriele & Enrico Tundis - Using machine learning to map the European cleantech sector (RePEc:zbw:eifwps:202391)
by Ambrois, Matteo & Butticè, Vincenzo & Caviggioli, Federico & Cerulli, Giovanni & Croce, Annalisa & De Marco, Antonio & Giordano, Andrea & Resce, Giuliano & Toschi, Laura & Ughetto, Elisa & Zinilli, An - The Effect of Control Measures on COVID-19 Transmission and Work Resumption: International Evidence (RePEc:zbw:irtgdp:2020011)
by Meng, Lina & Zhou, Yinggang & Zhang, Ruige & Ye, Zhen & Xia, Senmao & Cerulli, Giovanni & Casady, Carter & Härdle, Wolfgang Karl