Introduction

The collection of chapters in Volume 44 (A and B) of Advances in Econometrics pays tribute to Fabio Canova for his major contributions to Economics over the last four decades. Throughout his long and distinguished career, Fabio's research has achieved both a prolific publication record and stellar service to the profession. His colleagues, co-authors and PhD students wish to express their deep gratitude to Fabio for his intellectual leadership and guidance.

Fabio received a Laurea in Economics at the University of Modena, his hometown. As a Renaissance man, he then thought of becoming either an Orchestra Conductor or a Movie Director (his two passions, with diplomas in both arts) but a grant to complete a PhD at the University of Minnesota (under the supervision of Chris Sims) changed his career plans for the benefit of Economics (and all of us). Since graduation, he has held academic positions, inter alia, at Brown, UPF, EUI and (currently) BI Norwegian Business School, having supervised 27 doctoral dissertations so far. In addition, he has been a Regular Consultant and Instructor at many central banks and international policy institutions, a Founder of the International Association of Applied Econometrics (IAAE) and a Member of the Editorial Boards of many prestigious journals.