Massimo Ricottilli

Curriculum Vitae

           

A RESUME' OF THE CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

 

 

MASSIMO RICOTTILLI

 

 

Born in L'Aquila, Italy, December 14, 1945.

 

 

          Current positions

 

- Full Professor of Economic Policies, Department of Economics of the University of Bologna.

- Member of Centro Interdipartimentale ‘Luigi Galvani' (CIG): the Interdepartmental Centre for

  Bio-informatics, Bio-physics and Bio-complexity, University of Bologna.

 

 

A. Degrees and Graduate Studies.

   1. March 31, 1969: ‘Laurea' with honours from the Faculty of Economics, University of Bologna. This degree was awarded upon presentation of a dissertation on the economic reforms in Eastern European countries. Empirical research work was made possible thanks to a grant of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attend the former Warsaw Higher School of Planning and Statistics (S.G.P.i S.).

 

  2. Further studies in the field of planning and economic theory were completed during 1969 in Warsaw under the auspices of the aforementioned Ministry.

 

  3. December 1971: Master's Degree in Development Economics from the University of Naples. The degree was obtained after attending a two year course, thanks to a grant of the Italian Research Council, at the “Centro di Specializzazione e Ricerche Economico-Agrarie e di Economia dello Sviluppo”. A dissertation on dual economies was presented.

 

 

  4. 1972-1975: Graduate studies at the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Economics and Politics,    member of Clare Hall, a graduate college of the University. Financial support was obtained from the University of Naples, with the sponsorship of the Ford Foundation, and from the Italian Research Council. Research on Capital Theory and Unbalanced Growth was carried out.

 

 

B. Professional and Teaching Positions.

 

   1. 1971-1972: appointment as lecturer of Development Policies at the ‘Istituto per gli Studi di Sviluppo Economico “(ISVE) in Naples. This Institute organises courses in Development Economics and Policies for developing countries' public administrators.

 

   2. 1975-1976: research post and junior lectureship of Macroeconomics at the University of Modena, Faculty of Economics.

 

   3. 1976- 1984:  Lectureship of Economics at the University of Bologna, Faculty of Humanities.

 

   4. 1984: Tenure as Associate Professor of Economics was obtained at the University of Bologna.

 

   5. 1979 - 1980: Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Modena.

 

   6. Autumn Term, 1983: Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University.

 

   7. Summer 1988: Visiting Scholar at WIDER (World Institute of Development Economics); Helsinki. The United Nations University.

 

   8. Autumn Term, 1990, Visiting Scholar, Brown University, Providence.

 

   9. 1986-1992: Visiting Professor of Development Economics at the Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center, the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.

 

 10. 1992, Autumn Term. Visiting Scholar J. Nerhu University, New Delhi and the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta.

 

 11. 1996-2000: Full Professor of Economic Policies, Faculty of Economics, University of Trieste.

 

 12. Summer Term 2010:  Visiting Scholar, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe.

 

 

 

C. Collaboration and Consultancies with International Organisations.

 

  1. 1981-1982:  while on leave from the University of Bologna, appointment as Economic Affair Officer at UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), Geneva. Assignments concerned the analysis of Balance of Payments disequilibria, the adjustment process and inflation in developing countries.

 

  2. 1986 and 1987: consultancies were  carried out for UNICEF, New York. In particular, a study on the structural adjustment programme of the Republic of Niger was made.

 

  3. 1989-1990. A study on  foreign direct investment and capital stock measurement was made for UNCTC (United Nations Centre for Transnational Corporations), New York, as a contribution to the World Investment Directory.

 

 4.  1999-2002. Collaboration with M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, India.

 

 

D. Extra-curricular Courses:

 

  1. 1988-89: Lectures on Economic Development delivered at the  ‘Istituto Diplomatico', Rome .

 

 2. Autumn 1988. Lectures on International Trade at the ‘Instituto Diplomatico' of Argentina, Buenos Aires.

 

 3. 1990-1999. Courses on Economic Development have been taught for candidates preparing to enter the Foreign Service.

 

  4. 1992-2001: Courses of  Macroeconomics have been taught at the Graduate Programme for Firm Solicitors in Bologna.

 

 5. 1995-1998. Senior Lecturer at the European Summer School on Structural Change and Economic

        Dynamics , Selwyn College ,Cambridge.

 

6.      1999-2011. Visiting Lecturer, the Master's Degree Programme for Co-operation and Development,  

      University of Pavia.

 

7.   2001. Visiting Lecturer, Graduate Course on Development and Project Analysis, Faculty of

      Political Sciences, University of Milan.

   

 

 

E. Other University Positions and  International Network Memberships.

 

  1.  Former member of the Foreign Relation Committee of the University of Bologna in charge of programmes for India.

 

  2. Central Co-ordinator (1994-2000) of the ALFA ( America Latina Formation Academica) network ‘ Economic and Political Integration in Europe and Latin America'.

 

  3. Former co-ordinator for the Department of Economics of the University of Bologna of the ERASMUS and TEMPUS Programmes.

 

  4.  Former Member of the Governing Body of the Indo-Italian Council for Research and Co-operation in Science, Technology, Humanities and Social Sciences.

 

  5.  Former member of the European network ‘ Industrial Economic Strategies for Europe : Preparing for the Turn of the Century'.

 

6        Member of EAEPE (European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy).

 

7        Member of AFEE (Association for Evolutionary Economics)

 

8        Member of ‘Società Italiana degli Economisti'.

 

9        Member of ESHIA (The Society for the Economic Science of Heterogeneous Interacting Agents).

 

10    Member of Centro Interdipartimentale ‘Luigi Galvani' (CIG). The interdepartmental Centre for Bio-informatics, Bio-physics and Bio-complexity. 

 

 

F. Referee for the following journals:

 

-                     Economia Politica

-                     Metroeconomica

-                     Ricerche Economiche

-                     Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

-                     Journal of Evolutionary Economic

-                     Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation

 

G. Member of the Board of Editors of The Journal of Economic Interaction and Co-ordination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                            

                                      A SELECTION   OF  PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

 

 

 

 

1.      Ricottilli M. (1976): ‘ Autonomous Expenditure, Output, Growth: A Sub-sector Approach.'       Economic  Notes, Vol. 5, no. 3.

 

2.      ----------------(1978):  ‘Spesa Pubblica e Spesa Privata : il Dibattito tra Vecchia e Nuova Scuola'   Rassegna Economica, Vol. 42, no.2.

 

3.      .-----------------(1982): ‘Cycles and Investment Activity in Three Industrialised Economies: the USA, West Germany and France. Bologna.

 

4.      -----------------(1983):‘Two short-term Models of Developing Countries ‘ Studi e Ricerche , Modena , no. 13.

 

5.      -----------------(1984): ‘The Investment Performance of Three Industrialised Economies: the USA, West Germany and France.' Economic Notes Vol. 13, no.2.

 

6.      -----------------(1984): ‘ The International Crisis and Developing Countries'. Transizione, no. 15.

 

7.      -----------------(1985): ‘Investimenti e Produttività negli Stati Uniti: una Interpretazione.' Transizione, no.5/6.

 

8.      ----------------(1987): ‘A Development Strategy with Foreign Borrowing.' Proceedings of the International Conference of Economists, Zagreb . (with M. Cantalupi).

 

9.      -----------------(1988): ‘ La Teoria dello Sviluppo dal Dopoguerra ad Oggi'. Economia Politica, Vol.5, no.1.

 

10.  ----------------(1988): ‘ Le decisioni di Investimento per la Sostituzione di Impianti Superati dal Progresso Tecnico.' Economia Politica, Vol. 5. no.3.

 

11.  ----------------(1989): ‘Progresso Tecnico ed Innovazione: il Caso di Due Settori che Producono Macchine in Emilia Romagna.”  Franco Angeli, Milano.

 

12.  ----------------(1992): ‘A Development Strategy with Foreign Borrowing. A Neo-Austrian Approach'. (with M. Cantalupi and F. Nardini). Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. Vol. 3, no. 2.

 

13.  ----------------(1993): ‘ Perspectives on Development'. in Vaggi G. (ed.): ‘ From the Debt Crisis to Sustainable Development'. Macmillan, London.

 

14.  ----------------(1993): ‘Teoria dello Sviluppo Economico'. La Nuova Italia Scientifica. Roma.

 

15.  ----------------(1993):' Technical Progress and Structural Change in the Process of Economic Development'. Proceedings of the EAEPE Conference, Barcelona.

 

16.  ----------------(1994):'Technical Progress, Innovative Activity and Development'. The International Journal of Technology Management. Vol. 9, no.3/4.

 

17.  ---------------(1995):' Co-ordination and Specialisation: A model of division of labour'. (with M. Egidi). Proceedings of the EAEPE Conference, Cracow.

 

18.  ---------------(1997):  ‘Co-ordination and Specialisation' (with M.  Egidi) in Conte R. Hegselman R., Terna P. (eds): ‘Simulating Social Phenomena'. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Vol. 456. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

 

19.  ---------------(1998):  ‘Co-ordination and Specialisation' (with M.  Egidi), in Guindani, F., Salvadori, G. (1998)  (eds.). ‘Chaos, Fractals , Models' Italian University Press, Pavia.

 

20.  .---------------(1997):   ‘Planning and Commanding the Economy: the Indian Lesson', Paper Presented at Conference: ‘India, Nationalism, Democracy, Development and interculturalism. A Conference to Celebrate India's 50th Anniversary. Bologna,  November  27-29, 1997.

 

21.  ----------------(1999):  ‘Innovative Change, Search and Division of Labour'. Proceedings of the EAEPE Conference, Lisbon.

 

22.  ----------------(2000): ‘Innovative Change, Search and Division of Labour: An Evolutionary Model'. Paper Presented At Post-Keynesian Workshop, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, June.

 

23.  ---------------(2002): ‘Innovation Waves, Self-organised Criticality and Technological Convergence' (with R. Andergassen and F. Nardini). Paper presented at the Conference of the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences, Portland, Or., August 2-4,2002.

 

24.  ---------------(2005): ‘ Technological Paradigms and Firm Interaction'. (with R. Andergassen and F. Nardini), In Léskow J., Puchet M., Punzo L. (eds.):' New Tools of Economic Dynamics.' Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Vol. 551. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

 

25.  ---------------(2005) ‘Firms' Network Formation through the Transmission of Heterogeneous Knowledge' (with R. Andergassen and F. Nardini), Department of Economics Working Papers, 543.            

       

26.  ---------------(2006):  ‘The Emergence of Paradigm Setters through Firms' Interaction and Network Formation'(with R. Andergassen and F. Nardini), in Namatame A., Kaizouji T., Aruka,Y (eds):' The Complex Networks of Economic Interactions.' Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Vol. 567. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

 

27.  -------------(2006):‘Innovation Waves, Self-organised Criticality and Technological Convergence' (with R. Andergassen and F. Nardini). The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation. Vol.61, Issue 5, pp. 710-728.

 

28.  --------------(2006): ‘Constraints and Freedom of Action: a Fitness Trade-off. Working Papers of the Department of Economics, n.580. University of Bologna.  http://www2.dse.unibo.it/mysql/wp_dsa.php . Published in: G. Castellani,V. Fortunati,E., Lambertì, C. Franceschi (2008)( eds): Biocomplexity at the Cutting Edge of Physics, Systems Biology and Humanities' .  Bononia University Press. Bologna.

              

29.---------------(2007): ‘Self-organised Criticality, Innovation Waves and Aggregate Investment Dynamics.' (with R. Andergassen and F. Nardini). Mimeo, Department of

Economics, University of Bologna.

 

30. --------------(2008): ‘Division of Labour, Traverse and Evolving Structures', in H. Hagemann and R. Scazzieri (eds.): ‘Capital, Time and Transitional Dynamics'.

 Routledge, London.

 

31. --------------(2009)): ‘Innovation and Growth through Local and Global Interaction'. (with R. Andergassen and F. Nardini).‘The Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control'. Vol. 33, pp. 1779-1795.

 

32. -------------(2009):' Complex Evolution and Learning: the Role of Constraints', in  Reggiani A., P. Nijkamp (eds.): ‘ Complexity and Spatial Networks'. Springer, New York  and Berlin,

 

33. -------------(2010): ‘Innovation, Specialization and Growth in a Model of Structural  Change'. (with R. Andergassen and F. Nardini). Working Papers of the Department of  Economics,. University of Bologna, 718  http://www2.dse.unibo.it/mysql/wp_dsa.php.