Current position (January 28, 2021)
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, Department of Economics
Eligible as Full Professor of Economics (13/A1 – Political Economy) according to the Italian Scientific Eligibility System (April 10, 2015 to April 10, 2021)
Education
2007 Ph.D. in Economics, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA, Barcelona, Spain.
Final dissertation: "Industrial Organization, Trade and Social Capital"
2003 Dottorato di Ricerca in Economia Politica (Ph.D. in Economics), UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA Final dissertation: "Economic Growth and Social Development"
1998 Laurea in Discipline Economiche e Sociali (B.A. in Economics), UNIVERSITÀ BOCCONI
Thesis: "La dimensione relazionale dell'interazione economica: beni relazionali e capitale sociale" (110/110 summa cum laude)
Research interests
Social Economics (Social Capital, Social Interactions, Moral Values, Substance Use and Abuse)
Crime Economics (Social and Moral Enforcement of Law, Economic Roots and Political Consequences of Organized Crime and Terrorism)
Political Economy (Information Transparency, Historical and Political Roots of Development)
Teaching
Undergraduate
Macroeconomics: Bologna 2008-2020, Forlì 2014, Padova 2005-2007 (tutorials), UPF 2005
International Economics: Buenos Aires 2013, 2015-2017
Microeconomics: Padova 2005-2006 (tutorials), 2007
Game Theory: Padova 2006, 2007
Labour Economics: Padova 2006-2009
Personnel Economics: Padova 2008
Master
Microeconomics: LMEC, Bologna 2020
International Economics: M.Sc. in International Relations, Bologna 2017-2019, M.Sc. in International Relations Europe – Latin America, Buenos Aires 2015, M.Sc. in International Politics, Bologna 2014
Labour Economics: M.Sc. in Labour Law, Bologna 2011-2016
Principles of Public Economics: LM GIOCA, Bologna 2014-2016
Cultural Economics: Master of Art and Culture Management, Trento 2006
Game Theory (tutorials): M.Sc. in Economics, UPF 2003, 2004
Ph.D.
Behavioral Law & Economics (Enforcement Mechanisms): EDLE and Ph.D. in Economics, Bologna 2011-2021
Social Capital, Values, Politics and Crime: Ph.D. in Economics, UCA, Buenos Aires 2011, 2017
Game Theory: Ph.D. in Economics and Management, Padova 2008, 2009
Mathematical Methods: Ph.D. in Economics and Management, Padova 2006
Previous positions
Assistant Professor of Economics: UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, Department of Economics, 2008-2014; UNIVERSITY OF PADUA, Department of Economics, Faculty of Statistics, 2005-2008
Visiting researcher: UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS, Buenos Aires, 2016-2020; FREE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, 2012; UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA, Buenos Aires, 2007; UNIVERSITÄT OSNABRÜCK, Germany, 1999
Research assistant: for Antonio Cabrales, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA, 2002-2005; for Antonio Ciccone, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA, 2002
EDP student, UNIVERSITÄT BONN, Germany, European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics, 2000-2001
Selected publications
Substitution Effects in Intertemporal Problems (with D. Dragone), American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2020, in press.
Crime and the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana (with D. Dragone, G. Prarolo and G. Zanella), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 159, 2019, 488-501
Social Closure, Surnames and Crime (with P. Buonanno), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 137, 2017, 160-175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.03.002
Terrorism Risk and Democratic Preferences in Pakistan (with F. U. Rehman), Journal of Development Economics, 124, 2017, 95-106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2016.09.003
Organized Crime and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from Sicily at the Turn of the XXI century (with P. Buonanno and G. Prarolo), European Journal of Political Economy, 41, 2016, 61-74
Poor Institutions, Rich Mines: Resource Curse in the Origins of the Sicilian Mafia (with P. Buonanno, R. Durante and G. Prarolo), Economic Journal, 125(586), 2015, F175-F202
Market Distortions and Government Transparency (with F. Albornoz and J. Esteban), Journal of the European Economic Association, 12(1), 2014, 200-222
‘Thou Shalt Not Covet’: Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values (with M. Cervellati), Journal of Public Economics, 103, 2013, 15-28
Crime and Social Sanction (with P. Buonanno and G. Pasini), Papers in Regional Science, 91(1), 2012, 193-218
Trade Protection and Industrial Structure (with F. Albornoz), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 10(1) (Topics), 2010, Article 57
Does Social Capital Reduce Crime? (with P. Buonanno and D. Montolio), Journal of Law and Economics, 52(1), 2009, 145-170
Social Capital Accumulation and the Evolution of Social Participation (with A. Antoci and P. L. Sacco), Journal of Socio-Economics, 36(1), 2007, 128-143
Recent conferences, seminars and presentations
2020 ESEWM (Econometric Society European Winter Meeting), Nottingham ("Sovereign Polities and Pre-Industrial Development"); Hamburg Lecture on Law & Economics ("Sovereign Polities and Pre-Industrial Development"); Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina ("Political Geography and Historical Conflicts in Europe")
2019 Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina ("Historical Roots of Conflict in Europe: A Disaggregated Millennial Perspective"); Economic History @ UdeSA Conference ("The Legacy of Historical Political Instability: Evidence for Europe")
2018 ESEWM (Econometric Society European Winter Meeting), Naples, Italy ("Sovereign Polities and Pre-Industrial Development"); Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina ("Sovereign Polities and Pre-Industrial Development"); Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy ("Sovereign Polities and Pre-Industrial Development")
Conference and seminar organization
“Young Economists’ Workshop on Social Economics”, Forlì, 2009-2018 (member of the scientific committee)
Seminars of the Economics Department, University of Bologna, 2009-2011 (co-organizer)
Conference on “Economics of Culture, Institutions and Crime”, Milan, 20-22 January 2010 (co-organized with Alberto Bisin, Giovanni Prarolo and Thierry Verdier; supported by SUS.DIV, University of Padua, FEEM)
Seminars of the Economics Department, University of Padova, 2007-2008 (co-organizer)
ASSET (Annual Meeting of the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists), Padova, 1-3 November 2007 (member of the scientific committee)
Internal Seminars, Economics Department, University of Padova, 2006-2008 (organizer)
Research grants
Research Project “The legacy of institutions for long-term development”, PRIN, 2015 (coordinated by M. Cervellati)
Research Project “Geography, demographic shocks and political institutions: a cell level disaggregated analysis of long-term development of pre-industrial Europe”, EIEF, 2015 (coordinated by G. Prarolo)
Research Project “A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Civil Violence and Crime”, PRIN, 2012 (coordinated by M. Cervellati)
Research Project “Mafia and voting behaviour: theoretical and empirical insights from Sicilian elections”, EIEF, 2013 (coordinated by P. Buonanno)
Research Project “Mortality, conflict and development: a theoretical and empirical investigation of the interactions between demographic and economic development”, EIEF, 2008 (coordinated by M. Cervellati)
Research Project “A behavioral approach to social norms and intertemporal choices”, FIRB, 2008 (coordinated by M. Casari)
Research Project “Social capital, corporate social responsibility and performance”, PRIN, 2008 (coordinated by Leonardo Becchetti)
Research Project "Economic analysis of crime and social interactions", University of Padua, 2007 (principal investigator, grant CPDA071899, €45000)
Ph.D. advising
Ph.D. in Economics
Current: Alession Carrozzo Magli, Giovanni Righetto
Past: Giorgio Monti (2020), Anastasia Arabadzhyan (2019), Paolo Zanghieri (2018), Ilaria De Angelis (2015)
European Doctorate in Law and Economics
Current: Jan Essink, Maria Pia Sacco.
Past: Faiz Ur-Rehman (2015)
Ph.D. dissertation committees
Ph.D. in Economics
Universidad de San Andrés, Buenos Aires (Gabriela Ertola Navajas, 2020); Universidad Católica Argentina (Catalina Gómez Toro, 2019), Università Cattolica di Milano (Marina Bellani, 2019); Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (Ikram Ullah, 2018; Mushin Ali, 2020), Università di Siena (Michel Alexandre da Silva, 2010; Emiliano Tealde, 2016); Università di Milano (Spyridon Boikos, Chiara Conti, Martina Sartori, Ali Sarzaaem, 2013)
Ph.D. in Law and Economics (EDLE)
Università di Rotterdam, Bologna, Amburgo, Haifa (Elena Reznichenko, 2015; Sergio Mittlaender, 2015; Thiago de Araújo Fauvrelle, 2019; Denard Veshi, 2020)
Ph.D. in Matematics for Economics
Università di Pisa (Mauro Sodini, 2005)
Refereeing for academic journals
Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of the European Economic Association, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, International Economic Review, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Regional Studies and Urban Economics, Papers in Regional Science, Journal of Regional Science, Regional Studies, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Berkeley Electronic Journal of Theoretical Economics, Review of Law and Economics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Manchester School, Investigaciones Económicas, Southern Economic Journal, Political Behavior, International Review of Law and Economics, International Review of Economics, Revue d’Economie Politique/Political Economy, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Review of Economics and Institutions, Sociological Theory, Food Policy, QA
Affiliations
Econometric Society (2007-2009, 2017-2020), European Economic Association (2007-2015), Italian Economic Association (2012, 2016), American Economic Association (2008, 2009, 2017), Canadian Economics Association (2007), European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (2007, 2008), American Association of Wine Economists (2009)
Languages and computer skills
Italian (mother tongue) , English (excellent), Spanish (excellent), German (very good); Matlab, Stata, Mathematica, Latex, Office, Basic
