Current position (June 7, 2018)
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: UPF 2005, Padova 2005-2007 (tutorials), Forlì 2014, Bologna 2008-2017
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 and Ph.D.
Behavioral Law & Economics (Enforcement Mechanisms): EDLE and Ph.D. in Economics, Bologna 2011-2018
International Economics: M.Sc. in International Relations, Bologna 2017, M.Sc. in International Politics, Bologna 2014, M.Sc. in International Relations Europe – Latin America, Buenos Aires 2015
Labour Economics: M.Sc. in Labour Law, Bologna 2011-2015
Principles of Public Economics: LM GIOCA, Bologna 2014-2016
Social Capital, Values and Norms: Ph.D. in Economics, UCA, Buenos Aires 2011
Game Theory: Ph.D. in Economics and Management, Padova 2008, 2009
Cultural Economics: Master of Art and Culture Management, Trento 2006
Mathematical Methods: Ph.D. in Economics and Management, Padova 2006
Game Theory (tutorials): M.Sc. in Economics, UPF 2003, 2004
Previous positions
Assistant Professor of Economics: 2005-2008, UNIVERSITY OF PADUA, Department of Economics, Faculty of Statistics; 2008-2014, UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, Department of Economics
Visiting researcher, UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS, Buenos Aires, 2016, 2017, 2018
Visiting researcher, FREE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, 2012
Visiting researcher, UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA, Buenos Aires, 2007
Research assistant for Antonio Cabrales, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA, 2002-2005
Research assistant for Antonio Ciccone, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA, 2002
EDP student, UNIVERSITÄT BONN, Germany, European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics, 2000-2001
Visiting researcher, UNIVERSITÄT OSNABRÜCK, Germany, supervised by Giacomo Corneo, 1999
Selected publications
On refereed journals
Crime and the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana (with D. Dragone, G. Prarolo and G. Zanella), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, forthcoming
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
Economic Behavior under the Influence of Alcohol: An Experiment on Time Preferences, Risk-Taking, and Altruism (with L. Corazzini and A. Filippin), PLoS ONE, 10(4), 2015, e0121530, 1-25
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
On refereed books
Social and Civil Capital, in L. Bruni and S. Zamagni (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of Reciprocity and Social Enterprise, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2013, 306-317
The Economics of Human Relationships (with P. L. Sacco e S. Zamagni), in S-C. Kolm and J. Mercier Ythier (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity, Volume 1, Amsterdam: Elsevier North Holland, 2006, 695-730
On the Possible Conflict Between Economic Growth and Social Development (with A. Antoci and P. L. Sacco), in B. Gui and R. Sugden (eds.), Economics and Social Interaction: Accounting for Interpersonal Relations, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 150-173
Book reviews
Goyal, S.: Connections: an introduction to the economics of networks, Journal of Economics, 95(1), 2008, 83-86
Recent working papers
Crime and the Legalization of Recreational Marijuana (with D. Dragone, G. Prarolo and G. Zanella), IZA Discussion Paper N. 10522, 2017
Price Effects in the Short and in the Long Run (with D. Dragone), University of Bologna, Department of Economics Working Paper N. 1040, 2015
Recent conferences, seminars and presentations
2018 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")
2017 AL CAPONE, Santiago, Chile ("Crime and Marijuana Legalization"); RIDGE/LACEA-PEG Workshop on Political Economy, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil ("Political History and Growth in Pre-Industrial Europe")
2016 Brucchi Luchino Labor Economics Workshop, University of Bologna, Italy ("Price Effects in the Short and in the Long Run"); SIE (Italian Economic Association), Bocconi University, Milan, Italy ("Price Effects in the Short and in the Long Run"); Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy ("Political History and Growth in Pre-Industrial Europe"); GRASS (Social Choice Research Group), New York University, Florence, Italy ("Crime and Recreational Marijuana"); Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina ("Political History and Growth in Pre-Industrial Europe"); Seminar at CIDETI, University of Bologna, Buenos Aires, Argentina ("Political History and Growth in Pre-Industrial Europe"); PET (Public Economic Theory), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil ("Price Effects in the Short and in the Long Run")
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
Jan Essink, University of Bologna, European Doctorate in Law and Economics (current advisor)
Giorgio Monti, University of Bologna, Ph.D. in Economics (current advisor)
Anastasia Arabadzhyan, University of Bologna, Ph.D. in Economics (current advisor)
Paolo Zanghieri, University of Bologna, Ph.D. in Economics, defense 14 May 2018
Maria Pia Sacco, University of Bologna, European Doctorate in Law and Economics (current advisor)
Faiz Ur-Rehman, University of Bologna, European Doctorate in Law and Economics, defense 14 December 2015
Ilaria De Angelis, University of Bologna, Ph.D. in Economics, defense 15 June 2015
Ph.D. dissertation committees
Ikram Ullah, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Ph.D. in Economics, defense 2018 (external reviewer of the dissertation)
Emiliano Tealde, University of Siena, Ph.D. in Economics, defense 21 December 2016
Sergio Mittlaender, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, European Doctoral Program in Law and Economics, defense 14 December 2015
Elena Reznichenko, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, European Doctoral Program in Law and Economics, defense 4 June 2015
Spyridon Boikos, Chiara Conti, Martina Sartori, Ali Sarzaaem, University of Milan, Ph.D. in Economics, defense 4 February 2013
Michel Alexandre da Silva, University of Siena, Ph.D. in Economics, defense 7 April 2010
Mauro Sodini, University of Pisa, Ph.D. in Mathematics for economic decisions, defense 2005 (external reviewer of the dissertation)
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 Behavior & Organization, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Regional Studies and Urban Economics, Papers in Regional Science, Journal of Regional Science, Regional Studies, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Berkeley Electronic Journal of Theoretical 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
European Economic Association (2007-2015), Italian Economic Association (2012, 2016), Econometric Society (2007-2009), 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
