ANDREA MARIO LAVEZZI CURRICULUM VITAE (Updated October 2011)

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1 Personal Andrea Mario Lavezzi Born in Crema (CR) Italy, May 12, Citizenship: Italian ANDREA MARIO LAVEZZI CURRICULUM VITAE (Updated October 2011) Affiliation Associate Professor of Economics Dipartimento di Studi su Politica, Diritto e Società Università di Palermo Piazza Bologni 8, Palermo, Italy Tel Fax mario.lavezzi@unipa.it Web: Degrees/Research Activity November 1994: B.Sc. (Laurea) in Economics, Bocconi University, Milan. April 1999: Ph.D. in Economics, University of Siena. May-November 1999: research assistance, Department of Economics, University of Siena. October December 2003: research fellow, Department of Economics, University of Pisa. January 2004 August 2006: Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Pisa. September 2006 present: Associate Professor of Economics, University of Palermo. Visiting positions Visiting student, Balliol College, University of Oxford (UK), January-June 1997 Visiting scholar, New School University, New York (USA), September-December 2002 Visiting scholar, University of California, Irvine (USA), April 2010 Visiting scholar (Jemolo Fellow), Nuffield College, University of Oxford (UK), January-March 2011 Research Interests Growth Theory, Growth Empirics, Social Networks in Labor Markets, Economics of Organized Crime. Publications In journals: Transitions Out of Unemployment: the Role of Social Networks' Topolgy and Firms' Recruitment Strategies (2011) (with N. Meccheri) Metroeconomica 62, [23] Economic Structure and Vulnerability to Organised Crime: Evidence from Sicily (2008), Global Crime 9, [25] "Productivity Polarization and Sectoral Dynamics in European Regions" (with D. Fiaschi) (2007), Journal of Macroeconomics 29, (based on [22]) 1

2 "Appropriate Technology in a Solovian Nonlinear Growth Model" (with D. Fiaschi) (2007), Oxford Review of Economic Policy 23, [23]. "Nonlinear Economic Growth: Some Theory and Cross-country Evidence" (with D. Fiaschi) (2007), Journal of Development Economics 84, (revised version of [13]) On High-Skill and Low-Skill Equilibria: a Markov Chain Approach (2006) Metroeconomica. 57, (revised version of [9]) "Nonlinear Growth in a Long-Run Perspective" (with D. Fiaschi) (2004), Applied Economics Letters 11, [10] "Distribution Dynamics and Nonlinear Growth" (with D. Fiaschi) (2003), Journal of Economic Growth 8, [8] (revised version of [3]). "Smith, Marhall and Young on Division of Labor and Economic Growth (2003), European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 10, [6] "Investment-Productivity Dynamics and Distribution Dynamics in a Multisector Economy: Some Theory and an Application to Italian Regions" (2003), Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 14, [7] (revised version of [2]). "Segmentazione del mercato del lavoro ed acquisizione di capitale umano: un'applicazione delle catene di Markov" (2001), (Labor Market Segmentation and Human Capital Acquisition: an Application of Markov Chains), Studi Economici 73, [4] (revised version of [1]). - In books: Growth Volatility and the Structure of the Economy (2011), (with D. Fiaschi), forthcoming in Frontiers of Economic Growth and Development, in O. De La Grandville (Ed.), Emerald [34] Struttura economica e vulnerabilità al crimine organizzato in Sicilia (2008) (Economic Structure and Vulnerability to Organized Crime in Sicily), in A. La Spina (ed.), I costi della criminalità. Mafia ed estorsioni in Sicilia, Il Mulino. [24] A Note on Simmetry in Job Contact Networks (2007) (with N. Meccheri), in A. Consiglio (ed.), Artificial Markets Modeling, Springer (based on [20]). Growth Volatility Indices (2006) (with D. Fiaschi), in A. Namatame, T. Kaizouji, Y. Aruka (eds.), The Complex Networks of Economic Interactions. Essays in Agent-Based Economics and Econophysics, Springer. (previous version of [17]) Job Contact Networks, Inequality and Aggregate Output (2005) (with N. Meccheri), in N. Salvadori and R. Balducci (eds.), Innovation, Unemployment and Policy in the Theories of Growth and Distribution, Elgar. [20] (revised version of [18]) An Empirical Analysis of Growth Volatility: a Markov Chain Approach (2005) (with D. Fiaschi), in J. Leskow, M. Puchet, L. F. Punzo (eds.), New Tools of Economic Dynamics, Springer. [14] "Division of Labour and Economic Growth: Paul Romer's Contribution in an Historical Perspective" (2003), in Salvadori, N. (ed.), Growth Theory: a 'Classical' Perspective, Elgar. [5] 2

3 Working Papers "Complex Dynamics in a Simple Model of Economic Specialization" (2003), Discussion Papers del Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università di Pisa, n. 2. [16] On the Determinants of Growth Volatility: a Nonparametric Approach (con D. Fiaschi) (2003), Discussion Papers del Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università di Pisa, n. 25. [15] Nonlinear Growth and the Productivity Slowdown (2005), Collana Studi e Ricerche, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università di Pisa, nr [19] Productivity Dynamics across European Regions: the Effect of Structural and Cohesion Funds (with D. Fiaschi and A. Parenti) (2009), Discussion Papers del Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università di Pisa, n. 84 [26] Counterfactual Distribution Dynamics Across European Regions (with D. Fiaschi and A. Parenti) (2009), Discussion Papers del Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Università di Pisa, n. 85 [28] An Empirical Analysis of Growth Regimes (with M. Marsili) (2010) [12]. On the Determinants of Growth Volatility: a Markov Chain Approach (with D. Fiaschi) (2004). [17] Social Networks in Labor Markets: The Effects of Symmetry, Randomness and Exclusion on Output and Inequality (with N. Meccheri) (2005) [20] Growth and Convergence Across European Regions: an Empirical Investigation (with D. Fiaschi) (2005). [21] Productivity Polarization and Sectoral Dynamics in European Regions (with D. Fiaschi) (2006) [22] Work in Progress Growth Regimes in European Regions (with A. Parenti) (2008) [27] The Structural Evolution of an Economy in Presence of Organized Crime (2010), [28] Organized Crime as a Social Network (2010), [29] The Costs and Benefits of Resisting the Extortion Racket (with M. Battisti and T. Fioroni) (2010) [30] An Empirical Analysis of the Galor-Zeira Model (with M. Battisti and T. Fioroni) [33] Conferences/Seminars 1. University of Pisa (March 2000), presentation of [1]. 2. "II Congreso Latinoamericano de Teoria Economica", San Luis, Argentina, (September 2000), presentation of [2]. 3. Istituto di Studi Filosofici di Napoli, (November 2000), presentation of [6] at the workshop: "Classical Themes in Modern Growth Theories: First Results". 3

4 4. University of Siena (December 2000), presentation of [3] at the: "First workshop on 'New Tools for Qualitative Analysis in Economic Dynamics'". 5. University of Pisa (January 2001), presentation of [3]. 6. University of Bologna (March 2001), presentation of [3]. 7. University of Teramo (May 2001), presentation of [3] at the workshop: "The role of Interactions in the Economy". 8. "Old and New Theories of Growth: an Assessment", Pisa, (October 2001), presentation of [6] nd Annual Meeting of "Società Italiana degli Economisti", Rome, Accademia Italiana dei Lincei (October 2001), presentation of [3]. 10. ''Innovation and Growth: New Challenges for the Regions'', Sophia-Antipolis, France (January 2002), presentation of [11]. 11. "Workshop on Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents (WEHIA 2002)", Trieste, (May 2002), (poster) presentation of [9]. 12. "Third workshop on 'New Tools for Qualitative Analysis in Economic Dynamics'". CIMAT, Guanajuato, Mexico (October 2002), presentation of [14]. 13. "Workshop on Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents (WEHIA 2003)", Kiel, Germany (May 2003), presentation of [16]. 14. "9th International Conference of Computing in Economics and Finance (CEF 2003)", Seattle, USA (July 2003), presentation of [16]. 15. University of Pisa (November 2003), presentation of [13]. 16. University of Milan - Bicocca (December 2003), presentation of [15]. 17. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK (March 2004), presentation of [13]. 18. University of Padua (March 2004), presentation of [18] at the "Workshop on Economic Growth and Distribution". 19. University of Palermo (April 2004), seminar on "Introduction to the Economics of Intellectual Property". 20. "Economic Growth and Distribution", Lucca, (June 2004), presentation of [19]. 21. "10th International Conference of Computing in Economics and Finance (CEF 2004)", Amsterdam, The Netherlands (July 2004), presentation of [19]. 22. "Mathematical Models Applied to the Biological Sciences, Economics, and Complex Systems", Grosseto, (July 2004), presentation of [19]. 23. "New Economic Windows 2004: Complexity Hints for Economic Policy (NEW 2004)", Salerno, (September 2004), presentation of [18] th Annual Meeting of "Società Italiana degli Economisti", Bologna, (October 2004), presentation of [18]. 25. University of Pisa (November 2004), presentation of [19]. 26. Workshop on Industry and Labor Dynamics. The Agent-based Computational Economics Approach (WILD@ACE 2004), Moncalieri (TO), (December 2004), presentation of [18]. 27. First Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics, Università Cà Foscari, Venezia, (January 2005), presentation of [19]. 28. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, (January 2005), presentation of [19]. 29. University of Pisa (May 2005), presentation of [21]. 30. School and Workshop on Structure and Function of Complex Networks, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, (May 2005), presentation of [20]. 31. Knowledge and Regional Economic Development, Barcelona, Spain, (June 2005), presentation of [21]. 32. "11th International Conference of Computing in Economics and Finance (CEF 2005)", Washington D.C., USA (July 2005), presentation of [20] th INFER Annual Conference. Regional Economics: New challenges for theory, empirics and policy, London, UK (October 2005), presentation of [21]. 4

5 34. Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, Boston, USA (January 2006), presentation of [19]. 35. Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and Statistics, Rome, (May 2006), presentation of [21]. 36. Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade (DEGIT 2006), Jerusalem, Israel (June 2006), presentation of [19] 37. Second Italian Congress of Econometrics and Empirical Economics, University of Bologna, Rimini Campus, (January 2007), presentation of [22]. 38. University of Cagliari (May 2007), presentation of [22]. 39. University of Palermo (February 2008), presentation of [23]. 40. University of Naples, Parthenope (July 2008), presentation of [26]. 41. "5th European Conference on Complex Systems", Jersualem, Israel (September 2008), presentation of [23]. 42. LUISS University, Rome (December 2008), presentation of [26]. 43. Oxford University, UK, (February 2009), presentation of [25]. 44. Universiy of di Palermo (April 2009), presentation of [25]. 45. University of Naples, Parthenope (April 2009), presentation of [23]. 46. International Workshop on Network Science (NETSCI09), Venice (June 2009), presentation of [23]. 47. Poverty Traps: an Empirical and Theoretical Assessment, Naples (October 2009), presentation of [12]. 48. University of Palermo (March 2010), presentation of [12]. 49. University of California, Irvine, USA, (April 2010), presentation of [12]. Research Networks Classical Themes in Modern Growth Theory (COFIN 1999). Coordinator: Prof. Neri Salvadori (University of Pisa). "New tools for the Qualitative Analysis of Economic Dynamics" (COFIN 2000). Coordinator: Prof. Lionello F. Punzo (University of Siena). "Growth and Income Distribution" (COFIN 2002). Coordinator: Prof. Neri Salvadori (University of Pisa). Financial Fragility and Technological Progress with Heterogeneous Agents and Social Interaction: models, simulations and empirical analyses (COFIN 2004). Coordinator: Prof. Domenico Delli Gatti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan). Economic Growth: Social and Institutional Dynamics (COFIN 2005). Coordinator: Prof. Neri Salvadori (University of Pisa). Structural Change and Growth (PRIN 2009). Coordinator: Prof. Neri Salvadori (University of Pisa). Teaching Teaching Assistance in Economics I, Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa: February - May 2001, February - May 2002, February - May 2003, February-May "Introduction to the empirical analysis of economic growth" 1. Ph. D in Economics, University of Pisa: July 2003, September 2004, October 2005, November 2006, February Ph. D in Economics, University of Pisa, and Internationl Doctoral Programme in Economics, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa: October 2009 Classes of Economics I (Microeconomics), Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa: February May 2004, February May 2005 and February May Economics (Macroeconomics), Corso di Laurea in Comunicazione pubblica, sociale e d'impresa, University of Pisa, November December Economics of Information, Corso di Laurea in Comunicazione pubblica, sociale e d'impresa, University of Pisa, February - May

6 Introduction to Economic Theory, Master in Management dell'innovazione, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, November Introduction to Development Economics, Master of Arts in Human Rights and Conflict Management, Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Pisa, March 2006 and March Economics I (Microeconomics), Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa, February May Cross-Country Convergence: from Theory to Empirics, Ph. D in Economics, University of Siena, May Economics (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics), Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza, University of Palermo, October 2006 May 2007, October 2007-May 2008, October 2008-May 2009, October-November 2009, October-November 2010, October- November Introduction to the Economics of Organized Crime, Master of Arts in Policies for Legality and Development in the Mediterranean Area, University of Palermo, July 2010 Other Referee for: Bulletin of Economic Research, Crime and Delinquency, Global Crime, History of Economic Ideas, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Journal of Macroeconomics, Metroeconomica, Review of Political Economy, Statistical Methods and Applications, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics. Assistant editor: Metroeconomica ( ). Summer School in Econometrics: Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria (CIDE), Bertinoro (FO), September Summer school in: "Markov Models of Evolution, Growth and Adaptation in the Economy" (Prof Y. Kaniovski), University of Trento, September Summer School in Econometrics: Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria (CIDE), Bertinoro (FO), Italy, June "Econometric Issues in the Study of Inequality and Growth" (Prof. S. Durlauf); "Quantitative Macroeconomics: Analyzing Business Cycles" (Prof. M. Ravn). Participation to the "Thematic Institute of the Complex Systems Network of Excellence (EXYSTENCE) on Networks, Dynamics and Socio-Economics" (May 13 - June 1, 2002), ICTP Trieste, Italy. Summer School in Econometrics: Centro Interuniversitario di Econometria (CIDE), Bertinoro (FO), Italy, June "Applied Nonparametric Methods" (Prof. W. Härdle); "Econometrics of Structural Change and Threshold Models" (Prof. B. Hansen). Foreign languages: English: fluent; French: good; Spanish: elementary. 6