Nicola Meccheri CV (updated to September 2011)

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1 Nicola Meccheri CV (updated to September 2011) Academic position and affiliation: Assistant professor (Ricercatore confermato) in Economics at: Department of Economics, University of Pisa Via C. Ridolfi, 10 I Pisa (PI) tel.: fax: meccheri@ec.unipi.it web site: Degrees and Graduate Studies: Ph.D in Economics (100/100 with lode), St Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy B.Sc. (Laurea) in Economics and Business (110/110 with lode), University of Pisa, Italy. Research: Interests: Economics of contracts, incentives and organizations; labour economics; industrial organization; corporate governance; entrepreneurship Experience: : Research Fellow (assegnista di ricerca) at the Department of Economics, University of Pisa. Research Theme: Incentives and Economics of Organization : Research Fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Pisa. Research Theme: Internal Labour Markets in the Italian Public Sector. 2000: Research Assistant at A.Ra.N. Italian Government Agency for the Public Employment and Wage Bargaining (Rome, Italy). Networks: RCEA The Rimini Center for Economic Analysis (Fellow) CICSE Centro Inteuniversitario Crescita & Sviluppo Economico REF - Research group on the Economics of the Firm Economics Growth: Social and Institutional Dynamics (PRIN 2005). Coordinator: Prof. Neri Salvadori, Un. of Pisa, Italy. 1

2 Financial Fragility and Technological Progress with Heterogeneous Agents and Social Interaction: Models, Simulations and Empirical Analyses (COFIN 2004). Coordinator: Prof. Domenico Delli Gatti, Un. Cattolica of Milan, Italy. Income Distribution and Economic Growth (COFIN 2002). Coordinator: Prof. Neri Salvadori, Un. of Pisa, Italy. EMASE - Entrepreneurship in Mountainous Areas of Southern Europe (EU FAIR6 1999). Coordinator: Prof. Dimitris Skuras, Un. of Patras, Greece. Teaching: Undergraduate: Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Labour Economics; Economics of Information; Economics of Financial Markets Graduate: Contracts Economics; Advanced Macroeconomics Teaching and teaching assistance at: University of Pisa, Faculty of Political Science: ; Free University of Bozen-Bolzano: ; University of Pisa, Faculty of Economics: present. Publications: 1. In journals - Labour Incentive Schemes, Effort, and Market Outcomes in a Differentiated Duopoly with Simple Institutional Constraints, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), forthcoming. - Power, Law and Economics, and Institutions [a review article of Understanding Power by M. Vatiero], History of Economic Ideas, vol. 19/2, Competition, Efficiency and Market Structure in Online Digital Markets. An Overview and Policy Implications (with C. Cambini and V. Silvestri), European Review of Industrial Economics and Policy (ERIEP), n.2, The Cournot-Bertrand Profit Differential in a Differentiated Duopoly with Unions and Labour Decreasing Returns (with L. Fanti), Economics Bulletin, vol. 31/1, Transitions Out of Unemployment: The Role of Social Networks Topology and Firms Recruitment Strategies (with A.M. Lavezzi), Metroeconomica, vol. 62/1, Incentive-Based and Knowledge-Based Theories of the Firm: Some Recent Developments (with M. Morroni), Economia e Politica Industriale Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, vol. 37/3, Large Breach Penalties and Managers Incentives to Invest Inside or Outside Firms, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), vol. 165/4,

3 - A Note on Noncompetes, Bargaining and Training by Firms, Economics Letters, vol. 102/3, Wage Behaviour and Unemployment in Keynes and New Keynesians Views. A Comparison, European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, vol. 14/4, Rural Entrepreneurs and Institutional Assistance: An Empirical Study from Mountainous Italy (with G. Pelloni), Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, vol. 18/5, Employment with Alternative Incentive Schemes when Effort Is Not Verifiable, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, vol. 19/1, Business Growth and Development Trajectories in Lagging and Remote Areas of Southern Europe (with D. Skuras, M.B. Moreira, J. Rosell, S. Stathopoulou), European Urban and Regional Studies, vol. 12/4, Entrepreneurial Human Capital Accumulation and the Growth of Rural Businesses: A Four- Country Survey in Mountainous and Lagging Areas of the European Union (with D. Skuras, M.B. Moreira, J. Rosell, S. Stathopoulou), Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 21/1, Institutional Support to Strategic Business Orientations: An Empirical Analysis of Rural Businesses in Four Countries of Southern Europe (with D. Skuras, J.C. Caldas, D. Psaltopoulos, L. Viladomiu), European Business Review, vol. 15/4, (In Italian): - Concorrenza ed efficienza nel mercato del commercio elettronico (with C. Cambini), L'Industria, n.4, Schemi di prezzo per Internet: accesso alla rete e pubblicità sui motori di ricerca, L'Industria, n.4, Specificità e problemi applicativi delle retribuzioni incentivanti collegate alla performance nel pubblico impiego: un'analisi economica, Politica Economica, n.2, Gerarchie e carriere occupazionali nel pubblico impiego: i Ministeri italiani negli anni '90, Economia Pubblica, n.3, Retribuzioni e gerarchie nella Pubblica amministrazione: il caso dei Ministeri negli anni novanta, Lavoro e Relazioni Industriali, n.2, La struttura ed il funzionamento del governo e della Pubblica amministrazione come «nexus» di contratti, Economia Politica, n.3, On-the-job training generico dei lavoratori e contrattazione: il ruolo della breach penalty nel contratto iniziale, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, n.1, Carriere e «tornei» come incentivi nel pubblico impiego: una valutazione teorica alla luce dei recenti sviluppi normativi e contrattuali, Economia Pubblica, n.3,

4 2. In books - A Note on Symmetry in Job Contact Networks (with A.M. Lavezzi), in Artificial Markets Modeling, A. Consiglio (ed.), Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer, Job Contact Networks, Inequality and Aggregate Output (with A.M. Lavezzi), in Innovation, Unemployment and Policy in the Theories of Growth and Distribution, N. Salvadori e R. Balducci (eds.), Edward Elgar, (In Italian): - Perché Leonid Hurwicz, Eric Maskin e Roger Myerson hanno vinto il Premio Nobel 2007 per l'economia?, in Perché Nobel?, M. Abate (a cura di), Springer-Italia, Asimmetrie informative, Cap. 12 di Istituzioni di economia. Vol. 1, R. Signorino, Giappichelli, Modelli neo-keynesiani, Cap. 7 di Istituzioni di economia. Vol. 2, R. Signorino, Giappichelli, Conferences and seminars: Conferences and workshops (* presented by co-author): 19) Annual meeting of Italian Association of Labour Economics (AIEL 2011), Milano, Italy, September 2011; presentation of Informal labour incentive schemes and product market competition. 18) IX Brucchi Luchino Labor Economics Workshop, Padua, Italy, December 2010; presentation (poster session) of Industry profits, wages and competition under incentive labour contracts with unverifiable effort. 17) VIII Workshop of Società Italiana di Economia e Politica Industriale (SIEPI 2010), Alessandria, Italy, January 2010; presentation (invited lecture) of Recenti sviluppi della teoria dell impresa (with Mario Morroni). 16) Annual Meeting of Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell Economia Politica (STOREP 2009), Firenze, Italy, June 2009; presentation of Explaining Unemployment. From Wage Rigidities to Labour Market Rigidities: A Turning-Point in Macroeconomic Modelling? *. 15) Annual Meeting of Società Italiana degli Economisti (SIE 2008), Perugia, Italy, October 2008; presentation of Large Breach Penalties and Managers Incentives to Invest Inside or Outside Firms. 14) Annual meeting of European Association of Labour Economics (EALE 2008), Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2008; presentation of Large Breach Penalties and Managers Incentives to Invest Inside or Outside Firms. 4

5 13) Annual meeting of Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro (AIEL 2008), Brescia, Italy, September 2008; presentation of Large Breach Penalties and Managers Incentives to Invest Inside or Outside Firms. 12) International Conference on The Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution, Lucca, Italy, December 2007; presentation of On job contact networks and labor market mobility. 11) International Symposium Artificial Economics 2007, Palermo, Italy, September 2007; presentation of Social Networks in the Labor Markets: The Role of Simmetry, Randomness and Exclusion on Output and Inequality *. 10) 11th International Conference of Computing in Economics and Finance (CEF 2005), University of Essex, UK, June 2005; presentation of Social Networks in the Labor Markets: The Role of Simmetry, Randomness and Exclusion on Output and Inequality. 9) School and Workshop on Structure and Function of Complex Networks, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, May 2005; presentation of Social Networks in the Labor Markets: The Role of Simmetry, Randomness and Exclusion on Output and Inequality *. 8) Annual Meeting of Società Italiana degli Economisti (SIE 2004), Bologna, Italy, October 2004; presentation of Job contact networks, inequality and aggregate output *. 7) Annual meeting of Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro (AIEL 2004), Modena, Italy, September 2004; presentation of Job contact networks, inequality and aggregate output. 6) 10th International Conference of Computing in Economics and Finance (CEF 2004), Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 2004; presentation of Job contact networks, inequality and aggregate output. 5) International Conference on Economic Growth and Distribution: On the Nature and Causes of Wealth of Nations, Lucca, Italy, June 2004; presentation of Job contact networks, inequality and aggregate output. 4) 2nd International Conference of European Economics and Finance Society (EEFS 2003), Bologna, Italy, May 2003; presentation of Incentive Schemes with Unverifiable Effort, Employment, and Welfare: A Three Models Comparison and Rural Entrepreneurship in Mountainous Italy: The Importance of Human Capital and Instruments of Assistance. 3) Annual meeting of Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro (AIEL 2002), Salerno, Italy, September 2002; presentation of Incentives in organizations, employment, and efficiency in the labor market: a three models comparison. 2) Annual meeting of Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro (AIEL 2001), Firenze, Italy, October 2001; presentation of On-the-job training generico dei lavoratori e contrattazione in mercati del lavoro imperfetti: il ruolo della breach penalty nel contratto iniziale. 5

6 1) 73rd International Seminar of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE), Ancona, Italy, June 2001; presentation of Entrepreneurship, Human Capital and Rural Development in Italy: Evidence from a Case Study. Invited seminars: University of Bologna at Rimini (Italy); University of Palermo (Italy); University of Padua (Italy); University Cattolica of Milan (Italy); European Commission, DG Research, Bruxelles (Belgium); University of Pisa (Italy), Sant Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy). Other: Referee for: Economics Bulletin (2); Economia politica Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics; Entrepreneurship & Regional Development (2); International Review of Law and Economics; Metroeconomica (3). Foreign languages: English: good; French: elementary. Computer: Dos, MS Windows, MS Office, Scientific WorkPlace, LaTex, Stata, Statistica, Sas, R. Personal: Born in Livorno (LI), Italy, September 18, 1971 Citizenship: Italian Married to Francesca since 2003 Children: Matteo (b. 2006) 6