Update May 2010 MARCELLA NICOLINI Date of Birth: 18 December 1979 Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei Corso Magenta 63, 20123 Milan, Italy Telephone: (+39) 02.52036910 Fax: (+39) 02.52036958 E-mail: marcella.nicolini@feem.it CURRENT POSITION April 2008-Present Senior Researcher, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei PREVIOUS POSITIONS June 2007-March 2008 November 2006- May 2007 Post-Doc Fellowship, Department of Mangement, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan Post-Doc Fellowship, EDUCATION October 2003- February 2007 September 2004- January 2005 April 2003 PhD in Economics, University of Milan Dissertation: Essays on Globalization and Institutions PhD Supervisors: Anna Falzoni, Paolo Epifani Visiting Phd, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium B.A. in Public Administrations and International Institutions Management, Dissertation: Ethical Consumption and Organic Farming: an Empirical Analysis in Milan Grade: summa cum laude OTHER EDUCATION September 2008 June 2006 MICRO-DYN Summer School on Firm-level analysis of innovation, competitiveness and employment CEPR, Centro Studi Luca D Agliano and University of Milan, Palazzo Feltrinelli, Gargnano (BS)- Italy
Summer School in Outsourcing and International Fragmentation of Production: Implications for Developing Countries September 2005 CEPR, Centro Studi Luca D Agliano and University of Milan, Palazzo Feltrinelli, Gargnano (BS)- Italy Summer School in Trade, Innovation and Technology Diffusion: Implications for Developing Countries INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS 2009 European Commission, DG ECFIN: The measurement of the intensity of competition in goods and services markets (ECFIN/407/2008/516513) 2008 European Commission, DG Research: Understanding Privatisation Policy: Political Economy and Welfare Effects (UPP), 6th Research Framework Programme 2007-2008 European Commission, DG Regio: The impact of globalisation and increased trade liberalisation on European regions 2006-2007 European Commission, DG Research: Dynamic Regions in a Knowledge-Driven Global Economy: Lessons and Policy Implications for the EU (DYNREG), 6th Research Framework Programme 2003-2005 European Commission, DG Research: The impact of European integration and enlargement on regional structural change and cohesion (EURECO), 5th Research Framework Programme PUBLICATIONS REFEREED JOURNALS Aiding car producers in the EU: money in search of a strategy (with C. Scarpa and P. Valbonesi), forthcoming in Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade FDI spillovers in New EU Member States: which firms create them and which firms really benefit? (with L. Resmini), 2010, in Economics of Transition, 18(3): 487-511 (impact factor: 0.614) Esternalità e spillovers verticali indotti dall ingresso di imprese estere nei settori dei servizi in Italia (with L. Piscitello), 2009, in Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, 2009/2: 243-265 BOOK CHAPTERS Social Capital and Growth in Brazilian Municipalities (with L. Corazzini and M. Grazzi), forthcoming, in Economic Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness in a Knowledge-based World Economy, Peter Nijkamp and Iulia Siedschlag (Eds.), Springer-Verlag
Productivity Spillovers, Regional Spillovers and the Role of Multinational Enterprises in New EU Member States (with L. Resmini), forthcoming in Drivers of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Regional Dynamics Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp and Roger Stough (Eds.), Springer-Verlag Spillover from Foreign MNES in Service Sectors. The Impact on Local Competitiveness. (with A. Albanese and L. Piscitello), 2008, in Multinationals and local competitiveness, Lucia Piscitello and Grazia Santangelo (Eds.), Franco Angeli Spillover di produttività e investimenti diretti esteri: l'esperienza dei paesi in transizione. (with L. Resmini), 2008, in Internazionalizzazione e sviluppo regionale, Nicola Bellini and Antonio G. Calafati (Eds.), Franco Angeli MONOGRAPH Assessing the Competitive Behaviour of Firms in the Single Market: A Micro-based Approach, (with C. Altomonte, A. Rungi, L. Ogliari), 2010, European Economy Economic Papers, 409, 136 pp. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Quale prezzo per quattro ruote? with C.Scarpa, 2010, in Equilibri - Rivista per lo sviluppo sostenibile, 2010/1: 185-191 WORKING PAPERS Boitani, A., Nicolini, M. and Scarpa, C. (2010) Do Competition and Ownership Matter? Evidence from Local Public Transport in Europe, FEEM nota di lavoro 9/2010 [submitted to Journal of Comparative Economics] Nicolini, M., Scarpa, C. and Valbonesi, P. (2010) Aiding car producers in the EU: money in search of a strategy, Marco Fanno Working Papers Series n 115/2010 Paper presented by co-author also at: Workshop The European Union and State Aid: The Present Crisis and Beyond, ESRC Centre for Competition Policy, UEA (July 2009) Corazzini, L. Grazzi, M. and Nicolini, M. (2008) Social Capital and Growth in Brazilian Municipalities, DYNREG Working Paper 15/2007 Nicolini, M. (2007) Institutions and Offshoring Decision, CESifo Working Paper Series N. 2074 [submitted to The World Economy] Nicolini, M. and Resmini, L. (2007) Productivity Spillovers and Multinational Enterprises: in Search of a Spatial Dimension, DYNREG Working Paper 10/2007 Paper presented by co-author also at: Workshop on Agglomeration and Growth in Knowledge-based Societies, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel, Germany (April 2007), 47th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Paris, France (August 2007), 9th Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group, Athens, Greece (September 2007), XXVIIIth Conferenza Scientifica Annuale dell Associazione Italiana di Scienze Regionali (AISRe), Bolzano (September 2007) and RSAI World Congress 2008 (March 2008) Nicolini, M. and Resmini, L. (2007) Productivity Spillovers from Foreign Direct Investments: the Role of the Neglected Conditionalities, DYNREG Working Paper 11/2007
Paper presented by co-author also at: 33 Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, EARIE, Amsterdam, Netherlands (August 2006), 8th Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group, Vienna, Austria (August 2006), 46th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Volos, Greece (August 2006), XXVIIth Conferenza Scientifica Annuale dell Associazione Italiana di Scienze Regionali (AISRe), Pisa (October 2006) MIMEOS Altomonte, C., Nicolini, M. (2010) Economic Integration and the Dynamics of Firms' Profitability [submitted to Structural Change and Economic Dynamic] Nicolini, M., Mariotti, S., Piscitello, L. (2009) Vertical linkages between foreign MNEs in service sectors and local manufacturing firms: The role of pecuniary and technological spillovers [under revision, Journal of International Business Studies] Nicolini, M. (2010) On the Evolution of Institutional Comparative Advantage, mimeo [submitted to Structural Change and Economic Dynamics] Nicolini, M. (2008) Institutional Quality and Comparative Advantage: an Empirical Assessment, mimeo Nicolini, M. (2007) Institutions, Contracts and Globalization: a Review of the Literature, mimeo WORK IN PROGRESS Nicolini, M. and Paccagnini, A. Does Trade Foster Institutions? An Empirical Assessment Paper presented by co-author also at: 10th Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group, Warsaw, Poland (September 2008), 6 a Annual Conference of the Euro-Latin Study Network on Integration and Trade (ELSNIT), Florence, EUI, (October 2008) Crinò, R., Epifani, P. and Nicolini, M. Contracts and Technology Adoption: An Empirical Test Altomonte, C., Nicolini, M., Rungi, A. On the pro-competitive effects of trade in services Paper presented by co-author also at: 11th Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group, Rome (September 2009) Nicolini, M., Scarpa, C. and Valbonesi, P. On the Determinants of State Aid to Car Manufacturers TEACHING EXPERIENCE A.A 2009-2010 Lecturer in Macroeconomics University of Bergamo Lecturer in International Economics Master in Marketing Management for the Internationalized Firm
ISPI, Milan Lecture on Privatization and State Capitalism Master in Diplomacy A.A 2008-2009 Teaching assistant in Macroeconomics Teaching assistant in Microeconomics [English course] Teaching assistant in International Economics University of Bergamo Lecturer in International Economics Master in Marketing Management for the Internationalized Firm ISPI, Milan Lecture on Privatization and State Capitalism Master in Diplomacy A.A. 2007-2008 Politecnico di Milano Teaching assistant in Urban Economics ISPI, Milan Lecture on Privatization and State Capitalism Master in Diplomacy A.A. 2006-2007 Bocconi University Teaching assistant in Macroeconomics Bocconi University Teaching assistant in International Economics University of Milan Teaching assistant in Labour Economics A.A. 2005-2006 Bocconi University Teaching assistant in Macroeconomics PRIZES AND AWARDS Ph.D. Fellowship - University of Milan (2003-2006) Bocconi Award to Best Undergraduate Students (2003)
CONFERENCES October 2009 September 2009 July 2009 April 2009 October 2008 September 2008 September 2008 August 2008 October 2007 September 2007 September 2007 50 a Meeting of the Italian Economic Society, Roma 36 a Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, EARIE, Ljubljana, Slovenia 4th Kuhmo-Nectar Conference and Summer School, Copenhagen XVII AISSEC Scientific Conference, Perugia, Italy XI European Workshop of Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Pisa XI Meeting of the Italian Transport Economics and Logistics Society, Trieste, Italy ITSG Conference, Cagliari 7th International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston 49 th Meeting of the Italian Economic Society, Perugia, Italy 10 th Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group, Warsaw, Polond 35 th Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, EARIE, Toulouse, France 63 rd Econometric Society European Meeting, ESEM, Milan, Italy 48 th Meeting of the Italian Economic Society, Turin, Italy CNR Meeting, Villa Mondragone, Rome, Italy 9 th Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group, Athens, Greece July 2007 1 st World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association, Cambridge, United Kingdom June 2007 May 2007 September 2006 May 2006 Workshop on International Outsourcing, CESifo, HECER e RUESG, Helsinki, Finland RIEF Conference on International Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy 8 th Annual Meeting of the European Trade Study Group, Vienna, Austria XI th Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE), Centro de Estudios Andaluces, University Pablo de Olavide and University of Seville, Spain
April 2006 Fifth Annual GEP Postgraduate Conference, Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP), University of Nottingham, United Kingdom SEMINARS 2010 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan; FEEM 2009 FEEM 2008 Bologna University; DIG Politecnico di Milano 2007 ISLA - Bocconi University FIELDS OF INTEREST International Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconometrics LANGUAGES Italian English French mother tongue fluent good COMPUTER SKILLS Good knowledge of Eviews, Gretl, SPSS, Stata, Scientific WorkPlace Basic knowledge of MATLAB