Development economics

Microeconomics of development and poverty, endogenous growth and unified growth theory. Economics of transition. Theory and empirics of institutional change including studies of the evolution of economic institutions, political institutions and democracy. Economics demography. Economics of religion and moral values. Determinants of civil conflicts. Historical development.

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Rainer Andergassen

Associate Professor

Pier Giorgio Ardeni

Full Professor

keywords: inequality: measures and analysis, poverty: indicators, measures, analysis, economic growth, statistical indicators,

Carlotta Berti Ceroni

Full Professor

keywords: voting behavior, political turnover, economic growth and development, international migration

Matteo Cervellati

Full Professor

keywords: Economic Development, Endogenous Preferences, Political Economy, Political Institutions, Political Economy, Empirical

Michele Costa

Full Professor

keywords: poverty measurement, inequality measurement, Gini index, inequality measures decomposition, latent variables, financial

Carmine Guerriero

Associate Professor

keywords: Political Economy, Law and Economics, Regulation

Sara Lazzaroni

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Development Economics, Economic History, Political Economy

Paolo Masella

Full Professor

keywords: Economic and Culture, Political Economy, Development Economics, Labor Economics

Antonio Minniti

Associate Professor

keywords: ECONOMIC GROWTH, LOCATION CHOICE, REGULATION, COMPETITION, MARKET STRUCTURE

Alireza Jay Naghavi

Full Professor

keywords: Innovation, Outsourcing and Offshoring, Trade, Political Economy, Religion, Migration, Development, Technology

Giorgio Giovanni Negroni

Associate Professor

Giovanni Prarolo

Associate Professor

keywords: political economy, development, cultural diversity, growth

Enrico Santarelli

Full Professor

keywords: Entrepreneurship, Emerging economies, Intellectual Property Right Protecion, Firm and Industry Dynamics, Innovation and

Tommaso Sonno

Research fellow