Curriculum Vitae - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche

Simone D’Alessandro
Department of Economics
University of Pisa
via Ridolfi 10, 56124
Pisa, Italy
Phone: (+39) 050 2216333
Fax: (+39) 050 2216384
Email: s.dale@ec.unipi.it
URL: http://www.dse.ec.unipi.it/persone/ricercatori/D’alessandro/homepage.html
Personal
Born: Firenze, Jun 26, 1977.
Married: May 1, 2004, Martina Pignatti Morano. One child (Beatrice, 08/12/2011)
Citizenship: Italian.
Current Position
Assistant Professor (Ricercatore Universitario), Department of Economics, University of Pisa, since
Jan 2, 2009.
Education
PhD in Economics, University of Siena, July 2006,
Supervisor: Neri Salvadori
Dissertation: Explaining Sustainability: Distribution of Income and Wealth and the Limits to Economic
Growth.
MSc in Economics, University of Siena, July 2002.
B.S. Economics, University of Pisa, May 2001,
Final degree Summa Cum Laude.
Research Interests
Distribution of Income and Wealth, Ecological Economics, System Dynamics, Development Economics,
Economic Growth and Sustainability.
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Research Experience
Member of the research group founded by Italian Government (PRIN 2009), Structural Change and
Growth, October 2011 – October 2013.
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pisa, November 2006 – January 2009.
Member of the research group founded by Italian Government (PRIN 2007), Heterogeneous Sectors,
Growth, and Technical Change, October 2008 – October 2010.
Member of the Local Organising Committee of the International Conference, held in Lucca, Italy,
The Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution, October – December 2007.
Research Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Pisa, May – October 2006.
Visiting Research Student, Santa Fe Institute, NM (US), invited by Samuel Bowles, January – February
2006 and January – February 2007.
Member of the research group founded by Italian Government (PRIN 2005), Economic Growth:
Institutional and Social Dynamics, January 2006 – January 2008.
Visiting Graduate Student, Environment Department, University of York, supervisor Charles Perrings,
January – April 2004.
Member of the Local Organising Committee of the International Ph.D. Conference in Economics,
held in Siena, Italy, Research in Economics: Methodology, Coherence and Effectivenes, May 15 – 17,
2003.
Member of the research group founded by Italian Government (MURST - COFIN 2002), Growth
and Income Distribution, November 2002 – December 2004.
Ph. D. Candidates with scholarship, Department of Economics, University of Siena, November 2001
– November 2005.
Teaching Experience
Industrial Organization and Game Theory, Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa, Spring 2012.
Development Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa, Spring 2012.
STA program - Teaching Mobility, lectures to the Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) Faculdade de
Economia da Universidade de Coimbra (FEUC), may 2011.
Sustainable Development, Master “Culture of Peace and Sustainability”, Summer 2009 and 2010.
Development Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa, Spring 2010.
Institutions of Economics, “Corso di Laurea in Economia e Legislazione dei Sistemi Logistici”, University
of Pisa, Fall 2009
Teaching Assistant, IMT Lucca, Ph.D. Macroeconomics I, Davide Fiaschi, Summer 2008.
Teaching Assistant, Microeconomics, Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa, Tommaso Luzzati
and Neri Salvadori, Fall 2006 – Fall 2009.
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Teaching Assistant, Microeconomics, Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa, Andrea Mario Lavezzi
and Neri Salvadori, Spring 2006.
Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomics, Faculty of Economics, University of Siena, Alberto Dalmazzo,
Spring 2004.
Research
Journal Articles
“Long run welfare externalities in consumption, leisure and production: a case for happy de-growth
and unhappy growth”, with (Ennio Bilancini), Ecological Economics (forthcoming, 2011). doi:
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2011.10.023.
“Modernization, Weather Variability and Vulnerability to FamineÓ, Oxford Economic Papers, vol
63(4), pp. 625-647 (2011). doi:10.1093/oep/gpr014.
“Agricultural Institutions, Industrialization and Growth: The Case of New Zealand and Uruguy in
1870-1940”, (with J. Alvarez, E. Bilancini, G. Porcile), Explorations in Economic History, vol. 48(2),
pp. 151-168 (2011). doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2010.05.004.
“Energy Transition towards economic and environmental sustainability: feasible paths and policy
implications", (with Tommaso Luzzati and Mario Morroni), Journal of Cleaner Production, vol.
18(4), pp. 291-298 (2010). doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.02.022.
“Functional Distribution, Land Ownership and Industrial Takeoff: the Role of Effective Demand”,
(with Ennio Bilancini), B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 8(1) (Contributions),
Article 34, (2008). doi: 10.2202/1935-1682.1912.
“Technology and the Environment in the History of the Economic Thought”, (with Marianna Belloc,
Michele Di Maio, Francesco Drago, Pietro Vertova), International Journal of Global Environmental
Issues, Vol. 8 (4); pp. 311-334, (2008). ISSN 1466-6650.
“Pasinetti versus Rebelo: Two Different Models or Just One?”, (in collaborazione con Neri Salvadori),
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 65 (3-4), pp. 547-554 (2008) .
ISSN: 0167-2681. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2006.01.006.
“Non-Linear Dynamics of Population and Natural Resources: The Emergence of Different Patterns
of Development”, Ecological Economics, vol. 62; pp. 473-481. (2007). ISSN: 0921-8009.
doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.07.008.
“Natural limits to economic development: endogenous growth or Panacea?”, (with Francesco
Drago), Studi Economici, n. 80, pp. 85-100, (2003). ISSN: 0039-2928.
Books and chapters in books
Elementi di Economia Industriale, (with Neri Salvadori and Domenico Fanelli), Torino: Giappichelli
Editore, pp. 217, (2012).
"L’economia della decrescita per la sostenibilitĹ ecologica e l’equitĹ sociale", in Crisi dellÕeconomia
e crisi della teoria economica? Teoria economica tradizionale e nuova economia civile a confronto,
edited by P. Della Posta, Napoli: Liguori, pp. 229-248, (2012).
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“Distribution of Agricultural Surplus and Industrial Takeoff” (with Ennio Bilancini), in Geography
and Structural Change in Development: Theory and Empirics, edited by N. Salvadori, P. Commendatore,
and M. Tamberi, Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar, pp. 227-240, (2009). ISBN10: 1848442297.
“Co-evolution of Population and Natural Resources: a Simple Ricardian Model”, in Classical, Neo
Classical and Keynesian Views on Growth and Distribution, edited by N. Salvadori and C. Panico,
Cheltenham UK: Edward Elgar, (2006), pp.54-78. ISBN:1-84542-309-7.
Working Papers and Manuscripts
“Child Labour and Inequality”, (with Tamara Fioroni), MPRA Paper, n. 37667, (2012).
“The Role of Income Distribution in the Diffusion of Corporate Social Responsibility”, (with Domenico
Fanelli), MPRA Paper, n. 18659, (2009).
“Feasible Transition Paths towards a Renewable Energy Economy: Investment Composition, Consumtion
and Growth”, (with T. Luzzati and M. Morroni), proceedings of “Economic Degrowth for
Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity”, Paris, (2008).
“Modernization, Climate Variability and Vulnerability to Famine”, Collana di Studi e Ricerche, n.
113, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, UniversitĹ di Pisa (WP 2007).
“Explaining Sustainability: Distribution of Income and Wealth and the Limits to Economic Growth”.
Ph.D. Thesis, University of Siena (2006).
“Functional Distribution, Land Ownership and Industrial Takeoff” (with Ennio Bilancini), Quaderni
del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, n. 467, UniversitĹ di Siena, (WP 2005).
“Modelling Sustainability: Endogenous Growth Theory and some Alternatives”, mimeo, University
of Siena (2003).
“Teoria della Crescita Endogena: le Origini del Modello AK” (“Endogenous Growth Theory: the
Origins of AK model”), Degree Thesis , University of Pisa (2001).
Current Projects
“Governing the Commons and Social Inclusion”, (with L. Boncinelli).
“Commons and Structural Change”.
“Weather Variability and Real Wages”.
“Managing without growth: Italian scenarios”, (with G. Bernardo and G. Gallo).
Invited Talks at Conferences and Institutions,
Workshops and Summer Schools
Institutions
October 5, 2011, Seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Pisa.
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May 17, 2011, Seminar at Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) Faculdade de Economia da Universidade
de Coimbra (FEUC).
April 26, 2011, Seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Naples “Parthenope”.
April 14, 2011, Lunch Seminar, Facolty of Economia, University of Pisa.
November 4, 2009, Seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Pisa.
February 26, 2009, Lunch Seminar, Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa.
April 24, 2008, Workshop on Confronting Structure – Achieving Economic Sustainability, Sustainable
Development Commission, London.
Jun 20, 2007, Seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Pisa.
January 23, 2007, Lunch Seminar, Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa.
September 27, 2006, Seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Pisa.
February 23, 2006, Lunch Seminar, Faculty of Economics, University of Pisa.
February 2, 2006, Seminar at the Santa Fe Institute, NM (US).
Jun 8, 2005, Seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Pisa.
December 14, 2004, Seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Siena.
March 18, 2004, Seminar at the Department of Environment, University of York, UK.
Febraury 12, 2003, Seminar at the Department of Economics, University of Siena.
Conferences
June 14-17, 2011; ESEE2011, Advancing Ecological Economics Theory and Practice, Istanbul (Turkey).
September 1-3, 2010; OR2010, Operations Research “Mastering Complexity”, Munich (Germany).
August 22-25, 2010; ISEE 2010, Advancing Sustainability in a Time of Crisis, Oldenburg and Bremen
(Germany).
March 26-29, 2010; Second International Conference on Economic Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability
and Social Equity, Barcelona (Spain).
July 20-23, 2009; ECINEQ 2009, 3rd Meeting of Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, Buenos
Aires (Argentina).
Jun 29 - July 2, 2009; ESEE 2009, Transformation, innovation and adaptation for sustainability,
Ljubljana (Slovenia).
April 24, 2008; "Confronting Structure - Achieving Economic Sustainability", Sustainable Development
Commission, London, (UK).
April 18-19, 2008; Economic De-growth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity, Paris (France).
December 10-12, 2007; The Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution, Lucca
(Italy).
October 26-27, 2007; XLVIII Annual Meeting of Italian Economic Society, Torino (Italy).
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July 12-14, 2007; ECINEQ 2007, 2nd meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality,
Berlin (Germany).
Jun 27-July 1, 2007; EAERE 2007, 15th Annual Conference, University of Macedonia. Thessaloniki
(Greece).
June 5-8, 2007; ESEE 2007, Integrating Natural and Social Sciences for Sustainability, Liepzig (Germany).
May 25-27, 2007; XII Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Hamburg (Germany).
December 13-18, 2006; ISEE 2006, Biennial Conference of International Society for Ecological Economics
on Ecological Sustainability and Human Well-Being, Delhi (India).
June 25-27, 2006; DEGIT XI, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade, Jerusalem.
June 4-9, 2006; SURED 2006, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade, organized by
CER-ETH, Ascona (Switzerland).
November 10-12, 2005; EAEPE Meeting 2005, A New Deal for the New Economy, Bremen (Germany).
October 4-6, 2004; XIV National Congress of Italian Society of Ecologists, Conservation e Management
of Ecosystems, Siena (Italy).
Jun 16-18, 2004; Economic Growth and Distribution: on the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of the
Nations, Lucca (Italy).
January 16-18, 2003; DRUID PHD Winter 2003 Conference. Aalborg (Denmark).
November 7-10, 2002; EAEPE 2002, Complexity and the Economy: Implications for Economic Policy,
Aix-en-Provence (France).
Participation to Workshops and Summer Schools
April 27-29, 2011; CICSE Lectures, “Fertility, Growth, and Sustainability” by David de la Croix;
Naples.
June 8-10, 2009; CICSE Lectures, “Inequality and the Process of Development” by Oded Galor;
Naples.
April 24, 2008, Workshop on Confronting Structure – Achieving Economic Sustainability, Sustainable
Development Commission, London.
July 11-13, 2007; CICSE Lectures, “Capital accumulation and economic growth in open economies”
by Stephen Turnovsky; Lucca.
Febraury 15-17, 2007; Working Group Inter-generational Transmission of Wealth in Pre-modern Societies,
organized by Monique Borgerhoff Mulder and Sam Bowles, Santa Fe Institute, NM (US).
Jun 15-20, 2005; Summer School Gender Economics, ISER, University of Siena.
July 11-18, 2004; Summer School Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Competition, ISER,
University of Siena.
Jun 30-July 6, 2003; Summer School Inequality and Economic Integration, ISER, University of Siena.
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February 10-28, 2003; School on Ecological Economics and Conference on Theoretical Topics in
Ecological EconomicsÓ. Trieste, Abdus Salam and EEE.
Jun 16-23, 2002; Summer School Environment, Inequality and Collective Action, ISER, University of
Siena.
Referee for
Ecological Economics, B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Metroeconomica, Journal of
Cleaner Production, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Frontiers of Environmental Science &
Engineering in China, Economic Bulletin.
Languages and Computer Skills
Italian: mother tongue
English: good, written and spoken.
French & Spanish: basic knowledge.
Operating systems: Linux, Macintosh, Windows.
Mathematics: Matlab, Mathematica, Maple.
Statistic: R & Stata (basic).
Simulation: Vensim, Stella.
Other: Office (and OpenOffice), TEX, L A TEX.
Last updated: April 3, 2012
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