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Last updated : April 1st, 2024

PERSONAL

Date of birth: July 22, 1961
Place of birth: Bomporto, Modena, Italia
Nationality: Italian
Marital status: single, waiting for the better husband in all of Wien.

Home address:
Via Giovanni Cerbai, 3
40134 Bologna
Italia
tel. — 39 051 6154767

PROFESSIONAL

1995 –  present: Full time Permanent Assistant Professor in Economic Policy (SECS P02) at the Faculty of Statistics (now School of Economics, Management and Statistics), Università di Bologna
July 1992 : Full time Assistant Professor  in Economic Policy at the Faculty of Statistics (now School of Economics, Management and Statistics), Università di Bologna
Feb. – June 1992 : Full time researcher at Ersa, Agro-Industrial Body (Emilia-Romagna Regional Administration).

AWARDS AND HONORS

2004: At the 2004 Meetings of VDQS The Vérone d’Oenométrie-Domini Veneti Prize was awarded to Silvia Gatti (University of Bologna) and Frederico Maroni (Italy) for “A profile of wine tourists in some Italian region vineyards: an application of the multiple correspondence analysis” http://www.liquidasset.com/

EDUCATION

1992: Doctor of Research, Doctorate research on Agricultural Economics and Policy, Department of Economics, Modena University, associated with the Departments of Economics at the Universities of Ancona, Siena and Trento. Thesis: “Agro-food Exchanges between CEE Countries: New Theories and Specialisation Processes“
1987: Laurea quadriennale (M.A) with distinction in Economics at Modena University, earned 110/110. Dissertation title: “Cooperative di conduzione terreni: Problems and Perspectives. A case of Cooperativa Agricola Bracciantile in Ravenna”
1980: Maturità Scientifica, with 52/60 mark. Liceo Scientifico “Wiligelmo” Modena.

FURTHER EDUCATION

Feb – June 1990 : Stagiaire at the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Economics and Rural Sociology Department of Paris-Ivry). Studies on competitiveness and specialisation in the European agro-food sector.
Jan. – June 1990 :Stagiaire at the Service Central d’Etudes et Enquetes Statistiques, French Ministry of Agriculture.
Oct. 1989 – Jan. 1990 : Attended DEA courses of International Economics at the Paris I La Sorbonne University.
Nov. 1988 – Oct. 1991 : Attended doctorate in Agricultural  Economics and Policy
Oct. 1988 : Admitted into the Doctorate Research Programme in Agricultural Economics and Policy – Department of Economics, Modena University (in association with the Departments of Economics at the Universities of Ancona, Siena and Trento).
June 1987 – March 1988 : Obtained scholarship from the Lega delle Cooperative for studies on the evolution of the agricultural co-operative organisation, from the post war period to present.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Language skills for English (CLA, January 2022), Fluent in spoken and written French, basic knowledge of German and Spanish

RESEARCH STUDIES ON THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS

-American Economic Association – April 1st, 2024 I submitted my individual paper “The Effect on Equalizing Health and Redistributing Income of the Italian National Health Service (1978-2024)” for the January 2025 American Economic Association meeting in San Francisco, CA.

-American Economic Association – April 1st, 2023  – I submitted my individual paper “The Effects on Adherence to Mammography Screening of the Changes in Facilities Providing the Early Breast Cancer Detection Services in the AUSL of Bologna (IT) after 2010” for the January 2024 American Economic Association meeting in San Antonio, TX. July 25, 2023 : “I thank you for submitting your paper […] Unfortunately, we are unable to include this paper in the program. […] and due to space constraints, my program committee and I had to make some painful cuts.”

-American Economic Association – April 1st, 2022  – I submitted my individual paper “Maintaining the Secondary Prevention against Breast Cancer for Women in Emilia-Romagna (IT) and External Social and Economic Shocks (2002-2016)” for the January 2023 American Economic Association meeting in New Orleans, LA. July 22, 2022 : “I am pleased to inform you that your paper […] has been selected to be part of the AEA’s poster session.”

-American Economic Association – April 1st, 2021  – I submitted my individual paper “Individual prevention and organized screening: a reflection on data of the access of early detection of breast cancer in Emilia-Romagna, and in Bologna in particular, after the reorganization of the offering” for the January 2022 American Economic Association meeting in Boston (MA). August 3, 2021 : “I am pleased to inform you that your paper […] has been selected to be part of the AEA’s poster session.”

– 2021, March 17-19, Western Economic Association International (WEAI), Virtual International Conference, The Program Committee for WEAI’s Virtual International Conference has accepted the following paper for presentation in a volunteer session: “The Early Detection of Breast Cancer for Women in Bologna (IT) after the Offer Reorganization” by SILVIA GATTI

-American Economic Association – April 15, 2020  – I submitted my individual paper “The Care within the Italian National Health Service after the Solutions Adopted after 2010 to Deal with the Problems of Waiting Lists and the Control of Spending for the Services of Early Detection of Breast Cancer in the Metropolitan Area of Bologna” for the January 2021 American Economic Association meeting in Chicago (IL). July 21, 2020 : “I thank you for submitting your paper […] Unfortunately, we are unable to include this paper in the program. […] due to time constraints, my program committee and I had to make some painful cuts.”

-American Economic Association – April 1st, 2019  – I submitted my individual paper “Universality, Equality and Equity in the Italian National Health Service: highlighting discrimination phenomena in accessing health services using institutional and administrative data” for the January 2020 American Economic Association meeting in San Diego (CA). July 12, 2019 : “I am pleased to inform you that your paper […] has been selected to be part of the AEA’s poster session.”

-American Economic Association – April 1st, 2018  – I submitted my individual paper “Universality, Equality and Equity in the Italian National Health Service: is it possible to highlight discrimination phenomena using institutional and administrative data?” for the January 2019 American Economic Association meeting in Atlanta (GA). July 18, 2018 :  “I thank you for submitting your paper […] but I am afraid we are unable to include this paper in the program. […] due to space constraints, my program committee and I had to make some painful cuts.”

-PRIN (Research Projects of National Interest – Italian Ministry of University and Reasearch) 2017 (deadline March 29, 2018)  – I resubmitted the Project Proposal as National Coordinator and single Research Unit : “Maitaining Equity in the Italian National Health Service” (in a changed world?). April 4, 2019: “the research project coordinated by you does not appear to be among those admitted to financing, as you have not passed the pre-selection phase (due to the achievement of a score below 15)”.

-American Economic Association – April 1st, 2017  – I submitted my individual paper “Control Systems in the Italian National Health Service and the Maintaining of the Principles of Universality, Equality and Equity: Avoiding Discrimination and �Exit� Phenomena.” for the January 2018 American Economic Association meeting in Philadelphia (PA). July 21st 2017 : �It will be part of a poster session�.

-American Economic Association – April 1st, 2016  – I submitted my individual paper “Maintaining Equity in the Italian National Health Service at the Time of the Measures for Reorganizing the Offerings of Outpatient Specialist Services” for the January 2017 American Economic Association meeting in Chicago (IL). July 14, 2016 : �It will be part of a poster session�.

-PRIN (Research Projects of National Interest – Italian Ministry of University and Reasearch) 2015 (deadline January 15, 2016)  – Project Proposal as National Coordinator and single Research Unit : “Maitaining Equity in the Italian National Health Service”. (September 21, 2016: Project not approved: Bando Prin 2015 – Comunicazione di non approvazione progetto , Valutazione Progetto GATTI_PRIN2015).

-American Economic Association – March 31st, 2015 I submitted my individual paper (after trying with Econ-Harmony) “Long Life to the Women! Changes in the Supply, and in the Access Mode, for the Public Breast Cancer Early Detection Services in Bologna (Italy)” for the January 2016 American Economic Association meeting in San Francisco. July 27, 2015 : “I thank you for submitting your paper […] but I am afraid we are unable to include this paper in the program. […] due to space constraints, my program committee and I had to make some painful cuts.”

-American Economic Association – April 1, 2014 I submitted my individual paper “Values for citizens and consumers’ preferences for designations of origin” for the January 2015 American Economic Association meeting in Boston. “But because of space constraints and the large number of submissions .. are unable to include it in the program”.

-Princeton University – Industrial Relations Section and Department of Economics Invitation to apply for IRS Visiting Research Scholar a.y. 2014-2015: November 24, 2013 I applied  online [February 12, 2014: feel free to apply again].

-PRIN (Research Projects of National Interest – Italian Ministry of University and Reasearch) 2012 (deadline February 18, 2013)  – Project Proposal  as National Coordinator and single Research Unit : “Designations of Origin and Wellbeing of Individuals” [May 2013: “Il progetto NON ha superato la fase di preselezione”, an evaluation of 5, 5 and 8 from the three anonymous evaluators].

-Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (National Scientific Qualification) � Call for Candidates 2012: on November 16, 2012 I submitted my application for obtaining the national scientific qualification to function as a university full professor (�I fascia�) in the competition sectors 13/A1 Economics e 13/A2 Economic Policy. December 18, 2013 publication of the results for the sector 13/A2 Economic Policy : Not qualified ; February 4, 2014 publication of the results for the sector 13/A1 Economics : Not qualified.

-Princeton University – Industrial Relations Section and Department of Economics Invitation to apply for IRS Visiting Research Scholar a.y. 2013-2014: October 17, 2012 I applied  online [March 2013: Position filled].

-European Research Council – Advanced Investigators Grant, 2011 Call – Proposal Project: “DO VALUE, The Value of Designations of Origin for Individuals”, Panel SH1: Individuals, Institutions and Markets: economics, finance and management [“The PI is a respected scholar, but …”, not financed].

-Princeton University – Industrial Relations Section and Department of Economics Invitation to apply for IRS Visiting Research Scholar a.y. 2011-2012: December 12, 2010 I applied online. February 9, 2011 the answer : �We found your application to be most noteworthy; however we have very limited space for visitors, and regret that we are unable to continue your candidacy for this position. We recruit visitors each year, however, so you should feel free to contact us again.�.

-PRIN (Research Projects of National Interest – Italian Ministry of University and Reasearch) 2009 (deadline May 31, 2010)  – Proposal Project as National Coordinator and single Research Unit : “The Value of Designations of Origin for foreign consumers: a study by the choices of buyers of wine in United States, United Kingdom and Germany” [not financed, with an evaluation of 52/60 from the anonymous evaluators of the Program. They financed from 54/60].

-PRIN project “Politiche dell’Unione Europea, processi di integrazione economica e commerciale ed esiti del negoziato WTO” : participant in the Research Unit of the University Roma III, 2008- 2009.

-Planning  Service of the Regione Emilia-Romagna – Agricultural Council – Responsible of the analysis: The Value of the Protected Designation of Origin for the territory, 2006 – 2009.

-RFO (Ricerca Fondamentale Orientata UNIBO) (ex 60%) – Responsible for the project: Protected Designation of Origin and Sustainable Development… and Wellbeing of Individuals, 2004 to present.

-PRIN project  �The new multilateral trade negotiations within the World Trade Organisation (Doha Round): liberalisation prospects and the impact on the Italian economy�:  participant in the Research Unit of the University Roma III. The project had the national coordination of  University �La Sapienza� Roma, Professor Paolo Guerrieri, 2005- 2006.

-Planning  Service of the Regione Emilia-Romagna – Agricultural Council , Responsible of the study �Protected Designations of Origin and sustainable development: an analysis of the DOC of Emilia-Romagna�,2004- 2005.

-MURST 60% – Responsible for the project: The Wine Territories as Amenities: the Role of the Protected Designations of Origin in their Management, 2002-2003.

-Head of the Italian and Spanish Integrated Action with the Instituto de Economia y Geografia of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas in Madrid Development Prospects of the Mediterranean Quality Agro-food Products, 2001 -2004.

-Responsible for the research contract between Associazione Nazionale Città del Vino and Dipartimento Scienze Statistiche for the Osservatorio sul Turismo del Vino (National Body on Wine Tourism), 2000 -2004.

-MURST 60% – Responsible for the project: Valorisation Tools of the Rural Environment: The Wine Routes, 2000 – 2001.

-MURST 60% – Head of the project: Behavior models of the agro-food markets, 1998/99

-Municipality of Modena (Emilia Romagna), operational co-ordinator of the Local Agro-Industrial Body, 1998 – 2002

-Regione Emilia Romagna and Associazione Nazionale Citt� del Vino, Scientific co-ordinator of the project: New instruments of valorisation for wine production and rural areas: a feasibility study of wine routes in Emilia -Romagna region, 1997 – 98

-MURST 60%: Convergence models in European  food consumption, 1996 – 97

-MURST 60%: Analysis of regional inequalities in the EEC agriculture, 1994 – 95

– EU/AIR(AIR20833): Production systems and meat consumption in France, Italy and Spain: a comparative analysis with special references to problems of quality and environment, headed by Prof. Roberto Fanfani of the Department of Statistics, University of Bologna, 1994 – 1996.

-CNR/RAISA sottoprogetto 1.2: Competitiveness and development of the agricultural  territorial systems, 1990-1995.

– CEE/SPES(SPES0027): Changement technique et restructuration dans l’industrie agroalimentaire en Europe, coordinated by Prof. Roberto Fanfani of the Department of Statistics, University of Bologna, 1991 – 1992.

-MURST 40%: New competitive strategies and structure of the agro- food markets, 1989 – 1994

-CNR – Contributi: Restructuring processes in the agricultural cooperatives,1992.

TEACHING

January 28-30, 2019: Erasmus+ European Union Program – Monitoring Visit at the Université de Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas (France).

2013, 2014, : I taught the second term (on Natural Ressources) of the “Environmental Economics” teaching in the undergraduate degree course “Economics, Markets and Institutions” at the School of Economics, Management and Statistics, University of Bologna.

2009 –  present: I am teaching �Health Economics� for the new undegraduate degree course �Statistics” at the Faculty of Statistics (now School of Economics, Management and Statistics), University of Bologna.
2005-2006: responsible of the term of Economics in the teaching “Economics for the Public Sector” in the “Statistics and Social Research” course.
2003 – 2010: Responsible for “Teaching Seminars” for the three-year degree “Statistics, Firms and Markets” and “Statistics and Social Research” courses at the Faculty of Statistics, University of Bologna.
April 22nd – 26th 2002 Taught with the Teaching Staff Mobility of the Erasmus/Socrates Programme in the Industrial Economics course, Faculty of Economics of the Paris II Panthéon Assas – Paris (France), Prof. Abdelhakim Hammoudi.
2001 –  present : Responsible for the University of Bologna of Socrates/Erasmus students exchanges in Economics and Environmental Economics with Universidade do Algarve (ended 2014), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (ended 2013),  Université de Paris 2 (it lives).
2001 –  2010: Teaching “Environmental Economics” for the degree course “Statistics, Population and Environment” (now Statistics and Social Research) at the Faculty of Statistics, University of Bologna.
1998 – 2003: Conducting seminars at the Master of Management and Development of Tourism Services – University of Bologna in Rimini.
May 4th – 14th 1998: Taught with the Teaching Staff Mobility of the Erasmus/Socrates Programme in the Agricultural Economics course, Faculty of Agricultural Economics of the Hohenheim Universität – Stuttgart (Germany), Prof. Werner Grosskopf.
1993 – 1996: Assistant coordinator of the EC/US Cooperation in Higher Education Programme coordinated by the University of Bologna, with University participation for the European Union from Bologna, Madrid, Modena, Montpellier, Reading, and the University of California, Berkeley and Davis, for the USA.
1992 – 1996: Assistant coordinator of the ICP Erasmus in Agricultural Economics, University of Bologna, participated by the Universities of Ancona, Athens, Bologna, Madrid, Modena, Montpellier, Reading and Stuttgart.
1992 – 2000: assistant to the courses of  Economic Policy and Agricultural Economics at the Faculty of Statistics in Bologna and Economic Policy leading to Diploma on Tourism Economics of the University of Bologna in Rimini.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

2024, January 5-7, I attended the live-streamed sessions, compliments of the AEA, of the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association.

2023, January 6-8, I attended the live-streamed sessions of the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association that took place in New Orleans, LA, U.S.A., and I presented my poster in the AEA Poster Session.

2022, January 10-11, I attended on line the American Economic Association 2022 Continuing Education Program, DSGE Modeling in Macroeconomics (Larry Christiano, Northwestern University, and Martin Eichenbaum, Northwestern University) .

2022, January 7-9, I attended on line the sessions of the 2022 Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, and I presented my poster in the AEA Virtual Poster Session.

2021, March 17th-19th, I participate on line in the sessions of the Western Economic Association International (WEAI), Virtual International Conference of the Western Economic Association International , and I presented my paper “The Early Detection of Breast Cancer for Women in Bologna (IT) after the Offer Reorganization” (with C. Corsi and C. Fabbri) in the Session “Health and Women”.

2021, January 6-8, I attended on line the American Economic Association 2021 Continuing Education Program, Markets for Innovation: Market Failures and Public Policies (Kevin Bryan, University of Toronto and Heidi Williams, Stanford University) .

2021, January 3-5, I attended on line the sessions of the 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association .

2020, January 5-7, I attended and participated in the American Economic Association 2020 Continuing Education Program, Monetary Policy (Gauti B. Eggertsson, Brown University; Jon Steinsson, University of California-Berkeley) in San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

2020, January 3-5, I attended the sessions of the 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association that took place in San Diego, CA, U.S.A. and I presented my poster in the AEA Poster Session.

2019, January, I am a part of the CIRI of the Health Sciences & Technologies, UO4 Technologies for health promotion and Prevention.

2019, January 6-8, I attended and participated in the American Economic Association 2019 Continuing Education Program, Inequality and Innovation (Ufuk Akcigit, University of Chicago; Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University) in Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

2019, January 4-6, I attended and participated in the sessions of the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association that took place in Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

September 28, 2018: I participated in the “La Notte Europea dei Ricercatori 2018” of the University of Bologna with the lecture “Il Servizio Sanitario Nazionale ti fa bella?“.

2018, February 19-24, I attended the LSE Festival: Beveridge 2.0, London, UK.

2018, January 7-9, I attended the American Economic Association 2018 Continuing Education Program, Matching Market Design (Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University; Nikhil Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Parag Pathak, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. . [I asked the Department for a contribution. They didn’t answer!] Completely financed by my personal income and with 500 euros of my University personal fund.

2018, January 5-7, I attended the sessions of the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association that took place in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.   and I presented my poster in the AEA Poster Session. [I asked the Department for a contribution. They didn’t answer!] Completely financed by my personal income and with 500 euros of my University personal fund.

November 28, 2017: “La domanda di mobilit� straordinaria verso il Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche presentata dalla Dottoressa Silvia Gatti non � accolta.” I am very sorry! I take note of it. I continue to work and to give the best.

September 29, 2017: I participated in the “Notte dei Ricercatori” of the University of Bologna in the “speed date” meetings organized to get to know the researchers. My subject was “National Health Service”.

June 24, 2017: I participated in the call. I submitted to the Rector of the University of Bologna, Professor Francesco Ubertini, my request of extraordinary mobility from the Department of Statistics to the Department of Economics of the University of Bologna.

2017, April 4, I attended the Conference “Independent Administrative Authorities and Anti-corruption“, CONSOB auditorium in Rome (IT), organized by CONSOB and Master Anticorruzione of Universit� degli Studi di Roma �Tor Vergata�

2017, January 8-10, I attended the American Economic Association 2017 Continuing Education Program, Cross-Section Econometrics (Alberto Abadie, Massachussetts Institute of Technology; Joshua Angrist, Massachussetts Institute of Technology;  Christopher Walters, University of California, Berkeley) in Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

2017, January 6-8, I attended the sessions of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association that took place in Chicago, IL, U.S.A.   and I presented my poster in the AEA Poster Session. [I didn’t ask for any contribution! It was an Honor and a pleasure that I didn’t want to share with anyone!]

September 8-9, 2016: I participated in the  MoPAct Workshop �Financial Literacy and Pension-related Communication for better Retirement and Long-term Financial Decisions�, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri, Turin,  Organized by CeRP � Collegio Carlo Alberto and Netspar as part of the the project �Mobilising the potential of active ageing in Europe (MOPACT)�, funded by the EC under the 7th Framework Programme and I was the discussant of the Paper Presented by Enrica Croda (University of Venice) �The Health of Disability Insurance Enrollees: An International Comparison� (with J. Skinner, L. Yasaitis).

July 19-23, 2016: Stay at the London School of Economics to study the UK National Health Service and collect bibliographical references.

February 5, 2016: appointed expert (of the party) in the case 615/2013 of the Tribunale di Modena (IT).

2016, January 5-7, I attended and participated in the American Economic Association Continuing Education Program, Microeconomics of Life Course Inequality (Steven Durlauf, University of Wisconsin-Madison and James J. Heckman, University of Chicago) in San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.  [November 2015: I asked for a contribution to my current department (Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Bologna – Italy) to participate in ASSA 2016 and Continuing Education with Prof. Durlauf and Prof. Heckman. The Department Board answered that they do not wish to meet a demand that does not relate to basic research, but to participate in a conference as an auditor. “¿Auditor? Not relate to research? Participating in ASSA Meeting 2016 and Attending Continuing Education with Prof. Durlauf and Prof. Heckman?”

2016, January 3-5, I attended the sessions of the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association that took place in San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.   [November 2015: I asked for a contribution to my current department (Department of Statistical Sciences at the University of Bologna – Italy) to participate in ASSA 2016 and Continuing Education with Prof. Durlauf and Prof. Heckman. The Department Board answered that they do not wish to meet a demand that does not relate to basic research, but to participate in a conference as an auditor. “¿Auditor? Not relate to research? Participating in ASSA Meeting 2016 and Attending Continuing Education with Prof. Durlauf and Prof. Heckman?”

December 18-19, 2015: I presented the paper Tutelare l’Equit� in Sanit�. I Cambiamenti nell’Offerta, e nelle Modalit� di Accesso, per i Servizi di Diagnosi Precoce di Tumore al Seno nell�Area Metropolitana della Citt� di Bologna, at the 11th Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Law and Economics (SIDE-ISLE) at the Department of Economics and Statistical Science and CSEF, Universit� di Napoli Federico II, Napoli (IT), p. 1-14. (Conference Program)

November 18, 2015: in accordance with the provisions of the Law 240 of 2010, I asked the new Rector of the University of Bologna, Professor Francesco Ubertini, that the allocations of the faculty to the new departments, made by the academic bodies in 2011, are revised, and that I am assigned ex officio, as an economist, to the Economics Department of the University of Bologna.

June 11, 2015: in accordance with the provisions of the Law 240 of 2010, I asked the Rector of the University of Bologna that the allocations of the faculty to the new departments, made by the academic bodies in 2011, are revised, and that I am assigned ex officio, as an economist,  to the Economics Department of the University of Bologna.

January 12, 2015: I renewed to the Rector of the University of Bologna and to the Deans of the Statistics Department and Economics Department my desire to be able to work in a disciplinary context close to me and so, once again, I asked to be transferred to the Department of Economics at the University of Bologna.

2015, January 5-6, I attended and participated in the American Economic Association Continuing Education Program, Health Economics (Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles, and Jonathan S. Skinner, Dartmouth College) in Boston, MA, U.S.A. .

2015, January 3-5, I attended the sessions of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association that took place in Boston, MA, U.S.A. .

2014, December 5: I attended the Lecture of Professor Christopher Pissarides “The monetary and fiscal policies in the Eurozone and the labour market” at the University of Milano for the VIII IBM Rotating Chair on Labor Studies (program).

October 27, 2012: I resubmitted to the Rector of the University of Bologna my desire to be able to work in a disciplinary context close to me and so I asked to be transferred to the Department of Economics at the University of Bologna.

2011, November 15, I attended the London School of Economics ticketed Public Lecture “Thinking Fast and Slow: Daniel Kahneman in conversation with Richard Layard“,  Centre for Economic Performance 21st Birthday Lecture Series, Old Theatre, Old Building, London School of Economics and Political Science, London.
2011, March 24-25: Delegate at the OECD -World Bank Conference “Challenges and Policies for Promoting Inclusive Growth“, OECD, Paris (full programme)
2008 – present: Member of the Editorial Board of “Enometrica
2007 – 2012: LLP/Erasmus and Leonardo  Coordinator for  the Faculty of Statistics.
2007 – 2012: Member of Vineyard Data Quantification Society (VDQS) Scientific Council.
2002, June 20-21, Organizer of the international workshop “AOC, DOC: Economie r�gionale et strat�gies industrielles” at the University of Bologna
2000: Research programme evaluator on Research Programme “Quality of Life” for the European Union.
2000 : Associate Researcher at the Laboratoire d’Organisation Industrielle Agro-Alimentaire of INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) Parigi Ivry.
1997 – 2007: Member of the Commissione Socrates and Commissione Leonardo of the Faculty of Statistics.
1996 -2010: Representative delegate of the Assistant Professors at the Faculty Council (now all Assistant Professors are in the Faculty Council).
1988 � 1991: Three-year Doctorate scholarship from the Italian Ministry of Scientific Research.
Reviewer for review “Economies et Soci�t�s”.
Reviewer for “Rivista di Economia Agraria”.
Reviewer for the journal “Growth and Change – Journal of Urban and Regional Policy”.
Member of the Società Italiana degli Economisti (Italian Society of Economists, SIE).
Member of the American Economic Association (AEA).
Member of the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE).
Member of the Western Economic Association International (WEAI).
Member of the Societ� Italiana di Diritto ed Economia – Italian Society of Law and Economics (SIDE – ISLE).
Member of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE).
Member of the Società Italiana di Economia Agraria (Italian Society of Agricultural Economics).