Curriculum Vitae - Paolo Vanin
February 26, 2015
Department of Economics, University of Bologna
Piazza Scaravilli, 2 - 40126 - Bologna (BO) - Italy
Tel.: +39 - 051 20 98 120 (office); +39 - 328 21 53 815 (mobile); Fax: +39 - 051 20 98 040
E-mail: [email protected]. Web-page: http://www2.dse.unibo.it/vanin/
Birth: March 13, 1974, Venice, Italy
Citizenship: Italian - Sex: Male - Marital Status: Married - One Child
Current position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, Department of Economics
Education
2007
Ph.D. in Economics, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA, Barcelona, Spain.
Final dissertation: "Industrial Organization, Trade and Social Capital"
2003
Dottorato di Ricerca in Economia Politica (Ph.D. in Economics), UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA
Final dissertation: "Economic Growth and Social Development"
1998
Laurea in Discipline Economiche e Sociali (B.A. in Economics), UNIVERSITÀ BOCCONI
Thesis: "La dimensione relazionale dell'interazione economica: beni relazionali e capitale sociale" (110/110
summa cum laude)
Research interests
Social Economics (Social Capital, Social Interactions, Moral Values, Substance Use and Abuse)
Crime Economics
Information Transparency
Industrial Organisation and Trade
Teaching
Undergraduate
Macroeconomics: UPF 2005, Padova 2005-2007 (tutorials), Bologna 2008-2014, Forlì 2014
International Economics: Buenos Aires 2013, 2015
Microeconomics: Padova 2005-2006 (tutorials), 2007
Game Theory: Padova 2006, 2007
Labour Economics: Padova 2006-2009
Personnel Economics: Padova 2008
Master and Ph.D.
Behavioral Law & Economics (Enforcement Mechanisms): EDLE and Ph.D. in Economics, Bologna 2011 (Spring and
Winter), 2013, 2014, 2015
Labour Economics: M.Sc. in Labour Law, Bologna 2011 (Spring and Winter), 2012, 2013, 2014
Principles of Public Economics: LM GIOCA, Bologna 2014
International Economics: M.Sc. in International Politics, Bologna 2014
Social Capital, Values and Norms: Ph.D. in Economics, UCA, Buenos Aires 2011
Game Theory: Ph.D. in Economics and Management, Padova 2008, 2009
Cultural Economics: Master of Art and Culture Management, Trento 2006
Mathematical Methods: Ph.D. in Economics and Management, Padova 2006
Game Theory (tutorials): M.Sc. in Economics, UPF 2003, 2004
Previous positions
Assistant Professor of Economics: 2005 to 2008, UNIVERSITY OF PADUA, Department of Economics, Faculty of
Statistics; 2008 to 2014, UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, Department of Economics
Visiting researcher, FREE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN, 2012
Visiting researcher, UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA, Buenos Aires, 2007
Research assistant for Antonio Cabrales, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA, 2002-2005
Research assistant for Antonio Ciccone, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA, 2002
EDP student, UNIVERSITÄT BONN, Germany, European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics, 2000-2001
Visiting researcher, UNIVERSITÄT OSNABRÜCK, Germany, supervised by Giacomo Corneo, 1999
Selected publications
On refereed journals
Economic Behavior under the Influence of Alcohol: An Experiment on Time Preferences, Risk-taking, and Altruism
(with L. Corazzini and A. Filippin), Plos One, forthcoming
Poor Institutions, Rich Mines: Resource Curse in the Origins of the Sicilian Mafia (with P. Buonanno, R. Durante and
G. Prarolo), Economic Journal, forthcoming
Market Distortions and Government Transparency (with F. Albornoz and J. Esteban), Journal of the European
Economic Association, 12(1), 2014, 200-222
‘Thou Shalt Not Covet’: Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values (with M. Cervellati), Journal of Public Economics,
103, 2013, 15-28
Bowling Alone, Drinking Together (with P. Buonanno), Empirical Economics, 44(3), 2013, 1635-1672
Crime and Social Sanction (with P. Buonanno and G. Pasini), Papers in Regional Science, 91(1), 2012, 193-218
Trade Protection and Industrial Structure (with F. Albornoz), The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 10(1)
(Topics), 2010, Article 57
Does Social Capital Reduce Crime? (with P. Buonanno and D. Montolio), Journal of Law and Economics, 52(1), 2009,
145-170
Social Capital Accumulation and the Evolution of Social Participation (with A. Antoci and P. L. Sacco), Journal of
Socio-Economics, 36(1), 2007, 128-143
On refereed books
Social and Civil Capital, in L. Bruni and S. Zamagni (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of Reciprocity and Social
Enterprise, Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 2013, 306-317
The Economics of Human Relationships (with P. L. Sacco e S. Zamagni), in S-C. Kolm and J. Mercier Ythier (eds.),
Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity, Volume 1, Amsterdam: Elsevier North Holland, 2006,
695-730
On the Possible Conflict Between Economic Growth and Social Development (with A. Antoci and P. L. Sacco), in B.
Gui and R. Sugden (eds.), Economics and Social Interaction: Accounting for Interpersonal Relations, Cambridge
University Press, 2005, 150-173
Book reviews
Goyal, S.: Connections: an introduction to the economics of networks, Journal of Economics, 95(1), 2008, 83-86
Recent working papers
Organized Crime and Electoral Outcomes in Sicily (con P. Buonanno e G. Prarolo), Università di Bologna, Department
of Economics Working Paper N. 965, 2014
Economic Behavior under Alcohol Influence: An Experiment on Time, Risk, and Social Preferences (with L. Corazzini
and A. Filippin), Università di Bologna, Department of Economics Working Paper N. 944, 2014 [other version: IZA
Discussion Paper N. 8170, 2014]
Work in progress
Community Fractionalization and Crime (with P. Buonanno and G. Zanella)
Violations of the Law of Demand in a Dynamic Setting (with D. Dragone)
Social Closure, Surnames and Crime (with P. Buonanno)
Recent conferences, seminars and presentations
2014
Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy ("Social Closure and Crime");
Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy ("Mafia and Elections"); Seminar of the
Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy ("Social Closure and Crime"); Workshop on The
Italian North-South Divide: Behavioral and Historical Foundations, University of Bologna, Italy ("On Mafia
Origins")
2013
Seminar of the Department of Economic Theory, University of Barcelona, Spain ("Social Closure and Crime");
Workshop on Civil Violence, University of Bologna, Italy ("On Mafia Origins"); Seminar of the Department of
Economics, University of Milan, Italy ("On Mafia Origins"); Workshop on Inequality and Crisis, University of
Bologna, Italy ("Crisis and Labor Market Reforms in Italy"); Seminar of the Department of Economics, PUC,
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil ("On Mafia Origins"); Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of San
Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina ("On Mafia Origins"); Jornadas Internacionales de Filosofía de la
Economía, UCA, Buenos Aires, Argentina ("Teoría de Juegos, Cooperación y Don")
2012
SIE (Riunione Annuale della Società Italiana degli Economisti), Matera, Italy ("On Mafia Origins");
Finanzwissenschaftliches Colloquium, Free University, Berlin, Germany ("On Mafia Origins"); Seminar of the
Department of Economics, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland ("On Mafia Origins"); DIW Applide Micro
Seminar, Berlin, Germany ("On Mafia Origins")
2011
SONIC Seminar, University of Bologna, Italy ("The effect of alcohol consumption on economic behaviour")
Seminar of the Department of Economics, IMT, Lucca, Italy ("Government Information Transparency"); II
Workshop on Institutions, Individual Behavior and Economic Outcomes, Porto Conte Ricerche, Sardinia
("Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values"); Seminar of the School of Economics, UCA, Buenos Aires,
Argentina ("La necesidad del capital social para el desarrollo económico"); PRIN Meeting (Social Capital,
CSR and Performance), Bologna, Italy ("Thou Shalt not Covet …: Empirics")
2010
Seminar of the Department of Economics, University of San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina ("Prohibitions,
Temptation and Moral Values"); SIE (Riunione Annuale della Società Italiana degli Economisti), Catania, Italy
("Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values"); GRASS (Social Choice Research Group), Modena, Italy
("Prohibitions, Temptation and Moral Values")
Conference and seminar organization
“Young Economists’ Workshop on Social Economics”, Forlì, 2009-2014 (member of the scientific committee)
Seminars of the Economics Department, University of Bologna, 2009-2011 (co-organizer)
Conference on “Economics of Culture, Institutions and Crime”, Milan, 20-22 January 2010 (co-organized with Alberto
Bisin, Giovanni Prarolo and Thierry Verdier; supported by SUS.DIV, University of Padua, FEEM)
Seminars of the Economics Department, University of Padova, 2007-2008 (co-organizer)
ASSET (Annual Meeting of the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists), Padova, 1-3 November 2007
(member of the scientific committee)
Internal Seminars, Economics Department, University of Padova, 2006-2008 (organizer)
Research grants
Research Project “A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Civil Violence and Crime”, PRIN,
2012 (coordinated by M. Cervellati)
Research Project “Mafia and voting behaviour: theoretical and empirical insights from Sicilian elections”, EIEF, 2013
(coordinated by P. Buonanno)
Research Project “Mortality, conflict and development: a theoretical and empirical investigation of the interactions
between demographic and economic development”, EIEF, 2008 (coordinated by M. Cervellati)
Research Project “A behavioral approach to social norms and intertemporal choices”, FIRB, 2008 (coordinated by M.
Casari)
Research Project “Social capital, corporate social responsibility and performance”, PRIN, 2008 (coordinated by
Leonardo Becchetti)
Research Project "Economic analysis of crime and social interactions", University of Padua, 2007 (principal
investigator, grant CPDA071899, €45000)
Graduate advising and dissertation committees
Paolo Zanghieri, University of Bologna, Ph.D. in Economics (advisor)
Ilaria De Angelis, University of Bologna, Ph.D. in Economics (advisor)
Faiz Ur-Rehman, University of Bologna, European Doctorate in Law and Economics (advisor)
Maria Pia Sacco, University of Bologna, European Doctorate in Law and Economics (advisor)
Spyridon Boikos, Chiara Conti, Martina Sartori, Ali Sarzaaem, University of Milan, Ph.D. in Economics, dissertations
defended on 4 February 2013 (member of the dissertation committee)
Michel Alexandre da Silva, University of Siena, Ph.D. in Economics, dissertation defended on 7 April 2010 (member of
the dissertation committee)
Mauro Sodini, University of Pisa, Ph.D. in Mathematics for economic decisions, dissertation defended in 2005 (external
reviewer of the dissertation)
Refereeing for academic journals
Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of the European Economic Association, Economic Journal,
Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Evolutionary Economics,
Regional Studies and Urban Economics, Papers in Regional Science, Journal of Regional Science, Investigaciones
Económicas, Regional Studies, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Berkeley Electronic Journal of Theoretical
Economics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of
Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Manchester School, Southern Economic Journal, International Review of Law
and Economics, Revue d’Economie Politique/Political Economy, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Review of
Economics and Institutions, Sociological Theory, Food Policy, QA
Affiliations
European Economic Association (2007-2014), Italian Economic Association (2012), Econometric Society (2007-2009),
American Economic Association (2008, 2009), Canadian Economics Association (2007), European Association for
Research in Industrial Economics (2007, 2008), American Association of Wine Economists (2009)
Languages and computer skills
Italian (mother tongue) , English (excellent), Spanish (excellent), German (very good);
Matlab, Stata, Mathematica, Latex, Office, Basic