CURRICULUM VITAE
25 September, 2008
Decio Coviello
th,
Born 24 April 1978, Bari, Italy
Nationality: Italian
http://www.eui.eu/Personal/Researchers/decio/
CURRENT POSITION
04-08/12-08 Visiting Student in Economics at the New York University, NY, USA
09-04/Ph.D. Student, Dep. Of Economics, European University Institute , Florence (ITA) and research fellow at
Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF),
Majors: Determinants of the Quality of Institutions: Public Procurement, Courts’ Efficiency, and
Democracy. Effects of Political and Economic Institutions on Economic Outcomes.
Fields of Interest: Applied Microeconomics, Applied Macroeconomics, Applied Econometrics
EDUCATION
09-02/1-06
09-02/07-04
09-01/07-02
10-96/03-01
Doctorate in Economics, Dip. di Teoria e Storia dell’ Economia Pubblica, Università di Napoli “Frederico
II”, Naples (Italy). Title of the Thesis “Three Essays on Institutions and Economic Growth”, Supervisor:
Prof. F. Schiantarelli (Boston College),
Master in Advanced Studies (M.Phil. 2 years), GPEMF, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Spain),
Master in Economics and Finance, MEF, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples (Italy),
Degree in Economics, University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Title: “Consumer’s purchasing behaviour on
Internet”. Score: First Class degree (110/110 cum laude). Exams Average: 29/30.
SUMMER SCHOOLS
06-07
03-06
09-03
Presenter of the paper “Duration of Trials and the Individual Productivity of Judges” to the Summer
School “Economic Analysis of Heterogeneity in Social Organizations”, CORE 4-7 June 2007
Easter School in Econometrics with S. Bond and M. Arellano, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK,
Summer School in Econometrics for doctoral students, CIDE, Bertinoro, Italy.
PUBBLICATIONS AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“Weak Instruments and Weak Identification in Estimating the Effects of Education on Democracy”, (with M. Bobba),
Economics Letters, N.96, (2007), pg.301-306,
“Instrumental Variables Regressions in Growth, Geography and Institutions: Reconsidering some results”, 2003,
Published in Papers and Proceedings of the ICES2003 conference “Globalisation and the Political Economy of
Development in Transition Economies From Transition to Development”, pg. 142-153, The Faculty of Economics at
the University of Sarajevo and The World Bank, Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina).
WORKING PAPERS AND CURRENT RESEARCH
“Does Publicity Affect Competition? Evidence From Discontinuities in Public Procurement Auctions”, (with M. Mariniello),
JOB MARKET PAPER, CSEF WP N.188
"Duration of Trials and The Productivity of Judges", (with F. Contini e A. Ichino), Mimeo EUI,
“Does Culture Affect Misbehaviour? Evidence From a Natural Experiment at the EUI”,
“Does Aid help build Economic Institutions?”, 2006, (with R. Islam), World Bank Policy Research Working Papers,
N.3990, (submitted)
“Financial Development Accumulation and Growth: A New Look at the Empirical Evidence”, (with S. Bond e F.
C/O Economics Dep., New York University, 19 W 4th Street,
10009 New York, (NY), USA
phone:+39.348.9523474
e-mail: [email protected]
Schiantarelli), Marzo 2006 , Mimeo EUI,
“Is there an Effect of the Number of Lawyers on the Length of Trials?: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment”,
Dicembre 2005, Mimeo EUI,
“Legal Origins, Financial Development and Growth: Revisiting the Evidence in The Case of Weak Identification”, June
2005, Mimeo EUI.
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
02-07/Research Assistant for Prof. Luigi Guiso ([email protected])
05-05/06-06
Consultant for The World Bank Institute, on the project “Aid and Institutions”, for R. Islam (WBIPR
senior manager),
10-04/03-08
STATA Assistant (Software), European University Institute, Florence,
09-98/06-00
Departmental Collaboration, Department of Statistics, University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
10-07/12-07 Teaching Assistant, for Prof. L. Guiso, European University Institute, Firenze (Italia): “Econometrics”,
Ph.D. compulsory course, (20 hours).
10-06/12-06 Teaching Assistant, for Prof. A. Ichino, IMT Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca (Italia): “Applied
Economics”, Ph.D. course, (16 hours).
01-06/03-06
Teaching Assistant, for Prof. A. Ichino, European University Institute, Firenze (Italia): “Topics in
Microeconometrics”, Ph.D. compulsory course, (20 hours).
REFEREE ACTIVITY
The Economics Journal, Labour Economics, Journal of Economics Managements and Strategies, Oxford Bulletin of
Economics and Statistics, Review of Finance, The Berkeley Electronic Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS
2008: European Economic Review Talented Economists Clinic, CEPR workshop on Government and Governance,
Royal Economics Society, Oxford University, Public Economics Seminar, Public Economics UK and Institute for Fiscal
Studies, (PEUK-IFS), Ph.D. Conference in Public Economics, CONSIP, University of Bologna, University of Naples,
University of Padua, University of Salerno, University of Siena,
2007: ASSET 2007, Spanish Economics Association, Granada, Latin American Meetings of the Econometrics Society,
(Lacea-Lames), Bogotà, La Pietra-Mondragone Workshop In Economics Theory and Econometrics, CSEF and
University of Salerno Seminar Series;
2006: Latin American Meetings of the Econometrics Society, (Lacea-Lames), Itam, Mexico-City, November 2006, 13th
International Conference on Panel Data. Cambridge University;
2005: MOT-International Monetary Found seminars, Washington D.C., CEPR Conference on Institutions, Policy and
Growth, INSEAD, Microeconometrics Lunch Seminars, European University Institute,
2004: 1st CRISS Annual Meeting for Young Economists, 2nd CRISS Annual Meeting for Young Economists, Pavia,
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Italian: native. English: fluent (spoken and written). Spanish fluent (spoken and written).
COMPUTER SKILLS
Unix, STATA 10 and MP, MATA, Windows, MS-Office, WinEdit, Gauss 8, Matlab 6, Eviews 5.1
C/O Economics Dep., New York University, 19 W 4th Street,
10009 New York, (NY), USA
phone:+39.348.9523474
e-mail: [email protected]
GRANTS, AWARDS AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS
04-08/12-08
Research Grant (Borsa di Mobilita’ Ricercatori) from the Region Basilicata to finance the visiting
fellowship at the New York University
05-07/05-09
Research Grant (Assegno di Ricerca) from the Univiersity of Salerno and CSEF
09-04/Completion grant for Ph.D studies at EUI from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
04-02/04-05
Completion grant for Doctoral studies at University of Naples “Federico II” from the Italian Ministry of
University and research (MIUR),
09-01/06-02
Completion grant for MSc studies, to attend the Master in Economics and Finance, MEF, University of
Naples “Federico II”, Naples, from Regione Basilicata,
09-98/06-00
Collaboration to Research Grant, Department of Statistics, University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
REFERENCES
Prof. Andrea Ichino, Economics Dept., University of Bologna, P.za Scaravilli 2, 40126 Bologna (Italia), phone:
+39.051.2098878, e-mail: [email protected] , (External Advisor)
Prof. Luigi Guiso, Economics Dept., European University Institute, Via della Piazzola 43, 50133 Firenze (Italia), phone:
+39.055.4685922, e-mail: [email protected], (Internal Advisor)
Prof. Nicola Persico, Economics Dept. New York University, 19 W. 4th Street, New York, NY 10012, phone: +1-212 - 998
3889, e-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Tullio Jappelli, Dip. di Teoria e Storia dell’Economia Pubblica, University of Naple “Federico II”, Via Cintia Monte S.
Angelo, 80126, Napoli, (Italy),081.675042, e-mail: [email protected],
C/O Economics Dep., New York University, 19 W 4th Street,
10009 New York, (NY), USA
phone:+39.348.9523474
e-mail: [email protected]