CURRICULUM VITAE ROBERTO NISTICÒ CONTACTS PERSONAL INFORMATION University of Naples Federico II, Department of Economics, Via Cintia Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Napoli, Italy. Oce: room E18, telephone: +39 081 675358 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/rnistico/home Date of birth: May 21, 1984 Citizenship: Italian CURRENT POSITION 2013- Post-doctoral Fellow, U of Naples Federico II Research Fellow, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF) EDUCATION 2014 2012 2008 2007 2005 Ph.D. Economics, U of Essex • Supervisors: Matthias Parey and Joao Santos Silva • Examiners: Giovanni Mastrobuoni and Pedro S. Martins Ph.D. Economics (Dottorato di ricerca ), U of Naples Parthenope M.Sc. Economics and Finance (MEF), U of Naples Federico II M.A. Applied Economics (Laurea specialistica ), U of Calabria B.A. Economics (Laurea triennale ), U of Calabria RESEARCH INTERESTS Economics of Education, Labor Economics, Microeconometrics and Political Economy CURRENT RESEARCH • • • Coups d'état and defence spending: a counterfactual analysis (with Vincenzo Bove). Revised and resubmitted to Public Choice Funding and Research Outcomes in PhD Programs Political Institutions and Economic Development Over Time: 1870-2005 1 ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS • Military in politics and budgetary allocations (with Vincenzo Bove), forthcoming in Journal of Comparative Economics. CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS 2014 2013 2012 2011 U of Calabria, IWAEE, RES, EPCS CSEF (U of Naples Federico II), U of Essex U of Essex, U of Naples Parthenope Hebrew U of Jerusalem (2nd JSS), U of Naples Parthenope REFEREEING Portuguese Economic Journal TEACHING 20132010-2013 2011-2012 2008-2009 G.T.A. Macroeconomics (Cultore della materia ), U of Naples Federico II G.T.A. Macroeconomics, U of Essex G.T.A. Introduction to Quantitative Economics, U of Essex G.T.A. Macroeconomics, U of Naples Federico II AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2011-2012 2009-2011 2008 2007-2008 2007 2005-2007 2005 2002-2005 Ph.D. scholarship, U of Essex Ph.D. scholarship, U of Naples Parthenope MEF outstanding student award, U of Naples Federico II MEF scholarship, U of Naples Federico II M.A. outstanding student award, U of Calabria M.A. scholarship, U of Calabria B.A. outstanding student award, U of Calabria B.A. scholarship, U of Calabria 2 REFERENCES Tullio Jappelli Department of Economics University of Naples Federico II Via Cintia Monte S. Angelo 80126 Napoli, Italy [email protected] Giovanni Mastrobuoni Department of Economics University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK [email protected] Matthias Parey Department of Economics University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK [email protected] Joao Santos Silva Department of Economics University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK [email protected] July 14, 2014 3