Facoltà di Economia "G. Fuà"

• HISTORY
• DEGREE PROGRAM
• ADMISSION
• FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS
• CURRENT PhD STUDENTS
• JOB MARKET CANDIDATES
• PLACEMENT
• STUDENT LIFE
• CONTACTS

HISTORY
The PhD program in economics started in 1985, a year later the institution of PhD programs in Italy. Since then it has been known as one of the leading PhD programs in Italy, with PhD students of other Universities coming to attend our graduate courses.
During the years, approximately 200 students graduated from our PhD program. They were mainly Italians, but a significant and growing number from foreign countries (African, Asian, and Eastern European countries).


DEGREE PROGRAM

DESCRIPTION
The PhD program consists of three years. In the first year students are required to attend advanced courses. Students are admitted to the second year of the program upon satisfactory performance in the exams at the end of the first year. The second and third year are devoted to the development of the PhD thesis. In this period students are required to attend seminars organised in the department. At the end of the third year candidates needs to defend their thesis in front of a panel of examiners (partially external).

2012-2014 PROGRAM
This year we propose a partially joint PhD program with sociologists and historians. In the first year the course will consist in a common part, around 2/3 of basic economics (micro, macro and econometrics) and 1/3 of sociological and historical subjects. At the end of this period students will be evaluated through exams and they will be able to choose among two different specialization fields: economics or socio-historical subjects.

FACILITIES
Students are provided with a PC and office space, and the possibility to access all the resources of the University: Services

ADMISSION

The Economics Department of Ancona welcomes applications from all countries. The number of available positions for new PhD candidates is variable, but approximately 13/14 positions are available each year:

• All candidates: 9 positions are accessible via formal examination, according to the terms and conditions published each year in the "Gazzetta Ufficiale" of the Italian Republic (a translation in English will be available in this webpage). We offer 5 scholarships to outstanding candidates (scholarships are available only through this channel)
• Only non E.U. citizens: (approx.) 5/6 positions are available to non-E.U. citizens. In this case candidates should send (by the end of September) a detailed curriculum studiorum consisting (at least) of the following items: degree and awarded university, detailed list of courses taken in economics and their scores, detailed list of texts used in these courses.
  
  For 2012 applications (PhD program from Jan. 2012 to Dec. 2014) the deadline is September 30th, 2011; formats and information can be downloaded at the following address: http://www.univpm.it/Entra/Engine/RAServePG.php/P/560210013400/M/326310010307

SECTION OF ECONOMICS

FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS

• International economics
• Regional economics
• Growth and development
• Monetary economics
• Banking
• Industrial Organisation
• Journal of Economic Geography
• Journal of Banking and Finance
• Labour economics
• Public Economics
• Agricultural economics
• Statistics and Econometrics
• Complexity and agent based models

Faculty members

Working papers

According to REPEC, DEA ranking is 500 on 4737 institutions (top 11%) (March 2010); results of the research conducted by members of the department are published in international leading journals, such as:

American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Ecological Economics; Econometric Theory; The Economic Journal; European Review of Agricultural Economics; Explorations in Economic History; Journal of Applied Econometrics; Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control; Labour Economics; Regional Studies; The Review of World Economics; Small Business Economics



CURRENT PhD STUDENTS

• F. Aliu (XII)
• E. Casabianca (XI)
• R. Colacicco (XI)
• A. Colasante (XII)
• S. Fabbri (X)
• C. Filippini (X)
• S. Filomeni (XII)
• F. Giri (XII)
• R. Grilli (XI)
• M. Manca (XI)
• E. Merkaj (XII)
• C. Pigini (X)
• P. Russo (X)
• F. Scaturro (XII)
• E. Serfilippi (X)
• D. Sicari (XII)
• A. Zogaj (XII)

JOB MARKET CANDIDATES
(in alphabetical order: thesis title in parenthesis)

Balducci Francesco
(Il mercato della musica nell'era digitale. L'evoluzione delle preferenze e le strategie degli agenti)

Bellucci Andrea
(Distances, Banking Relationships and Spatial Competition in Local Credit Markets)

Bettin Giulia
(Three essays on International Migration)

Chen Siyan
(Agent-based modeling for wealth and income distributions)

Cirilli Andrea
(Traiettorie di sviluppo urbano in Italia: un'analisi comparata)

Coderoni Silvia
(La produzione di inquinanti dell’agricoltura italiana. Un’analisi mediante la curva di kuznets ambientale)

Compagnucci Fabiano
(L'interpretazione dell'organizzazione territoriale del processo economico in Italia: concetti, metodi, analisi e proposte)

D’Agostino Lorena
(The impact of r&d offshoring in emerging countries on home knowledge creation of oecd investing regions)

D'Angelo Emanuela
(Three Essays on Well-being and Inequality)

Gramillano Andrea
(Urbanizzazione e sviluppo economico in america latina)

Guidi Francesco
(Economie industrializzate e shock petroliferi: un'analisi empirica)

LentiElisa
(L’economia di genere. imprese femminili e accesso al credito)

Maggioni Daniela
(Three essays on International Trade and Productivity)

Materia Valentina Cristiana
(Il finanziamento pubblico della ricerca come rapporto principale-agente. Il caso della R&S agricola finanziata dalle regioni)

Riccetti Luca
(Use of copulas and active portfolio management)

Severini Francesca
(Politiche fiscali ed ambientali: analisi degli impatti sull'economia italiana con un modello CGE)

Veneri Paolo
(Policentrismo urbano e costi sociali della mobilità nelle aree metropolitane italiane)




PLACEMENT

Our PhD laureates have accepted positions in:

• Italian Universities (mainly)
• Foreign Universities (in ARG, CH, NL, POL, UK, USA, ZAR)
• Italian government and other public institutions (Bank of Italy, Ministries, UIC, etc.)
• Foreign public and private institutions (UN-ILO, NIESR, Deutsch Bank, BCG, etc.)

STUDENT LIFE

• Accommodation
• The city of Ancona

CONTACTS

• Prof. Massimo Tamberi (Director of the PhD program) email: m.tamberi@univpm.it
• Andreina Barontini (Administrative staff) email: a.barontini@univpm.it