Antonio Ciccone’s CV, May 2010

Department of Economics and Business
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27
08005 Barcelona, Spain
Phone: (0034) 93 542 1669
Web page: http://www.antoniociccone.eu
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MAIN RESEARCH

– “Determinants of Economic Growth: Will Data Tell?” with Marek Jarocinski, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, forthcoming

–  “International Commodity Prices, Growth, and Civil War in Sub-Saharan Africa“ with Markus Brückner, The Economic Journal, May 2010

– Human Capital, the Structure of Production, and Growth with Elias Papaioannou, Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2009

– Red Tape and Delayed Entry with Elias Papaioannou, Journal of European Economic Association, Papers and Proceedings, April-May 2007

– Identifying Human Capital Externalities: Theory with Applications with Giovanni Peri, Review of Economic Studies, April 2006

– Long-run Substitutability Between More and Less Educated Workers: Evidence from US States 1950-1990 with Giovanni Peri, Review of Economics and Statistics, November 2005

– The Private and Social Return to Schooling in Italy with Federico Cingano and Piero Cipollone, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, December 2004

– On Payoff Heterogeneity in Games with Strategic Complementarities with James Costain, Oxford Economic Papers, October 2004

– Resistance to Reform: Status Quo Bias in the Presence of Individual-Specific Uncertainty: Comment, American Economic Review, July 2004

– Trade and Productivity with Francisco Alcala, Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2004

– Human Capital in a Global and Knowledge-Based Economy with Angel de la Fuente, Report, European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs, 2002

– Input Chains and Industrialization Review of Economics Studies,May 2002

– Agglomeration Effects in Europe European Economic Review,February 2002

– Efficiency and Equilibrium with Dynamic Increasing Aggregate Returns due to Demand Complementarities with Kiminori Matsuyama, Econometrica, May 1999

– Start-up Costs and Pecuniary Externalities as Barriers to Economic Development with Kiminori Matsuyama, Journal of Development Economics, May 1996

– Productivity and the Density of Economic Activity with Robert Hall, American Economic Review, March 1996

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TEACHING

UNDERGRADUATE MACROECONOMICS
UPF 1994-1995, UPF 1995-1996, UC Berkeley 1996-1997, UC Berkeley 1997-1998, UPF 1998-1999, UPF 1999-2000, UPF 2001-2002, Mannheim University 2005-2006, UPF 2006-2007, UPF 2007-2008, UPF 2008-2009, UPF 2009-2010

GRADUATE MACROECONOMICS
Stanford University 1993-1994, UPF 1994-1995, UPF 1995-1996, UC Berkeley 1996-
1997, UC Berkeley 1997-1998, UPF 1998-1999, UPF 1999-2000, UPF 2000-2001, UPF 2001-2002, UPF 2002-2003, UPF 2003-2004, UPF 2004-2005, UPF 2006-2007, UPF 2007-2008, UPF 2008-2009

OTHER
Barcelona Macroeconomics Summer School, London Business School, London School of Economics, European Central Bank, European Commission
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RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

– CEPR Research Fellow, 1999-present
– CESifo Research Fellow, 2004-present

– FEDEA Research Director, 2009-present
— Kiel Institute Research Fellow, 2009-present
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

– Co-Editor, The Economic Journal, 2007-present
– Editorial Board, Review of Economic Studies, 2001-2009
– Co-Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2003-2007
– Editorial Board, Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003-present
– Scientific Committee, Rivista di Politica Economica, 2003-present
– Associate Editor, Research in Economics, 1999-present

– Member of Program Committee, Simposio de Analisis Economico,1999-2006
— Chair of Scientific Committee, Simposio de Analisis Economico, 2007
– Member of Program Committee, European Economic Association Conference, 1999-2008

– Chair of Scientific Committee, European Economic Association Conference, 2009

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MAIN RESEARCH GRANTS

– University Research Distinction, Generalitat de Catalunya, 2003-2007
– UPF Scientist in Charge, European Commission RTN project Specialization Versus Diversification: The Microeconomics of Regional Development and the Spatial Propagation of Macroeconomic Shocks in Europe (2000-2004) HPRN-CT-2000-00072
–UPF Scientist in Charge, European Commission RTN project Product Markets, Financial Markets and the Pace of Innovation in Europe (2000-2004) HPRN-CT-2000-00061
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EDUCATION

– Ph.D. Stanford University (U.S.A.), September 1990-August 1994
– M.Sc. Mathematical Economics and Econometrics (2-Year Program),
London School of Economics (U.K.), September 1988-June 1990
– Vordiplom, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universitat Freiburg (Germany), 1986
– Abitur, Albert-Schweitzer Gymnasium, Neckarsulm (Germany), 1985

HONORS

— Fellow, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, 1986-1990
– Ely Devons Prize M.Sc. in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics at LSE, 1990 (shared with D. Laibson)
– Sloan Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1993-1994
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EMPLOYMENT

– 2005-present, Research Professor, ICREA
– 2003-present, Professor, Department of Economics and Business, UPF
– 1998-2003, Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Business, UPF
– 1996-1998, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley
– 1994-1996 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Business, UPF (on leave from UC Berkeley)