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Luigi Benfratello


Researcher (Econometrics, SECS-P/05)


Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
e Finanziarie "G. Prato
"Università di Torino   -   Facoltà di Economia

Corso Unione Sovietica 218bis
10134 TORINO (Italy)
Ph.: (+39) 0116706072  -  Fax: (+39) 0116706062
email:  benfratello@econ.unito.it

Facoltà di Economia - Torino     Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Finanziarie



Curriculum Vitae

Research

Teaching

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CURRICULUM

 

 

Curriculum Vitae (complete, in Italian)
Curriculum Vitae (short, in Italian)
Curriculum Vitae (complete, in English)
Curriculum Vitae (short, in English)

 


 

RESEARCH

 

Research interests: applied microeconometrics; FDI; R&D and Innovation; estimation of productivity and efficiency; regulation.

 

Articles in international journals

 

“Banks and Innovation: Microeconometric Evidence on Italian Firms” (with Alessandro Sembenelli and Fabio Schiantarelli), forthcoming, Journal of Financial Economics

“Technology and incentive regulation in the Italian motorways industry” (with Alberto Iozzi and Paola Valbonesi), forthcoming, Journal of Regulatory Economics

“Taste or reputation: what drives market prices in the wine industry? Estimation of a hedonic model for Italian premium wines ” (with Massimiliano Piacenza and Stefano Sacchetto), forthcoming, Applied Economics

“Foreign Ownership and Productivity. Is the direction of causality so obvious?”  (with Alessandro Sembenelli) (2006), International Journal of Industrial Organization, 24/4, pp. 733/751.

“Beyond profitability: effects of acquisitions on technical efficiency in the Italian pasta industry”  (2002), Managerial and Decision Economics, 23/7, pp. 399/415.

“Research Joint Ventures and firm level performance”  (with Alessandro Sembenelli) (2002), Research Policy, 31/4, pp. 493-507.

 

Other publications

 

“Firms’ productivity and internationalisation choices: evidence for a large sample of manufacturing firms” (with Tiziano Razzolini) (forthcoming), in “Multinationals and local competitiveness”, Lucia Piscitello and Grazia Santangelo (Eds.), Franco Angeli

“La riforma del settore autostradale in Italia: un cantiere aperto” (with Alberto Iozzi and Paola Valbonesi) (2007), in “Le politiche di liberalizzazione in Italia. Proposte di riforma e linee di intervento settoriali”, Fabio Pammolli, Carlo Cambini and Andrea Giannaccari (Eds.), Il Mulino

“Institutional and regulatory reform of the Italian motorway industry: a first empirical assessment” (with Alberto Iozzi and Paola Valbonesi) (2007), in “Servizi Pubblici: Nuove Tendenze nella Regolamentazione, nella Produzione e nel Finanziamento”, Massimo Marrelli, Fabio Padovano and Ilde Rizzo (Eds.), Franco Angeli

“Autostrade” (with Alberto Iozzi and Paola Valbonesi), (2006), Rivista di Politica Economica, XCVI(III-IV), pp. 329-364.

“Attracting Foreign Direct Investments in Europe: are Italian Regions Doomed?” (with Roberto Basile and Davide Castellani) (2005), Rivista di Politica Economica, January-February

“Competitività e divari di efficienza nell’industria italiana” (with Fabrizio Erbetta and Giovanni Fraquelli) (2005), Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, CXIII (1), pp.3-22.

“Determinanti ed effetti delle fusioni e acquisizioni: un’analisi sulla base delle notifiche alle autorità antitrust” (2001), L’Industria, XXII (3), pp. 469-500.

 

Submitted Papers

 

“Firms’ Heterogeneity and Internationalisation Choices: only productivity matters? Evidence on Italian Manufacturing Firms” (with Tiziano Razzolini)


 

TEACHING

Tutorials, Econometrics II (Undergraduate - Faculty of Economics, University of Turin)

Econometria (Undergraduate - Faculty of Economics, University of Turin)

Econometrics II (Master in Economics - Coripe Piemonte)

Modelli per dati panel lineari stazionari statici e dinamici (Master in Econometria applicata)

Microeconomics (Undergraduate - Faculty of Economics, University of Turin)


USEFUL LINKS

CERIS - CNR (Istituto di Ricerca sull'Impresa e lo Sviluppo)

PARN - PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS RESEARCH NETWORK

CIDE - CENTRO INTERUNIVERSITARIO DI ECONOMETRIA

BOOKS ON ECONOMETRICS


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