I am Full Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Pisa, a faculty member of the Dipartimento di Economia e Management, of the Tuscan Interuniversity Centre – Advanced Statistics for Equitable and Sustainable Development, entitled to Camilo Dagum, and of REMARC, Responsible Management Research Center.

My research focuses on economic growth, nonlinear dynamics, regional policy, spatial econometrics, wealth distribution, social mobility, health, migration, and corporate social responsibility.

I have published in international journals, such as the Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Regional Science, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, European Journal of History of Economic Thought, Journal of Macroeconomics, Papers in Regional Science, Journal of Income Inequality, Economic Theory, and Oxford Review of Economic Policy.