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Nicola Pontarollo

Nicola Pontarollo

University of Brescia, Department of Economics and Management

Economist

Email
nicola.pontarollo@unibs.it
Homepage
sites.google.com/view/nicolapontarollo/

Actual Positions

December 2019 – : Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia, Italy.

Past Positions

October 2016 – November 2019: Research Officer at Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission's Science Service Joint Research Centre (JRC) - EU

January 2016 – August 2016: post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Economics Quantitative Methods and Business Strategy, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy.

April 2015 – August 2015: research scholarship at the Department of Economics, University of Verona, Italy.

July 2014 – December 2014: assistant professor at Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile.

July 2009 – April 2010: research associate at the Department of Economics, University of Verona, Italy.

Education

April 2014: PhD in Economics and Finance at the University of Verona. Thesis title “Four essays on the productivity convergence of the European Regions” (Supervisors Prof. F. Pecci and Prof. F. Perali).

April 2009: Master’s degree in Applied Economics at the University of Verona with mark 110/110 cum laude. Thesis title “The Convergence Process in EU-27 between 1995 and 2007: A Spatial Analysis” (Supervisor Prof. F. Pecci).

December 2006: Bachelor's degree in Economics of International Trade at the University of Verona with mark 105/110. Thesis title “The Balkan Countries in Transition: Is the free trade a way to integration?” (Supervisor Prof. G. Tondini).

Teaching

2018: Public Policies Evaluation and Tools for the spatial analysis of socio-economic issues (PhD, 40 hrs each), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador).

2017: Advanced Spatial Analysis for Territorial Cohesion, Regional Economics and Migration (PhD, 40 hrs), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador), Spatial Econometrics (PhD, 20 hrs), Escuela Politecnica Superior del Litoral (Ecuador).

2016: Public Finance (UG, 20 hrs), University of Milan-Bicocca (Italy) (teaching assistant); Spatial Econometrics (PhD, 20 hrs), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador).

2015: Spatial Econometrics and Regional Economic Analysis (PhD, 20 hrs each), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador); Data Analysis for Business (PhD, 72 hrs), Suleyman Demirel University (Kazakhstan).

2014: Spatial Econometrics (PhD, 20 hrs), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador); Macroeconomics I and Macroeconomics II (UG, 60 hrs each), Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta (Chile); Public Finance (UG, 20 hrs), University of Verona (Italy) (teaching assistant).

2013: Microeconomics (UG, 20 hrs), University of Verona (Italy) (teaching assistant).

2012: Microeconomics (UG, 20 hrs), University of Verona (Italy) (teaching assistant).

2018: Public Policies Evaluation and Tools for the spatial analysis of socio-economic issues (PhD, 40 hrs each), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador).

2017: Advanced Spatial Analysis for Territorial Cohesion, Regional Economics and Migration (PhD, 40 hrs), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador), Spatial Econometrics (PhD, 20 hrs), Escuela Politecnica Superior del Litoral (Ecuador).

2016: Public Finance (UG, 20 hrs), University of Milan-Bicocca (Italy) (teaching assistant); Spatial Econometrics (PhD, 20 hrs), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador).

2015: Spatial Econometrics and Regional Economic Analysis (PhD, 20 hrs each), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador); Data Analysis for Business (PhD, 72 hrs), Suleyman Demirel University (Kazakhstan).

2014: Spatial Econometrics (PhD, 20 hrs), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador); Macroeconomics I and Macroeconomics II (UG, 60 hrs each), Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta (Chile); Public Finance (UG, 20 hrs), University of Verona (Italy) (teaching assistant).

2013: Microeconomics (UG, 20 hrs), University of Verona (Italy) (teaching assistant).

2012: Microeconomics (UG, 20 hrs), University of Verona (Italy) (teaching assistant).

Research Funding

Co-investigator, DIUC: Analysis of territorial economic growth and the relationship with institutional variables: a multilevel approach for the Ecuadorian case, GIER, University of Cuenca (Ecuador), 2019-2021.

Co-investigator, DIUC project: Territorial Economic Growth in Ecuador: Determinants and Policies, GIER, University of Cuenca (Ecuador), 2017-2019.

Co-investigator, DIUC project: System of Multidimensional Indicators of Economic Development, GIER, University of Cuenca (Ecuador), 2016-2018.

Co-investigator, DIUC project: Study of Economic Disparities in Ecuador through Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis and Spatial Convergence Models, GIER, University of Cuenca (Ecuador), 2016-2018.

Grants

2016: Regional Studies Association (RSA) travel grant award

October 2014: scholarship from the European Commission to attend the Open Days Master Class in Brussels (Belgium).

October 2013: scholarship from the European Commission to attend the Open Days Master Class in Brussels (Belgium).

November 2011 – April 2012: PhD visiting scholarship at the Universidad de Alcalà de Henares (Spain)

November 2010 – November 2013: PhD scholarship in Economics and Finance at the University of Verona (Italy).

September 2004 – June 2005: Erasmus scholarship at the Universitat de Valencia (Spain).

Main Scientific Publications

  1. Infrastructure and regional growth: railways and the productivity gap in Italy after Unification (2020) Journal of Regional Science, forthcoming (with Ricciuti R.). 10.1111/jors.12484.
  2. Analysing Domestic Tourism Flow at the Provincial Level in Spain by Using Spatial Gravity Models (2019) International Journal of Tourism Research, forthcoming (with Alvarez M., D’Hombres B., Ghisetti C.). DOI: 10.1002/jtr.2344.
  3. The determinants of subjective wellbeing in a developing country: The Ecuadorian case (2019) Journal of Happiness Studies, forthcoming (with Orellana Bravo M. and Segovia Sarmiento J.). DOI: 10.1007/s10902-019-00211-w
  4. Ranking Regional Economic Resilience in the EU (2020) forthcoming In Bristow G., Healy, A. (eds.) Handbook on Regional Economic Resilience(with Serpieri C.) link
  5. Convergencia Cantonal en Ecuador y el Papel de la Heterogeneidad Espacial (2019) CEPAL Review, 129: 163-189 (with Mendieta Muñoz R. and Ontaneda D.). link
  6. Regional voting dynamics in Europe: the rise of anti-elite and anti-European parties (2019) Environment and Planning A, forthcoming (with Ferrante C.) DOI: 10.1177/0308518X19884942.
  7. Regional Diffusion of Military Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa (2019) Papers in Regional Science forthcoming (with Ricciuti R. and Caruso R.) DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12479.
  8. The environmental Kuznets curve in Ecuador: a spatial panel analysis (2020) Ecological Indicatorsforthcoming (with Mendieta Muñoz R.) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105699.
  9. Towards regional renewal: A multilevel perspective for the EU (2019), Regional Studiesforthcoming (con Serpieri C.). DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1640357.
  10. Unveiling the internal migration dynamics in Ecuador between 2001 and 2010 (2019), Regional Studies, Regional Science, 6(1): 368-370 (with Segovia Sarmiento J.). DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2019.1623069
  11. The statistical properties of the networks of emigrants: the Ecuadorian case (2019) International Migration, 57(4): 40-57 (with Espinosa A.M., Horna L., Mendieta Muñoz R.) DOI: 10.1111/imig.12547
  12. Ethnic Minority Concentration: A Source of Productivity Growth for Italian Provinces? (2019), Papers in Regional Science, 98(1): 17-34 (with Michelangeli A. and Vittucci-Marzetti G.) DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12327.
  13. A Composite Policy Tool to Measure Territorial Resilience Capacity (2018), Socio-economic Planning Sciences, forthcoming (with Serpieri C.) DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2018.11.006
  14. Mafia murders in Palermo (1909-1992) (2019) Journal of Regional Security, 14(1): 25–28 (with Ricciuti R.) DOI: 10.5937/JRS1901025P
  15. Supra National, National and Local Dimensions of Voter Turnout in European Parliament Elections (2019) Journal of Common Market Studies, 57(4): 877-893 (with Fiorino N. and Ricciuti R.) DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12851
  16. The Value of Culture to Urban Housing Markets (2018) Regional Studies, 52(12): 1672-1683 (with Borgoni R. and Michelangeli A.) DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1444271.
  17. European Union regional discomfort before and after the crisis (2018) Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 50(7): 1375-1380 (with Ronchi S. and Serpieri C.) DOI: 10.1177/0308518X18779594.
  18. A Note on Borders, Dyads and the Distribution of Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018) Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 24(2): 1-8 (with Ricciuti R.) DOI: 10.1515/peps-2018-0010.
  19. Territorial Growth in Ecuador: The Role of Economic Sectors (2018) Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting, XXI (1): 124-139 (with Mendieta Muñoz R.). EID: 2-s2.0-85045348089. link
  20. Temporary and Permanent Effects of Remittances on Economic Growth in Ecuador (2018), Journal of International Development, 30, 533–536 (with Mendieta Muñoz R.) DOI: 10.1002/jid.3358.
  21. Does Cohesion Policy affect regional growth? New evidence from a semi-parametric approach (2017), In: Bachtler J., Berkowitz P., Hardy S., Muravska T. (eds.), EU Cohesion Policy, Routledge: 69-84. DOI: 10.4324/9781315401867.
  22. Cantonal Convergence in Ecuador: A Spatial Econometric Perspective (2016) Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, Volume XI, Issue 1(39), Spring 2016: 107-126 (with Mendieta Muñoz R.). EID: 2-s2.0-84964253473. link
  23. The Convergence Process of European Regions between 1995 and 2007, The Italian Journal of Regional Science, 10(2): 95-120. (with Pecci F.). DOI: 10.3280/SCRE2011-002004.
  24. The Application of Spatial Filtering Technique to the Economic Convergence of the European Regions between 1995 and 2007 (2010) In: D. Taniar et al. (eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6016, Springer-Verlag, Berlin: 46-61. (with Pecci F.). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12156-2.

 Other Publications

  1. The diffusion of military regimes in sub-Saharan Africa: regional and global determinants (2019) (with Caruso R. and Ricciuti R.)Vision of Humanity. link
  2. Sectoral Productivity, Convergence and Space between European Regions (2016), Journal of Smart Economic Growth, 1(1): 1-27. link
  3. Convergence and regional disparities in Ecuador (2016), Regions Magazine, Regional Studies Association, 301(1): 22-24 (with Mendieta Muñoz R.). DOI: 10.1080/13673882.2016.11720267.
  4. The Convergence Process of the European Regions: The Role of Regional Policy and Common Agricultural Policy (2011), Studies in Agricultural Economics, 113(2): 167-177 (with Montresor E. and Pecci F.). DOI: 10.7896/j.1112.
  5. Distretti agro/alimentari di qualità e processi di governance locale: due regioni a confronto (2011), Agriregionieuropa, year 7, 24. (with Montresor E. and Pecci F.). link

 Policy Research Reports

  1. European Territorial Trends - Facts and Prospects for Cities and Regions (2017). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union (with Lavalle C., Batista E Silva F., Baranzelli C., Jacobs C., Kavalov B., Kompil M., Perpiña Castillo C., Vizcaino M.P., Ribeiro Barranco R., Vandecasteele I., Pinto Nunes Nogueira Diogo V., Serpieri C., Marín Herrera M.A., Rosina K., Ronchi S., Auteri D.), ISBN: 978-92-79-73428-1, DOI: 10.2760/148283.
  2. What makes a fair society? Insights and evidence (2017). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union (with Wilikens M., Dewar M., Celikel E.F., Benczur P., Campolongo F., Harasztosi P., Karagiannis S., Biagi F., Punie Y., Barrios S., Ivaskaite-Tamosiune V., Maestri V., Tumino A.,   D'hombres B., Langedijk S., Schnepf S., Batista e Silva F., Di Comite F., Dos Santos P.H., Jacobs C., Kompil M., Lavalle C., Ciriolo E., Dessart F.J.) ISBN: 978-92-79-64834-2 DOI:  10.2760/861535.