PhD in Economics

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

HISTORY
The DEA PhD program started twenty four years ago, 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 180 students graduated from our PhD program. They were mainly Italians, but a significant 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 on economics. 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 of economics. At the end of the third year candidates needs to defend their thesis in front of a panel of examiners.

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 12 positions are available each year:

• All candidates: 8 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 4 scholarships to outstanding candidates (scholarships are available only through this channel)
• Only non E.U. citizens: (approx.) 4 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 2009 applications formats and deadlines: http://www.univpm.it/Entra/Engine/RaServePG.php/P/560210010600/M/250010010101

FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

Faculty members

Working papers

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

• Angelini Dayana
• Fabbri Samuele
• Filippini Ciro
• Pigini Claudia
• Russo Paolo Manuel
• Serfilippi Elena
• Gramillano Andrea
• D'Agostino Lorena Maria
• Chen Siyan
• Coderoni Silvia
• Maggioni Daniela
• Lenti Elisa
• Riccetti Luca
• Di Rosa Mirco

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)

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

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

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

Enowbi Batuo Michael
(Three Essays on Economic Growth and Development in African Countries)

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

Listorti Giulia
(Testing international price transmission under policy intervention. an application to the soft wheat market)

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

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

Spargoli Fabrizio
(Three Essays on Energy Futures Markets)

Tramontana Fabio
(Forms of Bounded Rationality in Economic Theory)

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)

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