Giacomo Pasini, Director of the Department of Economics
He is a Full Professor of Econometrics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. His main research interests lie in theoretical and applied microeconometric models for analysing individual decision-making, with particular attention to labour supply, insurance and saving choices in relation to family ties and social networks. Since 2008, he has also been a Research Fellow at NETSPAR (Network for Studies on Pensions, Ageing and Retirement) in Tilburg, the Netherlands.
Department of Excellence
The Department of Economics has been declared one of the 180 Italian Departments of Excellence for the second consecutive time. VIVA ("Venice Initiative on Vulnerability Analysis") is an innovative research and educational programme that will be implemented thanks to the Ministry of University and Research funding for the Departments of Excellence programme. The aim of VIVA is to study how to deal with the issues related to social and economic systems in transition, with a special focus on vulnerable situations that might be exacerbated by exposure to exogenous shocks, increasing inequality in multiple contexts (economic, environmental, demographic, health, etc.)
Our research
DeliverEEM - Delivering the Energy Efficient Mortgages Ecosystem
Researcher: Monica Billio
Length: 01/10/2024 - 30/09/2026
FORTIC - From remains Of the war to the aRchiTecture of peace in cross-border area of Italy-Croatia
Researcher: Nicola Camatti
Length: 01/04/2024 - 30/09/2026
EUTOPIA HEALTH - Empowering Widening universities in EUTOPIA alliance to foster academic excellence in Health
Researcher: Enrica Croda
Length: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2028
PLANET4HEALTH - Translating Science into Policy: A Multisectoral Approach to Adaptation and Mitigation of Adverse Effects of Vector-Borne Diseases, Environmental Pollution and Climate Change on Planetary Health
Researcher: Stefano Campostrini
Length: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027
Legal uncertainties surrounding financial innovation and their consequences on the effectiveness of Anti-Money Laundering policies - Coordinating EU reforms with the Italian regulatory and supervisory frameworks
Researcher: Andrea Minto
Length: 12/12/2023 - 11/12/2025
Casarin, Roberto; Costantini, Mauro; Osuntuyi, Anthony
Bayesian nonparametric panel Markov-switching GARCH models
in JOURNAL OF BUSINESS & ECONOMIC STATISTICS, 2024
DOI 10.1080/07350015.2023.2166049
Gottardi, Piero; Mezzetti, Claudio
Shuttle diplomacy
in JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY, 2024
DOI 10.1016/j.jet.2023.105794
Pelizzon, Loriana; Riedel, Max; Simon, Zorka; Subrahmanyam, Marti G.
Collateral eligibility of corporate debt in the Eurosystem
in JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL ECONOMICS, 2024
DOI 10.1016/j.jfineco.2023.103777
Lancia, Francesco; Russo, Alessia; Worrall, Tim
Intergenerational Insurance
in JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 2024
DOI 10.1086/730206
Auster, Sarah; Gottardi, Piero
Sorting versus screening in decentralized markets with adverse selection
in JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY, 2024
DOI 10.1016/j.jet.2024.105883
Our Campus
In Venice, you will find our San Giobbe Economics Campus, which includes a residential complex for students, a library, study areas, classrooms, a café-bar overlooking the lagoon and the multi-purpose space ‘La Corte’, featuring a bar, café and restaurant - including a takeaway service - managed by ESU and offices for faculty and staff.
The Treviso Campus (30 km from Venice) serves as the School of Economics, Languages and Entrepreneurship (SELE) headquarters. It focuses on developing advanced skills in economics, management, languages, and culture, with a special emphasis on businesses, markets, national and international relations, and interlinguistic and intercultural relationships.
Agenda
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The Human Safety Net Hall, San Marco Square
International Festival of Labour and Industrial Relations - Labour and Sustainability
16
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The Human Safety Net Hall, San Marco Square
International Festival of Labour and Industrial Relations - Labour and Sustainability
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Campus Economico San Giobbe
Incontri delle scuole dottorali di Venezia e Paris Nanterre - L'interesse
News
The Department of Economics welcomes Stella Papadokonstantaki
The Department of Economics is pleased to announce the arrival at San Giobbe of Dr. Stella Papadokonstantaki, a postdoctoral researcher who will conduct her research at San Giobbe in the field of Public Economics, with a particular focus on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Applied Microeconomics, and Industrial Organization.
Dr. Stella Papadokonstantaki has also been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Top-Up Foscolo Europe Fellowship, promoted by UniCredit Foundation.
Strenuous work causes ill health. A research by Prof. Giacomo Pasini
According to a study conducted on a sample of approximately 65,000 workers aged over 50 from 27 European countries, there is a strong association between exposure to physically demanding jobs and the development of serious health conditions.
The study, conducted by Giacomo Pasini, Director of the Department of Economics, and his former PhD student Petru Crudu, now a lecturer at the University of Innsbruck, also shows that the impact of physically demanding work is greater among women. The research also led to the development of the Job Strain Intensity, an index designed to measure the extent to which different job tasks are associated with poorer health outcomes.
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics: Professor Francesco Pappadà’s Commentary
Nobel Prize in Economics 2026: Hall and Woodford Awarded for Their Contributions to the Foundations of Macroeconomic Stabilization
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Robert E. Hall (Stanford University) and Michael Woodford (Columbia University) for their research on the “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilization.”
As explained by Francesco Pappadà, Professor of Economic Policy at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the two economists have revolutionized the study of business cycles by demonstrating that understanding and managing macroeconomic fluctuations requires starting from the decisions made by individuals and firms.
TO CARE MED: partners meet in Molise for the 4th Partner Meeting
The meeting brought together the partners of the European project TO CARE MED, funded under the Interreg Euro-MED programme, in Molise from 23 to 25 September 2026. The event was hosted by the Unione dei Comuni del Tifernum.
The main focus of the meeting was the development of more sustainable tourism, through the use and adaptation of the Tourism Carrying Capacity Limit (TCCL) concept. TCCL refers to the capacity of a destination to accommodate tourism activities without exceeding its environmental, social, cultural and economic limits.