Marco DI CATALDO
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Telephone
- 041 234 9175
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marco.dicataldo@unive.it
- Academic discipline
- Economic Policy [ECON-02/A]
- Website
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https://www.unive.it/people/marco.dicataldo (personal record)
https://marcodicataldo.wixsite.com/marcodicataldo
- Office
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Department of Economics
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.economics
Where: San Giobbe
Office hours
Office hours: Monday 4 30-5 30pm, room A116 (San Giobbe). Please send an email to marco.dicataldo@unive.it to book an appointment
Teaching activity current year
Teaching activity previous years
Activities and research skills
- Effetti della struttura di governance urbana
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- SSD:
- SECS-P/02
- Other members of the research group:
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Margherita GEROLIMETTO
Stefano MAGRINI
Publication highlights
Di Cataldo, Marco; Renzullo, Elena; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés Cohesion or collusion? EU funds in places with corrupt local institutions in JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION, vol. 245 (ISSN 0167-2681)
DOI 2026,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5114858
Di Cataldo, Marco; Renzullo, Elena EU money and mayors: does Cohesion Policy affect local electoral outcomes? in JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY (ISSN 1468-2702)
DOI 2025,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5098587
Brugiavini, Agar; Di Cataldo, Marco; Romani, Giulia Knowledge economy, internal migration, and local labour markets in LABOUR ECONOMICS, vol. 97 (ISSN 0927-5371)
DOI 2025,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5106233
Boeri, Filippo; Di Cataldo, Marco; Pietrostefani, Elisabetta Localized effects of confiscated and re-allocated real estate mafia assets in JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, vol. 24, pp. 219-240 (ISSN 1468-2702)
DOI 2024,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5045981
Marco Di Cataldo; Giulia Romani Rational cuts? The local impact of closing undersized schools in REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS, vol. 109 (ISSN 0166-0462)
DOI 2024,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5083661
List of publications
Curriculum vitae
Current positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy)
Affiliate Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics (UK)
Previous positions
Research Fellow – ‘Ugo Foscolo’ Grant holder, Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy)
ERC Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics (UK), 2017–2020
Teaching habilitation certificates
SECS/P02 ‘Politica Economica’ (Seconda fascia); SECS/P06 ‘Economia Applicata’ (Seconda fascia)
Education
PhD Economic Geography, London School of Economics (UK), 2013–2018
MSc Local Economic Development, London School of Economics (UK), 2011-2012
MA Economic Development, University of Bologna (Italy) 2008–2010
BA Social and Political Sciences, University of Bologna (Italy) 2005–2008
Teaching
Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy):
- Causal Inference for counterfactual policy analysis
- International Political Economy
- Macroeconomics
Areas of interest
Policy Evaluation, Regional and Urban Economics, Economic Geography, Public Economics, Political Economy
Publications
- Localised Effects of Confiscated and Re-allocated Real-estate Mafia Assets. Journal of Economic Geography (with F. Boeri and E. Pietrostefani)
- Splitting up or dancing together? Local institutional structure and the performance of urban areas. Economic Geography, 99(1): 81-110. 2023. (with L. Ferranna, S. Magrini and M. Gerolimetto)
- Organized Crime, Captured Politicians, and the Allocation of Public Resources. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 38(3): 774-839. 2022. (with N. Mastrorocco)
- How ‘smart’ are Smart Specialisation strategies? Journal of Common Market Studies, 60(5): 1272-1298. 2022. (with V. Monastiriotis and A. Rodríguez-Pose)
- FDI inflows in Europe: does investment promotion work? Journal of International Economics, 132, 103497. 2021. (with R. Crescenzi and M. Giua)
- It’s not about the money. EU funds, local opportunities, and Euroscepticism. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 84, 103556. September 2020. (with R. Crescenzi and M. Giua)
- Regional needs, regional targeting and regional growth: an assessment of the impact of EU funds in UK regions. Regional Studies, 54 (1): 35-47. January 2020. (with V. Monastiriotis)
- Internationalised at work and localistic at home: the ‘split’ Europeanisation behind Brexit. Papers in Regional Science, 97 (1): 117-132. March 2018. (with R. Crescenzi and A. Faggian)
- The impact of EU Objective 1 funds on regional development: Evidence from the U.K. and the prospect of Brexit. Journal of Regional Science, 57 (5): 814-839. November 2017.
- What drives employment growth and social exclusion in the regions of the European Union? Regional Studies 51 (12): 1840-1859. November 2017. (with A. Rodríguez-Pose)
- Government quality and the economic returns of transport infrastructure investment in European regions. Journal of Regional Science 56 (4): 555-582. September 2016. (with R. Crescenzi and A. Rodríguez-Pose)
- Quality of government and innovative performance in the regions of Europe. Journal of Economic Geography 15 (4): 673-706. July 2015. (with A. Rodríguez-Pose)
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