Stefano MAGRINI

CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION

2017–present: Full Professor of Economic Policy, Department of Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2004–2017: Associate Professor of Economic Policy, Department of Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

1999–2004: Ricercatore (Assistant Professor / Lecturer), Department of Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

1997–1999: Research Officer, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science (UK)

EDUCATION

1998: Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science (UK). Thesis: “Modelling Regional Economic Growth: the Role of Human Capital and Innovation”

1993: MSc. in Regional Science, University of Reading (UK)

1991: Laurea (B.A./M.A. equivalent) in Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

ADMINISTRATIVE AND ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2026–present: Departmental Recruitment Committee, Department of Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2024–present: Chair of the VERA Academy Committee

2024–present: Teaching Board of the Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Business, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2023–2026: University Disciplinary Board – Alternate Member (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2015–2024: Deputy Director for Research and Head of the Research Committee, Department of Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2014–2026: Research Committee of the Department of Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2014–2024: Deputy Director of the PhD Programme in Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2014–2017: Director of the Center for Economic Studies (Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2013–2017: University Commission for Teaching Assessment and Evaluation, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2007–2017: Teaching Board of the Master's Degree (Laurea Magistrale) in Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2007–2013: Teaching Board of the Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Business, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2005–2025: Faculty Board of the PhD Programme in Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2004–2010: Departmental Commission for Research Assessment and Evaluation, Department of Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2003–2009: Deputy Dean for Teaching Assessment and Evaluation (Faculty of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2002–2006: Faculty Board of the Master's Degree (Laurea Specialistica) in Local Development Economics (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2000–2010: University Representative for the exchange with the Summer School on Latin American Economies (ECLAC) at the United Nations (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

2000–2010: Library Commission (Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

2009: Quality of Research Prize, Scuola di Studi Avanzati in Venezia (SSAV)

2007: Quality of Teaching Award, 2006-2007 – 1st prize; Faculty of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2006: Quality of Teaching Award, 2005-2006 – 5th prize; Faculty of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2005: Quality of Teaching Award, 2004-2005 – 2nd prize; Faculty of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

1997: Epainos Prize (1st prize), European Regional Science Association

1995–1997: Graduate School Studentship, London School of Economics and Political Science (UK)

1993–1995: University of Reading (UK) Scholarship

1992–1993: Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Scholarship

ACADEMIC REPUTATION

2004: Listed among the ‘Intellectual Leaders of Regional Science’ and author of the most cited article in regional science journals published in 1999 (Isserman A.M., “Intellectual Leaders of Regional Science: A Half-Century Citation Study”, Papers in Regional Science, 83, 2004).

BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS (September 2026)

Google Scholar: H-index = 16; Citations = 2598; Publications with 10+ citations = 29

Scopus: H-index = 10; Citations = 826

RePEc Ranks: Italy = top 13%; EU = top 13%; World = top 16%

RESEARCH INTERESTS

At present, my research focuses on the dynamics of economic growth and convergence, with particular reference to regional economies. In this area, I have been concentrating on: the formalization of the role of communication costs on innovation activity and economic growth in urban areas; the relationship between convergence dynamics and the economic cycle; the development of nonparametric methods for the analysis of data characterized by spatial dependence.

In addition, I have recently studied: the role of governance structure on wages and innovation activity in US metropolitan areas; the size of the local labor multiplier; the impact of international migrations on labor productivity and income levels and growth rates, and consequently, the implications for spatial disparities; the determinants of regional economic growth; the determinants of regional population growth; the size and features of wage differentials in the Italian labor market; the detection of boundary conditions/regime changes in fractionally integrated time series.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS

Urban Growth; Communication and Innovation; Knowledge Accumulation and Spill-Overs; Regional Convergence; Nonparametric Methods; Distribution Dynamics; Local Labor Markets; Spatial Econometrics; Disparities; Wage Differentials; Governance Structure.

ERC RESEARCH SECTORS

SH1_1: Macroeconomics; monetary economics; economic growth

SH1_2: International management; international trade; international business; spatial economics

SH1_5: Labor and demographic economics; human resource management

SH1_6: Econometrics; operations research

SH1_11: Technological change, innovation, research & development

SH2_1: Political systems, governance

SH2_9: Urban, regional and rural studies

SH2_11: Human, economic and social geography

SH2_12: GIS, spatial analysis; big data in political, geographical and legal studies

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS

2008: "European Perspectives on Sweden’s Metropolitan Regions"; Coordinated by P. Cheshire (London School of Economics) and financed by the Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies (CESIS), Sweden

2002–2004: “The Economics of the Alpen Corridor South”. Coordinated by D. Martellato and financed through the Interreg III B Alpine Space Program

1999–2000: “Employment and Unemployment in Italy: Measure and Analysis of Behaviors”; Coordinated by U. Trivellato and co-financed by the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research (MURST)

1997–1999: “The Implications of Inter-urban Income and Unemployment Divergences”; project coordinated by P. Cheshire (London School of Economics) and financed by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) within the “ESRC’s Cities Programme”

SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH GRANTS

2019–2023: Marco Di Cataldo; title: “Counterfactual evaluation of public policies for territorial development in Europe: economic impact assessments, mediating conditions, and political consequences”; project co-financed by the Unicredit Foundation “Top-up Foscolo Europe Fellowship”

2010–2011: Engin Hasan Duran; title: “Short-term Dynamics in Regional Disparities”

2001–2003: Alessio Ministeri; title: “Regional Differences in per Capita Income Levels and Unemployment Rates”

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS

European Regional Science Association (Italian Section); Società Italiana degli Economisti (Italian Economic Association); Spatial Econometrics Association; Venice Initiative on Vulnerability Analysis (VIVA).

EDITORIAL AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES

2011–2017: Scientific Committee of Edizioni Ca’ Foscari Digital Publishing

2002–2015: Associate Editor of Research in Economics

2000–2004: Co-editor of Scienze Regionali – Italian Journal of Regional Science

Referee activity for the following journals: Annals of Regional Science, Economic Bulletin, European Economic Review, Growth and Change, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, International Regional Science Review, International Review of Economics and Business, Journal of Economic Geography, Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Papers in Regional Science, The Professional Geographer, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Regional Studies, Research in Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Rivista di Politica Economica, Rivista Italiana degli Economisti, Scienze Regionali – Italian Journal of Regional Science, Spatial Economic Analysis, Urban Studies.

Referee activity for the following institutions:

2016: Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR)

2012: Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR)

2008: University of Padua

2003: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)

2002: University of Padua

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES

Steering Committee of the 35th Conference of the Italian Regional Science Association, Padua (IT), 2014

Scientific Committee of the 51st Conference of the European Regional Science Association, Barcelona (ES), 2011

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

2001–present: Economic Policy, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

1999–present: Urban and Regional Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2006–2019: Regional Growth and Convergence/Topics in Regional Economics, PhD programme in Economics; Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2003–2009: Advanced Urban and Regional Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2000–2001: Urban and Regional Economics and Policy, PhD programme in Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

1995–1998: Economic Impact of Infrastructure Investment, Master in “Management of the European Metropolitan Region”, Erasmus University of Rotterdam (NL)

SUPERVISION OF PHD STUDENTS

2017: Licia Ferranna; Thesis title: “Spatial economic disparities across the United States”

2017: Alessandro Moro; Thesis title: “Analysing the Evolution of Violent Phenomena with Agent-Based Models and Non-Parametric Statistics”

2011: Hasan Engin Duran; Thesis title: “Short-Run Dynamics of Income Disparities and Cycle Synchronization across Regions”

2010: Theresa Beltramo; Thesis title: “Three Essays on Applied Microeconomics”

MAIN PUBLICATIONS

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

“Splitting Up or Dancing Together? Local Institutional Structure and the Performance of Urban Areas”, with Di Cataldo M., Ferranna L. and Gerolimetto M.; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, 2023

“A tale of two cities: Communication, innovation, and divergence”, with Spiganti A.; ECONOMIC INQUIRY, 2023

“Distribution dynamics: a spatial perspective”, with Gerolimetto M.; SPATIAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, 2022

“Business Cycle Dynamics across the US States”, with Gerolimetto M. and Duran H.E.; THE B.E. JOURNAL OF MACROECONOMICS, 2015

“Urban Growth Drivers in a Europe of Sticky People and Implicit Boundaries”, with Cheshire P.; JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, 2009

“Population Growth in European Cities: Weather Matters – But only Nationally”, with Cheshire P., REGIONAL STUDIES, 2006

“The Evolution of Income Disparities among the Regions of the European Union”, REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS, 1999

BOOK CHAPTERS

“Regional (Di)Convergence”; in “Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Volume 4” edited by Henderson V. and Thisse J.-F. within the series “Handbook of Economics” edited by Arrow K. and Intrilligator M.D., Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2004

“The Spatial Economic Impact of Euroland and the Implications for Policy”, with Cheshire P., in “Regional Convergence in the European Union: Facts, Prospects and Policies” edited by Cuadrado-Roura J. and Parellada M., Berlin: Springer, 2002

“The Impact of Research Activities on the European Urban System”; in “Learning, Innovation and the Urban System” edited by Batten D., Bertuglia C.S., Martellato D. and Occelli S., London: Kluwer, 2000