Thomas Bassetti

Current Position: Associate Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Padua

Education
2002, University of Pisa, Degree in Economics
2004, honorary fellow at the University of Wisconsin (USA)
2007, PhD School “Leonardo Fibonacci”, University of Pisa
2009, NOVA Summer School (Lisbon) on Modelling and Forecasting Volatility
2009, Brixen Summer School on International Trade and Finance

Other Activities
President of the Student-Teacher Joint Commission (CPDS), Department delegate for Stage and Placement, BOMOPAV local organizer, Member of Working Paper committee, Seminar series co-organizer.

Teaching experience
(B.Ec.) Monetary and Fiscal Policy, (B.Ec.) Macroeconomics, (PGD) Economics of Human Capital, (Ph.D.) Empirics of Economic Growth, (B.Ec.) Microeconomics, (B.Ec.) International Economics.

Society memberships, Awards and Honors
2019, Best Paper Award LACEA-LAMES Meeting (Puebla, Messico)
2011, Visiting fellowship all'Università del Rosario (Bogotà, Colombia).
2009, Member of CICSE (Centro Interuniversitario Crescita e Sviluppo Economico)
2004, Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin (at Madison, USA).

Research Activities
Environmental Economics: I investigated important topics such as the co-evolution of CO2 emissions and national income, Virtual Water Trade and inequality, the pro-environmental behavior of family and non-family firms.
Political Economy: This area involves studies on US electoral contribution system and the partisan gender gap.
Human Capital, Innovation: These studies refer to human capital accumulation, talent management, intellectual capital, the role of business incubators on the innovation performance of start-ups, and the relationship between optimal nonlinear taxation, and the public provision of productive services such as education.

Selected Publications
Afkhami M, BASSETTI T, Ghoddusi H, Pavesi F (2022). Virtual water and the inequality in water content of consumption. ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS 27 470-490.

BASSETTI T, Greco L (2021). Optimal Redistributive Policies by Publicly Provided Inputs and Income Taxation. JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMIC THEORY 24(3), 504-528.

Antinyan A, BASSETTI T, Corazzini L, Pavesi F (2021). Political Narratives and the US Partisan Gender Gap. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 12, article 675684, 1-13.

Antinyan A, BASSETTI T, Corazzini L, Pavesi F (2021). Trust in the Health System and COVID-19 Treatment. FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 12, article 643758, 1-14.

BASSETTI T, Blasi S, Sedita SR (2021). The management of sustainable development: A longitudinal analysis of the effects of environmental performance on economic performance. BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 30, 21-37.

Dal Maso L, Basco R, BASSETTI T, Lattanzi N (2020). Family ownership and environmental performance: The mediation effect of human resource practices. BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 29, 1548-1562.

Sedita SR, Apa R, BASSETTI T, Grandinetti R (2019). Incubation matters. Measuring the effect of business incubators on the innovation performance of start-ups. R&D MANAGEMENT 49, 439-454.

BASSETTI T, Caruso R, Schneider F (2018). The tree of political violence: a GMERT analysis. EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS 54, 839-850.

BASSETTI T, Pavesi F (2017). Electoral Contributions and the Cost of Unpopularity. ECONOMIC INQUIRY 55, 1771-1791.

BASSETTI T, Benos N, Karagiannis S (2013). CO2 Emissions and Income Dynamics: What Does the Global Evidence Tell Us?. ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE ECONOMICS 54, 101-125.

BASSETTI T (2012). Education as a social agreement. JOURNAL OF SOCIO-ECONOMICS 41, 8-17

BASSETTI T (2010). Human Capital, International Trade and Technology Diffusion. ECONOMIA POLITICA 2, 329-350.