Francesco LANCIA

Francesco Lancia

Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice 

30121 Venice, Italy

Email: francesco.lancia@unive.it

Webpage: sites.google.com/site/fralanecon

Employment

2022 -           Associate Professor, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2017 - 2022  Associate Professor, University of Salerno

2011 - 2017  Assistant Professor, University of Vienna

Publications

Intergenerational Insurance, with Alessia Russo and Tim Worrall. Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132(10): 3500-3544

Prices vs. Quantities for Self-enforcing Agreement, with Bard Harstad and Alessia Russo. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2022, 111: 102595

Youth Enfranchisement, Political Responsiveness, and Education Expenditure: Evidence from the U.S. with Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico, and Alessia Russo. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 12(3): 76–106

Compliance Technology and Self-Enforcing Agreements, with Bard Harstad and Alessia Russo. The Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17(1): 1–29. Lead article

Sustaining Cooperation through Strategic Self-Interested Actions, with Alessia Russo. The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2019, 19(2): 1–11. Lead article

Public Education and Pensions in Democracy: A Political Economy Theory, with Alessia Russo. The Journal of the European Economic Association, 2016, 14(5): 1038–1073

A Politico-Economic Model of Aging, Technology Adoption and Growth, with Giovanni Prarolo. The Journal of Population Economics, 2012, 25(3): 989–1018

Life Expectancy, Human Capital Accumulation, Technological Adoption and the Process of Economic Growth, with Giovanni Prarolo, in Labour Markets and Demographic Change, 2009, VS Verlag Eds.

Working Papers

Default Dilemma, with Sergio Cappellini, Alessia Russo and Tim Worrall

On the Effectiveness of Gendering Politics, with Arcangelo Dimico and Alessia Russo

Sustainable Social Security, with Alessia Russo and Tim Worrall

Public Debt and Growth with Partisan Politics, with Sergio Cappellini and Alessia Russo

Book Chapters

Life Expectancy, Human Capital Accumulation, Technological Adoption and the Process of Economic Growth, with Giovanni Prarolo, in Labour Markets and Demographic Change, 169-189. Eds. M. Kuhn and C. Ochsen:  VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2009

Policy-Related Publications

Boosting the Youth Vote, AEA Research Highlights, 24 August 2020

The Fiscal Impact of Empowering the Voters of Tomorrow, Voxeu.org, 7 December 2017

Education

2024  Full Professor Qualification in Economics (13/A1, A2, A3) under the Italian National Scientific Habilitation (ASN) System

2010  Ph.D. in Economics, University of Bologna

2008  M.Sc. in Economic Theory and Econometrics, Toulouse School of Economics

2005  M.A. in Cooperation and International Economic Integration, ESAS-CD, Pavia

2004  B.A. in Economics, University of Bologna

Awards and Grants

2024-2025  VIVA grant, Principal Investigator: Dissecting Individual Expectations on the Macroeconomy, € 60,000

2023-2025 MIUR-PRIN grant no. 2022KCEYML, Member: SustainablE LEgaCy DebT (SELECT), with Alessia Russo (P.I.), € 234,000

2023-2025 MIUR-PRIN-PNRR grant no. P2022L7T42, Scientific Coordinator: CHAllenges in the National Governance of the Environment (CHANGE), € 289,160

2019-2024 MIUR-PRIN grant no. 2017KHR4MB_003, Scientific Coordinator: The Economics of Culture: Ethnicity, Gender, and their Interactions, € 530,000

2016-2018 Heinrich Graf Hardegg'sche Stiftung grant, Principal Investigator: Politicians, Redistribution and Intergenerational Conflicts, € 8,000

2013-2015 Heinrich Graf Hardegg'sche Stiftung grant, Principal Investigator: Self-Enforcing Intergenerational Risk-Sharing and Pension, € 7,500

2012-2013 EIEF grant, Member: Self-commitment Institution and Cooperation in Research Teams, with Alessia Russo (P.I.), € 10,000

2011-2013 MIUR-PRIN grant no. 2009TNTRY8_001, Member: Institutions, Social Dynamics, and Economic Development, with Giorgio Bellettini (P.I.), € 209,000

2008-2010 MIUR-PRIN grant no. 2007CZN3AN_001, Member: Political Institutions and Demographic Dynamics, with Graziella Bertocchi (P.I.), € 90,000

2007 OIP Fellow Full Grant, Brown University

Presentations

Invited Seminars: Bank of Italy, Ca’ Foscari U. of Venice, CSEF-Naples, ETH-Zurich, Catholic U. of Milan, HIS-Vienna, Parthenope U. of Naples, Toulouse School of Economics, U. of Barcelona, U. of Bologna, U. of Copenhagen, U. of Modena and Reggio Emilia, U. of Salerno, U. of Vienna

Selected Conferences: SITE (Stanford, 2024), Long-run Dynamics in Economics Workshop (Paris, 2023), CEPR-ESSIM (Tarragona, 2019), NBER-SI Macro Public Finance (Cambridge, 2017), NBER-SI Income Distribution and Macroeconomics (Cambridge, 2016; 2011), NSF/NBER/CEME Conference on General Equilibrium and Mathematical Economics (New York, 2010), CSEF-IGIER Symposium on Economics and Institutions (Anacapri, 2019; 2018), SED Annual Meeting (Mexico City, 2019; Ghent, 2011), World Congress of the Econometric Society (Montreal, 2015), European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society (Edinburgh, 2016), ESEM Annual Meeting (Gothenburg, 2013), ASSA Annual Meeting (Denver, 2011), ASSET Meeting (Crete, 2022; Fiesole, 2011); SAET Conference (Faro, 2011), SAEe Annual Meeting (Madrid, 2010), Workshop on Macroeconomic Dynamics (Vigo, 2010), Jerusalem Workshop in Economic Growth (Jerusalem, 2010), Workshop on Macroeconomic Theory (Pavia, 2010)

Teaching and Related Activities

Supervision of numerous bachelor and master theses at the Universities of Salerno, Venice and Vienna

Ca’ Foscari U. of Venice: Advanced Macroeconomics (PhD), Economic Policy (BSc), International Political Economy (MSc)

Naples School of Economics: Macroeconomics II: Fiscal Policy (Ph.D.)

University of Salerno: Economics of Insurance and Pension (master), Financial Economics (master), Industrial Organization (undergraduate)

University of Vienna: Advanced Macroeconomics (master), Intermediate Macroeconomics (undergraduate), Political Economy (undergraduate)

Other Professional Activities

Professional Associations:

CEPR Research Affiliate (MG and POLECON Research Groups), January 2019–present

CSEF Research Fellow, March 2017–present

Temporary and Visiting Appointments:

Johns Hopkins SAIS, Bologna: Associate Fellow, August 2019-September 2021

Washington University of St. Louis: Visiting Scholar, January-June 2010

Catholic University of Milan: Research Fellowship, September 2009-August 2011

Brown University: Visiting Scholar, January-June 2007

ECLAC-UN, Santiago del Chile: Internship, June-September 2005

Post-Doc Supervision and PhD Committee Member:

Simone Chinetti: Post-Doc Supervision (University of Salerno, 2019-2022)

Gianko Michailidis: PhD Committee Member (University of Barcelona, 2019)

Administrative Duties:

2022 - 2024  Job Market Committee (chair in 2024), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2022 - 2024  PhD Admission Committee, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2022 -          Economics Working Papers Editor, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

2018 - 2024  Post-Doc Selection Committee Member for Three Positions at Ca' Foscari University, Federico II University and University of Salerno

2018 - 2021  Undergraduate Admission Officer, University of Salerno

Referee:

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Economic Theory, Economics and Politics, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, Economic Inquiry, Economic Letters, FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Public Economic, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Conference Organization:

Local Organizer: REStud Tour (Venice, May 2023)

Co-organizer: Workshop on “Modelling Fiscal Policies” (Padua, May 2024), Workshop on “Gender and Institution” (Venice, May 2023)

Member of the Scientific Committee: ASSET Annual Meeting (Venice, October 2024), Venice Finance Workshop (Venice, November 2023)