Research interests




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Work in progress


Work in progress

2009

"Thou Shalt Not Covet ...". Crime, Temptation and Moral Values (with M. Cervellati)

2009

Community Fractionalization and Crime (with P. Buonanno and G. Zanella)

2009

Temptation dynamics (with D. Dragone)

2009

Friends and Drinks (with P. Buonanno)

2009

The effects of alcohol on economic behavior (with L. Corazzini and A. Filippin)




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Publications


Articles in refereed journals

2009

Does Social Capital Reduce Crime? (with P. Buonanno and D. Montolio), Journal of of Law and Economics,  52(1), 145-170

2008

Goyal, S.: Connections: An Introduction to the Economics of Networks, Journal of Economics, 95(1), 83-86

2008

Expert and Peer Pressure in Food and Wine Tasting: Evidence from a Pilot Experiment (with P. Buonanno, G. Caggiano, M. Galizzi and L. Leonida), Enometrica 1(1), 51-68

2008

Participation, Growth and Social Poverty: Social Capital in a Homogeneous Society (with A. Antoci and P. L. Sacco), Open Economics Journal, 1, 1-13

2007

Social Capital Accumulation and the Evolution of Social Participation (with A. Antoci e P. L. Sacco), Journal of Socio-Economics, 36(1), 128-143

2000

Network interaction with material and relational goods: an exploratory simulation (with P. L. Sacco), Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 71:2, 229-259

2000

Dilemma del prigioniero triangolare: un modello di simulazione dell'influenza reciproca fra la struttura sociale e l'interazione individuale (with P. L. Sacco), Sociologia e Politiche Sociali, a.3, n.1

 

Chapters in refereed books

2006

The Economics of Human Relationships (with P. L. Sacco and S. Zamagni), in S-C. Kolm and J. Mercier Ythier  (eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Giving, Altruism and Reciprocity, Volume 1, Amsterdam, Elsevier North Holland, 695-730 (preliminary version published on line in Social Science Research Network Electronic Library)

2005

On the Possible Conflict Between Economic Growth and Social Development (with A. Antoci and P. L. Sacco), in B. Gui and R. Sugden (eds.), Economics and Social Interaction: Accounting for Interpersonal Relations, Cambridge University Press, 150-173

2002

Il rischio dell’impoverimento sociale nelle economie avanzate (with A. Antoci and P. L. Sacco), in P. L. Sacco, S. Zamagni (eds.), Complessità relazionale e comportamento economico. Materiali per un nuovo paradigma di razionalità, Bologna, Il Mulino, 395-429

 

Working papers

2009

Competition, Reputation and Cheating, Università di Bologna, Department of Economics Working Paper N. 683

2009

Competition, Reputation and Compliance, Università di Bologna, Department of Economics Working Paper N. 682

2009

Government Information Transparency (with F. Albornoz and J. Esteban), Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC), IAE Working Paper 774.09

2008

Crime and Social Sanction (with P. Buonanno and G. Pasini), University of Padova, “Marco Fanno” Working Paper N.71

2007

Bowling Alone, Drinking Together (with P. Buonanno), University of Padova, “Marco Fanno” Working Paper N.55  (awarded by Orley Ashenfelter as best conference paper at the First Annual Meeting of the American Association of Wine Economists, Trier, Germany)

2006

Does Social Capital Reduce Crime? (with D. Montolio and P. Buonanno), University of Padova, “Marco Fanno” Working Paper N.29 [also published as University of Bergamo, Department of Economics Working Paper N.5]

2005

Local Learning, Trade Policy and Industrial Structure Dynamics (with F. Albornoz), University of Birmingham, Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper 05-12 [new version, revised in 2009: Tariff Protection and Industrial Structure]

2005

Relational Goods, Private Consumption and Social Poverty Traps in an Evolutionary Game (with A. Antoci and P. Russu), University of Bologna-Forlì, CLEONP-AICCON Working Paper N. 25/2005

2004

Social Capital Accumulation and the Evolution of Social Participation (with A. Antoci and P. L. Sacco), University of Bologna-Forlì, CLEONP-AICCON Working Paper N. 4/2004 [Revised version of Economic Growth and Social Poverty: The Evolution of Social Participation, Bonn Graduate School of Economics, Discussion Paper N. 13/2001]


Other publications 

  2009
   Capitale sociale, in L. Bruni and S. Zamagni (eds.), Dizionario di economia civile, Città Nuova, Roma, 146-151 (versione estesa)

  2008

   Lo sviluppo associativo riduce la delinquenza (con P. Buonanno), Il Sole 24 Ore, 07/04/08, p. 41

2005

Partecipazione sociale, scelte auto-protettive e crescita economica, Il Risparmio, 53(2) [aprile-giugno], 29-49


Unpublished manuscripts

2004

Industrial Structure Dynamics and Optimal Trade Policy (with F. Albornoz)

2004

Trust and Trade

2004

Building Barriers to Entry: The Case of the Retail Industry (with R. Sadun)

2002

Network Formation in the Lab: A Pilot Experiment

2001

Recursive Stability of Social Networks

2001

Job satisfaction and comparison income in Germany

2000

Valore, relazioni e ragionamento simbolico



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Teaching


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Short bio


Born: 1974 in Venice
Current position: Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Bologna

Education
Languages: Italian (mother tongue), English (excellent), Spanish (excellent), German (very good)

Passions: Enjoying time and life, dancing tango, philosophy (for curious people: Tempo e essere: Heidegger a confronto con il Parmenide e il Sofista)

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Contact


Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche
Alma Mater Studiorum
Università degli Studi di Bologna
Piazza Scaravilli, 2
40126 - Bologna (BO) - Italia
Tel.: +39 - 051 20 98 120
Fax: +39 - 051 20 98 040
E-mail: paolo.vanin@unibo.it



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Last update: November 19, 2009