Luigi Pascali

Affiliations

Associate Professor of Finance, LUISS Guido Carli and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (on leave)
Research Affiliate, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance

Education

Boston College, Ph.D., 2010
Boston College, M.A., 2007
Bocconi University, B.A., 2003

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Research Interests

Comparative development, Political Economy, Macroeconomics

Selected Publications

“Productivity and the Welfare of Nations”, with S. Basu, F. Schiantarelli and L. Serven, Journal of European Economic Association, 20(4), pp. 1647-1682, 2022.

“The Origin of the State: Land Productivity or Appropriability?”, with J. Mayshar and O. Moav, Journal of Political Economy, 130(4), pp. 1091-1144, 2022.

“Religion, Division of Labor and Conflict: Anti-Semitism in German Regions over 600 Years”, with S. Becker, American Economic Review, 109(5), pp. 1764-1804, 2019.

“The Wind of Change: Maritime Technology, Trade and Economic Development”, American Economic Review, 107(9), pp. 2821-54, 2017.

“Banks and Development: Jewish Communities in the Italian Renaissance and Current Economic Performance”, Review of Economics and Statistics, 98(1), pp. 140-158, 2016.

Working Papers

“The Dawn of Civilization: Metal Trade and the Rise of Hierarchy”, with M. Flueckiger, M. Larch and M. Ludwig., R&R on the American Economic Review, 2024.

“Wars, Taxation and Representation: Evidence from Five Centuries of German History”, with S. Becker, A. Ferrara and E. Melander, conditionally accepted on the Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022.

“Solving the Longitude Puzzle: A Story of Clocks, Ships and Cities”, with M. Miotto, conditionally accepted on the Journal of International Economics, 2022.

Honors, Awards and Fellowships

ERC Consolidator 2023. The historical roots of global inequality.2024-2029, PI
Ministero de Economia y Competitividad. Ramon y Cajal Fellowship. 2020-2025. (308,600€),PI

Contacts

Phone: +39.06.4792.92767
Fax: +39.06.4792.4872
E-mail: luigi.pascali[at]eief.it
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