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SAPIENZA UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA, Dipartimento di Economia e Diritto
UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI URBINO “CARLO BO”, Dipartimento di Economia, Società, Politica
LUISS UNIVERSITÀ “GUIDO CARLI”, ROMA
SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT’ANNA, PISA, Institute of Economics
UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE, MILANO, Istituto di Politica Economica
UNIVERSITÀ ROMA TRE, Dipartimento di Economia
in cooperation with
ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DEI LINCEI
CENTRO LINCEO INTERDISCIPLINARE «BENIAMINO SEGRE»
WORKSHOP
EXPLAINING ECONOMIC CHANGE
Wednesday 12 November 2014
Sapienza Università di Roma, Facoltà di Economia,
Dipartimento di Economia e Diritto, Viale del Castro Laurenziano 9, Roma
The Workshop follows up on the Conference “Economic Change and Evolution”organised at the Accademia dei
Lincei on 10-11 November, and presents conceptual and empirical investigations – mostly by younger scholars on the process of economic change. It aims to open up a dialogue between different approaches and themes,
including macroeconomic and microeconomic perspectives, evolutionary approaches, investigations on structural
change, studies on institutions and policies.
Senior scholars will deliver keynote lectures, chair sessions and discuss the presentations. Full papers have to be
submitted by 20 October 2014 and will be available on the conference website. Participants will have to register
for the conference by 30 October 2014, following the indications provided in the website. Registration is free.
Organising Committee
Giovanni Dosi, Maurizio Franzini, Anna Giunta, Luigi Marengo, Mario Pianta, Marco Vivarelli, Antonello Zanfei
Information and contacts
Valeria Cirillo and Dario Guarascio, [email protected]
Conference website
http://www.dipecodir.it/index.php?page=108&idmenu=108
Programme
9.00-9.30 Opening
Sala del Consiglio, Palazzina della Presidenza, 2nd floor (Building on the right of the main entrance)
Silvia Fedeli
Director of the Dipartimento di Economia e Diritto, Sapienza University of Rome
Tito Orlandi,
Director of the Centro Linceo Interdisciplinare “Beniamino Segre”, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
9.30-11.30 Plenary Session
Explaining change in economies and firms
Chair
Richard Nelson, Columbia University
Keynote lectures
Michael Landesmann, WIIW Vienna, Change in economies
Uwe Cantner, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Change in firms and markets
Paul David, Stanford University and UNU-Merit, Maastricht, Economic change in the history of US growth
Discussion
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The Workshop proceeds with parallel sessions organised on four themes
Theme 1 : EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
Sala del Consiglio, Palazzina della Presidenza, 2nd floor (Building on the right of the main entrance)
Theme 2: MACROECONOMIC CHANGE
Aula Steve, 5th floor
Theme 3: STRUCTURAL CHANGE
Aula Marrama, 6th floor
Theme 4: CHANGE IN FIRMS
Aula del Consiglio di Dipartimento, 6th floor
11.45-13.30 Session 1
Session 1.1 Evolutionary Models
Chairs and discussants: U. Cantner, G. Dosi, Sala del Consiglio, Palazzina della Presidenza, 2nd floor
P. Saviotti, A. Pyka, Université de Nice, INRA-GAEL
On the Coevolution of Innovation and Demand: Does Demand Saturate?
F. Villafranca, I. Almudi, University of Zaragoza
A Formal Discussion of the Sarewitz-Nelson Rules
S. Vannuccini, U. Cantner, F. Schiller University, Jena
Modeling Acquired Purpose: Industries Linked Payoffs, Innovation Inducements And the Emergence of General
Purpose Technology
M. Jadack, A. Pyka, Hohenheim University
Competition in the German Market for Retail Energy: An Agent Based Simulation
Session 2.1 Variety of capitalism
Chairs and discussants: C. Antonelli, F. Bogliacino, Aula Steve 5th floor
R. Pavelchievici, Université de Nice
Changes in the US Financial Capitalism: Reembedding Money and Finance Into The Social Fabric?
S. Le Chevalier, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris)
Liberalization, Increasing Corporate Diversity, and Rising Inequalities The Great Transformation of Japanese
Capitalism
G. Capone, R. Boschma, IUSS Pavia and Utrecht University
Show Me Who You Are and I’ll Show You Where You Go: An Evolutionary Approach to Varieties of Capitalism
A. Simonazzi, Sapienza University of Rome
Bubbles as An Engine for Growth?
Session 3.1 Labour, skills and wages
Chairs and discussants: M. Pianta, M. Vivarelli, Aula Marrama 6th floor
F. Vona, D. Consoli, F. Rentocchini, Science Po, Ingenio (Spain), Skema (France)
That Was Then, This is Now: Skills and Routinization in the 2000s
V. Cirillo, Sapienza University of Rome
Innovation and Skills
D. Antonioli, P. Pini, R. Antonietti, University of Ferrara and University of Padova
Flexible pay Systems and Labour Productivity: Evidence from Emilia-Romagna Manufacturing Firms
A. Heimisch, O. Falck, S. Wiederhold, IFO, Germany
Does Exposure to the Internet Trigger ICT Skills? Evidence from PIAAC
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Session 4.1 Micro studies on firms performance
Chairs and discussant: A. Giunta, L. Marengo, Aula del Consiglio di Dipartimento 6th floor
Bianchini, G. Pellegrino, F. Tamagni, Scuola Superiore S. Anna and BETA
Innovation Strategies and Firm Growth: New Longitudinal Evidence from Spanish Firms
L. Nascia, F. Bogliacino, M. Lucchese, M. Pianta, Istat, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, University of Urbino
The Virtuous Circle of Innovation in Italian Firms
M. Virgillito, G. Dosi, M. Pereira, Scuola Superiore S. Anna
The Ubiquitous Tent Shape Distribution of Firm Growth Rates
R. Gallo, G. Barbaresco, D. Mauriello, Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Mediobanca Res. Dept. and Unioncamere
Main Changes in The Growth Process of The Italian Industrial System
13.30-14.45 Lunch break
14.45-16.45 Session 2
Session 1.2 Evolution and Institutions
Chairs and discussants: M. Franzini, L. Marengo, Sala del Consiglio, Palazzina della Presidenza, 2nd floor
J. Silverberg, UNU-Merit, IIASA
Global, Endogenous, Unique, Evolutionary: Sleuthing the Industrial Revolution
P. Pelikan, Prague University of Economics
Towards a Conceptually Precise and Logically Consistent Synthesis of Evolutionary and Institutional Economics
for Safe Policy Applications
S. Lucarelli, University of Bergamo
A stock-flow Analysis of Schumpeter's Theory of Economic Development
P. Ramazzotti, University of Macerata
Economic Theory and Purposive Economic Change in an Evolutionary Environment
P. Michaelides, K. Konstantakis, National Technical University of Athens
R&D Expenses and Business Cycles in The US Sectoral Economy: A Schumpeter Inspired Approach (1957-2006)
Session 2.2 Macro-models
Chairs and discussants: G. Dosi, M. Landesmann, Aula Steve, 5th floor
A. Roventini, G. Fagiolo, T. Ferraresi, University of Verona, Scuola Superiore S. Anna and IRPET
Fiscal Policies and Credit Regimes: a TVAR approach
R. Martino, University of Pisa
Convergence and growth. Labour productivity dynamics in the European Union
M. Tancioni, E. Beqiraj, Sapienza University of Rome
Evaluating Labor Market Targeted Fiscal Policies in High Unemployment EZ Countries
I. Almudi, F. Villafranca, G. Jarne, J. Sanchez, University of Zaragoza
Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy Within a Simple Dynamic Model
Session 3.2 Structural change and services
Chairs and discussants: L. Orsenigo, M. Vivarelli, Aula Marrama, 6th floor
L. Romano, F. Traù , Centro Studi Confindustria, Italy
The Nature of Industrial Development and the Speed of Structural Change
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D. Palma, D. Ciriaci, S. Montresor, ENEA, EU Commission and University of Bologna
Do KIBS Make Manufacturing More Innovative? An Empirical Investigation for Four European Countries
M. Savona, V. Meliciani, J. Gonzalez, Sussex University, University of Teramo and OECD
When Linder meets Hirschman: Inter-industry Linkages and Global Value Chains
R. Evangelista, V. Meliciani, M. Lucchese, University of Camerino, University of Teramo and ISTAT
Manufacturing Exports and the Impact on Businness Services
A. Vaona, A. Tescari, University of Verona
Gender Employment Disparities, Financialization and Profitability Dynamics on the Eve of Italy's Long Crisis
Session 4.2 R&D and multinational firms
Chairs and discussant: U. Cantner, A. Zanfei, Aula del Consiglio di Dipartimento 6th floor
D. Castellani, S. Montresor, T. Schubert, A. Vezzani, University of Perugia and University of Bologna
Multinationality, R&D and Productivity: Evidence on the top R&D spenders
C. Cozza, A. Zanfei, University of Trieste and University of Urbino
The Cross Border R&D Activity of Italian Business Firms
C. Fassio, LUISS Rome
Export-led Innovation Among European Firms: Demand and Technological Learning Effects
F. Aiello, F. Ricotta, University of Calabria
Firm heterogeneity in productivity across Europe. What explains what?
A. Ferragina, F. Mazzotta, University of Salerno
Agglomeration Economies Impact on Heterogeneous Firms Survival in Italy
17.00-19.00 Session 3
Session 1.3 Innovation
Chairs and discussants: C. Antonelli, L. Orsenigo, Sala del Consiglio, Palazzina della Presidenza, 2nd floor
M. Divella, University of Bari
Determinants of Business R&D Investments. An Investigation at Industry Level
R. Cappellin, Tor Vergata University
Innovation and investment in an urban cross sectoral growth model: a change of course is needed in
macroeconomic policies
F. Crespi, V. Costantini, A. Palma Roma Tre University
Policy Inducement Effects in Energy Efficiency Technologies. An Empirical Analysis on the Residential Sector
D. Archibugi, National Council of Research (Italy)
Blade Runner Economics. Will Innovation lead the Economic Recovery?
F. Blandinieres, F. Schiller University, Jena
As a matter of fat: the importance of public organization in the emergence of new search routine in drug
development
Session 2.3 Social norms and experiments
Chairs and discussants: M. Franzini, M. Tancioni, Aula Steve, 5th floor
M. Raitano, R. Fantozzi, Sapienza University of Rome & ISTAT
Political cycle and reported labour incomes in Italy: a quasi-experimental evidence on tax evasion
E. Carrera, E. Accinelli, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi (Mexico)
Corruption, Inequality, and Income Taxation
F. Bogliacino, G. Grimalda, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Kiel Institute for the World Economy
Social Norms, Violence and Bandwidth: Evidence from Field Experiments in Colombia
S. Innocenti, UNU-Merit
Institutional Persistence, Social Structure and Human Agency: an NK Model
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Session 3.3 Structural change in open economies
Chairs and discussants: M. Landesmann, M. Pianta, Aula Marrama, 6th floor
R. Stoellinger, WIIW Vienna
Global Value Chains and Structural Change
G. Felice, L. Tajoli, University Carlos III Madrid and Politecnico di Milano
External Imbalances in the European Union and International Fragmentation of Production: Is There a Link?
D. Guarascio, Sapienza University of Rome
Exports, New products and R&D. Modeling Complexity and Change
M. Grazzi, G.Dosi, D. Moschella, University of Bologna and Scuola Superiore S.Anna
Technology and costs in international competitiveness: from countries and sectors to firms
A. Gkypali, K. Tsekouras, K. Kounetas, N. Chatzistamoulou, University of Patras (Greece)
European Countries competitiveness and productivity performance evolution: unraveling the complexity
Session 4.3 Global value chains
Chairs and discussants: A. Giunta, A. Zanfei, Aula del Consiglio di Dipartimento 6th floor
D. Del Prete, A. Rungi, Sapienza University of Rome and IMT Lucca
Organizing The Global Value Chain: a Firm Level Test
R. Brancati, E. Brancati, A. Maresca, MET and LUISS
Global Value Chains Diffusion, Governance and Upgrading Process: Evidence From Italy
A. Bramucci, A. Zanfei, University of Urbino
The Governance of Offshoring and Its Effects Home. The Role of Codetermination in The International
Organization of German Firms
B. Potì, G. Cerulli, CERIS-National Council of Research
Firm Investment Sensitivity to Cash Flow, Liquidity Constraints and The Evidences From a Public Subsidy Doseresponse Model.
M. Duenas, M. Campi, Universidad de Bogotà Jorge Tadeo & Scuola Superiore St. Anna
Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade of Agricultural Products
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