GIACOMO DAVIDE DE LUCA
Department of Economics and Related Studies – University of York
YO10 5DD York – UK Tel. +44 1904 324674
email: [email protected] web: sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk/deluca/
ACADEMIC & RESEARCH POSITIONS:
2012 – present
Oct 2015 & Apr 2016
Dec 2009 – Sep 2012
Sep 2005 – Sep 2006
Lecturer, University of York
Visiting at MIT, USA
Senior Economist, LICOS, University of Leuven
Economist, World Bank, USA
EDUCATION:
2004 – 2009
2003 – 2004
1996 – 2002
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Namur, Belgium
Master in Economics UCL, Louvain, Belgium
Diploma in Political Science, University of Turin, Italy
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Development Economics, Civil War and Conflict, Political Economy
PUBLICATIONS:
1. “At Loggerheads? Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in
the Tropical Forests” (2007), (joint with Ken Chomitz et al. ), World Bank Policy
Research Report, Washington DC.
2. De Luca, G. and Sekeris, P. “Land Inequality and Conflict Intensity”, Public Choice,
Vol. 150, Numbers 1-2, 2012, pp. 119–135.
3. De Luca, G. and Sekeris, P. “Deterrence in Contests” Economica, Vol. 80, Issue 317,
2013, pp. 171–189.
4. Maystadt, J.F., G. De Luca, P. Sekeris, and J. Ulimwengu, “Mineral Resources and
Conflicts in DRC: A Case of Ecological Fallacy?” Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 66,
Number 3, 2014, pp. 721-749.
5. De Luca, Giacomo “Electoral Registration and the Control of Votes: the Case of
Chile”, Electoral Studies, Vol. 34, 2014, pp. 159-166.
6. De Luca, G., J. Schokkaert and J. Swinnen “Cultural Differences, Assimilation and
Behavior: Player Nationality and Penalties in Football”, Journal of Sports Economics,
Vol. 16 (5), 2015, pp. 508-530.
7. De Luca, G., A. Litina, and P. Sekeris “Growth-Friendly Dictatorships”, Journal of
Comparative Economics, Vol. 43, 2015, pp. 98-111.
8. De Luca, G., and Marijke Verpoorten “Civil War and Political Participation:
Evidence from Uganda”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 64,
2015, pp. 113-141.
9. De Luca, G., and Marijke Verpoorten “Civil war, social capital and resilience in
Uganda”, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 67, 2015, pp. 661-686.
10. De Feo, Giuseppe and De Luca, Giacomo “Mafia in the Ballot Box”, American
Economic Journal: Economic Policy, forthcoming
RESEARCH PAPERS:
1. De Luca, Giacomo, Petros Sekeris and Juan Fernando Vargas “Beyond Divide and
Rule: Weak Dictators, Natural Resources and Civil Conflict”, Documento de Trabajo
no. 106, Universidad del Rosario, 2011
(http://www.urosario.edu.co/economia/documentos/pdf/dt106.pdf)
Revise & Resubmit at Scandinavian Journal of Economics
2. Dagnelie, Olivier, Giacomo De Luca and Jean-Francois Maystadt, “Do Girls pay the
Price of Civil War? Violence and Infant Mortality in Congo” IFPRI Discussion Paper
no. 1374, 2014
(http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp01374.pdf)
3. De Luca, Giacomo, Roland Hodler, Paul Raschky, and Michele Valsecchi, “Ethnic
Favoritism: An Axiom of Politics?” CESIFO Working Paper no. 5209, 2015
(http://economics.handels.gu.se/digitalAssets/1516/1516251_ethnic_favoritism_dra
ft_150206rh.pdf)
4. De Luca, Giacomo, Dominic Spengler and Petros Sekeris “Can Violence Harm
Cooperation? Experimental Evidence”, MPRA Paper No. 63697
(https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/63697)
WORK IN PROGRESS:
 “Resource Windfalls and Regime Stability” (joint work with A. Mahmud and J.
Vargas)
 “Institutions and Organized Crime” (joint work with D. Acemoglu and G. De Feo)
REFEREEING ACTIVITY:
I serve as a regular academic referee for the following journals: Quarterly Journal of
Economics, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Development Economics,
Public Choice, European Journal of Political Economy, Electoral Studies, Journal of Conflict
Resolution.
RECENT INVITED SEMINARS:
King’s College of London (2014), Queen’s University of Belfast (2014), University of
Portsmouth (2014), University of Manchester (2014), University of Oslo (2015), University
of Alicante (2015), University of Barcelona (2016), University of Cardiff (2016), University
of Leuven (2016), Trinity College of Dublin (2017), University of Kent (2017)
RESEARCH GRANTS:
1. “Peer tutoring in Africa” (£234,280) (joint project with Hardman, F. C., Hanley, P.,
& Chambers), from the UK ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
(ESRC)
2. “Cooperation and Conservation in a Violent Environment” (£5,500) from the
University of Portsmouth to run a lab experiment in Fall 2014
3. “Nurturing your future enemies?: the unintended consequences of empowering illegal
armed groups” (£11,600) from the Transformative Social Science Research Pump
Priming Fund of the University of York
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2012 – present
2012 – 2016
2016 – present
2014 – present
2013 – present
2009 – present
Development Economics (BA level), University of York
Micro Development Theory (MA level), University of York
Development Economics (MA level), University of York
Political Economics (BA level), University of York
Topics on Politics, Economics and Philosophy (BA level), University
of York
Advanced Development Economics (MA level), KU Leuven, Belgium
TEACHING AWARDS:
2013/4
Best designed 2nd year module for Development Economics
2014/5
Most Engaging and Effective Lecturer in the Department
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English (fluent)
Italian (native)
French (intermediate)
Spanish (fluent)
German (fluent)