December 2005

Maurizio Iacopetta

Assistant Professor

School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology

(Last updated, June 10, 2009)

                                                           

 

I.          EARNED DEGREES

PhD                 Economics       New York University, New York, NY, May 2002

Advisors: B. Jovanovic (chair), W. Baumol, D. Comin, R. Lagos, V. Quadrini

 

Doctorate         Economics       University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, June 1999

Advisor: P. Reichlin

 

BSc.                 Economics       Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, June 1993

 

 

II.        EMPLOYMENT

 

Aug. 2002 – Present    Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

June-July 2008            Vsiting Scholar, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México,  (ITAM), Mexico City, Mexico.

January-July 2007       Visiting Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, Mexico

      June-July 2003            Visiting Scholar, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy

Instructor, New York University, New York City, New York, Fall ‘99, ‘01, and Summer ‘02

 

III.       REFERED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

 

 

[1]        M. Iacopetta (2009). “Phases of Economic Development and the Transitional Dynamics of an Innovation-Education Growth Model” Accepted for publication, European Economic Review

 

[2]        Graham, S. and Iacopetta, M. (2009) “Nanotechnology and the Emergence of a General Purpose Technology” Accepted for publication by Les Annales d'Economie et de Statistique

 

[3]        Youtie J., Graham, S. and Iacopetta, M. (2008) “Assessing the Nature of Nanotechnology: Can We Uncover an Emerging General Purpose Technology?” Journal of Technology Transfer, 33, pp: 315-329.

 

[4]        Iacopetta, M. (2008) “Technological Progress and Inequality: An Ambiguous Relationship” Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2008, vol. 18, issue 3, pages 455-475.

[5]        Iacopetta, M. (2004) “Dissemination of Technology in Market and Planned Economies” Contribution to Macroeconomics, The BEP, 4, pp. 1-32.

 

[6]        Guarino, A. and M. Iacopetta (2004) “A Conversation with William J. Baumol on Capitalism, Innovation and Growth, Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali, vol. 111, no. 1, Jan.-Mar. 2003, pp: 3-17 (invited paper).

 

 

 

IV.       PRESENTATIONS

            Conferences and Symposiums

[1]        XIV DEGIT, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), June 2009

 

[2]        Midwest Macro Conference, University of Indiana, Bloomington, May 2009

 

[3]        NBER-NSF Nanotechnology and Nano-Indicators Conference, May 2008, Boston

 

[4]        2008 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, January, 2008, New Orleans

 

[5]        Second Annual Max Planck - Indian Institute of Science (IISc) International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth

 

[6]        Second Meeting on Open Macroeconomics and Development, July 2007, Université de la Méditerranée, Aix en Provence, France.

 

[7]        All Hands Meeting, Center for Nanotechnology in Society, April, 2007, University of Arizona, Tempe, AZ.

 

[8]        11th Latin America Econometric Society Meetings, November 2006, Mexico City

 

[9]        2006 Technology Transfer Society Conference, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, September 2006

 

[10]      XI DEGIT, June 2006 Conference Jerusalem

 

[11]      11th International Schumpeter Society Meeting, June 2006, Nice (France).

           

[12]       2006 CEBR Conference on Entrepreneurship, Occupational Choice and Financing, June 2006, Copenhagen (Denmark)

           

[13]      4th International Industrial Organization Conference, April 2006, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

 

[14]      Second International Conference on the Institutions and Policies for the New Europe, Oct. 2005. University of Siena, Siena, Italy.

 

[15]      Fall 2005 Midwest Economic Theory and International Economics Conference, Oct. 2005, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

 

[16]      2005 Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings. March 2005, New York City, NY.

 

[17]      3rd Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, April 2005, Atlanta, GA.

[18]      5th Berlecon Workshop on the Economics of IT, June, 2003, Berlin, Germany

[19]      2000 SED (Society of Economic Dynamics) Annual Meeting, June 2000, San José, Costa Rica

[20]      7th Viennese Workshop in Optimal Control and Non-Linear Dynamics, May 2000, Vienna

[21]      1999 SED (Society of Economic Dynamics) Annual Meeting, June 1999, Alghero, Italy

 

            Seminar Presentations

 

[1]        2009, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina

[2]        2009, CERAM, University of Sophia-Antipolis (Nice, France)

[3]        2007, Department of Economics, ITAM, Mexico City, Mexico

[4]        2006, Triangle Research Workshop, Duke University, Durham, NC

[5]        2006, Department of Economics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

[6]        2007, Department of Economics, CIDE, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

[7]        2005, Invited Lecture, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.

[8]        2003, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

[9]        2003, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

[10]      2002, Seminar, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

[11]      2002, Seminar, Universite' Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

[12]      2002, Seminar, School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

[13]      2002, European University Institute, Italy

[14]      2002, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.

[15]      2002, Department of Economics, ITESM, Mexico City.

[16]      2002, Department of Economics, ITAM, Mexico City.

[17]      University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.

[18]      University of Milan, La Cattolica, Italy.

 

V.        TEACHING

 

A.     COURSES TAUGHT

 

Econ 3120 Advanced Macroeconomics (Spring ’09)

Econ 6105 Graduate Macroeconomics (Fall ’06, Fall ‘07; Fall ‘08; Fall ’09)

Econ 4813 Growth Economics (Spring ’08);

Econ 6360 Graduate Economic Development (Spring ‘06);

Econ 2105 Principles of Macroeconomics

(Spring ’03,  Fall ’03, Spring ‘04, Fall ’04, Spring ’05; Spring 08, Fall ’08, Spring ’09, Fall ’09)

Econ 4411 Undergrad Economic Development (Spring ‘03, ‘04, ‘05, ’06)

Econ 4321 Undergrad Economics of Technology (Fall ‘02, ‘04, ‘05, ’06)

Econ 4340 Industrial Organization (Summer ‘04)       

 

 

                  

B.     INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GUIDANCE

 

Thesis Supervision for Master’s Students

 

1. Daniel Mello Faissol, “Technology Adoption and Equipment Price Decline”, May 2008 (Chair)

2. Ling Yang The U.S. Passenger Car Industry in the 1980s, May 2008 (Comm. member)

 

 

 

Thesis Supervision for Undergraduate Students

 

1.      Keenan Atkinson , “The Costs of America’s War on Peace An economic analysis of US foreign policy” Spring 2009

2.      Petko Petkov, “Comparative Development Strategies,” Fall 2007

 

 

Students’ Supervision for Independent Studies

 

Graduate Students

 

1.  XiaoYuxi, M. S. Candiate in Economics, Georgia Tech. “Economic Growth and Innovation”, Spring 2009

2. Michael Selik, M.S. Candidate in Economics, Georgia Tech. “Progressive Taxation and Human Capital”, Spring 2009

3. Daniel Mello Faissol, PhD., ISYE, Georgia Tech, “Process Innovation”, Spring 2007

 

Undergraduate Students

 

1. Alton Boggan, Summer 2009, “Innovation in Education”

2. Chee Lee, Fall 2005, PURA Award, “Open Source in the Software Industry”

2. Doug Niggley, Fall 2005, PURA Award, “International Alliances in the Airline Industry”         

3. Amit Agarwal, Spring 2005. “Innovation in Graduate Programs in the U.S”

4. Daniel Soonghyun Lee, Fall 2003 “Productivity in South Korea”.

5. Majed Akhter, Fall 2003 “The Categorization of Muslim Economic Entrepreneurs as Traditional Ethnic Minority Businesses”

 

 

 

 

 

VI.       SERVICE

A.        PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

A.1 Reviewer for Journal Publications

 

● Information Technologies and International Development (1 paper)

            ● Economic Theory (1 paper)

            ● Journals of Macroeconomics, BEP (3 papers)

            ● Journal of Economic Growth (3 paper)

            ● Review of Economic Dynamics (2 papers)

● Journal of Policy Modeling (1 paper)

 

 

A.2 Reviewer for Book Publications

 

● Nova Publishers (one chapter)

● MIT press (one chapter)

 

A.3 Chair of Conference Sessions

 

[1]        2009 Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings, May 2009, Indiana University at Bloomington (Session: Topics on Human Capital)

[2]        2007 International Atlanta Conference on Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy, October 2007 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA (Session on Small Firms and Innovation Systems)

[3]        11th Latin America Econometric Society Meetings, November 2006, Mexico City, Mexico (Session on Poverty, Inequality and Growth).

[4]        4th International Industrial Organization Conference, April 2006, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (Session on Measuring Market Power)

[5]        1999 SED (Society of Economic Dynamics) Annual Meeting, June 1999, Alghero, Italy. (Session on Dynamic Models)

 

 

A.4 Discussant in Professional Meetings

 

[1]        Second Meeting on Open Macroeconomics and Development, July 2007, Université de la Méditerranée, Aix en Provence, France

[2]        2005 Eastern Economic Association Annual Meetings. March 2005, New York City, NY.

[3]        3rd Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, April 2005, Atlanta, GA.

 

B.         CAMPUS CONTRIBUTIONS

 

[1]        August 2007- present: School of Economics, Georgia Tech, Ph.D. Curriculum Committee

[2]        August 2007- present: School of Economics, Georgia Tech, Faculty Search Committee

[3]        August 2005- August 2006: School of Economics, Georgia Tech, Faculty Search Committee

[4]        November 2004 Undergraduate Students Trip to 1st Annual CEO Roundtable (Economic Empowerment Initiative).

[5]        August 2004-August 2005. School of Economics, Georgia Tech, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 

[6]        August 2003-August 2004: School of Economics, Georgia Tech, Graduate Curriculum and Admission Committee

[7]        August 2002-August 2003: School of Economics, Georgia Tech, Research Seminar Organizer

 

 

C.        OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

 

[1]        Fall 1999-Fall 2001: President, Graduate Student Organization, Department of Economics, NYU, NY

[2]        Fall 2000: Organizer of Interuniversity Graduate Students Workshops (NYU, Princeton, Upenn, Yale, and Columbia Univ.).

 

 

VII. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

 

[1]        National Science Foundation, “Societal Implications of Nanotechnology” (Center for Nanotechnology in Society, Headquartered at Arizona State University, Ga Tech Chapter, Phil Shapira PI, about $6.2 Million). Summer salary, 2006, 2007

[2]        Kauffman Foundation, “Internationalization of R&D”, Danny Breznitz PI, summer salary 2005.

[3]        Faculty Development Grant, Georgia Tech Foundation, 2005, 2006, 2007 ($?)

[4]        Women in Science and Technology Student-Faculty Research Partnerships (Ga Tech).

Summer 2005.

[5]        Research Travel Grant, Graduate School of Arts and Science, NYU, 1999, 2000 ($900, $1200).

 

 

VIII.    HONORS AND AWARDS

 

1997-1998:      National Research Center Scholarship for Doctoral Studies, 1997-98

1996-1997:      Italian Ministry of Education Scholarship for Doctoral Studies, 1996-97                         

1994-1997:      Fulbright Scholarship for Graduate Studies

1993:               Luigi Bocconi University, Laurea Summa cum Laude

1990-1991:      Erasmus Scholarship, Exchange Program of the European Community