Education

October 2010

Ph.D. in International Economics, “Tor Vergata” University of Rome

Thesis Title: “Essays on Intellectual Property Rights”

Supervisor: Prof. Tommaso Valletti, Imperial College London and “Tor Vergata” University of Rome

Thesis Committee:

Prof. Alberto Iozzi, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Prof. Margaret Kyle, IDEI - Toulouse School of Economics

Prof. Stefan Szymanski, University of Michigan

My PhD thesis has received the "Bernardo Nobile" award from the Research Centre PatLib Trieste for the promotion of patent research - more details here (both in Italian and in English)

June 2006

M.Sc. in International Economics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (with Distinction)

Master Dissertation: “Connection between Intellectual Property Right and International Transfer of Technology: reverse brain drain”

Supervisor: Prof. Pasquale Scaramozzino

July 2005

B.Sc. (Laurea) in Law and Economics, University of Rome “La Sapienza”

Final dissertation in Economic Policy: “Global Public Goods in the Age of Globalisation: the case of Health”

Supervisor: Prof. Nicola Acocella