Bio and CV

Edgar is Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Management (DISEI), University of Florence.  Former Associate Professor in Economics at the Department of Economics, Society, and Politics at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo.  

Edgar is awarded by the National Scientific Qualification to function as a Full Professor in Italian Universities in the scientific sectors 13/A1 (Economia Politica - Economics) and 13/A2 (Politica Economica - Economic Policy).

In addition, as of August 2018, Edgar is a Research Fellow at the Research Center in Applied Mathematics of the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. 

Edgar is in the rankings Top 25% authors in Italy (publications last 10 years) by IDEAS-REPEC: https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.italy.html

Edgar is  Ph.D. in economics at the University of Siena (2010), Italy, under the supervision of Costas Azariadis and Lionello F. Punzo and the evaluation commission by Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, and Elvio Accinelli. Edgar's PhD thesis explored the evolution and strategic foundations of Poverty Traps. In 2010, Edgar received the Vinci Prize for the best doctoral thesis in economics in Italy from the Parthenope University in Naples, Italy. 

From 2011 to 2017, Edgar served as a Visiting professor researcher at i) the Faculty of Economics of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí and ii)of Siena, Italy. Lecturing on Economic Theory, Microeconomics, Econometrics, Economic Development, and Economic Growth. 

In 2014, Edgar was a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Washington University in St. Louis, USA, under the supervision of Prof. Costas Azariadis.

Edgar graduated in 2003 in economics at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico. In 2005, Edgar completed his Master's degree in mathematical economics at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México, and in 2007, a master's degree in political economy at the University of Siena, Italy. 

Edgar's main research fields are behavioral macroeconomics, microeconomics, macro-foundations of economic growth, institutional and development economics, problems and troubles of economic development, evolutionary game theory, applied econometrics, and poverty traps. 

He is a regular member of the American Economic Association

He is a regular member of the European Economic Association 

He is a regular National System of Researchers level III member, of Conacyt-Mexico.

He is a regular member of the Econometric Society

He is a regular member of Società Italiana di Economia