Research interests:
Economic growth (technological progress, human capital, sustainable development)
Environmental economics (natural resources, pollution control, climate change)
Population economics (optimal population size, population dynamics, demographic change)
Economic dynamics (nonlinear systems, optimal control, dynamic programming)
Tourism economics (small island countries, sustainable tourism, tourism policies)
Selected publications:
Marsiglio, S., Tolotti, M, (2018), "Endogenous growth and technological progress with innovation driven by social interactions", Economic Theory 65. 293-328
La Torre, D., Marsiglio, S., Mendivil, F., Privileggi, F. (2024). "Stochastic disease spreading and containment policies under state-dependent probabilities". Economic Theory 77, 127-168
La Torre, D., Liuzzi, D., Marsiglio, S. (2024). "Epidemic outbreaks and the optimal lockdown area: a spatial normative approach", Economic Theory 77, 349-411
Marsiglio, S., Tolotti, M, (2024), "Complexity in low-carbon transitions: uncertainty and policy implications". Energy Economics 138, 107803
La Torre, D., Liuzzi, D., Marsiglio, S. (2021). "Transboundary pollution externalities: think globally, act locally?", Journal of Mathematical Economics 96, 102511
Marsiglio, S., Ansuategi, A., Gallastegui, M.C. (2016). "The environmental Kuznets curve and the structural change hypothesis", Environmental and Resource Economics. 63, 265-288
Submitted works and working papers:
A parsimonious model of optimal social distancing and vaccination during an outbreak (with Luca Gori, Piero Manfredi, and Mauro Sodini). Revise and resubmit
Environmental damages and the prospects for economic development (with Sugata Ghosh). Revise and resubmit
On the nonlinearity of the finance and growth relation: the role of human capital (with Alberto Bucci, and Boubacar Diallo). CEIS Working Paper 2023-56. Revise and resubmit
Social norms and international environmental agreements: a natural solution to environmental problems? (with Nahid Masoudi). Revise and resubmit
Infectious diseases, social distancing compliance and social interactions (with Tatyana Perevalova). Revise and resubmit
Population, emissions and climate change: ecological elasticities and optimal mitigation (with Danilo Liuzzi, and Veronica Lupi)
Climate change and complexity: accounting for singularities in environmental dynamics (with La Torre, D., Mendivil, F., Privileggi, F.)
Work in progress:
The great fish war under state-dependent probabilities (with Davide La Torre, and Fabio Privileggi)
Climate change and sustainability: a multicriteria perspective (with Danilo Liuzzi, and Veronica Lupi)
Financial literacy, shocks realization and macroeconomic outcomes (with Riccardo Calcagno)
Epidemics and climate change: disease prevention or emissions abatement? (with Tatyana Perevalova, and Marco Tolotti)
Management and coordination of research projects: [role]
"Communicable diseases and economic activity: individual behavior, social interactions and macroeconomic outcomes" (2023 - 2025), PRIN Scheme, Italian Ministry of University and Research, €259,594 [National coordinator]
"Sustainable development: economic, environmental and social issues" (2020 - 2022). University Grant Scheme, University of Pisa, €38,500 [Local coordinator]
"Communicable diseases and macroeconomic outcomes" (2018 - 2018). 2018 UIC International Links Grants Scheme, UOW, $11,400 [Local coordinator]
"Operational cost effectiveness" (2014 - 2015). Contract research with third parties,, $18,600 [Local coordinator]
"The economic and environmental impacts of uncertainty" (2014 - 2014). Early Career Researcher Grant, Faculty of Business, Law and the Creative Arts, JCU, $4,000 [Local coordinator]
"Tourism in the tropics: economic and environmental aspects" (2013 - 2014). Early Career Researcher Grant, Faculty of Business, Law and the Creative Arts, JCU, $3,976 [Local coordinator]
Participation in research projects:
"FutureMed: a transdisciplinary network to bridge climate science and impacts on society'" (2023 - 2027). COST 2022 Action Scheme, European Cooperation in Science and Technology, European Union
"Tuscany health ecosystem" (2022 - 2025). PNRR Ecosystem Innovation Scheme, Italian Ministry of University and Research, €111,275,920.26
"The time-space evolution of economic activities: mathematical models and empirical applications" (2020 - 2023). PRIN Scheme, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research, €247,000
"Development of low–cost gas sensors to quantify greenhouse gas emissions in estuaries" (2017 - 2018). Global Challenges Strategic Funding Scheme, UOW, $5,000
"Interactions in complex economic systems: innovation, contagion and crises" (2016 - 2018). Finanziamento di ateneo, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italia, €49,500