Research

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:

1. Marsiglio, S., Tolotti, M, (2018), "Endogenous growth and technological progress with innovation driven by social interactions", Economic Theory 65. 293-328

2. 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 

3. La Torre, D., Liuzzi, D., Marsiglio, S. (2024). "Epidemic outbreaks and the optimal lockdown area: a spatial normative approach", Economic Theory 77, 349-411 

4. La Torre, D., Liuzzi, D., Marsiglio, S. (2021). "Transboundary pollution externalities: think globally, act locally?", Journal of Mathematical Economics 96, 102511

5. 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:

• 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

• Complexity in low-carbon transitions: uncertainty and policy implications (with Marco Tolotti). Revise and resubmit

• Transboundary pollution control under evolving social norms: a mean-field approach (with Davide  La Torre, and Rosario Maggistro). Revise and resubmit

• A parsimonious model of optimal social distancing and vaccination during an outbreak (with Luca Gori, Piero Manfredi, and Mauro Sodini).  Revise and resubmit

• Financial literacy, human capital and long-run economic growth (with Alberto Bucci, Riccardo Calcagno, and Tiago Neves Sequeira). CeBER Working Paper 2022-8

• Stochastic optimal growth through state-dependent probabilities (with Davide La Torre,  Franklin Mendivil, and Fabio Privileggi). Department of Economics and Statistics “Cognetti de Martiis" Workking Paper 2023-12 

• Vaccine-preventable diseases and individual behavior: deterministic vs stochastic outcomes (with Marco Tolotti)

Work in progress:

• Mitigation policy during COVID-19: economy, health and the environment (with Javier de Frutos, Davide  La Torre, Danilo Liuzzi, and Guiomar  Martin-Herran)

• The great fish war under state-dependent probabilities (with Davide  La Torre, and Fabio Privileggi)

• Population, emissions and climate change: integrating IAMs with STIRPAT (with Danilo Liuzzi, and Veronica Lupi)

• Climate agreements and social norms: any hope for a grand coalition? (with Nahid Masoudi)

• Climate change and sustainability: a multicriteria perspective  (with Danilo Liuzzi, and Veronica Lupi)

Management and coordination of research projects: [role]

1.  "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]

2.  "Sustainable development: economic, environmental and social issues" (2020 - 2022). University Grant Scheme, University of Pisa, €38,500 [Local coordinator]

3.  "Communicable diseases and macroeconomic outcomes" (2018 - 2018). 2018 UIC International Links Grants Scheme, UOW, $11,400 [Local coordinator]

4.  "Operational cost effectiveness" (2014 - 2015). Contract research with third parties,, $18,600 [Local coordinator]

5. "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]

6.  "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:

1. "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

2. "Tuscany health ecosystem" (2022 - 2025). PNRR  Ecosystem Innovation Scheme, Italian Ministry of University and Research,  €111,275,920.26

3. "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

4.  "Development of low–cost gas sensors to quantify greenhouse gas emissions in estuaries" (2017 - 2018). Global Challenges Strategic Funding Scheme, UOW, $5,000

5.  "Interactions in complex economic systems: innovation, contagion and crises" (2016 - 2018). Finanziamento di ateneo, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italia, €49,500