Andrea Xamo

Research Fellow in Economic History - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economic History at the Institute of Economics of the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. I received a PhD in Economics from the University of Verona in December 2025, under the supervision of Roberto Ricciuti and Roberto Bonfatti.

I work in economic history and historical political economy, using quantitative methods to exploit new archival sources. My two main areas of interest are the fiscal dynamics of Italian municipalities during the long 19th century (1815-1913) and the economic effects of electrification in Italy between 1890 and 1920.

I am currently involved in the project WeInIt - Wealth and Inheritance in Modern Italian History (1815-2015), where I study Habsburg probate records to reconstruct wealth distribution in pre-unification Italy.

You can find the latest version of my CV here

2 November 2026 - I'm pleased to announce I'm joining the WeInIt project, led by Giacomo Gabbuti at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Pisa). Looking forward to this new adventure!

28 January 2026 - The call for papers for the third edition of what is now ECWEF - yes, my colleagues managed to include Mathematical Finance in the workshop - is out! You can find more info and the submission link here.

If you are a PhD student or have just completed your PhD, you may be interested in the Verona Early Career Workshop in Economics, which I co-founded with my colleague Giovanni Righetti in 2024. This year is being organised by my awesome colleagues Clara Fertonani, Marco Scaratti and Andrea Stanghellini.

17 January 2025 - The call for papers for the second edition of ECWE is out! You can find more info and the submission link at the Worskhop webpage.

29 April 2024 - My visiting period has begun! I am joining the LSE Department of Government and Prof. Valentino Larcinese until the end of July.

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