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CURRICULUM VITAE
Anna Maria Rita La Bruna
Current Appointment( since 2005)
Aggregate Professor
Faculty of Political Science
Department of Political Studies
University of Catania
Italy
Office Address
Department of Political Studies
Via V.Emanuele 49
95131 Catania (Italy)
Personal Phone +39 95 7347227
Secretary Phone +39 95 7347257
Fax +39 95 7347205
E-Mail:[email protected].
Home Address
Via G.Pulvirenti, 15
95131 Catania (Italy)
Phone +39 95 315314
Mobile +39 3284850948
Date of Birth
17-1-1950
Education
1974 Laurea cum laude, Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
1974-1975 Master in Energy Economics and Environmental Management, Enrico Mattei School,
ENI Corporate University, S.Donato Milanese (Milan)
1976 Admission Master of Philosophy in Economics, University of Cambridge (UK)
Fellowship and Grants
1972-73 Grant from the Italian School of History of Economic Thought, Rome
1974-75 Master Scholarship at ENI Corporate University, S.Donato Milanese (MI)
(1975 Tutor in the course of Master Degree Enrico Mattei School, ENI Corporate University, S.
Donato Milanese (MI))
1975 Fellowship from the University of Calabria, Department of Business Organization and Public
Administration,Rende(CS)
1979 Visiting at the Chancellor of the Exchequer, London, to study the English Public Expenditures
Econometric Model, Italy-UK Cooperation Agreement for the Public Expenditures Planning and
Control
2011 Visiting professor Soas University of London, Faculty of Law and Social Science
2011 Hyman P.Minsky Summer Seminar, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College,Blithewood,
Annandale on Hudson, New York
Research grants
Ministry of Education (MPI-MURST-MIUR) Grants
“ Econometric model of the Public Expenditures” , 1983 -1986
“ A National System of Banks in the Making “ , 1997- 2001
“ Historical Archive of the Italian Economists”, 1998- 2006
“ Economists of Italian Parliament”, 1999-2002
National Council of Research (CNR)
Grant for the “Transports” project,1985
Grant for the “ Economic Perspectives of Cultural Heritage” project, 1995
University of Catania (PRA), Principal Investigator
“ Sicily’s Archives and the History of Economic Thought” project, 2006
“ Historical Archive of the Sicilian Economists” project, 2007
“ Banks Regulation : Lessons from the Historical Evidence” project, 2008
Editorial Position
Editor “Historical Archive of Sicilian Economists” Series, Rome-Caltanissetta, Sciascia Press, since
2002
Other Professional Positions
1976-1980 Treasury Minister Committee for the Macroeconomic Forecasting
1979-1980 Lazio District Committee for the Triennial Planning
1980-1982 European Operational Research Group in the Public Sector
Academic Career
1976-1981 Lecturer in Political Economy, Faculty of Statistic, University of Rome La Sapienza
1981-1998 Researcher in Political Economy, Faculty of Statistic, University of Rome La Sapienza
1998-2005 Researcher in History of Economic Thought, Faculty of Political Science, University of
Catania
2005 Aggregate Professor in History of Economic Thought, Faculty of Political Science, University
of Catania
Current Areas of Research
History of Economic Thought, History of Monetary Thought, Economic and Monetary History,
Money and Banking,
Teaching Activity
I started to teach at the University of Rome, Faculty of Statistic and then in the 1995 I moved to the
University of Catania, Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Political Science.
Areas of Teaching: History of Economic Thought, Political Economy, Economic Policy,
International Economics, Monetary Theory and Policy, Econometrics.
Levels: Undergraduates , Intermediates and Postgraduates .
Others Academic Activities
Member of the Dean Board, Faculty of Political Science, University of Catania
( since 2006 at present)
Scientific Society Enrolment
-ACEI (Association for Cultural economics International
-AISPE(Associazione Italiana di Storia del Pensiero Economico)
-ASSO( Associazione Storia Patria Sicilia Orientale)
-ESHET( European Society for the History of Economic Thought)
-MACIE (Management Arts & Culture International Association)
-SIE (Società Italiana degli Economisti)
-STOREP (Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell’Economia Politica)
Selected Publications (Books, Book Chapters, Articles, Discussion Papers and Recent
Working Papers)
Public Planning and Econometric Forecasting
Le importazioni.Una stima econometrica disaggregata in Ministero del Tesoro , <<Previsioni di
entrata dell’imposta sul valore aggiunto>>, Roma,1977 , Book Chapter.
Progress in forecasting with few data :a case study , (con V.Raganelli) 1980, Discussion Paper
presented at IV European Congress on Operational Research, Cambridge (UK).
I Dipendenti delle Amministrazioni statali.Uno studio previsionale della consistenza numerica in
Ministero del Tesoro, << Stima del gettito delle entrate tributarie per il periodo 1980-1983>>
Roma, 1980, Book Chapter.
Dividendi ed utili distribuiti dalle società .Le previsione del gettito del capitolo 1027 delle entrate
fiscali in Ministero del Tesoro, <<Stima del gettito delle entrate tributarie per il
periodo 1980-1983>>, Roma, 1980 , Book Chapter.
Efficiency and effectiveness of the public manpower planning (con V.Raganelli) , 1982 Discussion
Paper presented at EURO Health Meeting, Patrasso.
I flussi finanziari dell’Amministrazione statale, in <<Quadro di riferimento per la programmazione
regionale>>, Regione Lazio- IRSPEL (Istituto Regionale di Studi per la Programmazione
Economica nel Lazio) Roma, 1980, Book Chapter.
Il quadro della finanza pubblica (con E.Amico), in <<Quadro di riferimento per la programmazione
regionale>> Regione Lazio-IRSPEL, Roma, 1983, Book Chapter.
Cultural Economics
La spesa nel settore dei beni culturali, 1994 Tecnical Report, Facutly of Statistic, University of
Rome.
La spesa delle Regioni per i beni culturali, 1994, Tecnical Report, Facutly of Statistic, University of
Rome.
La spesa per i beni culturali nella Sicilia e nel Lazio, 1995, Tecnical Report, Facutly of Statistic,
University of Rome.
Cultural Goods in Italy: Expenditure models, Discussion Paper presented at International Workshop
on “Heritage Conservation”, Catania , 1999.
History of Italian Economic Thought
La cattedra di economia politica e l’Università di Catania.I primi vent’anni del novecento,in <<Per
un bilancio di fine secolo:Catania nel novecento>>, a cura di C.Dollo, Società di Storia Patria per la
Sicilia Orientale, ASSO, Catania ,1999, Book Chapter.
Un economista liberal-democratico:Salvatore Majorana Calatabiano tra visione,teoria e politica
economica,in <<Gli economisti in Parlamento 1861-1922 , Una storia dell’economia politica
liberale >> vol.II ,a cura di M.M.Augello,M.E.L.Guidi, Milano,2003,Book Chapter.
Fonti Archivistiche della Sicilia orientale e storia del pensiero economico:La scuola di economia di
Catania, in <<Tra economia e società.Studi in memoria di G.Montemagno>>, a cura di ,
A.D’Agata,E.Giardina, E.Sciacca, Milano, 2006. Book Chapter.
Le Lezioni di Placido De Luca, “Collana Archivio Storico degli Economisti Siciliani”,
Presentazione, Sciascia Editore, Caltanissetta-Roma, 2007,Book Introduction .
Esiti democratici della lezione genovesiana in Sicilia (con S.Tinè), in << Genovesi economista >> a
cura di B.Jossa, R.Patalano, E.Zagari, Napoli, 2007 , Book Chapter.
Salvatore Majorana Calatabiano,economista politico , Caltanisetta-Roma, 2007, Book Editor and
Introduction
La corrispondenza di Salvatore Majorana Calatabiano, economista politico (1847-1897), in
<<Salvatore Majorana Calatabiano, economista politico>>, Caltanissetta-Roma, 2007, Book
Chapter.
Politics, chairs, economic theory and policy in Italy (1880-1897) , Discussion Paper presented at
International Workshop on “Economists’ Historical Archives”, Siena, 2007.
Cattedre e teoria economica nell’ Italia del 1894.Una prospettiva dalle carte del fondo Majorana in
<<Archivi e storia del pensiero economico>> a cura di P.Barucci, L.Costabile, M.Di Matteo,
Milano, 2008, Book Chapter.
La formazione economica del giovane Giorgio Amendola. << Fondazione Giovanni e Giorgio
Amendola>> Roma, 2010
Monetary History and Theory
Il governo della moneta nelle carte di un ministro. L’ Italia e la questione bancaria,1876-1879,
Caltanissetta-Roma, 1991, 2007, Book.
The revision of monetary theory in Fanno’s analysis, Comment presented at ESHET Annual
(European Society of History of Economic Thought) Conference, Venezia ,2004.
Boccardo e Majorana a confronto: dibattito sulla teoria monetaria e carteggi ,in <<Tra economia,
politica e impegno civile: Gerolamo Boccardo e il suo tempo (1829-1904)>>, a cura di M.M.
Augello, G. Pavanelli, Genova, 2005, Book Chapter.
Per la storia dell’economia politica nel Parlamento dell’Italia liberale:controversia bimetallica e
teoria economica della proprietà, << Quaderni del Dipartimento di studi politici>> Milano,2008,
Book Chapter.
Per la storia dell'economia politica nel parlamento dell'Italia liberale:il dibattito sulla legge di free
banking del 1879, in << Quaderni del Dipartimento di studi politici>> a cura di S.Aleo, P.Barone,
Milano, 2009, Book Chapter
Banking regulation and money value theory .The third way of the first government in Italy (18761879) , Working paper, SIE Annual Meeting, Roma, 2011
The influence of Ricardo on the monetary debate in Italy << International Ricardo Conference
Money, Finance and Ricardo and Reception and Diffusion of Ricardo: an international
comparison>> , with A.Rosselli, Working paper, Kyoto, 2012