Rodolfo Metulini, PhD - Scuola Superiore Sant`Anna

Rodolfo Metulini, PhD
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Cattolica (RN) - Italy | 15 May 1983
Via Michele Rosi, 118, 55100 Lucca, Italy
+39 349 16 17 597
[email protected]
Research interests
Spatial Econometrics, Spatial Statistics, Trade Networks , Gravity model. Applications to
International Trade and Virtual Water Trade, Foreign direct investments (FDI) and Human
Migration. R&D and Patents.
Work experiences
Sept 2015 - Current
Post Doctoral Researcher at Scuola Superiore S.Anna, Pisa
Econometrics of Multilayer Networks
Tutor: Prof. Giorgio Fagiolo .
Jun 2013- Sep 2015
Research collaborator at IMT Institute for Advanced Studies,
Lucca
Statistics, Econometrics and Data Visualization
Involved projects: Crisislab (Director: Prof. Fabio Pammolli); ViWaN (Director:
Prof. Massimo Riccaboni) .
Apr 2009- Dec 2009
Biostatistician - Quality System Assurance assistant at Medidata
S.r.l., Clinical Research Operator (CRO), Modena
I produced reports for clinical and observational trials. I partecipated in the project
of an information system based on SQL.
Jul 2008 - Jan 2009
Junior Economist at Prometeia S.p.a., Bologna
Forecasting of financial variables to a regional disaggregated level with STATA and
DEMETRA.
Mar 2008 - Jun 2008
Analyst at Res.Coop S.r.l., Bologna
Analyzing the structure of the mechanical sector firms in relation to their outsourcing
production phase.
Education
Feb 2013
PhD in Metodologia Statistica per la Ricerca Scientifica,
University of Bologna, Bologna
Thesis: “Spatial Gravity Models for the Analysis of International Trade”
Advisor: Prof. ssa Rosa Bernardini Papalia
Mar 2008
Master of Science in Statistics and Economics, 107/110,
University of Bologna, Bologna
Thesis: ”Struttura e delocalizzazione delle imprese del settore meccanico
in Emilia-Romagna”
Advisor: Prof. Carlo Filippucci
Jan 2006
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Degree in Statistica e Informatica per l’Azienda, 101/110
University of Bologna, Bologna
Thesis: “La Customer Satisfaction sui clienti della Pulirapida S.r.l.”
Advisor: Prof. ssa Cristina Bernini
Courses and Certificates
Sep 2012
Topics in Microeconometrics with applications to Energy
Environmental economics
CIDE (Palermo - Italy)
Jul 2012
Fiscal federalism, mobility and policy evaluation
Sep 2011
IELTS certificate - 6.0
Aug 2011
May 2011 - Jun 2011
ERSA (Umea - Sweden)
English course - B2 level (Upper - intermediate)
”Rose of York” English School (London - UK)
Advanced course in Spatial Econometrics
SEAI (Roma - Italy)
Languages
English:
Italian:
Fluent
Native speaker
Computer Skills
Advanced Knowledge:
R, STATA, SPSS, LateX
Basic Knowledge:
Windows, Office, Access, Word, Excel,Power point,
MATLAB, SAS, DEMETRA, E-VIEWS, GRETL
Teaching
Jun 2015
Teacher at Spatial Econometrics Advance Institute (SEAI).
Labs of Spatial Statistics and Spatial Econometrics (hours:10) for the theoretical courses by
Ingmar Prucha (Professor of Economics, University of Maryland).
Director: Giuseppe Arbia (Professor of Economic Statistics - Universita Cattolica Roma).
April 2015
Lecturer for the course on International Economics and Business.
XXX IMT doctoral cycle - (tracks: Computer Science, Economics and Management).
IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca.
Jan-Feb 2015
Teaching on Statistics Lab for the XXX IMT doctoral cycle
(hours:10, tracks: Computer Science, Economics and Management).
IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca.
May 2014
Teacher at Spatial Econometrics Advance Institute (SEAI).
Labs of Spatial Statistics and Spatial Econometrics (hours:20) for the theoretical courses by
Anil Bera (Professor of Economics - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign),
Ingmar Prucha (Professor of Economics, University of Maryland).
Director: Giuseppe Arbia (Professor of Economic Statistics - Universita Cattolica Roma).
Jan 2014
Teaching on Statistics Lab for the XXIX IMT doctoral cycle
(hours:10, tracks: Computer Science, Economics and Management).
IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca.
May 2013
Teacher at Spatial Econometrics Advance Institute (SEAI).
Labs of Spatial Statistics and Spatial Econometrics (hours:20) for the theoretical courses by
Anil Bera (Professor of Economics - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign),
Ingmar Prucha (Professor of Economics, University of Maryland).
Director: Giuseppe Arbia (Professor of Economic Statistics - Universita Cattolica Roma).
2010-2011-2013
2010-2011
Teacher Assistant in Economics Statistics
University of Bologna - Department of Statistics.
Chair Professor: Prof. Carlo Filippucci.
Teacher Assistant in Quantitative methods for economic development.
University of Bologna - Department of Statistics.
Chair Professor: Prof. Carlo Filippucci.
Conferences
10-12 Sept. 2015
European trade study group (ETSG) 2015. Paris (France).
22-26 Sept. 2014
European Conference on Complex Systems (ECCS) 2014. Lucca (Italy).
11-13 Sept. 2014
European trade study group (ETSG) 2014. Munich (Germany).
Presented paper: ”A Spatial Filtering Zero Inflated approach to the
Estimation of the Gravity Model of Trade” (with R.Patuelli, D.A. Griffith)
Presented papers:
(1) ”FDI and Trade: A Comparative network analysis approach”
(with P.Sgrignoli, Z.Zhu and M. Riccaboni)
(2) ”The Virtual Water Suitcase of Migrants (3 minutes IGNITE talk,
with S.Tamea, F.Laio, M.Riccaboni)”
Presented paper: ”The Migration Network effect on International Trade”
(with P.Sgrignoli, S.Schiavo, M.Riccaboni)
3-4 July 2014
Italian trade study group (ITSG) 2014. Cagliari (Italy).
Presented paper: ”The Migration Network effect on International Trade”
(with P.Sgrignoli, S.Schiavo, M.Riccaboni)
27-31 August 2013
Regional Integration: Europe, the Mediterranean and the World Economy.
ERSA, Palermo (Italy).
Presented papers:
(1) ”Measuring spatial externalities in gravity models for
international trade: a panel analysis among OECD countries”
(2) ”A structural analysis on Gravity of Trade regarding the
possibility to remove distance from the model”
Consultancies
Consultancy for ”Autorità di Bacino del Serchio” (Water Management Office of ”Serchio”
lake)(Lucca- Italy) - Economic analysis for water cost recovery (in progress)- Presentation of a
contribution on the demographic and economic structure of the province of Lucca, at the first
meeting for ”Piano di Gestione delle acque” for ”Autorità di Bacino del Serchio” (17/02/2015
22/06/2015)
Consultancy for ”Comune di Lucca” (Lucca-Italy) - Analysis on the economic performance of
Lucca’s firms
Seminars
July 2013
January 2013
July 2012
Spatial Econometrics and Social Networks -
IMT Institute for Advanced Studies - Lucca (Italy).
Spatial Gravity Models for International Trade -
Georg August University - Goettingen (Germany) .
The Spatial Gravity Model of Trade: an application among the
OECD countries ERSA summer school - Umea (Sweden).
July 2009
La Futility Analysis -
Medidata S.r.l. - Modena (Italy).
Referee
JOURNALS: Papers in Regional Science. PLOS One. Global Economic Review: Perspectives
on East Asian Economies and Industries.
BOOKS: Advances in the Statistical Modelling of Spatial Interaction Data (Editors: Arbia,
G., Patuelli, R.)
PUBLISHERS: Routledge.
Media
• Presentation of the PRIN project ”ViWaN: La rete globale degli scambi di acqua virtuale”
at the european event ”SHINE: La notte dei Ricercatori in Toscana 2013” in Lucca.
• Presentation of a research on Virtual Water Trade and Migration (in collaboration with
Tamea, S. , Politecnico di Torino) at ”Incontro con la cittadinanza” (School of International Studies - Trento - 20/03/2014))
Papers in International Journals
• Sgrignoli, P., Metulini, R., Schiavo, S., Riccaboni, M. (2015). The relation between
global migration and trade networks. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 417, 245-260.
• Patuelli, R., Linders, G.J., Metulini, R., Griffith, D.A., The Space of Gravity: Spatial Filtering Estimation of a Gravity Model for Bilateral Trade. Spatial Econometric
Interaction Modelling (forthcoming)
Working Papers
• Metulini, R., Schiavo, S.,Sgrignoli, P., Riccaboni, M., The Migration Network Effect on
the Gravity of Trade.ISSN 2279-6894 IMT Lucca EIC Working paper series 04, May
2014.
• Sgrignoli, P., Metulini, R., Zhu, Z., Riccaboni, M. , FDI & Trade: A Comparative
Network Analysis Approach
• Metulini,R., Tamea,S., De Angelis,E., Laio,F., Riccaboni,M. , The Virtual Water Suitcase of Migrants.
• Metulini,R. (2013, November). Spatial gravity models for international trade: a panel
analysis among OECD countries. In ERSA conference papers (No. ersa13p522). European Regional Science Association.
• Metulini,R. (2013, November). A structural analysis on Gravity of Trade regarding
the possibility to remove distance from the model. In ERSA conference papers (No.
ersa13p520). European Regional Science Association.
Works in progress
• De Angelis, E., Metulini, R., Gravity model of Water scarcity and Conflicts: on reducing
the risk of inter state conflicts. MIMEO
• Patuelli, R., Metulini, R., A Spatial Filter Zero Inflated Negative Binomial approach to
measure the effect of space in Intensive and Extensive margins in the Gravity of Trade.
MIMEO
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Rodolfo Metulini,
14/09/2015