Giulio Bottazzi is a Professor of Economic Policy in the Social
Science Department of the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa. He
graduated from Parma University and holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics
from Milano University. He served as Dean of the Academic Class of
Social Sciences and Deputy Director of the Master Program in Economics
jointly offered by Scuola Sant'Anna and University of Pisa. He is the
author of several papers published in international journals. His
research interests range from industrial dynamics to financial
economics, encompassing experimental economics (coordination and
bounded rationality), economic geography (industrial districts and
localized spillovers), theoretical and empirical aspects of market
interactions (firm growth and diversification; competition and
technical efficiency) and applied econometrics (characterization of
extreme events). He has been the Principal Investigator and
Co-Investigator of projects financed by the Italian Ministry of
University and Research, the European Commission and the Tuscany
Regional Council, both in partnership with other research institutions
and private companies.