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Bruno Cv.Pdf Curriculum Vitae Randolph Luca Bruno Nationality: Italian and British Associate Professor in Economics University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies, Economics and Business Area 16 Taviton Street, WC1H 0BW, London, United Kingdom Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/people/randolph-bruno IZA: https://www.iza.org/person/3235/randolph-luca-bruno Google: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wtRP9OYAAAAJ&hl=en Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/1290357/randolph-luca-bruno/peer-review/ Education / Qualifications 2011–2012 Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education (Level II), University of Birmingham, UK 2010–2011 Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education (Level I), University of Birmingham, UK 2002–2006 Ph.D. Economics and Management, Three Essays on Economic Development and Institutional Change, Laboratory of Economics and Management, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy 1997–1998 M.Sc. Economics, Department of Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy 1991–1997 B.Sc. in Economics with Social Sciences (5-year degree), Department of Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy Academic Appointments 2016–present Associate Professor in Economics, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK 2012–2016 Lecturer in Economics, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK 2010–2012 Lecturer in Business Economics, Department of Management, University of Birmingham, UK 2009–2010 Teaching Fellow in Economics of Industrial Change and Innovation, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK 2006–2009 Research Fellow in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy 1 Other Academic Appointments 2019–present Visiting Senior Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Geography and Environment 2009-2018 Adjunct Lecturer, Panel Econometrics Summer School, Department of Management, Calabria University, Italy (one-week intense module, https://www.facebook.com/SummerSchoolUniCal/) 2018 April Visiting Professor in Economics (SECS P01), Universita’ degli Studi Aldo Moro, Bari 2014–2016 Head of Teaching Resources, member of the Management Committee, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK 2014–2016 Secretary of the Management Board, European Association of Comparative Economic Studies (http://www.eaces.eu/) 2007 Fall Adjunct Lecturer, Growth Theory, Department of Economics, University of Siena, Italy 2007 Spring Adjunct Lecturer, Economics of Transition, Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy 2004 Summer Intern, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, UK Other extra-academic Professional History 2001–2002 Quantitative Analyst, research department, Fideuram Capital, Milan, Italy 1999–2000 Economist, research department, FIAT Holding Inc., Turin, Italy 1999–2000 Labour Economist, Institute for Social Research (www.irsonline.it/en), Milan, Italy 1998–1999 Conscientious Objector (social service), Cooperative for Social Work, Verona, Italy Other Appointments and Affiliations 2018–2024 “Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale”, Professore Seconda fascia 13/A2, Economia Politica (Qualified Associate Professor in Economic Policy in Italy) 2018–2024 “Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale”, Professore Seconda fascia 13/A4, Economia Applicata (Qualified Associate Professor in Applied Economics in Italy) 2019–present Editorial Board, Eurasian Business Review: A Journal in Industrial Organization, Innovation and Management Science https://link.springer.com/journal/40821 2016–present Editorial Board, Economic Systems https://www.journals.elsevier.com/economic- systems/editorial-board 2007–present Research Fellow, Institute of Labor, IZA (www.iza.org) 2 2002–present Research Fellow, Rodolfo De Benedetti Foundation, FRDB (www.frdb.org) May 2019: UCL Training Module on “Complex Project Management” Teaching Siena University, Italy, Adjunct Lecturer, module taught: o BSc Students in Finance . “Emerging Markets and Growth Theory” (in Italian) University of Bologna, Italy, Adjunct Lecturer, modules taught: o MSc students in Development Economics . “Economics of Transition” (in English) o BSc students in Economics . “Development Economics” (in Italian) . “Macroeconomics” (in Italian) University of Calabria, Department of Management, module taught: o PhDs, Post-Doc and Professors attending the Summer School . “Econometrics of Longitudinal Data (Panel)” (in Italian) School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK, Teaching Fellow in Economics of Industrial Change and Innovation, modules taught: o BA students Economics and Business with East European Studies . “Introduction to Economics” (in English) . “European Macroeconomics” (in English) . “Industrial and Corporate Change” (in English) o MA students in Comparative Business Economics . “Economics of Transition” (in English) University of Birmingham, UK, Lecturer in Business Economics, modules taught: o BA students Economics and Management . “Labour Economics” (in English) o MA students in Management and International Business: . “The Global Shift” (in English) . “Labour Relations and Global Enterprise” (in English) Lecturer in Economics/ Associate Professor at the University College London, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, modules taught: o BA students Economics and Business with East European Studies . “Applied Game Theory for Economics and Business” (in English) . “European Macroeconomics” (in English) . “Emerging Market Economies” (in English) o MA students in Comparative Business Economics and PhD candidates at SSEES . “Quantitative Methods” (in English) . “Corporate Governance: An Organisational Economics Perspective” (in English). Publications Refereed Journal articles (sole-authored) 2019 Tax Enforcement, Tax Compliance and Tax Morale in Transition Economies: A Theoretical Model, European Journal of Political Economy, Volume 56, pages 193-211 3 2015 New firms entry, Institutions and Labour in Transition IZA World of Labour Evidence-Based policy making, Bonn Germany, pages 1-10 2006 Optimal Speed of Transition with a Shrinking Labor Force and under Uncertainty, Economics of Transition, Volume 14, Issue 1, pages 69-100 Refereed Journal articles (co-authored) 2019 (with L. Magazzini and M. Stampini) Exploiting information from singletons in panel data analysis: A GMM approach, Economics Letters 2018 (with N. Campos and S. Estrin) Taking stock of firm-level and country-level benefits from foreign direct investment, Multinational Business Review, Vol. 26 (2) pages 126-144 2017 (with M. Cipollina), A Meta-Analysis of the indirect impact of Foreign Direct Investment in Old and New EU Member States: Understanding Productivity Spillovers, The World Economy, Vol. 41 (5), pages1342-1377 2016 (with A. Lanza and G. Simone) Resource orchestration in the context of knowledge resources acquisition and divestment. The empirical evidence from the Italian “Serie A” football, European Management Journal, Vol. 34 (2), pages 145- 157 2015 (with E. Douarin J. Korosteleva and S. Radosevic) Technology Choices and Growth: Testing New Structural Economics in Transition Economies, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Vol. 18, Issue 2, pages 131-152 2015 (with S. Dal Bianco and M. Signorelli) The Joint Impact of Labour Policies and the "Great Recession" on Unemployment in Europe, Economic Systems, Vol. 39, Issue 1, pages 3-26 2013 (with M. Bytchkova and S. Estrin) Institutional Determinants of New Firm Entry in Russia: A Cross Regional Analysis, Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 95, Issue 5, pages 1740-1749 2010 (with R. Rovelli) Labor Market Policies and Outcomes in the Enlarged European Union, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 48(3), pages 661-685 2009 (with M. Stampini) Joining Longitudinal and Cross-Section Data for Efficiency Gains, Economists’ Journal (Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia), Vol. 68, Issue 1, pages 149-173 Under Review 2019 (with M. Petrakou and N. Phelps) Foreign Direct Investment spillovers and channels of transmission in the EU: The role of regional financial markets, Revise and Resubmit 4 2019 (with N. Campos and S. Estrin) The Effects of European Union Membership on Foreign Direct Investment and International Trade, submitted Book chapters 2017, November (with N. Campos, S. Estrin and M. Tian), ‘Foreign Direct Investment and the Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union’ in The Economics of UK-EU Relations: From the Treaty of Rome to the Vote for Brexit, N. Campos and F. Coricelli (ed. s), Palgrave Macmillan, pages 228-250 2014 (with M. Cipollina) The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Performance in the Enlarged Europe: A Meta-Regression Analysis, in International Business and Institutions after the Crisis, Yama Temouri and Chris Jones (ed. s), Palgrave Macmillan, pages 228-250 Conference Papers/ Proceedings Series 2013 (with V. Almenar-i-Llongo and F. Hernandez-Sancho) One Excel Application for Macroeconomics: an IS-LM Model for Teaching in Today’s Spanish Economy, International Technology, Education and Development Conference 2013 Proceedings, digital scholarly resource, pages 1244-1251 Reports 2012 (with M. Falk) Theories of Foreign Investment and Host Country effects of Foreign Direct investment, Background Report, Chapter 4 – Foreign Direct Investment Flows and EU Industrial Competitiveness, European Competitiveness Report 2012, pages 119-172 2011 (with N. Campos) A Systematic Review
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